Year: 2018
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The Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege Israeli Forces Kill 3 and Wound 115 Other Civilians Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Ref: 138/2018, 21 December 2018 On Friday…
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‘Warning strike’ killed two Palestinian teenagers B’Tselem, 19 December 2018 The case On 14 July 2018, around 6 P.M., the partially constructed al-Katibah Building in Gaza City was the target…
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Bethlehem, Palestine20 December 2018 Joint Advocacy Initiative, The East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA of Palestine
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Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging to his panel’s work. (Erin Schaff for The New York Times) Emily Cochrane, New York…
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A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There are better solutions.
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Israeli Forces Blow up Building Belonging to Abu Hmeid Family for the Third Time Ref:135-2018, December 15, 2018 As part of the collective punishment policy adopted by the Israeli forces…
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A Non-violent Woman is Eventually Targeted by the Israel Defense Forces Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 4, 2018 Around a month and a half after being injured by…
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Gaza writer Tarneem Hammad receives award at the Gaza AFSC office. Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Tarneem Hammad, 24, was born in Saudi Arabia,…
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Nadya Siyam receives award at AFSC office in Gaza. Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Nadya Siyam lives in Gaza city and studies English Language…
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Rahf Hallaq receives her award at the Gaza AFSC office. Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Rahf Hallaq is a 19-year-old sophomore student at the…
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Migrants running from tear gas fired by American border agents near the fence at Tijuana. (Credit: Hannah Mckay/Reuters) Brittany Dawson, PALESTINE SQUARE, December 6, 2018 When hundreds of Central American…
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The Marquee Cinema, Union South 1308 West Dayton Street , Madison 7:00 pm Join UW Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the UW Middle East Studies Program, and the Wisconsin…
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Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 al-Amal Hotel, destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, November 13, 2018. (Photo by PCHR Field Workers) On Tuesday November 13, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed…
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November 29, 2018 Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Over 7 million Palestinians are refugees – scattered around the globe. In the face of incredible…
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for Defending the Rights of the Palestinian People November 30, 2018 ADC is proud to stand with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill for defending equal rights for the Palestinian people. ADC…
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On Thursday, November 29, 2018, CNN announced that it had severed ties with Temple University Professor and CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill over a speech he gave in support of…
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On Wednesday, Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator on CNN, delivered a speech to the United Nations in support of the Palestinian people. He advocated for their human rights, outlined…
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CodePINK, November 19, 2018 This is a huge victory! Moments ago, Airbnb announced they will no longer list vacation rentals in illegal Jewish-only West Bank settlements. It’s been exactly two…
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A Public Affair, November 15, 2018 On today’s episode, we take a look at the water crisis in Gaza and its effects on the inhabitants there, particularly the children. The…
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Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza City seaport in July 2018. (Ashraf Amra | APA images) Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 14 November 2018 Israel killed a fisherman in…
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A new war would lead to the collapse of an already-debilitated medical infrastructure in Gaza, Palestinian health officials warn. A wounded Palestinian protester is evacuated and treated at Al-Awda Hospital…
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Israeli troops have crossed into Gaza over 70 times this year alone, according to the UN. And those are only the incursions we know about. File photo of Israeli troops…
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Thursday, Nov 15 12 noon – 1 pm A Public Affair with host Allen Ruff will feature guests Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, and…
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Contaminated and scarce water owing to Israel’s brutal siege and bombing of infrastructure leads to death and disease. A Palestinian woman bathes her son with water from a tank filled…
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Barely three percent of Gaza’s drinking water wells is fit for human consumption, and the crisis is claiming lives. Mousa Hilleh, 48, rebuilt his home after the 2014 Gaza war…
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Addameer, 16 October 2018 “Scars of Freedom” describes the Palestinian experience of arrest, interrogation, and life in captivity that carries great political, economic, and social impact. From the beginning of…
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) | November 13, 2018 | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s recent airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. On November 12,…
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Ma’an News, Nov. 13, 2018 BETHLEHEM — The Israeli Cabinet reportedly decided on Tuesday afternoon to resume the offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip, following a nearly seven-hour meeting. Hebrew-language…
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Stop the war! Move towards peace! Occupation Magazine, Nov. 13, 2018 Hebrew original forwarded by Standing Together media@standing-together.org, translation Adam Keller Today at 20:00 — Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem —…
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November 18, 2018 Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 9 am – 2 pm Join MRSCP at this annual sale of unusual and beautiful gifts and…
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First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project water filter from the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) to serve clean drinking water to…
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Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come visit the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and dozens of other vendors selling fair trade products…
