A fabulous link to the past via Michael - thank you so much!!
“I expect to pass through this world but
once. Any good, therefore, I can
do, or any kindness that I can show to any
fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not
defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way
again.”
"Attributed to William Penn."
The steady decline of our right to protest is just one more indicator of a backsliding democracy.
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Describing what he witnessed as "sobering," Mr George stated: "The
International Court of Justice has deemed Israel an apartheid state. I
don’t feel qualified to make such a judgment, but I can confirm I
witnessed extreme segregation and discrimination."
He added: "There are broadly two communities of people, living unequal
lives – one with rights, freedoms, and access to services; the other
with restrictions, no right to vote for the government controlling their
lives, and daily hardship."
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He stressed that achieving peace requires addressing this inequality:
"Seeking peace after decades of conflict can only work if it benefits
both Israelis and Palestinians.
“Achieving this will require political change and herculean diplomatic effort. Peace can’t come until this inequality ends."
Mr. George proposed a "Two-Stage Solution" as a necessary foundation for future peace:
1. Full democratic rights – votes for all
2. A truth and reconciliation process.
In remembrance of 15 Palestinian paramedic emergency workers killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza 23 March 2025
11 April 2025"My heart and soul died when Rifaat was killed," says Hajjah Umm Mohammed, the mother of a Palestinian paramedic who was one of 15 emergency workers killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza last month.
Rifaat Radwan, 23, was travelling in a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance in a convoy of emergency vehicles when it came under fire on the outskirts of Rafah on 23 March.
"I never expected him to be killed, especially since the area was classified as 'green', meaning safe and open to ambulances," she adds.
After a really gloomy year last year, it's been lovely to see the sunshine this last week or so, and - unusually for Cornwall - it's been very clear, and with cold nights (-2C last night here).
But the sunshine has been glorious! and has meant we can harvest some apricity too!
We've even managed to generate .15 of a unit more electricity yesterday than we used!!
"And don’t you think it wonderful (asked
the Guide who was showing us over a great
factory) that the mind of man could have
Invented this?” The Guide, whose duty it
Was to impress upon all visitors the size and
importance of the factory he was explaining,
made a magnificent gesture towards Q& great
complicated machine which meant nothing
to us. “That,” he said, “is one of the greatest
achievements of mankind. It can produce
goods on a scale unthinkable before. It is
almost human; in fact, it is much more
than human.”
