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BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 22: Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a tent encampment in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on April 22, 2024 in Berkeley, California. Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters staged a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus where they set up a tent encampment in solidarity with protesters at Columbia University who are demanding a permanent cease-fire in the war between Israel and Gaza. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Tents serve as temporary shelters for displaced Palestinians along the coastline of Gaza City, on June 10, 2025. Detained activists aboard the Gaza-bound aid boat Madleen, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition activist group, are taken to a Tel Aviv airport for deportation, Israel says on June 10, a day after its military navy intercepts their vessel. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Emboldened By Decades of Appeasement, Israel is luring America into War with Iran

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A destroyed building is pictured at a site in Tel Aviv hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 14, 2025. Israel's military said that its fighter jets were set to resume striking targets in Tehran, after announcing it had hit air defences in the Iranian capital area overnight, as Israel and Iran trade fire with such intensity for the first time following decades of enmity and conflict by proxy, with fears of a prolonged conflict engulfing the region. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)

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DAWN Statement on Israel's Escalating Attacks on Iran and Risks to U.S. Citizens

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Ghada Rifai

Ghada Rifai is an architect and urban planner from Aleppo, Syria, and a peacebuilding activist who focuses on the intersection of urban planning and peacebuilding. She co-founded Mobaderoon, a network of activists working to build peace in Syria. She holds a Master’s degree in Post-War and Disaster Reconstruction from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Global Urban Studies at Rutgers University.

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The Assad regime’s Dec. 8 collapse marked an unforgettable turning point for millions of Syrians, including myself. After 54 years of oppressive rule marked by brutal and widespread human rights

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