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Feb 15, 2024

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An Evil City Council Proposal - 2/15/24

by Janet Hammer

At our S Petersburg city council there will be a proposal today to OK a proposition for “peace in ‘Palestine’ and Israel.” It is one of about 70 (so far) resolutions from local governments meant to pressure the Biden Administration into further pressuring Israel for a ceasefire.
 
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Feb 14, 2024

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You And I Can’t Talk? - 2/14/24

by Janet Hammer

That’s OK.
 
You’re stupid as I thought
 
 
 
You reached out to me again for the second time.
 
How’ve you been old friend? It seems like a million years. 
 
 
 
No. It’s been five months. 
 
 
 
Oh I guess I forgot. I wrote to you 
 
on October 8. …

Feb 11, 2024

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Feeling Proud and Empowered to Do More - 2/11/24

by Janet Hammer

Today is Day 128
 
My phone is lit up with warnings about Rafah. US media is warning the ‘world’ as seriously as serious can be about Israel’s persistence and tsk tsk “audacity” to continue operations in Rafah. 
 
Really?!
 
What choice does Israel have? 
 
As I read …

Feb 11, 2024

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Empower Hope: Be a Hero for our Community's Most Vulnerable on Super Sunday

Super Sunday is tomorrow, and this year, it carries a powerful theme: "Donors are the Super Heroes." As we prepare to celebrate this day of giving on February 11, 2024, we want to shine a spotlight on the heroes in our community who are making an extraordinary impact on the lives of our comm…

Feb 10, 2024

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Optimism and Disproportionate Concern - 2/10/24

by Janet Hammer

I feel overwhelming optimism about Israel, something I’ve mentioned in previous posts, and which I will continue to discuss in this ongoing account. Yet when I explain Israel and my optimism for our future, my comments are clouded by doubt. Not my doubt. It’s a doubt that has been plante…