2017
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Free speech is not settled law, and democracy is not easily won Elvehjem Building L150 455 N Park St University of Wisconsin-Madison 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT Please […]
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Student council also approved resolution calling for community control of police Peyton David, The Badger Herald, Apr 27, 2017 Peyton David/The Badger Herald After five hours of debate and nearly […]
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No such thing as a “Jewish and democratic state” without violations of Palestinian rights Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 28 April 2017 The Reut Institute, founded by former government advisor […]
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During the 2014 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, 142 Palestinian families lost three or more members. Some of the families were wiped out entirely. The #ObliteratedFamilies project tells the […]
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Israel has come under increasing criticism for seeking to silence groups that are critical of the 50-year military occupation of the West Bank. The Israeli Parliament passed a law in […]
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During the 2014 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, 142 Palestinian families lost three or more members. Some of the families were wiped out entirely. The #ObliteratedFamilies project tells the […]
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April 21, 2017 WORT 89.9 FM A Public Affair: Juan Cole On The Middle East 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Listen to the program Professor Juan Cole will be Esty […]
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During the 2014 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, 142 Palestinian families lost three or more members. Some of the families were wiped out entirely. The #ObliteratedFamilies project tells the […]
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Barrymore Theater Atwood Avenue, Madison 7:00 pm [Map] Discussion following the film Open Doors For Refugees presents Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature FIRE AT SEA, Gianfranco Rosi’s award-winning […]
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Saturday, April 22 1 pm Lisa Link Peace Park, 452 State St, Madison 2 pm State Capitol Building Join the Peace Contingent in the Madison Climate March Please join with […]
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American Muslims for Palestine, April 22, 2017 (WASHINGTON DC 04.21.2017) — The federal government has dropped the charges against AMP staffers Taher Herzallah and Kareem El-Hosseiny. Stephen Rickard, Deputy Chief […]
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During the 2014 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, 142 Palestinian families lost three or more members. Some of the families were wiped out entirely. The #ObliteratedFamilies project tells the […]
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Thursday, April 27 Alicia Ashman Library [Map] 733 N. High Point Road, Madison 7:00 – 9:00 pm “Returning to Haifa” by Ghassan Kanafani (in the collection Palestine’s Children) “Returning to […]
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“You live in a democracy, and suddenly you understand it is not a democracy any more” Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017 Ami Ayalon, ex-head of the Shin Bet […]
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Rubble of the Maadi house During the 2014 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, 142 Palestinian families lost three or more members. Some of the families were wiped out entirely. […]
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St. James Church 1128 St. James Ct, Madison 2:00 pm [Map] Please RSVP to Michele Bahl at mibahl02 at yahoo.com by Friday, March 31. Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost […]
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Wisconsin Union Theater Cost: Free Reza Aslan is an internationally renowned writer, commentator, professor, producer, and scholar of religions. His […]
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The Israeli army said it detected three people near the security fence and fired at them. A cousin said the 18-year-old was on the farming land that his family owns. […]
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We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, call on you to strongly oppose David Friedman’s nomination as US Ambassador to Israel. Dear United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and UN High […]
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Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 17 March 2017 Rima Khalaf (via Facebook) A senior United Nations official has resigned, following pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to withdraw the landmark report […]
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Painting by Malak Mattar; read more about her painting at We Are Not Numbers. March 16th, marks the 14th anniversary of the day our daughter Rachel stood in Gaza with […]
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Reuters, Newsweek, 3/15/17 A U.N. agency published a report on Wednesday accusing Israel of imposing an “apartheid regime” of racial discrimination on the Palestinian people, and said it was the […]
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“This is what happens to Palestinians every day. You can’t be a democracy while you keep millions of people under siege and military occupation.” Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 15 […]
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Gaza: A gaping wound #ObliteratedFamilies Behind every erased Gazan family is an Israeli pilot. Behind every orphaned child who has lost his brothers and sisters in the bombing is an […]
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Stop conflating anti-Zionism and criticism of the State of Israel with anti-Semitism Rya Inman / Spectator Sophie Edelhart, Eliza Moss-Horwitz, Jack Snyder, Columbia Daily Spectator, March 5, 2017 Nearly two […]
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Jimmy Johnson, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 22 January 2016 An image posted on A Wider Bridge’s Facebook page highlights the organization’s mission of promoting Israel. Black Lives Matter Chicago has added […]
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“It’s going to be a giant sign up by the door of the Jewish state: ‘Don’t come unless you agree with everything we’re doing here.’ I don’t know what kind […]
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Bill Chappell, NPR, March 3, 2017 A doorman stands at the entrance of The Walled Off Hotel in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Friday. Dusan Vranic/AP There’s no pool, […]
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Krishnadev Calamur, NPR, February 26, 2015 Banksy’s work is now in the Gaza Strip. The artist, who uses public spaces for his often-provocative murals, posted images that he said were […]
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206 Ingraham Hall UW-Madison [Map] 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. UW Middle East Studies Program presents Nadav Shelef (Professor, department of Political Science, UW-Madison) speaking on “The impact of UN recognition […]
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Facebook: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement Please like, watch and share this video — made in Palestine. Help us get it seen. It’s called “In Their Own Words: Palestinians […]
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Bernie Sanders, Common Dreams, February 28, 2017 Speech to this year’s J Street conference Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a speech during J Street’s 2017 National Conference at the Washington Convention […]
