People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-Israel" or being "pro-Palestine" or being a "Zionist" does not properly capture the nuance of thought most people do or should have about this issue. It

Full piece here readtangle.com/israel-attacks…

I know at least four people who are sick.

🇬🇹In what remains of 2023, Guatemala is locked in a tight race between a change toward democratic governance in January and the installation of a dictatorship, writes Álvaro Montenegro in #efOpinion. elfaro.net/en/202312/opin…

Again, the wretched of Central America (El Salvador) share eerie relations to this… and when people call Gaza an “open-air prison” I want folks to truly understand what that means… this is photo from “modern” Salvadoran prison:

Se quedaron sin visa todos los diputados corruptos 🇺🇸 state.gov/additional-ste…

Read “Seeds of Life: Guatemala Beyond Elections,” an interview series with NISGUA partners on the Indigenous-led national strike, the political crisis surrounding the elections, and what lies beyond.🫀

Introduction to Series: Seeds of Life: Guatemala Beyond Elections nacla.org/seeds-life-gua… Interview #1: "The People Are Willing to Continue" nacla.org/people-willing…

Buses que se dirigen a la capital son detenidos en la autopista por la PNC, dirigentes del Mivimiento Ciudadano del Sur dialogan con las autoridades Alerta Temprana ⛅ Prensa Comunitaria Km169 Cristian Icó Soto Frídel Mejicanos CRNNoticias

Luis von Ahn Alejandro Giammattei Jamás vamos a perdonar que por el y su maldita ambición perdimos a familia por no tener oxígeno en los hospitales 😔😔😔 Alejandro Giammattei el más HDP de la historia!!

Buses on the way to Guatemala City for the inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo being detained. Last ditch efforts to disrupt showing of support for the inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo.

#TransiciónGT Toda guate cuando por fin destituyan a Giamateii

#TomaDePosesión | Afuera del congreso los manifestantes están de manera pacífica esperando que Bernardo Arévalo llegue a dar su discurso a la plaza central. #guate #CambioDeGobierno

🇬🇹 #Guatemala’s joy tells us that the solution for many of the issues in the region demands more and not less democracy; and that people don’t want to give up on their rights to have a better life, but well on the contrary, resisting against every oppression. ¡Enhorabuena Guate!

VAMOS GUATE 😭 QUE VIVA #TomaDePosesión

Vivaldi era uno de los músicos favoritos de Lucrecia Hernández Mack. De hecho, así se llama su gato 🐈. Hoy Bernardo Arévalo, quien fue su compañero de bancada en el Congreso, ingresó a su toma de posesión como Jefe de Estado con “La Primavera” de Vivaldi. 🎶🫂 Detalles,

It was a wild ride watching the events of the day and evening yesterday. But an incredible feeling watching the new government triumph. ‘A new spring’: Guatemala’s Arevalo becomes president after Congress delays aje.io/0dgqab via Al Jazeera English

ELECTION DAY

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