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Jeni's avatar

What a meaningful and insightful conversation. Thank you for your friendship and the peace in action that it represents. I join you both in praying for peace.

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Rubi Beatriz's avatar

May God’s grace continue to strengthen us all with good will. So appreciate and so love you, Marianne 🙏

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Juričić Anna's avatar

Read is an extraordinary human being, with a profound and expansive vision that leaves no room for propaganda or mere political correctness. My sincere thanks to Marianne for graciously hosting him.

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Mara Yetter's avatar

more than just one moment of complete darkness. Humanity must empower themselves to create a more sustainable co-existence. I pray that we will rise to this occasion, to resolve differences, that we raise consciousness and heal our political divisions between all U.S. and Middle East about how to move towards peace, that PEACE may prevail through-out the world.

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Justin Tait's avatar

Maybe it's about leverage.

Israel gets arms and the US gets Gaza and silence.

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Peggy Kober's avatar

“How to view a better world, forward, indeed. The current situation is unsustainable” indeed.

I appreciate your perspectives. Be lifted! May all be lifted !!

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Wendy Lynne's avatar

Why don’t you or anybody in the United States interview a spokesperson for the Israelis. I would hope as a Jewish person you would have the inclination to be a little more even handed.

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Mike's avatar

Isn't trump getting bribed by military industrial complex ....honestly isn't it that simple

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Pia Kopp's avatar

Thank you Marianne for your clarity, discernment and humanity!

Wish you, that you will be able one day to this ‚magic trip‘ together 🙏

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Jean Young's avatar

This was amazing! So insightful, educational, and most of all showing how to meet and discuss from different points of view with shared humanity.

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Charlie Franklin's avatar

This war will continue until Hamas will RELEASE THE HOSTAGES! This is PLAIN ENGLISH.

You can talk about this as long as you have a hole in your ass.

What part of this do you not seem to understand?

DUDE!

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Marianne Williamson's avatar

Are you under the impression that the incursion into Gaza wil get Hamas to release the hostages? The hostage families certainly don't believe that. Hamas gets more PR value from the incursion. What part of that do YOU not seem to understand?

Please refrain from being rude. It brings down the energy for all of us.

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Charlie Franklin's avatar

No, it’s a first step. That first step will not stop 3000

years of wars. Btw, being rude comes from the top down. It’s nasty and my emotions seem to run away ( the letter( Y) lower case does not function on this phone) . We seem to have a rude commander in chief. That’s all he understands other than threats and violence.

I don’t know how to end this massacre and neither do the powers that do know. This is what it SEEMS to me.

I have nothing (now) more to say other than to apologize for offending those who are offended by my inappropriate language. I’m not the only non professional writer using such language. I don’t ( why did my print turn orange?

P. S, Hamas comoaflges itself within the Palestrnian citizenry and causes collateral damage.

How do you think the war can end?

Neither side is going to surrender without weapons of mass destruction.

Returning the hostages will not end the war. What do you suggest?

You and I SEEM to have come to an impasse. Trump promised to end the fighting the first day that he took office. What stoped him? Will he ever realize that he is not god?

Perhaps when he fully constructs his new dance in the White Jouse.

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Olga Moreno's avatar

Today I meditate on a Course in Miracle lesson of the day:

"I am surrounded by the Love of God"

Father, you stand before me, and behind, beside me, in the place I see myself, and everywhere I go. You are in all the things I look upon, the sounds I hear, and every hand that reaches for my own. In You time disappears , and place becomes a meaningless belief. For what surrounds Your Son and keeps him safe is Love itself, there is no source but this, an nothing is that does not share its holiness; that stands beyond your one creation, or without the Love which holds all things within itself. Father your Son is like Yourself. We come to You in Your Own Name today to be at peace within your everlasting love.

My brothers, join with me in this today. This is salvation's prayer. Must we not join in what will save the world, along with us?

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Tina bridge builder's avatar

First news said crimes against humanity concerning Gaza. They have proof 3 out of 4.

Crimea against humanity you need one . This has been all over New , Guardian i have great respect for . I also followed a gentleman News reporter, who was killed for unknown reasons . Why is it the UN and other countries seeing this happening, however is Not wanting to call what is happening . I am mot a profession writer . I am a witness to all that has been going on.

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DAVID TALLEAGLE's avatar

SICKENING

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Lee Barry's avatar

On Israel's Violation of the Declaration of Human Rights https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-has-the-universal-declarat-Djk_xjLOQlS.6jR6UlFLbg#2

Unfortunately the UDHR is not legally binding.

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Marianne Williamson's avatar

Neither Russia, China, nor the United States would pass that test either however.

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