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Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright) Please Support the Samira Project for Traumatized Children The Gaza Strip, one of the poorest […]
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Arab Studies Institute Home Film Research & Resources Team Booking/Contact The Full 20-Minute NarrativeRead Script | Credits “I did not think it was possible to examine in 20 minutes what Gaza in Context does with such compelling clarity: Israeli policies […]
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Ramah Kudaimi, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 22 Feb 2017 With the Academy Awards fast approaching this Sunday, it’s been a full year since Israel offered all-expenses-paid trips to 2016 […]
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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint news conference at the White House last Wednesday (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, The Associated Press). Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View, […]
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Operation Dove, February 12, 2017 More information on Operation Dove This Saturday morning residents of the Palestinian village of At Tuwani were grazing sheep and enjoying a day of outdoor […]
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Steve Almasy, CNN, February 12, 2017 Michael Bennett enjoyed his brother’s recent Super Bowl victory along with actor Mark Wahlberg. (CNN) — Michael Bennett, a Pro Bowl defensive end for […]
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Ma’an News Agency, Feb. 9, 2017 The bodies of Hussam al-Sufi and Muhammad al-Aqraa, two Palestinians killed in an airstrike in southern Gaza on Feb. 9, 2017. GAZA (Ma’an) — […]
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New video deals another blow to Israeli police version of Umm al-Hiran raid Last month as Israel tried to evict its Arab citizens from the village of Umm Al-Hiran in […]
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Occupation of the American Mind (2016) Marquee Theater Union South, UW-Madison 7:00 pm Doors open 30 minutes before showtime and will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. USA | […]
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Overture Center State Street, Madison 10 am – 5 pm Take a trip around the world in a day! Experience all the cultures that Madison has to offer through food, […]
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UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine Thursday, February 23 at 7 PM – 8 PM Location to be announced Have you been interested in learning how to debka? Debka is […]
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Madison-Rafah member Samir El-Omari is quoted in the article and appears on camera at 1:03. WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports Hunter Saenz, WKOW.com, February 15, 2017 […]
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Devorah Manekin and Guy Grossman, The Washington Post, February 13, 2017 An Israeli soldier stands guard in a monitoring cabin in the Israeli settlement of Beit El near the West […]
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AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the destruction of houses by Israeli authorities on January 18, 2017 in the Bedouin village of […]
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Madison Resistance March on Facebook Channel3000.com Madison-Rafah Sister City Project The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project will be participating as a “Palestine Solidarity contingent” at the upcoming Madison Resistance March. We […]
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Israeli police clash with settlers in the West Bank outpost of Amona on Feb. 1, 2017. The Israeli parliament passed legislation to prevent more demolitions. (Oded Balilty/AP) William Booth, The […]
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Trump was reportedly blindsided by Israel’s announcement of 5,500 new housing units to be built in the West Bank Jordan Fabian, The Hill, 02/02/17 The White House on Thursday warned […]
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From the Isthmus Madison Matrix for Feb. 2, 2017: “More than 2,500 people pack into Monona Terrace for a community forum on protecting immigrant rights and combating Islamophobia. Organizers planned […]
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Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days in office have resulted in a whirlwind of policies that have led to major protests, […]
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Dear Friends, It is absolutely bizarre to be watching Trump’s policies of hatred unfold from inside Palestine — here where ANY traveler or foreigner finds herself overwhelmed by kindness and […]
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Today President Trump signed an executive order banning all refugees from entering the U.S. for the next four months, prohibiting all people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. […]
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The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12-1 pm CST As we begin 2017 with a new presidential administration, so we begin a critical year of major markers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. […]
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A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities Institute for Discovery, DeLuca Forum University of Wisconsin – Madison 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison […]
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A Public Affair 12:00 – 1:00 PM No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the U.S. to Palestine national tour speakers will be interviewed live from 12 noon – 1 […]
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“United We Stand: A Community Gathering in Support of Our Neighbors Subject to Deportation or Discrimination” Monona Terrace Conference Center 1 John Nolen Dr., Madison 2:00 – 5:00 pm City […]
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Israeli forces suppress weekly marches in Bilin, Kafr Qaddum Ma’an News Agency, January 21, 2017 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Israeli forces Friday suppressed weekly marches held in the villages of Billin […]
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Jonathan Cook Blog, January 19, 2017 (copyright: Keren Manor) Here is another image that conveys the situation of Palestinians – these ones Palestinian citizens of Israel – more completely than […]
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In America there is always a domestic political reason for not doing the right thing on Israel-Palestine. It’s ugly, but then ugliness is having its day. ROGER COHEN, The New […]
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Monday, January 30 Evjue Room, Urban League of Greater Madison 2222 South Park Street, Madison [Map] 7 – 9 pm The No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the U.S. […]
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Donations of Furniture and Household Items: Open Doors has stocked and set up apartments for three refugee families in the last three weeks. In the next ten days, four more […]
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAY 2017 DELEGATION! May 13 – 26, 2017 Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners Interfaith Peace-Builders Co-Sponsored by Defense for Children International – Palestine This delegation is […]
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Images From Palestine, March 2, 2016
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Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 04 January 2017 By now you’ve probably heard that President Obama—after waiting eight years and watching Israel’s settler population increase by more than […]