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Oct 9, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Gwen Ackerman
On Oct 3, four days before Israel was to mark the trauma, shock, and horror that began its longest war to date, the Israeli military helped free a Yazidi woman abducted by ISIS at age 11. The woman spent 10 years in captivity, ending up in Gaza with a Hamas member affiliated with ISIS, according to the Israeli army.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Gwen Ackerman
When will we ever learn? The words of that 1955 Pete Seeger song, the one that makes the connection between life and death, men and women, and the cycles of love and war, popped into my head this week last week and played over and over again. At first, I couldn’t place the words. Were they from a song I sang at my New Jersey Reform synagogue so many years ago? I finally figured it out with the help of Google.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Gwen Ackerman
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Gwen Ackerman
We the people of Israel are not our leaders. Many of us do not agree with the government. Many of us weep over government decisions. We are not homogeneous. We the people of Gaza are not all supporters of Hamas. We want our children to get an education, to have a better life. Some of us have had to bow to Hamas’s wishes to keep our families safe. We are not homogeneous. We the people of Iran, are not the Ayatollahs. We are not evil. But we are afraid. We are afraid to speak out.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Gwen Ackerman
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Gwen Ackerman
I’m scared. I’m scared for the future of this country I have called home for the last 40 years. It isn’t just the war, it isn’t just the threats from Israel’s enemies, it isn’t just the allies or friends Israel is losing or the blatant antisemitism spreading like a global plague. I’m scared because of Israel’s internal divisions. Divisions Israeli politicians have played up, fed, and nurtured to win elections, to maintain control.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Gwen Ackerman
I used to be a journalist. Conflict, elections, and social upheaval was my beat for most of the 40 years I worked. This war, however, with its horrors and escalation of hate, has proven too much for me. I feel attacked–as an Israeli, as an American, as a Jew. I feel as if all my places of refuge have been deleted, vanished.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
alestlelive.com | Marissa Newman |Gwen Ackerman |Fares Akram
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Israel against an invasion of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza as talks about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas remained deadlocked at the beginning of Ramadan. The U.S. had been hoping for a breakthrough in the negotiations before Islam’s holy month, which began after sundown on Sunday. The deal, as envisioned, would see a six-week pause in fighting and the release of dozens of Israeli hostages in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
business-standard.com | Marissa Newman |Gwen Ackerman |Fares Akram
US President Joe Biden warned Israel against attacking the city of Rafah in southern Gaza as cease-fire talks with Hamas remained deadlocked at the beginning of Ramadan. The US hoped for a breakthrough before Islam's holy month, which began after sundown on Sunday. A deal would probably lead to a six-week pause in fighting, the freeing of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
leadertelegram.com | Marissa Newman |Gwen Ackerman |Fares Akram
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Israel against an invasion of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza as cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas remained deadlocked at the beginning of Ramadan. The U.S. had been hoping for a breakthrough in the negotiations before Islam’s holy month, which began after sundown on Sunday. The deal as envisioned would see a six-week pause in fighting and the release of dozens of Israeli hostages in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
