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Mar 3, 2026

An American Lynched in the West Bank
Jasper Diamond Nathaniel, Infinite Jaz, Feb 22, 2026
American, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Mukhmas, Nasrallah Abu Siyam, occupation, Palestinian, settlers, West Bank
Palestinian-American Teenager Killed in West Bank Is Laid to Rest
Adam Rasgon and Fatima AbdulKarim, New York Times, Feb. 20, 2026
American, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Mukhmas, Nasrallah Abu Siyam, occupation, Palestinian, settlers, West Bank
How to cross a road under apartheid
HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, FEB 03, 2026
apartheid, At-Tuwani, checkpoints, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Juwaya, Masafer Yatta, occupation, road closures, settlers, travel, violence, West Bank
American Cities Are Not Occupied Territory
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), January 14, 2026
Alex Pretti, ICE, Israel, Minneapolis, Minnesota, murder, occupation, Renee Good, solidarity, training
2026.01.25: Bethlehem Children’s Art Display
Orchard Ridge UCC, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, 1:30 – 3 pm
art, Bethlehem, calendar, crafts, Israel, occupation, olive oil, Read Palestine!, West Bank
Statement from the Corries on Gaza and Venezuela
January 10, 2026
Gaza, occupation, Rachel Corrie, Trump, United States, Venezuela
Israeli Cabinet Approves 19 New Apartheid Colonies in Occupied West Bank
BRETT WILKINS, Common Dreams, Dec 21, 2025
apartheid, Bezalel Smotrich, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Ganim, Israel, Israel Lobby, Netanyahu, occupation, Rayan Abu Muallah, settlers, Trump, two-state, United Nations (UN), United States, West Bank
2025.12.22: Webinar with Palestinian Human Rights Defender Issa Amro
Online, 11 AM CT
calendar, detainees, Friends of Hebron, Hebron, human rights, Issa Amro, nonviolence, occupation, online, resistance, settlers, West Bank
Umm al-Khair Facing Demolition in the West Bank
Elize Manoukian, KQED, Oct 30, 2025
apartheid, home demolition, Israel, Masafer Yatta, occupation, Umm Al Kheir, West Bank
Israel takes over 1,000 Palestinian hostages in Tulkarm, West Bank
Quds News Network, Sep 12, 2025
detainees, hostages, Israel, occupation, Tulkarem, Tulkarm, West Bank
2025.08.18: Walls That See
Online, 11 AM CT
apartheid, art, calendar, human rights, justice, occupation, online
Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, Netanyahu says
Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, and Christian Edwards, CNN, Aug 7, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, occupation
Petition Ireland to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Ekō, Aug 6, 2025
apartheid, BDS, boycott, Ireland, Israel, occupation, petition, settlers, take action, West Bank
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention
Louis Theroux, The Guardian, 10 May 2025
Daniella Weiss, ethnic cleansing, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), occupation, settlers, violence, West Bank, Zionism
Netanyahu announces Gaza occupation plan
Jason Burke, The Guardian, 5 May 2025
Gaza War, Hamas, Israel, Netanyahu, occupation, Trump
2025.05.08: ‘Go Tell Them Our Story’ – Stories from Palestine
Online, 7 pm CT
calendar, genocide, Israel, occupation, online, Palestine, West Bank, World Beyond War
Israeli army organises hiking tours inside occupied Syrian territory
MEE staff, 4 April 2025
Israel, Lebanon, occupation, Syria
2025.03.09: The Raid on the Jerusalem Educational Bookshop
Online, 1 pm CT
apartheid, calendar, education, free speech, Israel, Jerusalem, occupation, online, violence
2025.03.13: A Conversation with Mazin Qumsiyeh
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
apartheid, calendar, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, human rights, Israel, occupation, online, settlers, West Bank
2025.03.12: A Conversation with Issa Amro and Jeff Halper
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
apartheid, calendar, colonialism, democracy, detainees, equality, ethnic cleansing, Freedom Flotilla, genocide, Hebron, home demolition, human rights, Israel, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), justice, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian Authority (PA), settlers, travel, West Bank, Zionism
The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not.