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We stand with the victims of every white-supremacist and racist and anti-Semitic assault back through history. A memorial at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)…
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Alex Kane, The Forward, October 27, 2018 Robert Bowers was angry at Jews. But the 46-year-old alleged killer of at least eleven people in a Pittsburgh synagogue seemed most angry…
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Amnesty International, 19 October 2018 Fears of escalating bloodshed are rising ahead of planned protests in Gaza later today after Israeli authorities announced a “zero tolerance” policy towards demonstrations along…
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I see the parallels with Israel It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism in my country – now it must happen again, for the Palestinian people Relatives of…
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Israeli Forces Kill 7 Civilians, Including a Child 224 Others, Including 42 Children, 3 Women, 3 Journalists and a Paramedic, Are Wounded The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref:…
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Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Sunday, October 14 First Unitarian Society, Main Sanctuary 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 4 – 6 pm Come hear about…
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October 7 UW-Madison Union South 1308 West Dayton St 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Door opens at 1:00 PM 1:30 PM: Welcome Remarks by Masood Akhtar, Founder, We Are Many…
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Monday, October 8: First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison Schedule 5:30 pm – Community Potluck 6:30 pm – Drumming and welcoming by Indigenous Leaders 7:00 pm –…
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Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN) Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, October 2, 2018 The highlight of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights conference that concluded Sunday in St. Paul was…
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Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, in 2015 that calls for a boycott of products coming from the Israeli settlements. (Thomas…
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Palestinian laborers protest against the continued Israeli siege and the spread of unemployment in Gaza City on May 1, 2018. (Photo: Ashram Amra/APA Images) Marilyn Garson, Mondoweiss, September 27, 2018…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2018 House Democrats Condemn Trump Administration’s Actions Harming the Palestinian People WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Barbara Lee…
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Israeli Forces Kill 1 Child and Wound 137 Civilians, including 26 Children, 4 Paramedics and 1 Journalist Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), September 7, 2018, Ref: 97/2018 On Friday…
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Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Since 2006 the speaker has been spending from one to three months per year accompanying Palestinian children to school…
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You are invited to FOSNA’s national meeting in Minneapolis: Prophetic Action. This event is on track to be one of the largest ecumenical gatherings of Christian leaders and activists for…
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Together We Rise will be a space for people to connect with and learn from others working in support of Palestinian rights across the country, and renew our commitment to…
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Zaha Hassan, Palestine Square | Institute for Palestine Studies, August 3, 2018 “Continuing services to refugees is a right, not a handout.” This was the message last week of one…
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“Visiting Israel in 2018 and not talking about Israel’s military occupation of Palestinians is like visiting the Deep South in the 1950s and not talking about Jim Crow segregation.” YouTube,…
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Palestinians waiting to cross the border to Egypt in May. (Adel Hana/Associated Press) New York Times Editorial, September 1, 2018 The Trump administration has offered various explanations for cutting aid…
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‘Doomsday scenario’ could unfold unless Palestinian agency replaces US funding within 30 days, spokesperson says. Al Jazeera, 01 Sep 2018 The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) has called the decision…
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3 paramedics killed and 103 medical staff injured The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has launched a video titled: “Medical Personnel Under Fire”. The video sheds lights on the…
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“We can change people’s minds by defending our cause” Ahed Tamimi sits July 30 in the backyard of her family house in the West Bank village of Nebi Saleh, near…
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Tightening Closure For 3rd Time in Less Than Month Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), August 2, 2018 Ref: 80/2018 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the…
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Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967 (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images). Sayed Kashua, New York Times, July 30, 2018 We…
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10 am – 6 pm Common Ground 2644 Branch Street, Middleton MRSCP will be tabling for the Maia Project at the Midwest Waterfest, A Celebration of Life – music, speakers,…
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1:00 pm First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison First Unitarian Society and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim invite you to attend a program on July 22 at FUS to learn…
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ONLINE from The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Pastor and activist Rev. Graylan Hagler will highlight the intersections between the Palestinian cause and other contemporary…
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A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed a law on Thursday that defines Israel as the “nation-state of the Jewish people.” (Olivier…
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Just Foreign Policy, July 19, 2018 This morning, Democracy Now had a hard-hitting report on the U.S.-Saudi war in Yemen. They combined highlights of the PBS Newshour series with an…
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Tuesday, July 24 at 7 PM – 9 PM First Unitarian Society of Madison 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, Wisconsin Join us for a special presentation by Rev. Dr. Mitri…
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Wednesday, July 25 at 7 PM – 9 PM Christ The Solid Rock Baptist Church 1502 Parkside Dr, Madison, Wisconsin Pastor Mitchell of Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church will…
