2018
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URGENT: HELP GET DR. HATEM BAZIAN’S PETITION TO 5K SIGNATURES! We need your urgent help defending Palestinian American professor and AMP Chairman Dr. Hatem Bazian against a vicious campaign by […]
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Poster by Donna Wallbaum Venue and Installation by Kathy and Kevin Walsh
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In this Wednesday, April 4, 2018, file photo, Palestinian protesters wave flags in front of Israeli soldiers on Gaza’s border with Israel near Beit Lahiya. (ADEL HANA, ASSOCIATED PRESS) Judith […]
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04 Nov 2017 | The Danger of Neutrality | Anna Baltzer | TEDxOcala USCPR Director of Organizing and Advocacy, Anna Baltzer, explains in this TEDx talk how neutrality is a […]
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UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine
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Palestinian demonstrators on a sand plateau during clashes with Israeli forces last Friday east of Gaza City. Residents of Gaza are mounting a series of protests called the Great Return […]
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UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine Rescheduled from April 27. Stop by to see UW SJP’s display memorializing 70 years of occupation and devastation that stills continues today in Palestine. […]
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Gil Halstead with Islam Maraqa on Access Shahir Hunaina, YouTube, November 16, 2016 My Blood is Palestinian (Dammi Falastini), translation by Sara Ba Keeping my oath, following my religion You […]
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In socially conservative Gaza, women have been leading the Great Return March movement, uniting all Palestinians. Mersiha Gadzo & Anas Jnena, 20 Apr 2018 ‘I loved the sense of unity […]
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Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Apr 12, 2018 Fatima Brejia (more commonly known as Um Hassan) is an organic farmer, community activist, founder of a local women’s organization, and […]
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Syria is now a proxy war for Israel, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the U.S. Asa Winstanley, Middle East Monitor, February 28, 2018 Israeli forces at the Golan Heights border [Escla/Wikipedia] […]
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign, April 16, 2018 Join us in campaigning to protect child prisoners on the 17th April, marking the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. We need you […]
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Democracy Now! April 9, 2018 On Saturday, hundreds of mourners gathered in Gaza for the funeral of Palestinian journalist Yaser Murtaja, who was fatally shot by the Israeli army while […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2018 Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 Members of Congress Release Statement on Protests in Gaza WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), […]
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, April 7, 2018 Palestinian journalist Yaser Murtaja, 30, is evacuated after being fatally wounded by Israeli fire while covering the Palestinian demonstrations at the Israel-Gaza border on […]
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From the Front Lines in Palestine Monday, April 9 Multicultural Student Center Red Gym, UW-Madison 716 Langdon Street 7:00 – 9:00 pm In 2002, the International Solidarity Movement grabbed world […]
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Featuring Rachel’s parents, Craig and Cindy Corrie Sunday, April 8 St. James Catholic Church 1128 St. James Court, Madison, WI 2:00 – 5:00 pm Joe Catron and Islam Maraqa from […]
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Right now the Israeli military is firing at peaceful protesters in Gaza. Right now Israeli tanks and snipers are firing at unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza. Fifteen have been killed […]
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Killing 9 and Wounding 709 Others, including 121 Children and 26 Women Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), March 30, 2018 On Friday afternoon, 30 March 2018, Israeli forces killed […]
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Professor Brian Barber Friday, April 6, 12 pm CDT Live Online The Institute for Palestine Studies, in partnership with the Palestine Center, cordially invites you to a presentation by IPS […]
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GAZA KIDS NEED YOUR HELP! Barb Olson, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, March 9, 2018 For the third time, the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) is partnering with the Middle East […]
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This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of World Water Day on March 22. Drinking water in Gaza is causing […]
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February 28, 2018
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Anna Baltzer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 14 March 2018 Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) just launched a groundbreaking campaign, calling for the entire University of California (UC) system […]
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The Young/Shaheen measure would allow continued US participation in Saudi war crimes. Support the Sanders/Lee/Murphy bill instead. Mark Weisbrot, The Nation, March 13, 2018 People carry water tanks at the […]
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We Are Not Numbers, February 23, 2018 A Gaza man with a SunBox Two of the Gaza Strip’s most pressing challenges are a blockade-induced shortage of both electricity and building […]
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with Norman Finkelstein Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00 p.m CDT Livestream Here The Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its […]
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Center for Constitutional Rights, March 9, 2018 Olympia, WA – Today, a Washington State court ended a seven-year litigation battle against former volunteer board members of the Olympia Food […]
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CODEPINK After a video of Ahed confronting Israeli soldiers outside her house went viral, she was arrested in the middle of the night. Overnight, she became a hero for […]
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Palestine Advocacy Project, Mondoweiss, March 8, 2018 Billboard in Bridgeport, CT draws comparisons between apartheid in Israel and the former apartheid regime in South Africa. (Photo: Palestine Advocacy Project) Palestine […]
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Israeli soldiers beat and abused him as he lay wounded, and did not offer him the necessary medical aid This video may be inappropriate for some users.