I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The…
antisemitism, Biden, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, International Criminal Court (ICC), Ireland, Israel, occupation, United States
Israel Builds Bases in Central Gaza, a Sign It May Be There to Stay
In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area…
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, occupation, settlers
Tell the World’s Governments to End the Genocide
World Beyond War, Nov 25, 2024
annexation, Gaza War, genocide, human rights, Israel, law, occupation, Palestine, starvation, take action, United Nations (UN), West Bank
2024.10.25: Ta-Nehisi Coates & Dena Takruri in Oakland Live Online
Join us for a community conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates on white supremacy and the long…
apartheid, calendar, Israel, Jim Crow, occupation, online, Palestine, Ta-Nehisi Coates
2024.10.18: Rev. Prof. Mitri Raheb on WORT
A Public Affair with Esty Dinur NoonLive at 89.9 FM or streaming, and archived Esty…
audio, calendar, Christian, colonialism, Gaza War, Israel, occupation, Palestine, United States, West Bank, WORT 89.9 FM, Zionism
Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped
Israel’s violent extremists now in control of its government believe that Israel has the Biblical…
Israel, law, occupation, Palestine, United Nations (UN)
Backing Israeli Apartheid Isn’t Just Immoral — It’s Illegal
Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a damning assessment of Israel’s occupation of…
apartheid, Gaza War, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, law, occupation, Palestine, United Nations (UN), West Bank
‘Israel always sold the occupation as legal. The ICJ now terrifies them’
Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu unpacks the ICJ opinion on Israel’s military regime, and the lessons…
human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, law, occupation, Palestine, travel
2024.07.23: Film “Where Olive Trees Weep”
worldbeyondwar.uw Antiwar Film Series Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St, Room 302 Meet at 6:00…
Ahed Tamimi, Amira Hass, Ashira Darwish, calendar, Gabor Mate, Israel, occupation, Palestine
Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
BY MIKE CORDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 19, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N.…
Gaza War, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Jerusalem, law, occupation, Palestine, settlers, West Bank
Israel does not have a right to self-defense for its occupation
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2023
human rights, Israel, Noura Erakat, occupation, self defense, violence
Israel’s protest leaders give the anti-occupation bloc the cold shoulder
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, June 6, 2023
apartheid, human rights, Israel, occupation, Palestine, solidarity
2021.05.15 Update: ‘Palestine Can’t Breathe’ Protest
And a Facebook video Reshaping Madison Together Event Occupation is a CRIME! Right now, near…
calendar, ethnic cleansing, Jerusalem, Madison, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, protest, Rafah, Sheikh Jarrah, solidarity, violence, West Bank
Israel Sends Maher al-Akhras to Death
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 115/2020, 02 November 2020
detainees, hunger strikes, Israel, occupation, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)
Why Young Jews Are Walking Off Birthright Tours
“Visiting Israel in 2018 and not talking about Israel’s military occupation of Palestinians is like…
apartheid, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jim Crow, occupation, Palestinians
The Spoils of War
Alex Kane, The Indypendent, Jun 3, 2017
arms, business, Israel, occupation, tech, training
Bernie Sanders: 50 years of occupation must end
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz, June 05, 2017 Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the U.S. presidency…
Bernie Sanders, Israel, occupation, Palestine
Mideast Can’t Even Agree on What ‘One-State Solution’ Means
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint news conference at…
Israel, occupation, one-state, Palestine, Trump, two-state, United States
Urge the Democratic Platform Committee to call for ending the occupation of the West Bank
Just Foreign Policy, 6/16/16 The Forward reports that former Congressman Robert Wexler is putting pressure…
Democratic Party, occupation, settlers, take action, West Bank
2015.10.15: Non-Violent Responses to the Israeli Occupation
calendar, Israel, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine
2010.10.13: Film Life in Occupied Palestine
Life in Occupied Palestine provides an excellent introduction — in a down-to-earth, non-alienating way —…
calendar, film, Israel, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, violence
Lee Brown: The U.S. should stop blindly supporting Israel
Lee Brown, Cap Times, November 6, 2009
Cap Times, civilians, human rights, Israel, law, occupation, Palestine, United Nations (UN), war crimes
2009.04.15: Anna Baltzer on Life in Occupied Palestine
Stories & Photos Anna Baltzer, Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, will present her slides, stories,…
Anna Baltzer, calendar, occupation, Palestine, West Bank
2008.08.01: Film Occupation 101
Escape Java Joint 916 Williamson Street Madison “Occupation 101” (2006) Made at considerable personal sacrifice…
calendar, film, Gaza, Israel, occupation, Palestine, video, West Bank
SIX DAYS OF WAR, 40 YEARS OF OCCUPATION
MIKE MURRAY, Cap Times, Jun 9, 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the…
apartheid, Cap Times, Gaza, Gaza War, history, Israel, Israel Lobby, occupation, refugees, settlers, travel, violence, West Bank
Re “Settlers, Israeli public part company”
Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, April 4, 2006 In the article “Settlers, Israeli public…
Ehud Olmert, Gaza, Geneva Convention, Israel, land, occupation, Palestine, settlers, West Bank
Anglicans Vote to Divest From Concerns in Israel-Occupied Areas
NEELA BANERJEE, New York Times, February 9, 2006 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 – The governing body…
Anglican, BDS, boycott, Christian, Church of England, divest, Gaza, Israel, occupation, Palestine, religion, West Bank
No Letup to the Occupation
Will Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza free it from the burden of the occupation? The answer…
blockade, Gaza, Israel, occupation, travel
Amira Hass: What Business Is It of Chirac?
