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Jun 23, 2026
South Hebron Hills Update
Expulsion by a thousand cuts Dear Friends, The last weeks have been busy and challenging…
As West Bank Violence Surges, Israel Is Silent on Attacks by Jews
Israelโs right-wing government has remained silent, wary of alienating settlers in an election year The…
aid, Al-Mughayir, Benjamin Netanyahu, detainees, Haaretz, images, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, land, law, Middle East, military, New York Times, Palestinian, police, prison, rabbis, schools, settlers, Severed, Shin Bet, students, terrorism, United Nations (UN), vandalism, war, water, West Bank, world, Yitzhar, ZionismMembers 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…
โNo to Apartheidโ
Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss, January 23, 2019
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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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Ref: 138/2018, 21 December 2018
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So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging…
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A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
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PCHR Ref:135-2018, December 15, 2018
Green Riding Hood . . . Pain Dwells within Her Ribs
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 4, 2018
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Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
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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The Marquee Cinema, Union South 1308 West Dayton Street , Madison 7:00 pm Join UW…
Solidarity Shields Human Rights Workers from Bombs
Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 PCHR’s former headquarters, in Gaza City, after the…
The Palestinian Right of Return
War on Want, November 29, 2018 Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the…
ADC is Proud to Stand with Marc Lamont Hill
for Defending the Rights of the Palestinian People November 30, 2018 ADC is proud to…
Tell CNN to Reinstate Marc Lamont Hill
On Thursday, November 29, 2018, CNN announced that it had severed ties with Temple University…
Tell CNN: Advocating for Palestinian Rights is not Antisemitic
On Wednesday, Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator on CNN, delivered a speech to the…
Airbnb Stops Listing in Illegal West Bank Settlements
CodePINK, November 19, 2018 This is a huge victory! Moments ago, Airbnb announced they will…
2018.11.15: Updates on Gazaโs Water Crisis
A Public Affair, November 15, 2018 On today’s episode, we take a look at the…
Israel kills Gaza fisher despite ceasefire
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 14 November 2018
Israeli Incursions into Gaza Are the Rule, Not the Exception
Henriette Chacar, +972 Magazine, November 14, 2018
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Thursday, Nov 15 12 noon – 1 pm A Public Affair with host Allen Ruff…
Gaza’s drinking water spurs blue baby syndrome, serious illnesses
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 29 Oct 2018
Al Jazeera, blockade, disease, doctors, Donald Trump, Gaza, Gaza City, Haaretz, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, images, Israel, Israeli, Khan Younis, Ministry of Health, occupation, Palestinian, refugees, surgery, UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Wall, war, water, worldScars of Freedom
Addameer, 16 October 2018 “Scars of Freedom” describes the Palestinian experience of arrest, interrogation, and…
ADC Condemns Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) | November 13, 2018 | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) condemns…
Israeli Cabinet decides to continue airstrikes on Gaza ‘as necessary’
Ma’an News, Nov. 13, 2018 BETHLEHEM — The Israeli Cabinet reportedly decided on Tuesday afternoon…
Emergency demonstrations throughout Israel
Stop the war! Move towards peace! Occupation Magazine, Nov. 13, 2018 Hebrew original forwarded by…
film, Gaza, Haifa, healthcare, Hebrew, Israel, Jerusalem, media, occupation, Palestinian, peace, Tel Aviv, terrorism, war2018.11.18: Orchard Ridge Holiday Fair Trade Fair
November 18, 2018 Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 9 am…
2018.11.20: Fundraiser: ‘Clean Water for the Children of Gaza’
First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project…
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Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come…
In Response to Pittsburgh, We Must Come Together as One
We stand with the victims of every white-supremacist and racist and anti-Semitic assault back through…
Pittsburgh Shooting Is A Reminder: Jews And Muslims Are In This Together
Alex Kane, The Forward, October 27, 2018
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Amnesty International, 19 October 2018
Serious Escalation of Lethal Force in Eastern Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 111/2018, October 12, 2018
