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Jul 26, 2026

Members of ‘Gaza’ documentary crew trapped as film premieres at Sundance
Fady Hanona and Ali Aby Yaseen desperately trying to make it to the U.S. premiere…
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Prominent Democrats Form Pro-Israel Group to Counter Skepticism on the Left
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Palestinian artist brings Japanese origami to Gaza
In this January 16, 2019 photo Palestinian artist Ahmed Humaid, 29, works on one of…
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‘No to Apartheid’
Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss, January 23, 2019
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U.S. Senate Defends Israeli Government From Boycotts
First Bipartisan Bill in the Midst of the Shutdown Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald, The…
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2019.01.12: #CastLeadPlus10 Facebook Live
Just World Educational, January 6, 2019
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CODEPINK: Bank of NY Mellon — Divest from Elbit Systems
CODEPINK, December 31, 2018 Huge News! Last week HSBC Bank in the UK announced it…
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On the 39th Friday
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Ref: 138/2018, 21 December 2018
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Israeli military edited video of fatal strike
B’Tselem, 19 December 2018
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A Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Lawmakers Consider Adding Measure Protecting Israel
Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging…
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Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel
A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
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Collective Punishment Against Families
PCHR Ref:135-2018, December 15, 2018
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Green Riding Hood . . . Pain Dwells within Her Ribs
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 4, 2018
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Winning Essay “Dear Blockade”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
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Winning Essay “30 Minutes . . . A Thousand Times Over”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
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Winning Essay “The Party”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Rahf Hallaq is a…
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U.S.-Mexico Border: An Israeli Tech Laboratory
Brittany Dawson, PALESTINE SQUARE, December 6, 2018 When hundreds of Central American migrants arrived in…
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2018.12.06: Film 5 Broken Cameras
The Marquee Cinema, Union South 1308 West Dayton Street , Madison 7:00 pm Join UW…
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Solidarity Shields Human Rights Workers from Bombs
Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 PCHR’s former headquarters, in Gaza City, after the…
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