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Friends of Sabeel North America On Sunday, February 25, church leaders from the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Armenian Apostolic churches in Jerusalem shut down the Church of the Holy […]
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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), February 27, 2018 Ref: 26/2018 The Israeli authorities continued to detain the corpse of fisherman Isma’il Saleh Abu Riyalah (18), who was killed […]
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US Campaign for Palestinian Rights CALL CONGRESS ON MONDAY, MARCH 5 – (202) 224-3121 – to say that the Israel Anti-Boycott Act is unjust and unconstitutional! AIPAC is descending on […]
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Pacifica Radio Letters and Politics, 02.14.18 Listen Download Open in iTunes Today, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Sunaina Maira, Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis, and […]
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Free performances, food, and crafts from all over the world. MRSCP was selling our Palestinian products, including extra-virgin Holy Land Olive Oil, olive oil soap, Palestinian-made Hirbawi kuffiyahs, earrings from […]
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A program for Civil International Solidarity with Palestinians October 13th (arrival) – 22nd (departure), 2018 West Bank, Palestine Register online now The JAI together with the Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) […]
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BDS campaigners petitioned to remove the brand, slamming the university's "complicity in human rights violations" The New Arab, 8 February, 2018 UoM’s BDS campaign described the stocking of Sabra Hummus […]
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Ref: 15/2018 In a new crime of excessive use of lethal force, on Saturday, 03 February 2018, Israeli forces killed an 18-year-old Palestinian civilian and wounded 7 others, including 4 […]
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State Sen. Leah Vukmir (Megan Papachristou Photography) Sandy Pasch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 6, 2018 Legislation working its way through the state Legislature would prohibit Wisconsin businesses who sign on […]
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Brian Hauss, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, November 30, 2017 Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Shutterstock Kansas officials are scheduled to appear in court tomorrow to defend a state […]
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Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters confront each other in Jerusalem’s Old City on Dec. 15, 2017. Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 31 2018 A federal judge on Tuesday ruled […]
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Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin Street, Madison 7:00 pm Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison presents a showing of the film The Occupation of the American Mind. Co-sponsored by MRSCP. Israel’s […]
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Jan 30, 2018 — Dear friend, Tomorrow, 31 January, Ahed Tamimi, the imprisoned Palestinian teen, is turning 17. Unfortunately, due to the Israeli settler colonial occupation, she will be marking […]
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Mark Your Calendars for Sunday Afternoon Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration Featuring Dessert and a Program Time and place TBD 2018 marks 15 years since Rachel Corrie was killed by an […]
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Orly Noy, +972, January 24, 2018 By destroying schools in Palestinian villages in Area C and elsewhere, Israel is forcing Palestinians to make a cruel choice — between their land […]
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Palestinian Journeys is an online portal into the multiple facets of the Palestinian experience, filled with fact-based historical accounts, biographies, events, and undiscovered stories. Together, they seek to craft an […]
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Dear Friend, Last Thursday, the New Orleans City Council unanimously passed a historic human rights resolution! The resolution, developed by the New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee (NOPSC), calls on the […]
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Last week I sent an email asking you to consider signing an open letter against the deportation of African refugees from Israel. Many of you did. ~470 faculty from our […]
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You might want to write NPR thanking them and encouraging more coverage that includes Palestinian voices in their stories. NPR has been pro-Israel since the Second Intifada, when their attempt […]
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Open Letter to Women’s March L.A.: Women for Palestine Calls for Genuine Intersectionality Women 4 Palestine L.A., January 17, 2018 We embrace and applaud the intersectional analysis that marks today’s […]
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Last month, President Trump announced his administration’s reckless, one-sided decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and eventually move the U.S. embassy there. Now the administration is […]
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Petition Background On January 16, 2018, the US Administration made the decision to freeze millions of dollars to UNRWA in 2018. As the single largest contributor to UNRWA globally, this […]
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On the windy evening of January 4, 2017, 33-year-old Muhammad al-Hissi of Gaza set out with 13 of his brothers, cousins and uncles to make a living the only way […]
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Ahed Tamimi in court 17 January 2018 (Oren Ziv, Activestills) B’Tselem, 17 January 2018 Remand in custody – even of minors – is part of the routine of oppression that […]
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Iyad Burnat interview by the Jersey Palestine Solidarity Campaign (JPSC) Dear Friends, Many of you know Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat, co-founder and President of the grassroots organization, Friends of […]
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Al Hirbawi, supplier to the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project The kaffiyeh is a traditional Arab headdress and a symbol of the Palestinian struggle. Today, it continues to represent an important […]
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Supporters of Israel hate it when people use the word “apartheid” to describe the country, but we don’t have another term for a political system in which one ethnic group […]
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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations: ■ American Friends Service Committee ■ American Muslims for Palestine ■ CodePINK ■ Jewish Voice […]
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World Health Organization warns hospitals could be plunged into darkness by end of February without fresh funding to keep emergency generators running Babies born prematurely are crammed into an incubator […]
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Ben Caspit, from his twitter feed Jonathan Ofir, Mondoweiss, December 26, 2017 Prominent Israeli journalist Ben Caspit caused international furor last week, when he wrote in his Maariv article that […]
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Shared Injustice, Shared Struggle on International Day of Solidarity Claire Gilbert, Grassroots International, November 28, 2017 November 29th is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. These days, […]
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Ali Sawafta, Reuters, January 1, 2018 OFER PRISON, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel indicted a 16-year-old Palestinian girl on Monday on charges including assault for punching an Israeli soldier in […]