The Stones Cry Out witness in DC, September 23-25. photo from Facebook page of Michael Spath

                             We Charge Genocide: The Shofar Calls Us to Account on Rosh Hashanah 
Every year at Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, synagogues across the world sound the shofar, a ram’s horn that represents the signature moment of the holiday. Over the centuries, Jewish commentators have offered a variety of explanations for this ritual. Moses Maimonides famously called it a wake-up call to personal atonement; others view it as a call to action or a tribute to God’s power. This new year, however, I believe one reason stands out among all others. Today, we sound the shofar as a call to moral accountability. Here


                                         After a year of terror in Gaza, our souls feel suspended in time 
It is a terrible thing to witness the obliteration of your homeland. When I think about what we’ve lived through this past year, I feel like I’m going to lose my mind completely. It is a shock that I’m still unable to absorb. I try not to think at all, in the hope of maintaining my sanity until it ends. Here


                                                                          Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again
It is Day 367 of genocide. I have grown accustomed to marking my days this way—in the horrifying knowledge that, today, the industrial-scale destruction of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continues, and with the infallible determination that, today, it must end. I first took up this practice on Day 6, when it emerged that the only nuclear power in the Middle East had dropped 6,000 bombs in less than a week on a besieged population consisting mostly of refugees. Here


Retrospectives

One Year of Genocide: Special Coverage Here

My Martyrs Live On Here

A Year Of Horror Here

Israel’s Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving and Terrorizing the People of Gaza Here

Focus on: A Year of Genocide in Gaza Here

Gaza’s Situation on October 6 - Reflection by FOSNA's Jonathan Kuttab Here

October 7: What Actually Happened That Day - Reflection by FOSNA's Jonathan Kuttab Here

October 8 and Beyond - Reflection by FOSNA's Jonathan Kuttab Here

Diana Buttu A Year of Living Among Genocide Apologists Here

How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on October 7 Here

Media Resources

Investigating War Crimes in Gaza: a New Documentary by Al Jazeera Investigations Here

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Why He Wrote about Palestine and Israel: Beinart Notebook Here

Watch Webinar: Christian Zionism and the Israel Lobby A Conversation with Ilan Pappe Here 

‘No Propaganda on Earth Can Hide the Wound That is Palestine: Arundhati Roy’s PEN Pinter Prize Acceptance Speech, Video (minute 8:30-29:20) Here. Text of her speech Here

Other Resources

'Unspeakable Cruelty': Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospital, Refugee Camps Kill Dozens Here

200+ Jewish-led Protesters Arrested at NY Stock Exchange Say ‘Stop Arming Israel’ Here

Law for Palestinian Intent Here

This is a section of the UCCPIN October 2024 E-Newsletter. To read the entire newsletter, follow this link: UCC PIN October 2024 E-News.