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(Photo: Gay Liberation Network) Mondoweiss, June 24, 2018 Confounding many people’s expectations, our “We Stand With Palestine” contingent in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade Sunday, June 24th – with its…
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Dr. James Zogby, Arab American Institute (AAI), June 09, 2018 Back in 2016, without debate or an actual vote, the US Senate stealthily passed a disturbing and dangerous piece of…
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), July 14, 2018 In a new war crime, on Saturday, 14 July 2018, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians and wounded 23 others, including…
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Statement from AAI Executive Director Maya Berry on the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawai’i, June 26, 2018 Washington, DC — Today, Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry…
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If Americans Knew, May 10, 2017 Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and current U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, bragged to the number one pro-Israel lobbying organization…
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International Socialist Organization – Madison Saturday, June 23 at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM UW Library Mall, Madison, WI The Trump administration has ramped up its attacks on immigrants, separating…
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Sign up for a June 30 Event! Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. State Capitol, State St Entrance Madison, WI Donald Trump and his administration are cruelly separating children from…
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The justifications given for the deaths of Palestinian protesters just don’t add up Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 1, 2018. Israeli tear gas canisters fall toward Palestinian protesters and medics…
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Aiden Pink, Information Clearing House, June 13, 2018 Not many in the media are noticing, which is understandable given the burden of keeping up with Donald Trump, but in the…
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CODEPINK, June 16, 2016 This weekend is the Presbyterian Church’s biannual General Assembly. Among the many social justice issues they will address is a resolution calling on real estate giant…
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Now Through Saturday, June 16: Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church, 1502 Parkside Dr., Madison 241-9796 First Congregational Church, 1609 University Ave., Madison 233-9751 Midvale Community Lutheran Church, 4329 Tokay…
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Elaine Pasquini, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 2017 March-April Throughout the month of December, photographs from the first annual Karimeh Abboud Award Competition were on display in St. Mark’s…
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Through June 30 at Gib’s Bar, 1380 Williamson St, Madison The Madison Rafah Sister City Project was chosen for the June Community Cocktail at Gib’s! Our custom cocktail is called…
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Image via Sacramento to Bethlehem Cities for Palestine, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Others, June 6, 2018 This week, Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the…
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Bill Glauber and Amed Elbenni, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 6, 2018 Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, said America’s recent move to relocate its embassy to Israel will…
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The Peace Report, June 5, 2018 Israel will be testing their Arrow 3 weapons system, among other things, on Kodiak Island, Alaska in the summer of 2018. The Arrow 3…
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Razan al-Najjar, 20, was trying to help an injured protester near the border fence when she was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers, witnesses say. Last month, she spoke to The…
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The Warsaw Ghetto was liquidated and burned to the ground by Nazi soldiers in May 1943 in response to Jewish resistance to the mass extermination of the Jews of Warsaw.…
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Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee Tuesday, June 5, 11:15 AM – 1:30 PM Milwaukee County War Memorial 750 N Lincoln Memorial Dr Milwaukee,…
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Gaza Needs Your Help DONATE NOW! I am far from Gaza right now, in the UK, but I am speaking with my friends, my family and my medical colleagues there…
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Palestinian protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli troops near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Israel faced a…
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I know you’re horrified by the news from Gaza—the slaughter of unarmed protesters who are simply demanding freedom; the deliberate targeting of medical staff and journalists; The murder and maiming…
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Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman, The Cap Times, May 17, 2018 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, May 14,…
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Institute for Middle East Understanding, 5/18/18 Members of The Red Nation expressed their solidarity with Palestinians and their struggle for freedom by dropping a large Palestinian flag from a 100…
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Members of Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison did a banner drop today over University Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin . . . at evening rush hour .…
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Representatives Mark Pocan, Dan Kildee, and Hank Johnson Jr. were denied the opportunity to witness conditions on the ground firsthand John Nichols, The Nation, 5/14/18 A Palestinian demonstrator shouts during…
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War on Want, May 14, 2018 Palestinians in Gaza are gathering to demand their collective rights, including their Right of Return. As we commemorate 70 years since the Nakba, when…
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A Palestinian child holds a sign on Land Day. Samir El-Omari and Barbara Olson, Madison365, May 11, 2018 For the past six weeks, Gaza has been in the news as…
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Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 25 April 2018 Ahed Tamimi’s lawyer called for an investigation into sexual harassment during the teenager’s interrogation. (Oren Ziv, ActiveStills) Israeli lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich published…
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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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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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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…