It’s been a challenging week. Not as challenging, of course, for those who continue to suffer in Gaza, the West Bank, South Lebanon and beyond, but challenging for me in a different kind of way. My LinkedIn posts, whatever the topic, tend to come from a place of genuine curiosity, compassion or concern. Anyone who … Continue reading Caught between Gaza and a hard place
Category: Palestine
Posts on Gaza and Palestine from Ken Banks’s blog: reflections, ways to help, and what it means to step up and step out.
Gaza: Ways to help
In my last post I wrote about how I’d decided to offer my skills completely free of charge to any legitimate Israeli or Palestinian organisation working on Gaza relief, Palestinian humanitarian causes or broader justice initiatives in the region. I’d had enough of standing by and witnessing all the suffering, and doing nothing about it. … Continue reading Gaza: Ways to help
Stepping up. Stepping out.
A while back I took the plunge on LinkedIn and started sharing posts about the war in Gaza, hitting ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ and thinking I might in some way be doing something useful. At the very least I was speaking up, something many people also on LinkedIn seem afraid to do. (Refusing to stay silent … Continue reading Stepping up. Stepping out.