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  • Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday after sit-ins at the company’s offices in protest of its cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Why it matters: The protests stemmed from long-brewing discontent among a group […]


  • Students for Justice in Palestine — UW-Madison is organizing an Apartheid Wall Rally with details TBA.


  • Students for Justice in Palestine — UW-Madison will present an apartheid panel of university professors and students to discuss their life growing up under apartheid: RSVP Stories of Palestine: Living Under […]


  • Students for Justice in Palestine — UW-Madison is holding its annual Palestine Solidarity Week on the theme “Stories of Palestine.” We would love to see you there! 4/22: Kickoff event with an […]


  • David Hearst, Middle East Eye, Mar 20, 2024 David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, discusses how Israel’s war on Gaza is forcing its Western backers to confront the atrocities […]


  •  February 19, 2024 DONATE NOW Palestinians riding on a cart are refected on a mirror in the shape of the map of Palestine in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip […]


  • Update February 15, 2024 The substitute Resolution 314 (Miles) on Antisemitism and Resolution 321 on Islamophobia passed unanimously. Resolution 333 Calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza passed with Jeff Weigand […]


  • Artists Against Apartheid

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  • How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today   How two definitions of antisemitsm differ Masha Gessen, December 9, 2023 “In 1948, […]


  • It’s true. And it’s big. PUMA won’t be renewing its contract with the Israel Football Association (IFA).  This is a BDS win, a win for Palestinian rights, and a win […]


  • TAA UW-MADISON, NOVEMBER 22, 2023   The following statement was written and approved by the general membership of the TAA on November 15th, 2023. A Call for Palestinian liberation WHEREAS […]


  • Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), November 21, 2023 Let’s make November 29th a global day of action to stop #GazaGenocide Tomorrow, November 29th, the International Day of Solidarity with the […]


  • and Protect the Palestinian People from Retaliatory Israeli Attacks Date: 8 October 2023 Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights call on the […]


  • I know that like me, you’ve been shocked by events of the past few days and are deeply fearful about what’s yet to come. Israel is preparing to escalate its […]


  • STATEMENT Washington, DC – September 27, 2023: Civil society organizations representing tens of thousands of Palestinian Americans, Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and allied communities are expressing deep concern and outrage […]


  •   Press Contact: Submit a media inquiry here. WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023—Since the beginning of the process to admit Israel into the Visa Waiver Program, the Israeli government has continuously […]


  • Top-selling artist Bruno Mars just announced a concert in apartheid Tel Aviv. JVP and numerous movement partners are calling on him to stand with the Palestinian people and cancel his […]


  • “In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state.” By TOVAH LAZAROFF, The Jerusalem Post, Updated: SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 Tamir Pardo, Former […]


  • Backed by hundreds of community members, Google workers protested yesterday outside Google’s biggest cloud conference of the year to demand that their bosses stop doing business with Israel’s apartheid regime. […]


  • Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine soon for the September 6th  trial of the settler who assaulted me and fractured my […]


  • Jewish Voice for Peace August 9 at 2:07 PM ·   Art by @/majdalrafie on Instagram   On August 29, Imagine Dragons is scheduled to perform in apartheid Israel. The […]


  • When members of Congress applaud falsehoods about Israel being a vibrant democracy, they are aiding and abetting further oppression of Palestinians. By Yuli Novak,  +972 Magazine, July 31, 2023   […]


  • A New York Times Op-Ed featuring liberal Zionist leaders calls to end military aid to Israel as the country passes a law gutting its judiciary. This is the moment people […]


  • Palestinian Americans Hani Almadhoun and his daughter Zayna sit in their home in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Aug 11, […]


  • Israel broadened a racist law that allows communities to exclude non-Jews based on “social and cultural cohesion.” Whereas judicial overhaul laws have caused an uproar, this passed with hardly any […]


  • Israel’s protest leaders are strengthening an ethnocratic identity that lacks all consistency with their ‘democratic’ mission. But an alternative exists. Anti-government protesters march against the government’s judicial overhaul, Tel Aviv, […]


  • Jenin by Eli Valley, July 7, 2023 Jewish Cartoonist Eli Valley Sparks Angry Debate About anti-Semitism His comics often employ Nazi imagery satirically and he’s explicit about the point: To […]


