<div dir="ltr">Vinod and Kamala Parek would like to be included in this dialogue his email is <a href="mailto:vinodparek@gmail.com">vinodparek@gmail.com</a><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">A.M. Noel</div></div></div>646-939-1273</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM Isobel and Jim via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Sent from Isobel’s phone.<div>Greetings and for your consideration </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Isobel Bishop</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-4615352596044100121AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-4615352596044100121AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><br><div>Mob. 0412 129 425</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> BBC News Briefing <<a href="mailto:newsbriefing@email.bbc.com" target="_blank">newsbriefing@email.bbc.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 10 August 2024 at 6:06:10 AM AEST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au" target="_blank">isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>The Israelis defending Palestinian shepherds</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"> <div style="font-size:0px;display:none;opacity:0;color:transparent;max-height:0px;height:0px;width:0px"> Plus: A passenger plane crashes in Brazil, and Italy's volcanoes are getting livelier ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ </div> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:650px" width="650"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="width:100%;padding:15px 5px 12px" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="width:640px" valign="top" width="640"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20);font-size:11px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:13px;padding-bottom:15px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:13px"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36);text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://view.email.bbc.com/?qs=9f3d3504c1f1fd3f95420a0eb31374c4d6b75d68d811cda0d4ebcc9ba52a2022af01a85735a8aeea8aa5b4432b268299cbfd998b019eaa1d0507b53d9b10d85a0256bc7c51b4273470a97d08229b58ed263f3fa37767b5f2" style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"><u>View this email online</u></span></a></span></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0px auto" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:24px 0px 0px" valign="top"><a href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6cc5020ede0c2af5a18a3b385d8b019de6cf94442a38bbd3691605e9c40a91cffc599cf90bc32df4886d7edb129362b22aebbd43203e6d892e3" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="31" src="https://www.emailimagecdnadz7.com/1tgzhvp2cd/en_us/images/65ea0a453b23f-1709836869.2422.png" style="display: block; 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With the Middle East braced for Iran's response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on its soil, <strong>Hugo Bachega</strong> assesses the calculations in Tehran. Amid fears of a regional war, <strong>Fergal Keane</strong> and <strong>Alice Doyard</strong> find some rare solidarity between communities in the occupied West Bank. We also look back at Northern Ireland's road to peace, and feature breakdancing, volcanoes and bears. I got a very rare 7/7 in this week's quiz. <a href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6ccb2b86d3139d1f53cdb6b8c44c568e64abfaf202fadd232d53d84f3857d4ac3416f8c59561cdaa7aced9facf4b76c2d78290d39d076c042ba" style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>See if you can</u></strong></span></a> too.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding-top:20px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p height="1" style="width:100%;height:1px;max-height:1px;background-color:rgb(138,140,142);margin:0px;font-size:1px;line-height:1px" width="100%"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:650px" width="650"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="width:100%;padding:12px 30px" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:590px" width="590"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="590"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:28px;padding-bottom:24px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:28px">GET UP TO SPEED</span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;padding-bottom:24px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><li>Russia is still struggling to repel a cross-border incursion by Ukraine, which said it had <a style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6cc805c6ede120dc9b008b87fadf25f04c9e240f17304460a6f410827a1d982b16fb900415011d5553ab014a2b58d01afbcd82c82f36de64fff" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>hit a military airfield deep inside Russia</u></strong></span></a>. Meanwhile, <strong>BBC Verify</strong> has examined <a style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6ccf02bf6d46b5bdb735e2e04842bb3c2dd9cf3b3f514b14bc53fec389f8e9e32a9c14e336fbdf2fb225c7c87d1d002156940b75b15d09bd35c" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>footage of a badly damaged Russian convoy</u></strong></span></a>.</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;padding-bottom:24px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><li>A passenger plane <a style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6cce4b96d984b82aa485e1899ead9aa3d461f0be7c5205ce2e9acdeb6165a5a9968a290e1493b404368b8f32374d127d1b4b04fc5bd4d748a3d" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>has crashed in Brazil</u></strong></span></a>, killing all 62 people on board.</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;padding-bottom:24px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><li>A huge explosion on a cargo ship that rocked one of China's busiest ports has been <a style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6ccde97fbdb1819b39e6e8730d29990c56483f48137297fd272fb3b887c83fe050228c3d449d0fab4d2f75058ea0f8a9058e83f44d31c524e1b" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>caught on camera</u></strong></span></a>.</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="padding-top:0px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p height="1" style="width:100%;height:1px;max-height:1px;background-color:rgb(138,140,142);margin:0px;font-size:1px;line-height:1px" width="100%"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:650px" width="650"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="width:100%;padding:12px 30px" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="padding-top:24px;width:155px" valign="middle" width="155"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:15px;padding-left:30px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:16px">AT THE SCENE</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="padding-top:24px;width:12px" valign="middle" width="12"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:22px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:22px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:22px;line-height:22px">|</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="padding-top:24px;width:24px" valign="middle" width="24"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0px auto" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding:0px" valign="top"><a><img alt="icon" border="0" height="16" src="https://www.emailimagecdnadz7.com/1tgzhvp2cd/en_us/images/65e5d5f75f36d-1709561335.39.png" style="display: block; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(20, 20, 20); width: 11px; height: 16px;" width="11"> <div align="center" style="display:none;overflow:hidden;float:none;width:0px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;line-height:0"><img