{"id":311105,"date":"2026-01-05T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=311105"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:41:10","slug":"three-messages-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/01\/three-messages-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Messages Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"

31 Dec 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n

17 Dec 2025<\/strong> – <\/em>\u201cBut the angel reassured them [the Shepherd]. ‘Don\u2019t be afraid!’ he said. ‘I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Saviour\u2014yes, the Messiah, the Lord\u2014has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!’ Luke 2:10\u201311<\/p>\n

Next week I will send you a newsletter about our institutional work (palestinenature.org<\/a>) since there were a lot of developments. But for now, this week’s newsletter (on day 802 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza) focuses on human rights. Again open the links only if they intrigue you<\/p>\n

Everyone now with minimal education knows there is a propaganda onslaught to bury the truth of genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression. Most people though now instinctively and based on data now know the level of “fog” and obfuscation issues when it comes to Israel and Zionism and its hold on western “democracies”. But everyone also now knows that the Zionist narrative is collapsing (see West in panic as Israel loses narrative war\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/m5CR42Yht8Q<\/a>\u00a0).<\/p>\n

The amazing work for Palestine done in thousands of new organizations created in the past two years to not only respond to the genocide and ecocide and medicide and veriticide but also build a new global system away from wars and oppression. This global system is for sustainability of human and natural communities (enriching human and biological diversity. This is inherently decolonial global effort. I give now on average one to two talks every day. I also stay connected and attend events and activities with many of these organizations that occasionally I speak to like the Elders (for peace), Palestinian Social Fund, Saeel, Kairos Palestine, Rebuilding Alliance, Forensic Architecture, Buld Palestine and hundreds more. We only wish there were more than 48 hours in a day to get caught up!.<\/p>\n

The new Zionist colony in my peaceful village of Beit Sahour, the Shepherds’ field
\nhttps:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2025\/12\/new-israeli-settlement-in-west-bank-town-near-bethlehem-threatens-the-christian-presence-in-palestine\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Palestinian Civil Society Organisations Expose Israel\u2019s Systematic Torture of Palestinians before the UN Committee against Torture\u00a0https:\/\/www.alhaq.org\/advocacy\/27057.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Is peace a pipe dream\u00a0https:\/\/johnhorgan.org\/cross-check\/is-peace-a-pipe-dream<\/a>
\n[based on an excellent talk I attended and plan to give a followup on this with a talk to the same group]<\/p>\n

Australians Being Massacred Shouldn’t Bother Us More Than Palestinians Being Massacred
\nhttps:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/australians-being-massacred-shouldnt<\/a>
\nQuestioning the simplified version of the attack\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/f42ocurgm7U<\/a><\/p>\n

The theft of archeology– another form of ethnic cleansing
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/WsstYNQ1T24<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/this-palestinian-town-holds-5000-years-of-history-israel-is-about-to-seize-it\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israel-preparing-largest-ever-act-of-archeological-cleansing-in-west-bank\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the oldest temple in Lebanon\u2026once a synagogue, then a church, and then a mosque. IsHell bombed and destroyed it after the ceasefire.
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/gdzuMn_mGMQ<\/a><\/p>\n

This is what they do\u2026steal everything Pali so as to fake that they\u2019re from the land.\u00a0 Excellent short report! \u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/K-RLNgzYzf4<\/a><\/p>\n

Tucker Carlson explains things well
\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/tuckercarlson\/status\/1998949704772759672?s=51<\/a><\/p>\n

Zionism is pure evil. We MUST eradicate it. \u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/naP1JAEXCTs<\/a><\/p>\n

Hundreds of Santas march into the British Parliament to end the genocide and for Palestine\u00a0https:\/\/x.com\/SuppressedNws1\/status\/2000018085781393543<\/a><\/p>\n

The Trump-UN Gaza plan is no path to peace. Here\u2019s a better way.
\nhttps:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/international\/5640894-gaza-conflict-trump-plan\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Non-Eurocentric Non-Orientalist Interdisciplinary Knowledge is Crucial to Liberation\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=koi5ZQFnkJc<\/a><\/p>\n

London conference on attacks and killings of Journalists (what is becoming an epidemic of silencing)\u00a0https:\/\/www.londonfreelance.org\/fl\/2512un-day.html<\/a><\/p>\n

They’re driving Europe crazy for a reason
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/yVZkf3-NxxU<\/a><\/p>\n