  • Palestinians in West Bank cities are fast discovering that if their expulsion won’t be possible, Gazafication will be their future. Palestinians gather around parts of an Israeli armored vehicle after […]


  • Allison Tanner, American Friends Service Committee I am happy to share with you the recording of our June 6 webinar and the press release for our campaign. I encourage you […]


  • A protest marking the occupation’s 56th year was rejected by mainstream organizers, showing how messages about Palestinians are still being silenced. ​Demonstration by the anti-occupation​ bloc of Israel’s anti-government protests, […]


  • Update: G4S to divest completely from apartheid Israel Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), June 1, 2023 In a major win for human rights activism against corporate complicity, the world’s largest […]


  • All people are equal and should be treated with dignity and respect But for decades, the Palestinian people have faced Israeli settler colonialism and occupation enforced through racist and discriminatory […]


  • US Campaign for Palestinian Rights


  • Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 23, 2023 Photos by Mouna Photography Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of globally respected icon of resistance against injustice Nelson Mandela, meets members of […]


  • “These databases and tools exclusively record the data of Palestinians” An Israeli soldier under a surveillance camera at a checkpoint in Hebron in 2021. (Hazem Bader/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images) […]


  • NEW: MRSCP is partnering with Building Unity on a “Care-avan” carpool to this event from Madison and Janesville; if you would like to offer a ride or are in need […]


  • The direct violence of the occupation is obvious, but what are the subtle ways in which apartheid seeps into Palestinian life? Ameera Al-Rajabi, Community Peacemaker Teams, April 11, 2023 The […]


  • Palestinians have been excluded from recent Israeli demonstrations. (Ilia Yefimovich, APA images) Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, The Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2023 People across the world have watched the thousands of Israelis […]


  • Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the last few weeks to rally against the Israeli government’s plans for so-called judicial reform. In Jerusalem on February […]


  • Harun was born into, paralyzed, and killed by Israel’s colonial system. The struggle to dismantle it begins in the cave where he spent his final years. Harun Abu Aram in […]


  • Protesters in Tel Aviv hold placards that say “Israeli students fighting for democracy” and “Without democracy there is no academy.” (Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images) Peter Beinart, New York […]


  • January 26, 2023 This morning, Israeli forces murdered at least 9 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. They bombed homes, tear-gassed a hospital children's ward, shot at […]


  • “The occupation and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories have made Jewish supremacy the de facto law of the land and the new government seeks to adopt this into their […]


  • You are invited to join our Tuesday CODEPINK CONGRESS Calling Party to talk with special guests about what’s happening in Palestine and efforts to end US complicity in Israeli crimes. Chat […]


  • The transformation of Israeli leftists into dissidents is a reminder that no one is safe from the attempts to turn the ‘wrong kind’ of Jews into enemies. Edo Konrad, +972 […]


  • The Israeli-controlled checkpoint in Hebron (Bab al Zawiyah) divides Palestinians in their city. (Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR for The Washington Post) A new weapon on the right side of the checkpoint can […]


  • I’d like to you to meet Mahmoud and Emily, a Palestinian and foreigner couple who are thinking about taking the next big step in their relationship together. Watch “Love Under […]


  •   Palestinian Artist, Poet, and Filmmaker Lina Abojaradeh asks What country in the world intentionally shoots football players in the legs and knees? Join the movement and visit Kick Out […]


  • The Mask Is Off

    The newly elected Netanyahu government will include bigoted, intolerant, and violence-advocating ministers Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, December 5, 2022 Since its founding, Political Zionism has had two […]


  • The men’s World Cup starts in just a few days.  The world will turn its attention to the largest sporting event on the planet.  Major sporting events, organized by corrupt […]


  • As salaamu alaykum,  Marvel Studios is out of touch. They’ve announced a new film featuring an Israeli Mossad agent named Sabra. Mossad agents are notorious for carrying out targeted assassinations […]


  • “Israel’s apartheid remains the root cause of Palestinians’ suffering,” said the group. Palestinians inspect the ruins of a collapsed building destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on […]


