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Gazing on Gaza

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We must reconnect with each other's humanity.

The plight of the Palestinian people is ultimately the plight of the entire world, locked into endless conflicts which make no sense, which could be avoided, which constitute enormous abuse of power and which bring the slaughter of innocents.

The end of every war inevitably involves negotiating with people you don't like or might prefer not to talk to.

Let our hearts be moved by the desire to end war once and for all.

Peace out! A 4-day-old baby has the right idea.
Peace out! A 4-day-old baby has the right idea.
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Kucinich reminds readers that Gaza can be helped by donating to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.)

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Dennis Kucinich's quotations were taken from his FOX-TV interview (click here) on Aug. 1, 2014, and his Facebook page.

Well known UK-based political cartoonist Simon Farr studied Fine Art at Harrow and Portsmouth then lived and worked in London first as a railway guard, then as an arts administrator (Chats Palace in Hackney, the Albany Empire in Deptford), finishing up as a performers manager for Test Dept (avant guard pop), Cookie Crew (hip hop), IDJ (jazz dancers) before working as an Illustrator for the last 20 plus years. He has lived in the UK by the Suffolk seaside since 1999.


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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)
 

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