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Tag: Ramadan
Apr 29, 2026
2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
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The Low-Hanging Fruit of Canceled Student Visas
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, March 30, 2025
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Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians.
JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 28, 2025
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WATCH: Masked ICE Agents Arrest Tufts Graduate Student
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, MAR 26, 2025
Wife of Oscar-winning director says he was savagely beaten outside his home
BYย JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 25, 2025
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Israelโs return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion
Ben Reiff, +972 Magazine, March 18, 2025
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US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians from Gaza
JOSEF FEDERMAN,ย MATTHEW LEEย ANDย SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 14, 2025
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MELANIE LIDMANย ANDย SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 9, 2025
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AJP Action Condemns Israelโs Violation of Ceasefire Terms
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, Mar 3, 2025
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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza to change ceasefire deal
Julian Borger, The Guardian, 2 Mar 2025
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Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERGย ANDย SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
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The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence
Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes…
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Israeli attacks that killed scores of civilians should be investigated as war crimes
Amnesty International, August 27, 2024 A new investigation by Amnesty International reveals Israeli forces failed…
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โIsrael always sold the occupation as legal. The ICJ now terrifies themโ
Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu unpacks the ICJ opinion on Israel’s military regime, and the lessons…
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The E.U. sanctioned settlers for โhuman rights abuses against Palestiniansโ
Ephrat Livni, New York Times, July 16, 2024 A surge in Jewish settler violence against…
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Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Apr 9, 2024
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Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, Apr 6, 2024
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We wanted to give you an update on our Grassroots to Gaza campaign for emergency…
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Aid Worker in Gaza: The U.S. Must Pressure Its Ally MARCH 12, 2024 This is…
Canada, Sweden resume UNRWA funding
CIA chief meets Mossad head for talks Kelsey Ables, Adela Suliman, Cate Brown, and Itay…
Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings in Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), 11 October 2023
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Videos from a March 16 raid in Jenin show increasingly deadly tactics by Israeli officers…
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Tuesday, March 21: No Way to Treat a Child Webinar Tuesday, March 21: Another chance…
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Occupied Jerusalem, 2/18/2023 On 6 February 2023, the Israeli occupationโs high court rejected a request…
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Deceased on Wednesday: Bilal Awad Kabaha and Ayman Mahmoud Mheisin. If Americans Knew, June 2,…
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The Palestine Chronicle, April 8, 2022
Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians – Amnesty International
Amnesty International, 1 February 2022
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Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan tells Haaretz why he welcomes a new Israeli government, even one…
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Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei, American Friends Service Committee, May 13, 2021
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And a Facebook video Reshaping Madison Together Event Occupation is a CRIME! Right now, near…
Palestinians in Israel now face far right mob violence backed by the state
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 14 May 2021
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The Israeli police violence against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah is completely unacceptable. The Israeli military…
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2 pm CT Join UNRWA USA, Mamaโs Palestinian Kitchen, and three celebrated culinary artists —…
Winning Essay “30 Minutes . . . A Thousand Times Over”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence
Razan al-Najjar, 20, was trying to help an injured protester near the border fence when…
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Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman, The Cap Times, May 17, 2018
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Palestine Children’s Relief Fund This Ramadan, Give Hope to Orphans in Gaza Make a difference…
2017.05.26-06.25: Feed Families in Gaza This Ramadan
From our friend Anees in Rafah: Donate to send food packages to needy families. The…
Fall fundraising appeal from MRSCP
Luci Lights for Rafah and Playground finish for Hebron Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP,…
Ramadan 2016: Israel 'cuts off water supply to West Bank' during Muslim holy month
Peter Yeung, The Independent, 17 June 2016
2008.09.23: Rachel Corrie Soccer Tournament Thank You
Friends, Thank you so much for your support of the Rachel Corrie Ramadan Soccer Tournament…
2008.09.01-23: Rachel Corrie Soccer Tournament
Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP, We have been asked by some of our friends…