  • Just Vision, 10/20/22 Moments ago, the ACLU petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case of national significance on the right to boycott. It’s a case with massive implications […]


  • The Palestine Chronicle, October 12, 2022 Pro-Palestine activists in Uruguay celebrated a major victory on Wednesday as their country’s football team officially announced that they were not going to play […]


  • Join AMP on Thursday, October 13th @ 5:30 PM CT for a webinar: “From Grassroots to Congress: Progressives Exposing Israeli Apartheid” During Americans for Justice in Palestine (AJP Action) Advocacy […]


  • Israeli lobbies and related organizations internationally have long used disinformation, lies and deceptive methods and narratives to cover crimes Israel commits against Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/6K6mxJNAsV — Rābet by PIPD #SaveMasaferYatta (@rabetbypipd) […]


  • And stop your betrayal of Ben & Jerry’s SumOfUs, Sep 29, 2022 It’s a bloody time in Palestine right now. At least 85 Palestinians have been killed in the West […]


  • An online film salon for the acclaimed film: BOYCOTT Sunday, 9 October 2022 1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET (US, Canada) Register here A bracing look at the far-reaching […]


  • Israel applies an oppressive, separate, and unequal regime on Palestinians. There is only one word for this: Apartheid. Omar Baddar, Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), Oct 14, 2020 Omar […]


  • Madison365 staff, Sep 1, 2022 The YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit will take place Sept. 28-30. Organizers are inviting the community to practice “Weaving Our Pasts, Present and Emergent Futures […]


  • 🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Next Thursday, September 8th at 5pm at the Seattle Google campus (1000 Mercer Street Google office) join us as we stand in solidarity with Amazon and Google tech […]


  • In a terrible irony, the campaign against “anti-semitism” has become a threat to freedom Peter Beinart, New York Times, August 26, 2022 Over the past 18 months, America’s most prominent […]


  • Daniel Levy, President of the U.S./Middle East Project Meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, August 25, 2022 “The Situation in the Middle East Including the Palestinian Question” I […]


  • National Nurses United, August 09, 2022 National Nurses United (NNU) mourns the loss of life over the weekend in the besieged Gaza Strip area of Palestine due to Israeli airstrikes […]


  • Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist Republicans and spent $25 million to defeat candidates supporting Palestinian rights and progressive causes. Their […]


  • Company says passenger impersonated government official, pressuring rookie driver to force workers off Palestinian laborers ride a bus en route to the West Bank from working in Tel Aviv area, […]


  • Dear Friend, We hope you are making plans to join us in mid-August at our virtual Advocacy Summit: Accountability Matters. This summit is in three parts and during the first […]


  • ICYMI—Human rights activists confronted leaders at #AWSsummit to demand an end to @Amazon's surveillance empire—which enables state violence at home and abroad and powers Israeli apartheid. Take action: https://t.co/vIJnIs4vxV#NoTechForApartheidpic.twitter.com/QvVIgtFTRR — […]


  • Madison activists gathered July 16 on the Campus Drive Overpass to show support for Palestine following Biden’s visit there. Biden declared himself a Zionist during his visit, and Israeli warplanes […]


  • B’Tselem welcomes President Biden with billboard campaign B’Tselem, 13 July 2022 Israeli human rights group B’Tselem put up billboards and digital screens in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and […]


  • The US will never be on the right side of history, so long as it supports Israeli apartheid President Biden’s visit to Israel and Palestine has been predictably disappointing, offering […]


  • Webinar: July 14 at 2 PM CT via ZOOM Register   On the eve of Roger Waters Montreal’s Bell Centre performance, the rock legend will be supporting McGill students who’ve […]


  • Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), July 8, 2022 Today our movement celebrates 17 years. On this anniversary of the 2005 call from the largest Palestinian coalition to boycott, divest from, […]


  • Demand the Reinstatement of the Wall + Response Exhibit Now! After four months of planning, the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) decided to cancel a mural exhibition because of its […]


  • Israeli Jewish extremists marching through the Old City of Jerusalem to celebrate its occupation and colonization, on 29 May 2022. (Mustafa Bader, ZUMA Press Wire) Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, […]


