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When what is happening is just so horrific that we must stop it, we must do something. Ken and I took to the streets of Portland yesterday to protest what Israel is doing to Gaza. People have always said that it was complex and used that as an excuse to ignore it. It is not complex, it is simple. Right now 2.1 million people are imprisoned and Israel is bombing them. Does that sound familiar? Imprison millions, kill them while the world does nothing?? Well it is just that simple. These people have done nothing …. in fact what could they do, they have been imprisoned for their entire lives in Gaza. Half of them are children. THIS IS NOT RHETORIC, this is exactly what is happening. The world is doing nothing and the US is wholeheartedly supporting this…. with money,…. with weapons.

I struggle to think of a time in my lifetime that something THIS horrific has happened and I cannot. I was born in 1956, after the holocaust. … I have never lived in a time when millions of imprisoned people were being bombed…. and starved and dehydrated. Now they have been cut off from the outside world, so Israel can commit their war crimes without the pesky internet.

Yesterday Ken and I joined in on a protest in Portland Oregon. It was totally a wonderful experience to spend a few hours with people THAT human that they would take to the streets for the love and caring of something going on half way around the world.

While we were marching I looked around at all of these people and was so proud to be with them, to be part of such a passionate group of people. It was a multicultural and young, and it felt so good to be one of them. I must say, I felt a bit old, the antiwar protests back in 2003 were mostly a grey wave, these people were much younger.
It was very peaceful

I am a dual citizen of Canada and the US. I pay taxes in both countries and both countries are shipping weapons to Israel. So I am doubly ashamed. I have written several letters to Trudeau, and this is the most recent …. please consider writing to your government representatives. Feel free to use my letter or whatever part of it you want.

This letter is to strongly encourage the government of Canada to speak out against the genocide that is going on in Gaza. We did nothing back in the 1940s, so PLEASE PLEASE let us do something now to end the slaughter of innocent children that is going on. It is a total lie that speaking out against Israel is antisemitism. What they are doing is wrong and for Canada to remain silent is complicity. This is not the country that I grew up in. I have always seen Canada as a peaceful country “peacekeepers” we seem to have become war keepers. PLEASE do not let Canada be part of the problem. I am so ashamed that Canada is not speaking out against these crimes against humanity. thank you.

As for the terrorist attack by Hamas. They killed 1400 innocent in cold blood. How many people can Israel kill to make up for that? 3000 people were killed in 911, and the US war on Terror killed a million people. Is revenge really a concept worth supporting??? Can Israel kill a million people and get away with it? These are people just like you and me. All they want in life is a place to be where there is peace.

Much Love from Janet, Ken and Tucker and thank you for reading this.