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Year: 2019

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • “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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Center for Constitutional Rights, October 21, 2019 Join us in court tomorrow in Olympia, Washington, as Center for Constitutional Rights Deputy Legal Director 

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • The Ecological War on Gaza

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 – […]