  • Jeff Halper, ICAHD, May 29, 2022 Today, Sunday, May 29, the Jewish state of Israel will carry out a government-sponsored pogrom on the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. “Jerusalem Day,” the […]


  • Heartbreak to happiness: the difference is YOU! I invite you to join a 30-minute Zoom Briefing with your Congressperson or Senator’s office to safeguard 14 Palestinian Massafer Yatta communities in Firing Zone […]


  • AJP Action calls on Secretary Blinken to demand Israel end the disparate treatment of American travelers as a non-negotiable condition in the bilateral relations between the two countries. The United […]


  • Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) firmly condemns Israel’s plans to ethnically cleanse the city of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank. We call on Congress to demand […]


  • The decision was released on the eve of Independence Day, when the Jews celebrate the founding of the State of Israel and Palestinians grieve for the loss of their homeland […]


  • Israel’s top court rejects the petition against the expulsion of Palestinian residents from villages in the West Bank. A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag gestures as he stands next to […]


  • It only took 20 years

    It only took 20 years… pic.twitter.com/Y3J47ziyA8 — Christian Henderson (@CjvHenderson) April 29, 2022 The Harvard Crimson is the daily student newspaper of Harvard University.


  • Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), April 13, 2022 Take action to thank Dua Lipa for standing up for Palestinian rights and urge her, as […]


  • Read B’Tselem’s full paper on boycotting military courts Dear Friends, It’s a show the Israeli regime has been staging for years, by now casting thousands of Palestinians in it against […]


  • Just Vision’s new documentary, Boycott, will have its Wisconsin Premiere at the Milwaukee Film Festival on Monday, April 25 at 5:45pm. Boycott follows the stories of a news publisher, an […]


  • Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UW-Madison will be displaying a Mock Apartheid Wall for Justice for Palestine Week. Time: 3-7 pm Location: Langdon Street side of Library Mall […]


  • Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights 7 pm – 8:15 pm Central Join a Zoom panel discussion of the recent Amnesty International report, “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of […]


  • Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), April 6, 2022 PUMA enacted swift measures to hold Russia accountable for its illegal weeks-long military invasion of Ukraine. Yet […]


  • As Americans Muslims for Palestine commemorates Land Day on March 30th, we concurrently remember the brave and resilient people of Gaza’s Great March of Return, and their defiance amidst the […]


  • Alon-Lee Green with Hadash MKs Dov Khenin and Ayman Odeh on October 9, 2015 “Jews and Arabs stand together against the escalation, together for peace.” Zuzu Cafe 1336 Drake St, […]


  • Israeli warplanes attacked hundreds of towers and civilian ‘targets’ in the Gaza Strip. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) Ilan Pappe, The Palestine Chronicle, March 4, 2022 The USA Today […]


  • Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Webinar March 26th at 9AM CDT / 5PM Palestine Daylight Time Join us for the 2022 Global Rally Against Israeli Apartheid! On this day, we […]


  • WORT 89.9FM Madison · Buzz – 3-16-22 – Attala Madison Rafah Sister City Project, WORT 89.9 FM, March 16, 2022 “Holding Israel Accountable” is the theme of the Rachel Corrie […]


  • CRIME OF APARTHEID

    THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL’S SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION AGAINST PALESTINIANS Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images Amnesty International’s new research report, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and […]


  • Al-Haq, 22 Feb 2022 On 23 February 2022, Al-Haq launched its report titled “Cultural Apartheid, Israel’s Erasure of Palestinian Heritage in Gaza”. The report builds from an investigation by the […]


  • I am writing with breaking news from this week in Sheikh Jarrah. On Tuesday, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled to annul the current expulsion orders against four Palestinian families in […]


  • #DefundRacism | defundracism.org On February 25 Palestinians in Hebron will be mobilizing in protest as we commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, in which an Israeli settler […]


  • Students for Justice in Palestine – UW Madison Memorial Union 5 pm More information


  • JB PRITZKER AND BRUCE RAUNER (ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE) FRAN ZELL, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 10, 2022 A coalition of Palestinian rights activists in Illinois believes it is past time to overturn […]


  • In May 2021, Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, began protesting against Israel’s plan to forcibly evict them from their homes to make way for […]