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2024.04.23: Refaat Alareer — The Power of Telling the Story of Gaza
12-1:30 pm CT In December, Palestinian poet and professor Refaat Alareer was killed in a…
The Freedom Flotilla’s Voyage to Break Israel’s Siege
Peace activists aim to sail through the military blockade of Gaza. BY SAURAV SARKAR APRIL 18,…
aid, Ann Wright, Beirut, blockade, Cassandra Dixon, civilians, Congress, Egypt, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Google, Hamas, human rights, Huwaida Arraf, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, labor, land, law, Madison, media, military, October 7, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, Rafah, solidarity, starvation, State Department, terrorism, Turkey, United States, US Agency for International Development (USAID), victims, video, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, worldGaza Postcards Delivered to Tammy Baldwin’s Office
Today the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project delivered postcards written during the recent Rachel Corrie commemoration,…
Gaza Journalists Call Out Media Complicity
On April 27, members of the U.S. media, celebrities, and politicians will wine and dine…
Freedom Flotilla Emergency Gaza Mission
#BreakTheSiege and #EndTheBlockade Apr 14, 2024 İSTANBUL Retired U.S. Army Colonel & former U.S. diplomat Ann…
Sign to End U.S. complicity in Israel’s genocide
The images of Palestinian children’s bodies hanging from the sides of bombed buildings or the…
Update from Middle East Children’s Alliance
Thank you so much for your support of the Middle East Children’s Alliance. At this…
2024.04.12: Gaza Freedom Flotilla & War Tax Resistance
12 noon – 1 pm 89.9 FM or listen live online here. Join host Esty Dinur…
2024.04.16: CODEPINK Online Regional Meeting
6:00pm – 7:00pm (CT) CODEPINK is hosting an interest meeting for people in the Madison area who may…
2024.04.14: Commemorating the Life of Rachel Corrie
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison 1:30-3:30 pm Free & open to all…
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Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Apr 9, 2024
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Opinion By Peter Maass April 9, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT Palestinians view the…
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“It appears to be a collective punishment of all Palestinians in Gaza.” April 8, 2024…
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“I was surprised to see the intensity on the issue of Gaza coming not from…
justvisionmedia Tribute to Gaza Journalists
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Israel’s war on Gaza
Six relentless months of death and destruction A look at the devastating toll Israel’s war…
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JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, APRIL 6, 2024
The New York Times and The Intercept on Palestinian Lives
Apr 4, 2024, The Daily 26:15 Kim Severson, a food correspondent for The New York…
House Democrats Demanding Biden Halt Weapons to Israel
‘UNJUSTIFIABLE’ In a letter to the president, the lawmakers expressed their “outrage regarding the recent…
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International Civilian Aid Flotilla to Break the Siege of Gaza
zohar, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, April 4, 2024 Media Release The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC)…
Statement from MECA on the World Central Kitchen Killings
A statement from Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), our partner in the Grassroots to Gaza…
Israel Pays a Political Price for Killing Aid Workers
– When They’re Not Palestinians The attack that killed seven volunteers from World Central Kitchen…
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‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing of Gaza
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 28,…
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The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for…
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David Hearst, Middle East Eye, Mar 20, 2024 David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye,…
2024.04.05: Palestinian Children’s Day Vigil for Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, Apr 6, 2024
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April 5th is Palestinian Children’s Day! Bring signs and wear your kuffiyas to commemorate Palestinian…
Hot meals. Community. Dignity. Income.
The team at Atfaluna’s Inclusive Kitchen package hot meals to distribute to displaced families in…
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March 27, 2024 WASHINGTON – In a new letter released during Holy Week ahead of…
Update: Grassroots to Gaza Emergency Aid Campaign
We wanted to give you an update on our Grassroots to Gaza campaign for emergency…
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Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in January…
In Memoriam: Aaron Bushnell, 1999-2024
Radha Surya, Znet, March 22, 2024
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Madison Central Library, Room 301 6-9 pm When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally…
2024.03.24: Read Palestine! Presents These Olive Trees
Room of One’s Own Bookstore 2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison 1 pm Written and illustrated by…
2024.03.21: Palestinian Mother’s Day Events on Library Mall
Join MRSCP and Students for Justice in Palestine this Thursday on Palestinian Mother’s Day to…
ANTI-WAR PROTEST VOTE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES IN WISCONSIN
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Mar 19, 2024
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Opinion: Reject Biden and build a better world
SUSAN ABULHAWA, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 18 MARCH 2024
Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism
DAVE ZIRIN, THE NATION, MARCH 11, 2024
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As a Palestinian American, I witness a new horror that Israel commits against my people,…
One-Third of Children Under 2 in Northern Gaza Now Acutely Malnourished
OLIVIA ROSANE, COMMON DREAMS, MARCH 16, 2024
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Click to Start The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network — Friends of Earth Palestine (PENGON —…
21 Years Later Gaza Crushed With Our Tax Dollars
From Craig Corrie – 21 Years Later Gaza Crushed With Our Tax Dollars On March…
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PalestinePortal.org, March 15, 2024
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February 26, 2024 Madmen Arsonists Strike Again: They as Much as Lit Aaron Bushnell’s Match…
Tell Pocan No More Military Aid to Israel
CALL Pocan’s offices and insist on a pledge not to vote for any further military…
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Aid Worker in Gaza: The U.S. Must Pressure Its Ally MARCH 12, 2024 This is…
Israel’s Measures intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), March 9, 2024
2024.03.15-20: Madison Premier of Film Bad River
From 350 Wisconsin: Since long before 1953, when Line 5 was constructed without the consent…
Canada, Sweden resume UNRWA funding
CIA chief meets Mossad head for talks Kelsey Ables, Adela Suliman, Cate Brown, and Itay…
What is UNRWA, the U.N. agency in Gaza struggling to help Palestinians?
Bryan Pietsch and Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, October 16, 2023 One of the UNRWA schools housing displaced people…
aid, Amazon, civilians, education, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jordan, Lebanon, military, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, refugees, resources, schools, shelters, students, Syria, teachers, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), video, war, water, West Bank, women, worldOn International Women’s Day We Mourn the 9,000+ Palestinian Women Killed
We suffer from violence, from sadness, from injustice, from humiliation, from the hardest forms of…
2024.03.09: International Women’s Day Celebration
Hosted by AFRICaide and 4W Christ Presbyterian Church 944 E. Gorham Street Madison 10:30 am…
Good Shepherd Collective Weekly Report
Good Shepherd Collective Weekly Report Intro Since October 7, Israel has killed at least 31,043…
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Madison! Join us at the Capitol Wednesday to send the following message to the Biden…
PCHR on the Flour Massacre
‘Flour Massacre’: Impunity Persists as Israeli Forces Open Fire On Starving Palestinians Seeking Vital Aid…
Biden Aid Airdrops to Gaza are Too Little Too Late
U.S. Must Change Course This week, after witnessing the Flour Massacre in which over 100…
2024.03.02: Over 1,000 protest at “Day of Action for Palestine” in Milwaukee
Omar Waheed, Madison365, Mar 4, 2024
NY Times “investigation” of mass rape by Hamas falls apart
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 9 January 2024
We will starve you or kill you
Israel is making it clear to Palestinians in Gaza: We will starve you to death…
Mohammad Hureini of Youth of Sumud
Final Straw, Jan 28, 2024 This week, we’re featuring a conversation with Mohammad Hureini (twitter…
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Biden’s 2020 margin over Trump in Michigan was 150,000 votes. The Uncommitted vote in the…
