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  • Displaced in Gaza

    Gaza Unlocked, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Displaced in Gaza is a collection of personal testimonies from Gazans who have been repeatedly displaced within their homeland since October 7, 2023, with […]

  • MADISON (WKOW) — Participants pedaled through Madison’s scenic bike paths on Sunday, joining forces to raise money for humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza. The event, featuring an eight-mile route, centered […]

  • With a “best by” date of July 2024 Playgrounds for Palestine Za’atar in 100 gm (small) boxes has been reduced from $8.00  to $5.00 each. Za’atar is a mix of […]

  • The Bur Oak [Map]2262 Winnebago St, MadisonDoors open at 7 pm, music at 8 Grassroots to Gaza presents a night of music for humanitarian aid to Gaza, featuring: Moonboot, The […]

  • Palestinian Historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti on the 1948 Nakba, Zionism, and U.S. Policy Democracy Now!, May 15, 2024 Palestinians across the globe are marking the 76th anniversary of the Nakba […]

  • Resistance returns to the north, UNRWA says 300,000 people fled Rafah The Israeli army has intensified its renewed assault on Jabalia refugee camp and the Zeitoun area in northern Gaza […]

  • “It is a narrow strip of beach on the coast that lacks the basic infrastructure—like toilets and running water—needed to sustain the population,” said the agency chief. JESSICA CORBETT, COMMON […]

  • Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison 1:30-3:30 pm Free & open to all Donations to Middle East Children’s Alliance welcome Music by Ensemble Shamaali, featuring Oud, Drum and […]

  • The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for it TESNIM ZEKERIA AND JUDD LEGUM, POPULAR INFORMATION, APR 03, 2024 Palestinians are standing next […]

  • April 5th is Palestinian Children’s Day! Bring signs and wear your kuffiyas to commemorate Palestinian children killed by Israel. Call on your representatives to stop this war on children. Event […]

  • The team at Atfaluna’s Inclusive Kitchen package hot meals to distribute to displaced families in Gaza In December Israel bombed and torched the building of the Atfaluna Society for Deaf […]

  • Muhammad, 11-year-old and Reham, 9-year-old, stand in front of one of the food distribution centers in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. (Photo: Abed Zagout/UNICEF) “Malnutrition among children is spreading […]

  • Aid Worker in Gaza: The U.S. Must Pressure Its Ally MARCH 12, 2024 This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS Yousef Hammash advocacy officer in […]

  • CIA chief meets Mossad head for talks Kelsey Ables, Adela Suliman, Cate Brown, and Itay Stern, Washington Post, March 9, 2024 A Palestinian looks at a damaged al-Masry Tower on […]

  • Israel hits one of the largest residential towers in Rafah with air raid, displacing hundreds who fled the building. A Palestinian boy sits outside the building residential building, which was […]

  • We suffer from violence, from sadness, from injustice, from humiliation, from the hardest forms of torture at the hands of the occupation. … My wish on International Women’s Day is […]

  • Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa MARCH 06, 2024 GUESTS Susan Abulhawa Palestinian novelist, poet and activist LINKS Playgrounds for Palestine “Mornings in Jenin” Palestine Writes Literature Festival “History will record that […]

  • Back from Gaza, Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa MARCH 06, 2024 GUESTS Susan Abulhawa Palestinian novelist, poet and activist. Palestinian novelist, poet and activist Susan Abulhawa joins us for Part 2 […]

  • ‘Flour Massacre’: Impunity Persists as Israeli Forces Open Fire On Starving Palestinians Seeking Vital Aid The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), @AlMezanCenter , and @alhaq_org condemn in the strongest […]

  • Israel is making it clear to Palestinians in Gaza: We will starve you to death or we will kill you when you try to get food. At dawn this morning, […]

  • Following Washington’s lead, key US allies have cut funding for the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine—making them all complicit in genocide. PHYLLIS BENNIS, THE NATION, FEBRUARY 28, 2024 […]

  • Six Days to Go!

