The Weaponization of Judaism

06/07/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, holocaust, israel, judaism, mara kronenfeld, palestinians, silence is complicity, starvation, UNRWA USA, Zionism

Mara Kronenfeld's UNRWA Photo Below is a LinkedIn post by Mara Kronenfeld, executive director of UNRWA USA, which is helping to provide food and medicine to people in Gaza. This is a Jewish person's clear and passionate response to the oft-heard and ludicrous charge that to be anti-Zionist or anti-genocide (and therefore anti-Israel) is to … Continue reading The Weaponization of Judaism

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

This is Gaza

05/05/202507/05/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, greater israel project, israel, palestinians, starvation, Zionism

This is Gaza. A child arrives, silently asking for food. Her neck and shoulders reveal the unmistakable signs of severe malnutrition — prominent bones, depleted fat and muscle. She holds a pot of stew like it’s life itself.And in many ways, it is. Let the food in, world. If you feel powerless, make sure the … Continue reading This is Gaza

Revisited: “Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

07/04/2025 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary do not regret growing older, ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, israel, it is a privilege denied to many, mortality, palestinians

https://markashwill.com/2023/04/07/do-not-regret-growing-older-it-is-a-privilege-denied-to-many/ This remains my most popular post since I launched this blog in 2009. When I last searched for "do not regret growing older" in Google, there were 68.1 million results. There were 27.1 million results for "It is a privilege denied to many." In both cases, my original post was the first result. It's … Continue reading Revisited: “Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”

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

Christmas Eve

24/12/202425/12/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary bethlehem, christmas, christmas eve, daniel pinkham, ethnic cleansing, gaza, israel, jesus, palestine, palestinians, poverty, robert hillyer, social and economic inequality, university of delaware, virgin mary, west bank

This piece was written by Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) and Robert Hillyer (1895-1961). Hillyer taught at my undergraduate alma mater, the University of Delaware, from 1952 until his death. Coincidentally, Hillyer died at the age of 66 on 24 December 1961. (On a personal note both Pinkham and Hillyer are distant paternal cousins.) I think of … Continue reading Christmas Eve

For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide

22/12/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary boycott, dalia, divest, ethnic cleansing, gaza, genocide, idf, iof, israel, morality, palestine, palestinians, rafah, sally, sanction, shivani chaudhry, technion israel institute of technology, university of waterloo, war criminals

Guest Post by Shivani Chaudhry If you could lose your job for speaking out against genocide, then it's not a place worth working at.If you worry what 'others' will say if you stand against genocide, those 'others' need to be ignored.If you feel a genocide occurring in another country doesn't concern you, you're wrong. It … Continue reading For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide

The Unexamined Life

19/12/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary gaza, genocide, girl, idf, israel, palestine, palestinians, sniper

This is a guest post by Tamara Abood, a UK-based psychotherapist to corporate and creative professionals, and a lawyer. I’m looking at video footage of a young girl on her knees in the middle of a road. It’s night. She’s lit by the car lights nearby. She looks to be in enormous pain. She is … Continue reading The Unexamined Life

An International Educator in Vietnam

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