May 2024 – Page 2 – MadisonRafah.org

2024.05.25-06.01: Madison Veterans for Peace Annual “Memorial Mile” & Peace Rally

May 25 starting 9 am: Marker installation, Olbrich Park May 27 at 1 pm: Peace…

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2024.05.23:Break the Bonds! Divest from Israel Bonds, Invest in Freedom

7 pm CT OnlineJewish Voice for Peace invites you to join them and partner organizations…

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2024.05.23: Join a conversation on land and solidarity

7 p.m. CT online My name is Amy Yoder McGloughlin. I am the pastor at…

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2024.05.22: Music for Gaza Relief at the Bur Oak

The Bur Oak [Map]2262 Winnebago St, MadisonDoors open at 7 pm, music at 8 Grassroots…

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2024.05.19: American Friends Service Committee’s New Tool for Divestment

Friends Meeting House1704 Roberts Court, Madison12:30 pm CT Brian Blackmore, national Director of Engagement for…

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2024.05.19: The Heart of Change

Event Link: https://fb.me/e/1Yux6pKCJ Event by Echo Valley Hope, Driftless Palestinian Solidarity and Building Unity

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‘Dark Times’: Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI

“The good news is—actions like this by the USA or European countries taken under pressure…

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The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel

After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists,…

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Trailer: “Where Olive Trees Weep” (2024)

May 14, 2024 Online Premiere, June 6-27, 2024 “Where Olive Trees Weep” offers a searing…

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ADC Commemorates 76 Years of Nakba

Washington, DC | www.adc.org | May 15, 2024 – Today we commemorate 76 years of…

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Nakba Then and Now

Visualizing Palestine

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Settler Colonialisms and Deadly Violence: Algeria and Israel/Palestine

Joel Beinin, Professor of History and Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Apr 17, 2024

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Gaza mourns deaf activist Hashem Ghazal, killed in Israeli strike

Tributes have poured in for the accomplished carpenter, disability activist, and organiser at the Atfaluna…

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Israeli protesters block aid trucks destined for Gaza

Malu Cursino, BBC News, May 14, 2024 Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks destined for Gaza…

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Army officer resigns in protest of U.S. support for Israel in Gaza

Maj. Harrison Mann said he feels “incredible shame and guilt” to know his work at…

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Echoes of Standing Rock and Climate Change in Backlash to Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus

By Alleen Brown, Center for Media and Democracy, May 3rd, 2024 This story is co-published with Drilled.…

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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 220

Resistance returns to the north, UNRWA says 300,000 people fled Rafah The Israeli army has…

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Tell Them

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UNICEF Warns Area Israel Pushing Rafah Residents to Is ‘Not Safe’

“It is a narrow strip of beach on the coast that lacks the basic infrastructure—like…

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ADC: Demand Biden, World Leaders Stop Israel Invasion of Rafah

Washington, DC | adc.org | May 11, 2024 – The ongoing genocide and invasion of Rafah has…

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