Tag: Gaza
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The Everywhere War comes to Boulder | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two headlines in The Wall Street Journal last week brought home how small the world has become. “The Intifada comes to Boulder,” read one. “Ukraine’s drone strike is a warning — for the U.S.,” read the other. The first referred to how the Palestinian uprising…
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Former Pine Creek, UCCS runner Layla Almasri represents Palestine at Paris Olympics
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Layla Almasri probably won’t use her voice during competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics. But Almasri expects her presence will speak volumes. The former Pine Creek High School and University of Colorado Colorado Springs track and field star will represent the Palestinian people during Friday’s…
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Colorado Democrats reject resolution on Gaza cease-fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Democrats on Monday rejected a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and condemning the “disproportionate military response by Israel” to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people — all familiar talking points raised in other avenues by activists seeking an immediate end…
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The call for a ceasefire, from a mother’s point of view | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s one basic human truth that bipartisan supporters of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza want befuddled politicians in Denver and across the United States to know: “There are mothers on the other side of the fence as well.” They want them to make the fighting…
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Denver prayer vigil held after attack on Israel
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The war that raged over the weekend in Israel came home to Colorado Monday evening as more than a thousand people from the Jewish community and other faiths joined for a prayer vigil at Temple Emanuel in Denver. “This is a moment we haven’t seen…