Tag: West Bank
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“We are seeing frequent allegations of Palestinian children being detained on their way home from school, or shot while walking on the street,” said the U.N. agency. JULIA CONLEY, COMMON […]
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BY MIKE CORDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 19, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is “unlawful” and called […]
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Al Jazeera English, Jul 16, 2024 What if every aspect of your life was under someone else’s control? This is the reality for millions of Palestinians who say Israel’s occupation […]
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Ephrat Livni, New York Times, July 16, 2024 A surge in Jewish settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is raising the ire of some in the international community […]
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Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in June 2024 During the reporting period, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) and Israeli settlers continue their […]
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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 […]
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August 3, 2024 10 am Read Palestine!, a project of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting a book club for high school students this summer. We will read They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi and […]
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A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory from military to civilian leadership—violating international law. By Michael Sfard, an Israeli lawyer specializing in international […]
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Threat of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah rises Hassan Nasrallah warned in a televised speech that Hezbollah would “fight without restraints and without limits” in the event of an […]
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Overture Center201 State Street, Madison10 am – 5 pm Join Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners, and Playgrounds for Palestine to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of our community. Enjoy […]
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NEARLY HALF OF THE DEAD ARE CHILDREN Nearly 20 years after the Second Intifada, the Israeli military has resumed airstrikes in the West Bank — and killed 24 children. Catherine […]
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Miquéla V. Thornton, The Cap Times, June 6, 2024 When Laila Hasan thinks back to the first time she engaged in the traditional Palestinian embroidery technique of tatreez, she recalls […]
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Noon CT WORT 89.9 FM Live or archived We will have two guests this Friday at noon CT on WORT, 89.9 FM’s A Public Affair. First is Robert Schoville, a Madison […]
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LARA-NOUR WALTON, FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING, AUGUST 22, 2023 Do Palestinians deserve to be free? “A complex and controversial issue,” says ChatGPT (Twitter, 5/8/23). Do Israelis deserve to be […]
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worldbeyondwar.uw Antiwar Film Series – Details on this month’s films and others we’ll show this summer … Tues, June 4 at 6 pm, Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St, Room […]
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Longtime international volunteer says she is ‘devastated’ food and medical supplies cannot reach Gaza BY RICHELLE WILSON, WPR, MAY 27, 2024 Wisconsin-based human rights activist Cassandra Dixon was all set to […]
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Israel lashes out at West Bank in wake of ICC request Airstrikes continue across the Gaza Strip as the Israeli ground invasion continues in Jabalia and Rafah, displacing thousands. Meanwhile, […]
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After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists, lawlessness has become the law. By Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti, New York Times Magazine This story is […]
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May 14, 2024 Online Premiere, June 6-27, 2024 “Where Olive Trees Weep” offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. Following Palestinian […]
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Malu Cursino, BBC News, May 14, 2024 Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks destined for Gaza on Monday, throwing food packages onto the road and ripping bags of grain open in […]
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Hamdan Huraini, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 5, 2024 How do we define human rights? Does a Palestinian have the right to live or not? Is a Palestinian a human […]
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Awdah Hathaleen, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 4 The occupation army has a new strategy: closing the roads that connect all of the villages and cities in Masafer Yatta. For […]
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Adnan al-Bursh was a Palestinian surgeon and the head of orthopaedic medicine at al-Shifa hospital By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 2 May 2024 Adnan al-Bursh, a Palestinian surgeon and professor […]
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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 […]
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The allegations at issue mostly took place in the West Bank and occurred before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP/Getty Images A […]
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Playgrounds for Palestine Madison has received a delivery of the Premium Blend 500 mL Bottle AIDA Palestinian Olive Oil, organic and Fair Trade olive oil from small farms in […]
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Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in January and February 2024 ♦️Since the beginning of 2024, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) and Israeli […]
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Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024 (Photo by Rodlyn-Mae Banting) The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) hosted a Read Palestine! Book Project storytime hour on March 24 for 5-9-year-olds with […]
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A Wall Street Journal investigation found that since Oct. 7, Israeli settlers have been rapidly building illegal roads and outposts across the West Bank. This work is sometimes done under […]
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Good Shepherd Collective Weekly Report Intro Since October 7, Israel has killed at least 31,043 people in Gaza, wounding 76,666. The death toll is widely understood to be a massive […]
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Final Straw, Jan 28, 2024 This week, we’re featuring a conversation with Mohammad Hureini (twitter / instagram), a young activist from Masafer Yatta, an area in the hills south of […]
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With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence and dispossession. Letter from the West Bank Shane Bauer, February 26, 2024 The family of […]
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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 […]
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Click image to enlarge Wan Hasifi Amin/@drhasifi on Twitter
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The past days have been horrific for the residents of Majaz, one of the villages in Masafer Yatta, and inside the area claimed by Israel as firing zone 918. Israeli […]
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Sandra Whitehead, WISCONSIN MUSLIM JOURNAL, Feb 13, 2024 Members of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project protested Dec. 23 in Madison. A small group of Madison citizens banded together in 2003 […]
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Under the cover of the relentless bombardment and atrocity crimes in Gaza, Israeli forces have simultaneously unleashed a new, brutal wave of unlawful violence against Palestinians in the occupied West […]
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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 […]
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Awdah Hathaleen, Humans of Masafer Yatta, Feb 11, 2024 I stopped posting and updating for a while. I didn’t do this because the situation changed or ended, I stopped because […]
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SUPPORT US Palestinians and Israelis who’ve experienced the settlers’ attacks first-hand see the move as a positive but wholly insufficient step toward accountability. Oren Ziv, +972, February 8, 2024 Einan […]
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The War on Gaza and Beyond 12 noon – 1 pm Join host Allen Ruff for a live conversation with Rami Khouri, Middle East analyst and Distinguished Fellow at the […]