    Online Auction to Benefit Gaza Relief closes February 29 Plus, an online donation campaign update from MECA Don’t miss your chance to bid on these great donated items. (If you […]

  • Children in Deir El-Balah (central Gaza Strip) enjoying hot meals from one of our community kitchens It’s been a while since we sent you an update about MECA’s work in […]

  • Kismet Books 101 N. Main Street, Verona 10:30 am

  • Israel will likel try to push Palestinians from Rafah into the camp Dave DeCamp, Defend Democracy Press, February 15, 2024 Egypt is building an 8-square-mile walled enclosure in the Sinai […]

  • Despite its opposition to displacement of Palestinians, Cairo appears to be preparing for a scenario forced by Israel.   A satellite image shows the construction of a wall along the […]

  • Some 1.4 million Palestinians have been sheltering in a 64sq km (25sq miles) area, hoping for safety that has not materialised. Rights groups have warned that civilians have nowhere to […]

  • with a Valentines Day to Leap Year Silent Auction Gaza is now the deadliest place in the world for civilians. The need for massive emergency aid is second only to the […]

  • ❤️ Our silent online auction ❤️ starts Valentines day at noon and ends February 29 at 5 pm. 100% of the proceeds will go immediately to Middle East Children’s Alliance […]

  • ONLINE PETITIONS

    Minnesota Twin Cities Vets for Peace protesting PBS lack of Gaza coverage Petitions to Unfreeze UNRWA Funding for Starving and Dehydrated Gaza AFSC to Congress  Peace Action ADC to Secretary […]

  • Times of Gaza, Jan 25, 2024 A deaf Gazan man explains the current situation in Rafah displacement camps A deaf Gazan man explains the current situation in Rafah displacement camps […]

  • Israel is starving Gaza

    “There are no greens, fruit and dairy products here like I had before. Prices are very high because of the food shortage in the markets, so instead of three meals […]

  • Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, Inc. Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM CST Livestream Josh Ruebner is a […]

  • In response to the devastating and horrific humanitarian crisis and genocide in Gaza, the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) — in collaboration with organizations and attorneys across the country — […]

  • Starvation as a Weapon of War Thalif Deen, IPS UN Bureau, December 22, 2023 Displaced families in a school in Gaza. 21 December 2023 (WFP/Arete/Abood al Sayd) UNITED NATIONS, Dec […]

  • Special End-of-Year Appeal

    Palestinian children take shelter at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in the city of Khan Yunis, […]

  • Biden administration pushes for ‘low intensity’ conflict as displacement out of desperation becomes a greater reality for Palestinians A man carries a child injured during Israeli bombardment in Rafah in […]

  • 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, […]

  • Starvation, disease, and winter cold threaten the survival of displaced civilians in Gaza Sana Noor Haq and Rosa Rahimi, CNN Thu, December 14, 2023 at 11:07 AM CST·13 min read […]

  • by Erika Rosales More Mother Fool’s Coffee House, Willy Street, Madison      

  • Change Boutique (1252 Williamson St.) is proud to be hosting local artists Huda Alalawi (From Iraq) and Rukaya Qadour (from Syria) as they debut their new brand Warda Bayda (White […]

  • SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, OCTOBER 18, 2023 After condemning the killing of Israeli civilians, Tammy Baldwin and others fail to oppose atrocities against Palestinians. If you’re looking for Wisconsin’s Congressional […]

  • Professor Alatout is on the faculty of the UW-Madison Department of Community & Environmental Sociology. His work is in international water policy, development, environment, and sustainability, and social theories of […]

  •   Español abajo This week we have seen the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip escalate to a boiling point, as Israel continues to massacre thousands of civilians. We know […]

  • Recorded in 2021. Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, […]

  •   Washington, D.C. | adc.org | September 7, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to release the $75 million in United […]

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  • 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 […]