LULLABY – TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/G957oaAZwhc<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally a short poem “Purpose”
\nWe can help without interfering
\nIn the fate unfolding
\nNot to fashion a destiny
\nneither to act in enmity
\nBut to enjoy and aid
\nnature’s evolving cascade
\nnot to breach
\nneither to beseech
\nto act without destroying
\nto build without obstructing
\nLooking inward is key
\nto future living free
\naid the natural blooming
\nof life’s miracles growing
\nand planting a better future<\/p>\n

for every living creature
\nfrom Qumsiyeh, Mazin 2025. \u201cPurpose\u201d pp 199-200 in International Bilingual Poetry: Poems and Bengali translations of contemporary 147 English poets from 62 countries. Edited and Translated by Md Ejaj Ahamed Published by Nasrin Sultana, Dream Raft Publication Mahendrapur, Suti, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.<\/p>\n

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24 Dec 2025 – <\/em><\/strong>We received many messages in response to our (Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability or PIBS) holiday greeting. We are grateful to all especially those who did a year end donation (pallestinenature.org\/donations<\/a>\u00a0). Greetings of holidays for all religions is important for us at PIBS because the institute believes in preserving and enriching human diversity and biological diversity (connected and there are threats to both driven by greed and militarism). Our motto is respect: for ourselves, for other human beings (regardless of background, and for nature\/mother earth.<\/p>\n

Think of Others by Mahmoud Darwish Translated by Mohammed Shaheen
\nAs you prepare your breakfast, think of others – do not forget the pigeon\u2019s food
\nAs you conduct your wars, think of others – do not forget those who seek peace
\nAs you pay your water bill, think of others – those who are nursed by clouds
\nAs you return home, to your home, think of others – do not forget the people of the camps.
\nAs you sleep and count the stars, think of others – those who have nowhere to sleep
\nAs you liberate yourself in metaphor, think of others – those who have lost the right to speak.
\nAs you think of others far away, think of yourself say: \u201cIf only I were a candle in the dark\u201d\u201cYou give but little when you give of your possessions; it is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow?\u00a0 And what is fear of need but need itself.\u201d Kahlil Gibran, \u201cThe Prophet\u201d 1923<\/p>\n

We had our staff and volunteer gathering yesterday (see pictures at\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PIBS.PMNH<\/a>\u00a0) and while we enjoyed good company and good food, we did think of others and will work harder to serve.<\/p>\n

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently boasted that Israel is the guardian of Christianity in the Middle East. To test this claim Peter Oborne travelled to Bethlehem to learn how Palestinians are surviving this Christmas in the birthplace of Christ.
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/iajob-0fLDA<\/a>
\nhere is Sabeel’s statement:\u00a0https:\/\/sabeel.org\/category\/wave-of-prayers\/<\/a>
\nand Kairos Palestine:\u00a0https:\/\/www.kairospalestine.ps\/index.php\/resources\/statements<\/a><\/p>\n

I was honored to be a speaker in this (great conversations): “Land and Resistance: Cooperativism from Palestine to Turtle Island”\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/xfrqgHyAdbI<\/a>
\nand at this Elders for disarmament and the cultures of peace meeting 15 12 25. Recording here:\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/OzVTJ4Kk6lA<\/a><\/p>\n

My latest book readings in the past two weeks
\n1) Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (echos of our own experience with indigenous knowledge and nature)
\nhttps:\/\/www.joycerain.com\/uploads\/2\/3\/2\/0\/23207256\/braiding_sweetgrass_1.pdf<\/a>
\n2) Warsaw 1944 : A city raised to the ground Alexandra Richie (Echos of what is happening in Gaza Strip- remarkable similarity but Gaza was worse in degree)
\nReview:\u00a0http:\/\/www.ruf.rice.edu\/~sarmatia\/115\/115cienciala.pdf<\/a>
\n[I could not locate an online PDF to share- I have the paper book itself , 738 pages]
\nHave a peaceful week and keep hope alive<\/p>\n

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30 Dec 2025 –<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>With my wife and three volunteers we went to watch the film “The voice of Hind Rajab”\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Voice_of_Hind_Rajab<\/a><\/p>\n

The docudrama opened deep wounds and the packed audience all cried. I cried more and could not sleep receiving messages from friends in Gaza about their desperate situation. My friend Hiam tells me that time has run out, that we cannot expect her to keep her patience and resilience after 26 months of horrors. She even contemplates suicide. Cold, starvation, slow death everywhere. But also killings continue while the world normalized genocide; two criminals (Trump and Netanyahu) meet to plot inflicting more suffering.\u00a0 Sleep is hard to come by.<\/p>\n

Greta Thunberg arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which says “I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.’ Supporting prisoners on hunger strike unjustly held for months is a crime in the land of Lord Balfour!<\/p>\n

