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Our solidarity with Palestinians is not a betrayal of Judaism, then, but a fulfillment of it. When our sages taught that to destroy one life is to destroy an entire world, they did not carve exceptions for Palestinians. We shall not rest until this ceasefire carries forward into an end of occupation and apartheid. ― Jewish figures worldwide call for sanctions against Israel, Arab News, October 22, 2025
2026.07.19 Update: Big Ride for Palestine
MRSCP & Palestine Partners, May 13, 2026
2026.05.17: Author Event: Sahar Mustafah with Fawzy Qamar
A Room of One’s Own, 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, 3-4 pm
How the Iran War is Changing the Middle East
JUAN COLE, Informed Comment, 05/09/2026
EU Imposes New Sanctions on Israeli Settlers After Hungary Drops Opposition
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, May 11, 2026
2026.05.16: Art Sale Fundraiser
Old Firehouse Lounge, 364 E Main St, Stoughton, 1-3 pm
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 17 : MONDAY MAY 11, 2026
2026.05.14: Palestine Partners at the Madison Night Market
State & Gorham, Madison, 5-9 pm
Tuba was designed to be our refuge – now we risk displacement from there too
Humans of Masafer Yatta, May 06, 2026
Israel should foot the bill
Avaaz, May 5, 2026
Israel Attacks Flotilla — We Launch More Boats
US Boats to Gaza, May 4, 2026
2026.05.09: Bake Sale Fundraiser
318 W Lakeside St, Madison, 10 am – 1 pm
Erased: Israeli Settlers’ Brutal Campaign to Ethnically Cleanse the West Bank
Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz, Oct 23, 2025
‘A Handful of Kids?’ An Army of Israeli Youths Is Being Deployed to Expel Palestinians in the West Bank
Amira Hass and Matan Golan, Haaretz, January 09, 2026
JNF to Cut Back Most of Its Funding of Programs at West Bank Settler Farm Outposts
Judy Maltz, Haaretz, April 28, 2026
2026.05.16: Remembering The Palestinian Nakba
James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E Johnson St, 6 pm Potluck, 7 pm Program
2026.05.01: Madison May Day Events
Madison Area DSA (Democratic Socialists of America), April 30, 2026
Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, and Caitlin Cassidy, The Guardian, 30 Apr 2026
Flotilla Tracker
Global Sumud Flotilla and Freedom Flotilla Coalition, April 29, 2026
The Boats have left Sicily!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Global Sumud Flotilla (@globalsumudflotilla)
2026.05.01: May Day Rally and March
Voces de la Frontera, April 28, 2026
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 15 : MONDAY APRIL 27, 2026
We Are Not Numbers Newsletter
April 27, 2026
2026.05.01: May 1st Shutdown: ICE Out UW
Madison Socialist Alternative, April 23, 2026
2026.04.18: Fashions from the Kachkaniraqmi “Existence as Resistance” Show
Amy Atalla-Hill, April 24, 2026
Is this what war looks like now?
Mohamad Bazzi, The Guardian, 24 Apr 2026
A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it
Diana Buttu, The Guardian, 5 Oct 2025
How to burst the Israeli bubble
Noam Sheizaf, The Guardian, 14 Sep 2025
2026.04.25: Communities Not Cages: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention
Capitol Square at King St, 4:30 – 6 pm
2026.04.25: Madison Workers Assembly
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, Madison, 10 am-1 pm
Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Bombed and Left to Die by Israel
JEREMY LOFFREDO, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 22, 2026
2026.04.23 Update: Nonviolence in Action: Building the Beloved Community
Bethal Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Ave, Madison, 8 am – 5:15 pm. Keynote speakers available by Zoom.
Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto
DON MOYNIHAN, APR 20, 2026
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 14 : MONDAY APRIL 20, 2026
Madison’s Independent Police Oversight Is Three Days From Being Gutted
Amelia Royko Maurer and Alex Saloutos, April 18, 2026
2026.04.22: Film Earth’s Greatest Enemy, the Environmental Cost of the U.S Military
UW-Madison Humanities, Rm 1101, 455 N Park St, doors 5 pm, film 5:30-7:30 pm
2026.06.07: Why We Record – Defying Fragmentation And Erasure In Palestine
First Congregational United Church of Christ, 131 6th Ave, Baraboo, 8:45-10 am & 11:30-1 pm
The One-sided Israeli-Lebanese Ceasefire Agreement
Mouin Rabbani, April 16, 2026
Zeteo Joins the Gaza Flotilla as It Sets Sail to Break Israel’s Blockade
ALEX COLSTON, ZETEO, APR 15, 2026
Madison Weekly Vigil Against War
Thursdays, Williamson & Blair Streets, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
This War is All About the Palestinians
PETER BEINART, APR 13, 2026
2026.04.24: Teach-In: Roots and Realities of the War in the Middle East
UW-Madison, DeLuca Biochemistry Rm 1125, 420 Henry Mall, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
‘Complete Collapse’ Looms – Gaza’s Bread System on the Brink as Flour Vanishes
Defend Democracy Press, April 12, 2026
Freedom Flotilla Update from Huwaida Arraf
US Boats to Gaza, April 13, 2026
2026.04.21: Call to Action to Preserve Madison Community Policing Oversight
Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 215, 6:30 pm
2026.04.18: Kachkaniraqmi “Existence as Resistance” Multicultural Fashion Show and Performances
The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue, Madison, 4 pm
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 13 : MONDAY APRIL 13, 2026
West Bank End Game with Jasper Nathaniel and Mouin Rabbani
Jadaliyya Connections Episode 112, Jan 14, 2026
A Grim Poll Showed Most Jewish Israelis Support Expelling Gazans. It’s Brutal – and It’s True.
Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz, June 03, 2025
Editorial | ICE’s detention of Milwaukee Muslim leader is inexcusable
Cap Times Editorial, Apr 8, 2026
Salah Sarsour and GOP Bigotry
Steve Elbow, Cap Times Opinion Newsletter, April 12, 2026
“The Cruelty is Staggering”: Jasper Nathaniel on Reporting from the West Bank
Current Affairs, 06 April 2026
Action Alert: Free Milwaukee Community Leader Salah Sarsour, Abducted by ICE
MRSCP, Apr 11, 2026
2026.04.12: Rally to Free Salah Sarsour
1700 N Lincoln Memorial Dr, Milwaukee, 2 pm
2026.04.13: Madison No Appetite for Apartheid Campaign Meeting
Online, 7:30-9 PM CT
2026.04.17: Film No Other Land in Viroqua
Landmark Center, 500 E Jefferson St, Viroqua, refreshments 6-6:45 pm, film 7-8:30 pm, Q&A 8:30-9 pm
The West Bank is witnessing the most intense crackdown since the days after Oct 7
GOOD SHEPHERD COLLECTIVE, APR 10, 2026
6 Months On, 7 Ways Israel Has Destroyed the Gaza Ceasefire
TEAM ZETEO, APR 10, 2026
2026.04.15: The Power of BDS: Transforming the World
Online, 12:00 PM CT
A Letter to My Community from Salah Sarsour
Apr 8, 2026
Rats spread throughout Gaza’s camps, posing danger to children
Sally Ibrahim, The New Arab, 09 April, 2026
2026.04.14: Challenging Christian Zionism
Online, 1 PM CT
2026.04.14: The Iran War and Annexation of the West Bank
Online, 12 PM CT
2026.04.17: Music Fundraiser to Benefit Palestinian Families in Gaza and Madison
Doors Open 7 pm, Music at 8 pm
2026.04.18: UNA-USA Dane Presents an Exploration of Iranian Culture & Cuisine
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison, 6-8 pm (Doors open 5:30)
Massive Israeli Assault on Lebanon Threatens U.S.-Iran Ceasefire
LYLLA YOUNES, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 08, 2026
2026.04.11-25: SJP-Madison Political Education Committee
Students for Justice in Palestine – Madison, Apr 8, 2026
2026.04.06-27: SJP-Madison Divestment Committee
Students for Justice in Palestine – Madison, Apr 6, 2026
State Representative Lisa Subeck, D – Madison
Wisconsin Donkey Watch, Apr 8, 2026
State Senator Dianne Hesselbein, D – Middleton
Wisconsin Donkey Watch, Apr 6, 2026
US Taxpayers Are Funding the Gift Card Israel Uses to Buy US Weapons
STEPHEN SEMLER, COMMON DREAMS, Apr 07, 2026
Free Salah Sarsour: Take Action Now
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Apr 7, 2026
Defense for Children International – Palestine has ceased operations
Khaled Quzmar, Defense for Children International – Palestine, Apr 7, 2026
Free the Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons
Visualizing Palestine, April 2025
ICE Arrests the Head of Wisconsin’s Largest Islamic Group
Jacey Fortin, New York Times, April 2, 2026
Hundreds Pack the Islamic Society of Milwaukee to Demand: ‘Free Palestinian Leader Salah Sarsour NOW!’
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WiBOPM), April 2, 2026
The US and Israel Are Making Gaza-Style War the New Normal
Branko Marcetic, Jacobin, 04.01.2026
The quiet criminalization of student speech
Samer Alatout, Cap Times, Apr 1, 2026
Milwaukee Community Leader Abducted by ICE
American Muslims for Palestine, April 01, 2026
US Killed Children in Iran Using New Missile That Explodes Into Pellets
Sharon Zhang, TRUTHOUT, March 30, 2026
The media need to advocate for peace
CODEPINK, April 1, 2026
Capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so.
The Guardian Editorial, 31 Mar 2026
‘Human tragedy’: Leqaa Kordia on how ICE jail echoes life in occupied Palestine
Alice Speri, The Guardian, 1 Apr 2026
2026.04.09: Benefit Concert for Climate and Immigrant Justice
Harmony Bar & Grill, 2201 Atwood Ave, Madison, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
2026.04.12: We Will Remain Here: Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance in a Time of Genocide
Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
2026.04.19: WUD World Wide: Free International Festival
UW Memorial Union, 1-6 pm
2026.04.25: WI Bail Out the People (WiBOPM) 15th Anniversary Celebration
James Reeb Unitarian Church, 2146 E Johnson St, Madison, 4 pm
Israel Admits It ‘Photoshopped’ Image to Portray Assassinated Lebanese Journalist as Hezbollah
STEPHEN PRAGER, COMMON DREAMS, Mar 30, 2026
The Palestinian Question Is Still the Core of the Middle East Conflict
AYMAN ODEH, ZETEO, MAR 29, 2026
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 11 : MONDAY MARCH 30, 2026
Massive crowds everywhere!
Mastodon, March 28, 2026
Israeli Forces Torture Gaza Toddler to Force His Father to Confess
TEAM ZETEO, MAR 28, 2026
Thousands Hit the Streets in Madison for No Kings! No Billionaires! March and Rally
WiBOPM, March 28, 2026
2026.05.25: Memorial Day Peace Rally & Community Gathering
Madison Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Ave, Grand Ballroom (Johnson St entrance). Tabling 12 pm, Program 1 pm
Israel Has Silenced Wisconsin!
Gov. Evers has signed Assembly Bill 446 into law, advancing an IHRA definition of antisemitism that threatens free speech.
