Amos Goldberg on Genocide in Gaza

19/11/202402/12/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary amos goldberg, gaza, genocide, holocaust, israel, palestianians, palestine

Yes, it is genocide. Although it is so difficult and painful to admit this and despite all efforts to think otherwise, at the end of six months of a brutal war it is no longer possible to escape this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained with the mark of Cain of the 'crime of … Continue reading Amos Goldberg on Genocide in Gaza

International Education Week 2024: All Eyes on the Genocide in Gaza

18/11/202425/11/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary gaza, genocide, idf, IEW 2024, international education, international education week, international educators, iof, israel, palestine, palestinians

In my dreams. The depressing and infuriating reality is that it will remain the imposing and bloodstained elephant in the room for most colleagues who call themselves international educators and the organizations representing them and their institutions. Shame on them. Silence is complicity. Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in … Continue reading International Education Week 2024: All Eyes on the Genocide in Gaza

Are You Truly Human?

17/11/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary compassion, death, empathy, genocide, han kang, human beings, israel, justice, life, nobel prize in literature, palestine, peace, suffering

Ahmed and Jameela were killed on 12.11.24 in an Israeli attack on their home in Gaza. Requiescat in pace.😢 Source: Instagram The fundamental question to ask yourself is, AM I TRULY HUMAN? The last line of defense by which human beings can remain human is the complete and true perception of another’s suffering, which wins … Continue reading Are You Truly Human?

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Speaks to Us Today & Always

16/11/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary buddhism, dietrich bonhoeffer, gaza, genocide, han kang, idf, injustice, israel, oppression, poverty, secular humanism, silence is complicity

Source: Wikimedia Commons This is one of my favorite quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche), whose writings I discovered in English and the original German when I was a university student. Bonhoeffer was arrested in April 1943 by the … Continue reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Speaks to Us Today & Always

The glaring hypocrisy of establishment US international education

15/11/202416/11/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary ethnic cleansing, fanta aw, gaza, genocide, idf, israel, NAFSA, palestine, palestinians, us international education

Click on the image to view the video slideshow I created. Think of this as my contribution to International Education Week (IEW) 2024, which is next week. Here's the introduction. Follow this link to read the entire essay. The day after the US presidential election, Fanta Aw, executive director and CEO of NAFSA, posted the following … Continue reading The glaring hypocrisy of establishment US international education

“Remember” by Áine Hayden

14/11/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary Áine Hayden, boycott israel, elham farah, free palestine, gaza, genocide, hamas, israel, palestine, palestinians, rafah, remember, stop genocide

Photo by MAA taken in Brussels earlier this year. Memo to any Zionists (and Mossad agents) who may be in town for a soccer match or whatever. Note that the flag and banners are too high to tear down. REMEMBER how they bombed the upturned fishing boats on the beach.Fishermen’s boats, not threatening anyone, but … Continue reading “Remember” by Áine Hayden

Revisited: Genocide in Gaza/الإبادة الجماعية في غزة/רצח עם בעזה

11/11/202417/11/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary elchanan poupko, gaza, genocide, hamas, human rights, idf, israel, palestine, palestinians

Click on this image to view my video slideshow set to Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. Elchanan Poupko is a self-described New England-based eleventh-generation rabbi, teacher, and author. Poupko has nearly 29,000 followers on LinkedIn. Below is a recent LinkedIn post followed by some comments. These screenshots are from a 27.10.24 LinkedIn post I knew … Continue reading Revisited: Genocide in Gaza/الإبادة الجماعية في غزة/רצח עם בעזה

I Had a Dream: From Vietnam to Gaza

07/11/202407/11/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Articles, Commentary adagio for strings, gaza, genocide, israel, palestine, palestinians, samuel barber

Click on the image for a video slideshow I created set to Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. And now a word from my conscience and a clarion call from my moral compass... My latest for CounterPunch. Here's how I kick off this 3000+-word essay. Israel has reached an unimaginable peak of evil. And indeed many … Continue reading I Had a Dream: From Vietnam to Gaza

Genocide in Gaza

22/10/202429/10/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary, video gaza, genocide, human rights, israel, palestine

I created a slideshow of injured, dying, displaced, and dead Palestinians set to Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. It’s my way of reflecting on and processing the Israeli-planned and -executed carnage that is occurring in Gaza. Click on the image below to access the video. Follow this link to access the video on my Vimeo … Continue reading Genocide in Gaza

Rhetorical Checkmate

20/10/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary gaza, genocide, human rights, israel, moral compass, palestine, palestinians, pariah state, state terrorism

Source: Wikipedia LinkedIn is becoming like Facebook except I reserve non-business posts and comments for truly serious and literally existential issues like the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. You can start with my comment followed by Johanna's indignant response, and my response to her response. Crickets after the latter. Like many, you'll notice she trots … Continue reading Rhetorical Checkmate

An International Educator in Vietnam

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