[To those who may have tuned to Al Jazeera this morning (either online or streamed on TV): I did not spot Shaina during the 8 to 9 hour and just quickly scanned the 9 to 10 hour and didn’t see any video that featured her, either. Apologies for this “false alert”]
Please note that I absolutely do not want to bring the Israel-Gaza war into Lincoln Talk! And I hope that no one else does, either! LincolnTalk is not the place for discussion or activism on this issue, and there are plenty of other venues where people can engage on this catastrophe. As we’ve learned in the past few days, when dealing with a war, when dealing with communications difficulties, and when dealing with unscheduled breaking events, scheduled media appearances become more like proposals than commitments, because they are subject to change without notice. Consequently, we’re going to stop posting information about “Shaina will be in the media”—which too often had a plot line more like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” That said, Barbara and I are proud of our daughter and because so many people on LincolnTalk know her, we’re willing to share with the community what is really a local story about a woman who grew up here. On some occasions, the media will provide a link to a radio or TV broadcast they’ve already aired, and when then happens we can post that link to LincolnTalk—as I did the other day for Shaina’s appearance on Channel 25 or earlier today for Shaina’s appearance on the BBC yesterday. For those interested in supplementing mainstream American media coverage of the war: * Try Al Jazeera English—available online (https://www.aljazeera.com/), or free using a Roku device and possibly other streaming platforms. * Democracy Now (https://www.democracynow.org/) * Haaretz, an English Language Israeli newspaper that’s online (https://www.haaretz.com/) Haaretz is an excellent resource, but most of its content is behind a paywall. Several years ago, our GRALTA Foundation negotiated an arrangement that permits us to post links to stories we select that penetrate the paywall to a page on our website (www.gralta.org/news <http://www.gralta.org/news> ). You can check that out. (FYI, Haaretz is non-profit, and we make substantial contributions to support it.) I’ve been posting links to Haaretz stories a few times/week, and when I do I send an email to my “Haaretz list.” If anyone would like to be added to that list, please let me know. And if you tire of getting those emails, let me know that, too—I’ll take you off the list. As many know, Barbara, Shaina, and I have been concerned about “The Holy Land Problem” for many years. Barbara or I would be happy to talk with anyone about our views, and we have considerable information that we can offer. We would be especially interested in connecting with the local churches (St. Joseph’s, St Anne’s, and First Parish). It’s long amazed us that they seem to have so little interest in The Holy Land Problem, considering the impact it’s had on the Christian community, which has slowly been driven out of Bethlehem and marginalized within Israel. Regards, Steve Low
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