alt="icon" border="0" height="16" src="https://www.emailimagecdnadz7.com/1tgzhvp2cd/en_us/images/6615800d2a08b-1712685069.1722.png" style="display: block; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 11px; height: 16px;" width="11"> </div> </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="padding-top:24px;width:399px" valign="middle" width="399"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:14px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px">Al Farasiya, Jordan Valley</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:590px" width="590"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="padding-right:30px;padding-left:30px" valign="top" width="590"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:29px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:31px;padding-top:16px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px">Confronting violent settlers, together</p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="center" style="padding-top:15px;width:100%"><a href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6cc29ab8d0833cdd7e5604d40562ce349094d628cef7a8e51d96bc66fae116da4367e5da1062a6ba58974e001b362fe9ec967c2b52f3de795b8" style="display:block" target="_blank"><img border="0" valign="top" width="530" src="https://www.emailimagecdnadz7.com/1tgzhvp2cd/en_us/images/66b64eba56590-1723223738.3537.jpg" alt="Gil Alexander has a white beared and wears a white T-shirt and cream cap. He reaches out to touch the arm of Ahmad Daraghme, who wears a grey striped long-sleeved T-shirt and grey hat, and has a dark beard. They are sitting under the shade of a tree, in a dry landscape with sheep and a dog visible in the background" title="Confronting violent settlers in the occupied West Bank, together" style="border: 0px; display: block; width: 530px; max-width: 100%;"> </a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial;color:rgb(84,86,88);font-size:10px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:12px;padding-top:10px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10px;line-height:12px">Farmers like Ahmad, left, say access to water for families, crops and herds is regularly blocked by settlers. Credit: BBC</span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:23px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px">Since the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel, harassment of Palestinians by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank has escalated, with the UN reporting more than 1,000 attacks. But one group of activists is showing solidarity with Palestinian shepherds.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:30px;width:62px" valign="middle" width="62"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="left" style="width:100%"><img border="0" valign="top" width="50" src="https://www.emailimagecdnadz7.com/1tgzhvp2cd/en_us/images/66b648ccc4619-1723222220.8044.png" alt="" style="border: 0px; display: block; width: 50px; max-width: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="padding-bottom:16px;width:498px" valign="middle" width="498"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:14px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.0228571em;line-height:19px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px"><strong>Fergal Keane & Alice Doyard</strong><strong>, </strong>BBC News</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="width:40px" valign="top" width="40"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p height="0" style="width:100%;height:0px;max-height:0px;margin:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0" width="100%"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td bgcolor="#F6F6F6" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);padding-right:30px;width:519px" valign="top" width="519"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.0225em;line-height:23px;padding-left:12px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)">Only a fool would walk into the hills</span><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"> and not be on their guard. </span>High on the hill opposite was the Jewish settlement of Rotem. Close by was an Israel Defense Forces post - there to protect the settlers. Anybody looking down would see the gathering at Ahmad Daraghme's home: the Palestinian shepherd; the Israeli activists who support him; the foreign journalists with their camera.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">Chatting to Ahmad was a 71-year-old Jewish man who regularly accompanies the shepherd into the hills, in spite of violence and harassment. Gil Alexander belongs to the Jordan Valley Activists, a group of Israelis committed to protecting Palestinians. "I feel like a representative of a humanitarian religious Judaism," Gil says. "There are few today in Israel." </span></p> <p style="margin:0px"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)">The fact that he is a devout religious Jew infuriates the settlers, who believe the West Bank - the ancient lands of Judea and Samaria - belong to the Jewish people. Shai Rosengarten is a leading figure in the Zionist organisation Im Tirtzu, which supports the settlements. Settler violence, he says, is only carried out by a minority. 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Here's <a style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6cc736d58857bd425148bc2556fea491b224330e9c26d569bb13460ebe5d45d9d420aa12ccb5a1d83f2d3040b08429473191b5dad4a4e3c6a7c" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>more detail on the Palestinian territories</u></strong></span></a>.</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:23px;padding-top:24px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><li><strong>War in Gaza: </strong>Israel has agreed to send negotiators to a <a style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6ccde77894534526da5942a6634901c82402595895799aebbd0d31a1b0e73d9f7dda036c188adc310f7a6d41b6bd145bfdb885f3b8c755f18d0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>new round of talks over a ceasefire</u></strong></span></a> and hostage release deal.</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:23px;padding-top:24px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><ul style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><li><strong>Escalation fears:</strong> Iran is <a style="color:rgb(32,34,36)" href="https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=50b67ad1a1fda6cc736c1eda458b8ae4511b235a44c07776503996ac6ebffd41196d6ee0f4040b9ea3b91545958aa5ffb957eaa715405d5f6566a46b9242dd98" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(32,34,36)"><strong><u>keeping the region guessing</u></strong></span></a> as it considers its response to the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, writes <strong>Hugo Bachega</strong>.</li> </ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:650px" width="650"><tbody><tr><td style="width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:650px" width="650"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="650"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="100%" style="width:100%"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td>
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Credit: Pacemaker</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="text-align:left;font-family:"Roboto Slab",Georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,34,36);font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:24px;width:100%" valign="top" width="100%"><p style="margin:0px">As we approach the 30th anniversary of the ceasefires that set Northern Ireland on the road to peace, a new project analyses what's been achieved since - and what more must be done. 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