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ā€˜Hello Brother, hello sisterā€™ / #Israel #Palestine #Jerusalem #politicalscience #positivedisruption

Recently, the President of the United States of America formally acknowledged Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It was a decision mainly met with contention from leaders in the Islamic world, and good tidings from Israel itself. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Jewish-state, staunch allies of the American government with deep cultural ties with the American Judeo-Christian culture, have marked the occasion of American recognition of Jerusalem with a joy that has been long in anticipation. In this essay, I briefly expand on the human rights component of the contending issue between Palestine and Israel, and on a wider lens, the use of Palestine by internal and external powers as a proxy to militarily fight the Jewish homeland, destabilize the safety of the region, and in effect create an uneasy status quo of constant existential threats. This middle-eastern city has historically been a staging ground of battle for thousands of years between Jewish, Chr...

Like Lighthouses in a Sea of Noise / #MoreThanConquerors #theWorld

-The smart laborer starts early before sunrise, knowing the sun will be strong and that the time will move swiftly and the day be done. -The simple man riseth early, his heart fixed on his task and the work that needs to be done. -The man of God may stumble, yet he is brought back to his feet time and time again. His salt does not dissipate in the eyes of his Lord for the grace that he has has no end and the favor that is given him is that his Lord walketh and dwelleth in him. Of course, I speak as a Christian man, yet, like the God my heart and mind and soul recognizes, the love for all goes beyond religion, ethnicity, station in life or creed. So if you will, do allow me to speak with tolerance and a mind of coexistence as I speak as a Christian. "Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old." -Jesus the Messiah It is a hard thing a...