The Jordan Valley, the settlement blocs that continue to merge into each other, the monumental…
Amira Hass, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Gaza, home demolition, Israel, media, occupation, Palestine, travel, West Bank
Amira Hass: Fooling the High Court of Justice and the Hague
The legalistic deception of the Israeli Civil Administration: “It is all Israel” Amira Hass, Haaretz,…
Amira Hass, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, land, occupation, travel, West Bank
The Shabak: “We are above the Law”
Life under occupation Yael Barda, Occupation Magazine, July 7 2005 Yesterday I had a fascinating…
free speech, human rights, Israel, justice, law, military, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Shin Bet, Wall
Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Forces Prisons
Dear all, I received disturbing news about prisoners in IOF prisons in Israel. 30-year-old, Salameh…
detainees, human rights, Israel, military, occupation, Palestinians, prison, prisoners
Incitement in Palestinian Textbooks a “Myth”
Palestine Media Center (PMC), June 11, 2005 In a report titled “The Myth of Incitement…
education, Europe, Hillary Clinton, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Lobby, occupation, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), two-state, Wall
2005.06.24-26: U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Conference
Upper Midwest Regional Organizing Conference Madison, WI Join the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli…
calendar, Israel, Madison, occupation, Palestine, project, UW-Madison
Back in Ramallah
Andrea Becker, 04 July 2004 Relatively easy somehow: went through Israeli security ‘lite’: no body…
checkpoints, ID, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), occupation, Ramallah, travel, West Bank
2004.04.20: Muli Linder, Israeli Refusenik
The Crossing 1127 University Ave., Madison 7:00 pm Muli Linder, an Israeli refusenik who is…
calendar, conscientious objectors, doctors, Gaza, human rights, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Madison, Muli Linder, occupation, Palestine, refusenik, veterans, violence, West Bank
Checking On The Checkpoints
Linda Grant, The Guardian, 1 February 2004
checkpoints, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), military, occupation, Palestine, travel, violence, West Bank
In Gaza, Israeli brutality on display daily
Rana El-Khatib, Arizona Republic, January 25, 2004 “Israel good!” were the last words my husband…
blockade, checkpoints, Gaza, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), occupation, prison, travel, violence
A Contrast in Media Coverage
MRSCP, Jan 13, 2004
children, Gaza, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), media, occupation, Palestine, refugees, violence, West Bank
19 Left Dead in Failed Hunt for Master Bomber
Chris McGreal in Nablus, The Guardian, January 9, 2004
Balata, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Nablus, occupation, Palestine, Tom Hurndall, violence, West Bank
And the twins died
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, 1/9/04 The twin girls died one after the other. The first to…
checkpoints, Deir Balut, Gideon Levy, health, human rights, murder, occupation, settlers, travel, West Bank
Sharon must be stopped
Mustafa Barghouti, Palestine Monitor, December 2003 Last week, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon declared that…
Ariel Sharon, checkpoints, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Mustafa Barghouti, occupation, Palestine, settlers, travel, violence, Wall
Resistance Under Occupation
Ringing In The New Year Kelly Bornshlegel, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), 2 Jan 2004 In…
International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Nablus, occupation, Palestine, violence, West Bank
The Reality of the “Geneva Accord”
Al-Awda, 5 December 2003
annexation, colonialism, economy, Geneva Accord, independence, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jerusalem, occupation, Palestine, religion, resources, Return, settlers
Israeli Roulette
Uri Avnery, CounterPunch, November 7, 2003
Ein Yabroud, Gaza, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Netzarim, occupation, Palestinians, resistance, settlers, Uri Avnery, violence, West Bank
World Food Programme on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
World Food Programme Report, 28 October 2003 . . . Christiane Berthiaume of the World…
economy, health, Israel, occupation, Palestine, poverty, refugees
Amira Hass: Explaining the occupation to the occupier
Allen Ruff, Palestine-Israel Peace and Justice Alliance (PIPAJA), 12 Oct 2003 Amira Hass, the author…
Allen Ruff, Amira Hass, civilians, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), land, occupation, Robert Fisk, violence