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Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Sunday, October 14 First…
2018.10.08: Indigenous People’s Day & Film: The Eagle & the Condor
Monday, October 8:First Unitarian Society900 University Bay DriveMadison Schedule5:30 pm โ Community Potluck6:30 pm –…
States canโt punish businesses for boycotting Israel, federal judge in Arizona says
Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank,…
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 97/2018, September 7, 2018
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Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Since 2006 the speaker…
2018.09.27-28: Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) National Conference
You are invited to FOSNA’s national meeting in Minneapolis: Prophetic Action. This event is on…
UNRWA Crisis: Beyond Dollars and Cents
Zaha Hassan, Palestine Square | Institute for Palestine Studies, August 3, 2018 โContinuing services to…
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“Visiting Israel in 2018 and not talking about Israel’s military occupation of Palestinians is like…
A Vengeful and Shortsighted Act
Palestinians waiting to cross the border to Egypt in May. (Adel Hana/Associated Press) New York…
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‘Doomsday scenario’ could unfold unless Palestinian agency replaces US funding within 30 days, spokesperson says.…
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Aug 30, 2018
She slapped an Israeli soldier and was sent to prison. Now a Palestinian teen is free โ and in the limelight
“We can change peopleโs minds by defending our cause” Noga Tarnopolsky, LA Times, Aug 02,…
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), August 2, 2018
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Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East…
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10 am – 6 pm Common Ground 2644 Branch Street, Middleton MRSCP will be tabling…
2018.07.22: Community Immigration Law Center Presentation
1:00 pm First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison First Unitarian Society and Congregation…
2018.07.26: Palestine and Us: Grassroots Mobilization with Rev. Graylan Hagler
ONLINE from The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Pastor and…
2018.08.07: Annual Lanterns for Peace at Tenney Park
6:00 pm1500 Sherman AvenueMadison Free and open to the public. For more info visit Physicians…
Israeli Law Declares the Country the โNation-State of the Jewish Peopleโ
A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…
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Just Foreign Policy, July 19, 2018 This morning, Democracy Now had a hard-hitting report on…
2018.07.24: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb on “Hope in the Shadow of the Wall”
Tuesday, July 24 at 7 PM – 9 PM First Unitarian Society of Madison 900…
2018.07.25: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb and Pastor Everett Mitchell
Wednesday, July 25 at 7 PM – 9 PM Christ The Solid Rock Baptist Church…
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Gay Liberation Network declares โWe Stand With Palestineโ during Chicagoโs Gay Pride Parade
Mondoweiss, June 24, 2018
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Dr. James Zogby, Arab American Institute (AAI), June 09, 2018 Back in 2016, without debate…
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), July 14, 2018
Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Ban
Statement from AAI Executive Director Maya Berry on the Supreme Courtโs decision in Trump v.…
Nikki Haley brags about bullying the UN on behalf of Israel
If Americans Knew, May 10, 2017
2018.06.30: No More Family Separation
Sign up for a June 30 Event! Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. State Capitol,…
Bernie Sandersโ Criticism Of Israel Is Radical. And Heโs Taking It Mainstream
Aiden Pink, Information Clearing House, June 13, 2018 Not many in the media are noticing,…
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CODEPINK, June 16, 2016 This weekend is the Presbyterian Churchโs biannual General Assembly. Among the…
2018.06.14-16: Palestine: Unlimited Photo Exhibits in Madison
Now Through Saturday, June 16: Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church, 1502 Parkside Dr., Madison…
Palestine: Unlimited
Elaine Pasquini, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 2017 March-April Throughout the month of December,…
Community Cocktail
Through June 30 at Gib’s Bar, 1380 Williamson St, Madison The Madison Rafah Sister City…
Israel ambassador to U.S. speaks at Milwaukee Rotary Club
Bill Glauber and Amed Elbenni, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 6, 2018 Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador…
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The Peace Report, June 5, 2018 Israel will be testing their Arrow 3 weapons system,…
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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Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee Tuesday, June 5,…
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