2019
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For Over 11 Years The new unit providing clean water to the kids in Shuka, Rafah (MECA, 12/29/21) Help us give the gift of Clean Water to the Children of […]
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Best Photos of 2019 from MECA We are now more than halfway to providing another water filter system to a school in Rafah, Palestine. If you have contributed to this […]
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Mahmoud Nawajaa, BDSMovement.net The anti-Palestinian Trump Administration and Boris Johnson government are more than ever directly engaged in Israel’s desperate war of repression on advocacy for Palestinian rights and the […]
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Twelve-year-old Mohammed Al-Najar was shot in his eye by Israeli soldiers [Getty] Tareq Hajjaj and Pam Bailey, The New Arab — Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 20 December, 2019 To date, Gaza's Ministry […]
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Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked: Why do you keep sailing toward Gaza only to be captured? Why not give the […]
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Israel Social TV is an independent media organization working to promote social change, human rights and equality. “We use the unique power of visual documentation, where intellectual arguments alone might […]
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A man holds the hand of Maria al-Gazali, a 14-month-old Palestinian baby, as her body lies on a stretcher at a hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza on 5 May […]
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UNC-Chapel Hill Students for Justice in Palestine, December 24, 2012. (Photo: Facebook) Josh Ruebner, Mondoweiss, December 12, 2019 President Trump signed yesterday an Executive Order empowering the federal government to […]
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After a week of antisemitic speech, today Donald Trump is signing an executive order to withhold money from college campuses that tolerate “anti-Israel” movements As a Jewish college student, I […]
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US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, December 6, 2019 Today Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib took a principled stand against H. Res. 326, a resolution that will only help perpetuate the unjust status […]
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Madison, WI 1:00 — 3:00 pm RSVP for directions Please join us as we welcome Ms. Laila Hassan of the Women in Hebron crafts cooperative to Madison, where she […]
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Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 After years of investigation and months of delay, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes ranging […]
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We Are Not Numbers video being shown in Washington, DC When Israeli snipers target people participating in or even located near Gaza’s Great Return March, it’s not just their bodies […]
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, November 25, 2019 Washington, D.C. | November 24, 2019 | adc.org — The targeting of human rights and peace activists by Israel continues to reflect the fact that it is indeed […]
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With 43 Olympic swimming pools of sewage flowing from Gaza daily, local epidemic is only a matter of time A Palestinian boy drinks water from public taps at the al-Shati […]
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November 18, 2019 Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | November 18, 2019 – Moments ago Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the Trump Administration will no longer view Israeli settlements as against international […]
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Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI). (Photo: AP/Lauren Victoria Burke) Helena Cobban, Mondoweiss, November 14, 2019 Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) recently told an audience in his Madison WI district that the Congressional […]
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Palestinian children in Gaza. (Lucy Duncan/AFSC) Mike Merryman-Lotze, American Friends Service Committee, Nov 13, 2019 On Nov. 12, 2019 the Israeli military assassinated Baha Abu al-Ata, a leading member of […]
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A man carries steel bars with bare hands in a yard filled with scrap metal. (Mohammed Al-Hajjar) Amjad Ayman Yaghi, The Electronic Intifada, 15 October 2019 On 5 May, Israeli […]
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US Boats to Gaza is committed to human rights for Palestinians An International Coalition Of 14 Countries And Organizations Dedicated To Breaking The Illegal Israeli Blockade of Gaza 45% of the […]
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Palestinian Youth Under Siege and Occupation with Yousef Aljamal, Gaza Writer and Activist Sunday, October 27, 2019 2-4 pm Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, Madison, WI Meet Yousef […]
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Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Oct 28, 2019 Please take a moment to sign our latest petition demanding progressive U.S. presidential candidates speak out for Heba Al-Labadi, a 24-year-old Palestinian […]
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“We hold the Israeli government responsible for the lives of our citizens whose health conditions have severely deteriorated in illegal arbitrary detention,” Mr. Safadi, the Jordanian foreign minister, wrote. “We […]
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Original artwork and signed prints that were hand-carried out of Gaza. This auction offers over 100 pieces by seven artists who are struggling to share their vision and their stories […]
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Center for Constitutional Rights, October 21, 2019 Join us in court tomorrow in Olympia, Washington, as Center for Constitutional Rights Deputy Legal Director
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Activists, who had arranged a joint event along the two sides of the border with Gazans, were confronted by employees of a firm building a security barrier on the Israeli […]
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Octogenarian Israeli activist and four foreigners injured when assailants arrived with crowbars and went on to burn hundreds of trees Rabbis for Human Rights activist Moshe Yehudai, who the NGO […]
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Documents seen by Guardian show fresh attack on university debate under the guise of prohibiting antisemitism Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017. First amendment advocates see the potential spread […]
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New campaign exposes double-standard of social media giant in dealing with Israeli and Palestinian incitement Dima Abumaria, The Media Line, 10/07/2019 Journalists, activists launch campaign against alleged violations of user […]
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Literally the only thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on nowadays is that it’s bad to kowtow to China, but it’s good to capitulate to Israel. Billy Haisley, Deadspin, 10/8/19 […]
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Now Palestinians Are Demanding Answers “There’s no excuse for it. This is a war crime at the end of the day.” An Israeli prison service vehicle leaves the court house […]
