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SDIG Panelists Discuss the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. We at SDIG wish at this holy period that everyone who watches this video, regardless of the side one supports, would think of humanity and the carnage in Palestine, especially those innocent people, particularly children, and ask their leaders to fight or lobby for the cessation of these needless killing of innocent people. https://lnkd.in/e-CYRnug

Such an interesting listen. 50 years in and here we are. What are your thoughts? https://lnkd.in/gCmBnkBi #abc #domesticviolence #familyviolence

Putting in another plug for the Western States Public Order Conference 2024 that my agency is hosting. Considering the current geopolitical civil unrest that is happening here and abroad and looking at another presidential election year in 2024, coming together to learn, converse and network will be critical so that we don't repeat mistakes of the past. The conference will provide an opportunity to: - Review past incidents for lessons learned, - Learn what we can do to improve litigation outcomes, - Educate ourselves about what evidence-based theories support, - Understand the current protest devices being used, - Discover what groups and challenges we face, - Discuss the force trends from 2020, - Consider the NTOA Public Order Response and Operations Standards - Network with other agencies and some of the best Public Order operators and instructors in the country. #PublicOrder #Protests #Crowds #Dialog #NTOAPublicOrderStandards

The contradiction of our Mind is so vast that we can make a statement about human rights while sending weapons to kill. We tend to have no connection with Truth unless we honestly review our Mind and its activities. When we see obvious contradictions, we can find someplace beyond them, where there is alignment between what we say and what we do. There’s no complain to make about any government because these contradictions are present in our own lives too. We do better to review our own Mind’s activities through Meditation. This can bring true intelligence to our work. https://lnkd.in/duxwJdbQ

As rumors swirl about the potential for a new ceasefire in Gaza (rumors which for some reason President Biden thought it was appropriate to address while holding a literal swirl of ice cream), I want to offer one thought in response to the continuing line from those supporting the Netanyahu Government's war on Gaza that "if Hamas would only surrender and release the hostages there would be a ceasefire tomorrow." Context matters. Setting aside the difficult questions of what a ceasefire itself would look like - how long it would last, what it would really mean in humanitarian terms for Gaza and in political terms for the future of Palestinian self-determination, the question of "a ceasefire from what" is an important one. If Israel were using the advanced military and intelligence technologies at its reach to conduct precision strikes against Hamas military personnel involved in the October 7th attack, that would be one thing. But that is not what Israel is doing - it continues to conduct the strikes and operations that have killed tens of thousands of innocent people, while, as a UN expert has said today, using starvation as a weapon of war. In this context, what the argument I quoted in my first paragraph means in reality is not "We'll stop striking Hamas when they surrender and release the hostages," but rather "We'll stop massacring children when Hamas surrenders and releases the hostages." This is an utterly depraved position to hold. The issue here is not the battle between Israel and Hamas, but the atrocities committed by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza (and multiple international humanitarian actors there to help them). Calls for a ceasefire now are not calls of support for Hamas, they are calls for an end to wanton murder. This evening at 1830 GMT (1:30pm EST) I will be joining Andrew Marr live in the studio on LBC Radio to discuss the potential for a ceasefire, the U.S. continuing military support for Israel's operations, and related issues - do tune in.

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I’m working on creating a report of Civil Hate Crimes since earning my press card. Each attack I’ve reported to different entities, so consolidating & visually representing it will be interesting. My specific work was two fold: Travel Journalism w/Nature Photography & Government Reporting Before I started this project, I had 10+ yrs of reviews, where Google sent me a badge & I was a premier member w/Marriott, Hilton, other brands & airlines. In 2022, I had to delete my online presence, due to a legal case which involved a man in IT security who was preying on children at #YMCA, engaged in dissemination of pornography. In Q4 2017 I signed up for Work & Travel Corporate programs, paying a fee to be hosted while visiting beautiful places. A bulk of this work occurred 2020-22. I worked w/3 Agencies. One, 100% of placements, engaged in Labor Trafficking. A girl I met at one hotel, said she paid a fee to an English Language School to be placed. She was being abused. Our co-worker, Pink, & her friend, from Thailand, were being sex-trafficked. The owners threatened me if I were to report it. I did it anyways. You could see in Pink’s eyes, she’d never signed up for that, was being guarded, wanted out. #FreePink. The corrupt owners, one admitted he’s an addict of narcotics. (Drug trafficking.) The other owner said he worked for Medical Manager (indicted for Security Fraud). Their GM, was former law enforcement. Her position of power & military alliance, terrified the victims, who were too afraid to seek help. She couldn’t scare me though. She showed me pictures of herself in the military, 100 pounds lighter. I asked her what had happened. She stated about a year before, her son had found her in a coma in her bed. She was rushed to the hospital. She lived. I couldn’t help but wonder if she had tried to “leave” “The Family” a year before & was injected with chemicals & drugs, or drank tampered water, just before going comatose. The working “bedfellows” one keeps…. I walked out of that assignment within 3 weeks, breaking contract, after going to law enforcement & reporting human trafficking. The other Labor Trafficking along the way during Work & Travel was often more discreet & I may not have noticed if I hadn’t spent my career as Financial Controller building Private Equity & VC backed companies in SF. Nor studying therapy & the art of eliciting “right” data. Journalists, no matter what project, you are incredible. Thank you. Journalist’s are not targets. Hate Groups, local militia, trafficking, is all illegal. Even if executed by a 501c3, Religion, Corporation, or “Mom & Pop”. I hope that our country & citizens, will stand against trafficking. Convict Labor Trafficking in upcoming trials. As well as shut down the Work & Travel site actively Labor Trafficking. And the English Language 501c3 sex trafficking. As well as continue to convict ERW Domestic Terrorists from the Capital Riot & other designated hate & terrorist groups.

Stop violence, Stop destruction, Start dialog and nonviolent interaction as equals between the 80% non-radicals. Mutual understanding is the only path to establish sustainable peace and stop the conflict forever. www.pax.ngo https://lnkd.in/d2pjUZuF