Palestinian Christians are often called the ‘living stones’ of Christianity as they can trace their history to the birth of the Church in this land 2,000 years ago. Ancestors of some families have been in the Holy Land ever since, while others migrated there in later centuries. Therefore they should be understood to be indigenous people of the Holy Land, not immigrants and not recent converts. In fact, they are the oldest Christian population on earth.
Unfortunately many Christians in other countries do not even know there are Christians in Palestine and view the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a religious conflict between Muslims and Jews, rather than the struggle over land it truly is. Yet Christians around the world owe much to these indigenous believers and their faithful stewardship of the holiest sites of Christianity.
Once a major portion of the population in this region, today Palestinian Christians make up about 2% or less of the Palestinian population in the occupied territories, while they may comprise as much as 10% of the Palestinian people worldwide. The majority are members of Orthodox churches.
These Christians strongly identify as Palestinians with the same culture and history as their Muslim sisters and brothers. In this land, Christians and Muslims have lived together peacefully for many generations. Today they suffer together under the brutal Israeli occupation and all that it entails: checkpoints, travel restrictions, confiscation of land, destruction of homes, abuse of children, beatings, killings, and more.
One of the most painful restrictions of the occupation are the limits on their freedom to worship. Tourists from around the world can visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, believed to be the site of Jesus’ burial tomb, yet Palestinian Christians who live only a few miles away cannot reach it without a special permit that they can rarely obtain, even during the Easter season.
mexicans are now living in terror of ICE rappelling through their apartment window and you're laughing?
Feds rappelled from Black Hawk helicopters during Chicago raid to target alleged Tren de Aragua gang members.
The operation involved around 300 federal officers.
Israel's contract to pay influencers some $7,000 per post is running "right now," journalist Nick Cleveland-Stout tells Glenn Greenwald.
"We don't actually know as of right now who the influencers are," he says. "There's between 14 and 18 influencers that are part of this program."
Cleveland-Stout says he thinks this is "the first real smoking gun" that the Jewish state is "paying influencers to post on behalf of Israel."
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🇺🇸🤖🔌 Average US electricity price over the years, per Axios
📝: These AI data centers are going to be a negative influence on the economy in more ways then one.
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🇺🇸 We have our first break in the matrix: Oracle.
A month ago Oracle stock soared after forecasting extraordinary growth: "We signed four multi-billion-dollar contracts with three different customers in Q1," said Oracle CEO, Safra Catz.
$455B in contract backlog. Multi-billion-dollar deals.
But according to The Information, newly surfaced internal documents paint a very different picture.
Oracle’s AI cloud margins are razor-thin around 14 cents of profit for every $1 in Nvidia server rentals.
That’s less than most retail businesses, and in some cases, the company’s actually losing money. The data shows margins fluctuating between 10% and 20%, averaging just 16%.
And reportedly, Oracle lost nearly $100 million last quarter renting out Blackwell chips, the very product driving its “AI boom.”
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10/7/23(pro Israel)
On this day, we pause to remember the horrific events of October 7, 2023—a day that scarred the soul of Israel and shocked the world. Nearly 1,200 innocent lives were brutally taken. Hundreds of men, women, and children were kidnapped and held hostage; many of whom are now dead. Countless women were subjected to unimaginable cruelty and humiliation before losing their lives. Families were shattered, homes burned to the ground, and entire communities left in grief and devastation.
Yet even in the shadow of such evil, we have witnessed extraordinary courage. We remember the victims, pray for the hostages, and stand steadfast with Israel in her fight for life and freedom.
Am Yisrael Chai — the people of Israel live.
Let’s pray for the return of all of our hostages, the living and dead:
Ariel Cunio
Alon Ohel
Eitan Horn
Avinatan Or
Elkana Bohbot
Evyatar David
Bipin Joshi
Ziv Berman
Gali Berman
David Cunio
Eitan Mor
Maxim Herkin
Omri Miran
Bar Abraham Kupershtein
Guy Gilboa-Dalal...