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How long can Starmer ignore the Palestine Action hunger strike?
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/ZnoSPgU5eTc<\/a><\/div>\n
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Christian treatments by the Jewish state https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DSr5mpPgoFu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A \u00a0Holiday Circle For the Love, Protection and Freedom of the Palestinian People with Music, Poetry, Prayers, Praise and Messages for Liberation and Courage!\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/qqtqZw7Yah0<\/a>
\nMessage from Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh & Meditation by Stephen Fulder
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/fJFkpZBHjrs<\/a>A new year’s message and concert\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/D-z-5BRY9HY<\/a><\/p>\n

“And I\u2019ve come to a stage where I feel humiliated to have to discuss it, because what is there to discuss? What is there to discuss when you\u2019re murdering children, destroying hospitals, destroying universities, murdering journalists, and boasting about it, boasting about it? And everybody\u2019s sort of ambiguous \u2014 I mean, what we are witnessing also is, I think, there are surveys that say that almost 90% of the population of the world wants this to stop, but there is no connection between democratically elected governments and the will of the people. It\u2019s ended. So, the whole charade of Western liberal democracy is as much of a corpse under the rubble as the tens of thousands of Palestinians.\u201c Arundhati Roy<\/p>\n

Rev. Munther Isaac: Christmas is not a Western story \u2013 it is a Palestinian one
\nhttps:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2025\/12\/24\/christmas-is-not-a-western-story-it-is-a-palestinian-one<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1,115 European financial institutions involved in financing 104 companies contributing to the illegal occupation and crime of genocide\u00a0https:\/\/cihrs.org\/1115-european-financial-institutions-involved-in-financing-104-companies-contributing-to-the-illegal-occupation-and-crime-of-genocide\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Our friend Muhammad Bakri died age 73. Here is a link to his documentary film Jenin, Jenin\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kkul4uv84sa<\/a>
\nAnd here, thanks to zochrot, is the documentary by Bakri entitled Nakba 1948\u00a0https:\/\/www.zochrot.org\/videos\/view\/56338\/en<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What the Zionist managed western media ignores: Epstein and Israel\u00a0https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2025\/12\/the-new-york-times-ignores-an-essential-part-of-the-jeffrey-epstein-story-israel\/<\/a>Behind the zionist think tank curtain \u2013 The Hidden Influence of U S & European Policy Groups\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/bjsy2h2jnr0<\/a><\/p>\n

Tucker Carlson\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/yPggL9uarjg<\/a><\/p>\n

Julian Assange files Criminal Complaint over Nobel prize endorsing war against Venezuela
\nhttps:\/\/the307.substack.com\/p\/julian-assange-launches-criminal<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/file.wikileaks.org\/files\/2025\/machado29-dist.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n

Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire (who nominated me for the prize) supported his action: \u201cI fully support this great action of Julian Assange which speaks truth to power. Indeed Alfred Nobel\u2019s will is NOT for warmaking but peacemaking and the Nobel Committee is actually acting illegally by ignoring Nobel\u2019s wishes\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

false flag?\u00a0Https:\/\/youtu.be\/f42ocurgm7u<\/a>
\nThe result is clear: NSW passes protest ban (you cannot oppose genocide), Premier ducks questions on armed CSG on Sydney streets\u00a0https:\/\/michaelwest.com.au\/nsw-passes-protest-ban-premier-ducks-questions-on-armed-idf-on-sydney-streets\/<\/a>
\nPetition from Jewish Council of Australia to the Australian government
\nhttps:\/\/jewishcouncil.good.do\/unity\/<\/a>Deal with the devil that Saved Zionism from Bankruptcy
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ZyTjJZsJihI<\/a><\/p>\n

This brilliant woman looked into the rumors that the “ballroom” Trump says he is building to replace the East Wing of the White House isn\u2019t really a ballroom, and what she finds out, with evidence, is shocking. Seems they\u2019ve hired an IsHell \u201carchitectural\u201d firm to build an underground data center and bunker. She even proves the donors are fake. It starts at minute 1.19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/VbJ4ilDvGyc<\/a>
\nWatch soon, because her TikTok video had over 8 million views when they shut it down. They might do the same on YouTube.<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a> Mazin Qumsiyeh, associate professor of genetics and director of cytogenetic services at Yale University School of Medicine, is founder and president of the Holy Land Conservation Foundation and ex-president of the Middle East Genetics Association. He won the Raymond Jallow Activism Award from the national Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee in 1998. He is co-founder and national treasurer of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, and has written extensively about the Middle East. Qumsiyeh is a member of the<\/em> TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>, author of <\/em>Sharing the Land of Canaan and <\/em>Popular Resistance in Palestine, a professor at Bethlehem University and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History in Bethlehem.<\/em> http:\/\/palestinenature.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 popular-resistance.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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