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights, October 8, 2019 On 8 October 2019, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur […]
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Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant professor at Rutgers University. Phyllis Bennis fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and a […]
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Satellite image of herbicide concentration on the Israel-Gaza border. (Forensic Architecture report video) Rob Goyanes, Jewish Currents, September 9, 2019 FOR CENTURIES, the plains that comprise modern-day Gaza were lush […]
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A Palestinian man waters goats and sheep in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, August 21, 2019. (MOHAMAD TOROKMAN – REUTERS) Gideon Levy, If Americans Knew, September 12, 2019 There’s no […]
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Online and from MRSCP Resistance Art’s 2020 Colors from Palestine calendar is a tribute to the late Palestinian Poet Mu’in Bseiso (1926 – January 23, 1984). His words spoke of […]
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November 24: 9 am – 2 pm Annual Fair Trade Sale at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 53711. Call 608-271-7212. December 7: 8 am – […]
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EyeWitness Palestine still has some openings available for their fall delegation. Scholarships are available. The Environmental Justice and Olive Harvest delegation is your opportunity to visit Palestine during the olive […]
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Ismail Ajjawi, a Harvard freshman who said he was was denied U.S. entry because of his friends’ social media postings, arrived in Boston in time for the start of classes. […]
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Posts by friends on social media were critical of the United States Deirdre Fernandes, Boston Globe, August 27, 2019 A 17-year-old Palestinian student en route to Harvard University to begin […]
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In this July 15, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, right, speaks, as U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listens, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. […]
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Relatives of Muhammad Abu Namous, one of three Palestinians killed along the Gaza-Israel boundary overnight, mourn during his funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, on 18 August. (Mariam Dagga/APA images) […]
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Dr. James J. Zogby, August 17, 2019 Back in May, a jury found Patrick Syring, a former State Department official, guilty of 14 counts of making threats against my life […]
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Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank Democracy Now! August 16, 2019 GUESTS Mustafa Barghouti member of the Palestinian Parliament, secretary general of the Palestinian National […]
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Rep. Tlaib’s grandmother says the family had already prepared a lamb Muftiyah Tlaib, the grandmother of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), spoke to The Washington Post on Aug. 16 from her […]
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Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM — Under intense pressure from President Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Thursday barred […]
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Judge Orders University to Recognize Students for Justice in Palestine Club Students for Justice in Palestine at Fordham University Center for Constitutional Rights, August 6, 2019 New York— Five Fordham […]
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B’Tselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on Land Day, 30 March 2018 until the end of June 2019, Israeli security forces killed […]
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B’Tselem, 24 July 2019 Israel’s unlawful open-fire policy during the demonstrations along the Gaza perimeter fence – which were upheld by the Supreme Court – have so far resulted in […]
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66 Civilians Injured by Israeli Forces: 28 Children, 2 Journalists, and 4 Women, Including a Paramedic Palestinian Center for Human Rights – Gaza, August 2, 2019 On the 69th Great […]
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Demonstrators protest New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s McCarthyite executive order requiring state agencies to divest from organizations that support the Palestinian call to boycott companies profiting from, or cultural or […]
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary in New York’s 14th congressional district [Rothman’s/Facebook] The Middle East Monitor, April 18, 2019 US Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has proposed the US cut military […]
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Celebration of house demolition, by Israeli border police and IDF officer, July 22, 2019. Screenshot from video. Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019 Israel is at it again. It remains […]
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The morning of Monday, July 22, 2019, Palestinian families in the village of Sur Baher woke up to the sound of bulldozers accompanied by hundreds of Israeli troops that had […]
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Photos: Jim Maas/FUS Social Justice Ministry, Tsela Barr/MRSCP, and Kit Kittredge/NA Boat to Gaza Campaign Since 2008, the Freedom Flotilla movement has sent 35 ships attempting to break Israel’s illegal, […]
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Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, July 23, 2019 “I felt shaky and uneasy all day, preparing for this talk” – Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian from the territory of Gaza […]
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 89/2019, July 22, 2019 On Monday morning, 22 July 2019, Israeli military forces launched a large-scale destruction operation against civilian property in Wadi al-Humus […]
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Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman, We Are Not Numbers, May 20, 2019 “I want to be one of the best chefs in the world,” says Mahmoud Abu Nada. That, despite the fact […]
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Dr. James J. Zogby, July 13, 2019 In the coming week, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will move on four bills – all of which, I believe, drive more […]
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Diala Shamas and Ziad Alwan, The Activist Files, Episode 16 Did you know that in Palestine, Israeli settlers and companies profit off of stolen land? That’s what our Advocacy Director Nadia […]
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At Har Gilo, a Jewish settlement overlooking the southern West Bank, American college students get a history lesson. (Ilia Yefimovich for The New York Times) David M. Halbfinger, The New […]
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If Americans Knew, June 26, 2019 It’s anybody’s guess how this will play out, but it’s going to be a long, wild ride. Overwhelmed by the crowd of candidates for […]
