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MercurysBall2 ago

About time I looked into the origin of the word 'samaritan'

1.

a charitable or helpful person (with reference to Luke 10:33).

"suddenly, miraculously, a Good Samaritan leaned over and handed the cashier a dollar bill on my behalf"

2.

a member of a people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times, or of the modern community claiming descent from them, adhering to a form of Judaism accepting only its own ancient version of the Pentateuch as Scripture.

Let's look at the second meaning.

Samaria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria

Samaria (/səˈmɛəriə/;[1] Hebrew: שומרון‎, Standard Šoməron, Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة‎, as-Sāmirah – also known as Jibāl Nāblus, "Nablus Mountains") is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of the ancient Land of Israel, also part of Palestine, bordered by Galilee to the north and Judaea to the south

Samaria was revived as an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank was defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area,[8] of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria.

Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in August 1988.[9] In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term "Samaria"; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.

[Red and green]

Jordan?

MercurysBall2 ago

Sexual Predators and Serial Rapists Run Wild at Wal-Mart Supplier in Jordan: Young women workers raped, tortured and beaten at the Classic Factory, 2011 - https://www.academia.edu/2069138/Sexual_Predators_and_Serial_Rapists_Run_Wild_at_Wal-Mart_Supplier_in_Jordan_Young_women_workers_raped_tortured_and_beaten_at_the_Classic_Factory

It was only because of several extremely courageous women who were victimized while sewing garmentsfor Wal-Mart, Hanes and other labels, that we now know of the horrific sexual abuse and rapes that have been going on in Jordan since at least 2007. The women, whose lives were destroyed, taped their testimonies using cell phones. It was only in December of 2010, when the Institute was in Jordanmeeting with Classic and other workers, that the taped testimonies were given to us. When we returned tothe United States, we had them translated from Sinhalese into English. When were finally able to watchthe tapes, we sat there and cried. We were stunned at how these young Sri Lankan women had beenraped and tortured, while sewing clothing for the largest retailer on the face of the earth, Wal-Mart, andfor Hanes, the most popular label in the United States

Labels produced at the Classic Group of Factories are: Danskin Now (Wal-Mart) Champion (Hanes for Target),Style & Co (Macy‘s) and Sonoma (Kohl‘s).An order for the large food service company, Sodexo had just been completed at Classic

Classic opened its first garmentfactory in Jordan in 2003.. what seems incomprehensible, the Jordanian Ministry of

Labor has awarded the Classic Group of factories ―Golden List‖ status for the last 4 ¾ years!Being on the ―Golden List‖ means these factories are in full compliance with all local Jordanian laws as well as with the labor rights provisions in the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.

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What is truly disturbing is that Jordanian Ministry of Labor officials from Amman and the local MOLoffice in Al Hassan made several visits during the strike.

This means MOL officials knew exactly howAnil, Priyantha and possibly others had been preying on vulnerable young women for years.

In fact, Sri Lankan and Indian workers had given both Classic‘s owner, Mr. Sa nal Kumar, and Ministry of Labor officials letters in which the workers documented the gross violations they suffered at the hands of Anil

Ministry of Labor, Jordan https://betterwork.org/about-us/governance/

https://imgur.com/a/yoW1uqv [Nike's hockey stick logo]