Questions from Gaza’s Children

19/07/202515/08/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary children, ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, israel, malnutrition, palestine, palestinians, starvation

The following questions come from the children of Gaza, all of which have been asked of Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) staff over the last year. Reposted from that organization's website. These are questions for all of us, including especially the leaders of the terrorist state responsible for the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing, Israel. Source: … Continue reading Questions from Gaza’s Children

Cries from the Rubble

15/07/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary, Songs ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, palestine

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! -Amos 5:24 This is one version of a song I created about the ongoing Israeli-executed genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. (Verse 1) The sun won’t rise on shattered stone. Smoke fills the air where homes once stood. A mother cries, but … Continue reading Cries from the Rubble

Gunning Down the Future of Palestine

03/07/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary erasure, ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, hanoi almadhoun, idf, iof, Mahmoud Almadhoun, palestine, palestinians, starvation

Image created by ChatGPT Here are three LinkedIn posts by Hani Almadhoun, reprinted with permission. Hani, who is the Senior Director of Philanthropy for UNWRA, has lost numerous immediate and extended family members, including his brother Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun, who was targeted by the IOF and killed by a drone on November 30, 2024, near … Continue reading Gunning Down the Future of Palestine

“Sun of Hope” by Shams Mazen Rajab

01/07/202517/07/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary ELT Professionals for Palestine, ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, idf, iof, israel, palestine, poetry, Shams Mazen Rajab, sun of hope, we are not numbers, Zionism

Source: ELT Professionals for Palestine After reading this poem, which was published as a guest post in Letters from Gaza, an ELT Professionals for Palestine's e-newsletter, I was inspired to create two versions of a song using my go-to AI music program with customized prompts. (See the embedded links below for both versions.) Also, below … Continue reading “Sun of Hope” by Shams Mazen Rajab

“Tear Down the Walls”

09/06/202508/06/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary, video arrests, authoritarianism, christofascism, cold as ICE, deportation, deportations, detention, ethnic cleansing, FUBAR, gaza, genocide, ICE, israel, lawlessness, MAGA, palestine, resist, shitstorm, tear down the walls, USA

REUTERS/via SNO Sites/Lucy NicholsonThe badge of ICE Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, in Hawthorne, California. File photo March 1, 2020. I created this song "in honor of" ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), a US government agency from hell. Let me know which version you prefer in the comments section below, on my … Continue reading “Tear Down the Walls”

“They Called Palestinians Terrorists – But What I Saw Made Me A Muslim” by Jon Stewart

02/06/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, israel, jon stewart, justice, palestine, peace, terrorism, zionist framework

A brilliant 25-minute analysis of the Israeli-executed genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Jon Stewart covered all the bases, and then some. Below is a transcript of his remarks created by TurboScribe. Peace, MAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZleIe_37k Good evening, everyone, or morning, or whatever it is in Gaza right now. Because let's be honest, time zones are … Continue reading “They Called Palestinians Terrorists – But What I Saw Made Me A Muslim” by Jon Stewart

Israel in Five Years: A Prediction

17/01/202505/02/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary gaza, greater israel project, israel, jordan, Lebanon, palestine, palestinians, shir hever, syria, Zionism

I asked (Sifu) Dai Leon, a New Zealand-based US expat and one of the smartest, most knowledgeable, most well-informed, and best-connected people I know, about Israel's fate in five years. He had this to say: The country, formed by CIA-MI6 allying with Anglo & Jewish Mafias with ties to Talmudic Zionist Cult, has been instrumental … Continue reading Israel in Five Years: A Prediction

“I Am No Longer Interested”

16/01/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary allyship, gaza, genocide, hypocrisy, idf, israel, lila tamea, linkedin, muslims, palestine, palestinians, people of color

Lila Tamea I saw this post on LinkedIn and asked the author Lila Tamea for permission to share it on my blog. Her message is spot on and resonates with me and many others with a conscience and a moral compass. I, too, have no time for those colleagues who call themselves anti-racist or who … Continue reading “I Am No Longer Interested”

My Story & My Family: Amidst War & Destruction in Jabalia

15/01/202520/01/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary ahmed moeen serdah, ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, idf, israel, jabalia, palestine, palestinians

This is a repost of a story shared by Ahmed Moeen Serdah on LinkedIn about his experiences during the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. If you'd like to help Ahmed and his family, here is his GoFundMe account. Peace, MAA Photos by Ahmed Moeen Serdah Every time we think we have witnessed the utmost … Continue reading My Story & My Family: Amidst War & Destruction in Jabalia

A Message from Gaza

12/01/202514/01/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary azhaar amayreh, end the genocide, ethnic cleansing, extermination, free palestine, gaza, genocide, israel, palestine, starvation

This is a repost from Azhaar Amayreh, a Palestinian woman in Gaza who is struggling to survive the genocide, along with her daughter. Please consider making a donation to support her and her daughter. This photo is from Azhaar's LinkedIn post. The autocratic, despotic, tyrannical Israeli-hand systematically and with pre-planned engineered precision, massacres, annihilates, eliminates … Continue reading A Message from Gaza

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