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Milwaukee resident Ari Bloomekatz. (Photo: Jimmy Rothschild) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 25, 2019 It’s just a few seconds caught on video. Pulled from multiple videos and posted on Twitter, it […]
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Israeli soldiers kill one Palestinian, injure many in Jerusalem IMEMC 28 June — Israeli soldiers and the police invaded, on Thursday evening, the al-‘Issawiya town, north of occupied East Jerusalem, […]
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MECA 2018 Annual Report by Middle East Children’s Alliance on Scribd
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In 2018, Americans were horrified to learn that migrant children were being cruelly separated from their families at the U.S. border and imprisoned in intolerable conditions. Many U.S. lawmakers – […]
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A growing number of Palestinians want a ‘one state, equal rights’ model and think Trump may unwittingly pave the way for it. Palestinian youths climb a section of Israel’s wall […]
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According to Amnesty International, over the past 20 years, Israeli military exports went to at least eight countries that have been known for serious violations of human rights,. (Photo: via […]
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Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable of taking down the walls of fear. Mourners and supporters at the Alternative Memorial Day […]
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Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 17, 2019 Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes an estimated 500 to 700 children each year […]
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Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA) For too long, Palestinians have been calling for freedom, justice, and equality. As organizations that share these values, we urge you to join […]
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Arsalan Bukhari, Informed Comment, 04/26/2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. (CAIR News Release) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed this afternoon’s […]
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The injured Abu Jazar brothers, with their father and mother in Gaza. Photo By Mohammed Asad Ahmad Kabariti, Mondoweiss, April 20, 2019 In a dim room in a two-story building […]
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 64/2019, April 24, 2019 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns that the Israeli authorities stationed at Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing arrested […]
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Action is needed to protect them and tens of thousands more who risk losing their homes under Israel’s devastating home demolition policies. Mike Merryman-Lotze, American Friends Service Committee, Apr 19, […]
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Uri Ben-Eliezer, Sociology, University of Haifa The Havens Center, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison “The Nation and War, Some Reflections from Israel’s History” Tuesday, April 23, 4pm, 6191 Helen […]
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Ilan Ben Zion, Time Magazine, April 17, 2019 (JERUSALEM) — An Israeli court on Tuesday upheld a deportation order against Human Rights Watch’s local director and gave him two weeks […]
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Israel’s family reunion practices are gravely offensive Palestine Update 234, April 12, 2019 This time; Palestine Updates brings you two powerful testimonies. The first is from Zoughbi Zoughbi, Director of […]
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With this denial of entry, Israel appears to have once again enlisted the Trump administration to do its bidding “Palestinians are now helplessly anticipating a far-right Israeli tsunami that will […]
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A crowd celebrates in Tel Aviv on Nov. 29, 1947, after the U.N. votes for the partition of Palestine. (Hans Pins/GPO, via Getty Images) J.J. Goldberg, New York Times, April […]
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“The only possible option for them is to continue knocking on the walls of their prison with the hope that the world will hear them.” Ahmed Abu Artema has organized […]
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The 2019 North America Nakba Tour comes to Madison UW-Madison Red Gym, On Wisconsin room 716 Langdon St 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Mariam Fathalla was just 18 years old […]
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While Jewish Israelis will be able to move freely in and out of the occupied West Bank, millions of Palestinians — even those with entry permits issued by the Israeli […]
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Source: Pro-Israel: Money to Congress, The Center for Responsive Politics
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Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians and Wound 364 Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 50/2019, March 30, 2019 On Saturday, 30 March 2019, in excessive use of force […]
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The growing prominence of the B.D.S. movement — and the backlash to it — is widening fault lines from college campuses to Capitol Hill. Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March […]
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights, March 28, 2019 On Friday 30 March 2018, the commemoration of Land Day, Palestinians launched a massive wave of peaceful weekly demonstrations known as the […]
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UW-Madison Campus (time & location to follow) MRSCP and UW Students for Justice in Palestine will be co-sponsoring a Madison appearance of the 2019 North America Nakba Tour featuring Um […]
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Edo Konrad, +972, March 4, 2019 Osama Iliwat was supposed to speak to synagogues, churches, and universities across the United States about the power of nonviolence and bringing an end […]
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Many of those killed in the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque attack were, in fact, Palestinians. Rifat Audeh is a Palestinian-Canadian who participated in the Freedom Flotilla when the activists on […]
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CODEPINK, March 21, 2019 You did it! Just moments after we emailed you that Sen. Elizabeth Warren would not be attending AIPAC’s annual conference this weekend, we got the GREAT […]
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Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians in Nablus and Bethlehem and Wound Another Ref: 44/2019, 21 March 2019 In two separate crimes of killing in cold blood, the Israeli forces […]
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The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos & Transcripts with Ben White, Author and Journalist After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, Israel […]
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The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos & Transcripts with Dr. Sunaina Maira, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California – Davis […]
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Pictured Here: Palestinian killed at random by an Israeli soldier Christian Peacemaker Teams, March 13, 2019 On March 12, a Palestinian man came to deliver documents on behalf of the […]