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Mar 17, 2026

Hudia’s Diary
Dec 2023 – Jul 2025
Al Mawasi, blockade, Gaza War, genocide, Hudia, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jennifer Loewenstein, Rafah, refugees, starvation
James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 18, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, United States
Palestinians Are Collapsing in Gaza’s Streets From Israeli-Imposed Starvation Campaign
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 21, 2025
aid, blockade, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), starvation
Israel bombs WHO facilities in Gaza as global outcry grows
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, Jul 2025
aid, Australia, Canada, civilians, France, Gaza War, genocide, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), starvation, United Kingdom, United Nations (UN), United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), World Health Organization (WHO)
“Antisemitism is rising to dangerous levels!”
Caitlin Johnstone, Jul 20, 2025
aid, antisemitism, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Israel Lobby
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
aid, blockade, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation
More deaths than Kishinev, Sharpeville or Bloody Sunday. Every Day.
Peter Beinart, JUL 21, 2025
Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Peter Beinart
2025.07.28: Read Palestine! Discussion with Author Shadi Salem
Online, 7 – 8 pm CT
calendar, culture, Gaza, online, project, Read Palestine!
2025.07.20: Madison bike riders raise over $15K for humanitarian aid in Gaza
Sam Swartz, WMTV 15, Jul. 20, 2025
aid, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), Palestine, Ride for Palestine
2025.07.20: Big Ride for Palestine
Donations open through August!
aid, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), Palestine, project, Ride for Palestine
Iron Dome Is Not a Defensive System
Dylan Saba, Jewish Currents, May 25, 2023
arms, blockade, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), United States
AOC Is A Genocidal Con Artist
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUL 19, 2025
arms, Congress, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, United States
UNRWA says food for Gaza’s ‘entire population’ waiting at border
Al Jazeera, 19 Jul 2025
blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), starvation, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
Israel Imposes No-Build Zone in Southern Lebanon
JEREMY LOFFREDO, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 18, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, home demolition, Israel, Lebanon
2025.07.28: Film No Other Land Screening & Discussion
Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Hwy M, Middleton, 6 pm
calendar, film, Palestine, West Bank
Kufiya Fish Prominent in Origami Display
“Sierra Club, Eco Groups Break Record For World’s Largest Display Of Origami Fish To Protest…
environment, Palestine, solidarity, United States
UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
apartheid, Gaza War, genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel Defense Forces (IDF), law, sanction, United Nations (UN)
2025.07.22: Education in a Time of Genocide
Online, 11 am CT
calendar, colleges & universities, free speech, Gaza, genocide, Israel, Palestine, United States
2025.07.19: Screening & Discussion of Film “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack”
Online, 11 AM CT
calendar, civilians, doctors, Gaza War, hospitals, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), war crimes
2025.07.18: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on WORT 89.9 FM
WORT 89.9 FM, 12 – 1 pm
arms, audio, calendar, children, doctors, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Gaza War, genocide, health, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Madison, nurses, paramedics, United States
2025.07.16-31: Code Pink Madison Brings Free Watermelon + Flyers!
Wednesdays at Madison Capitol Square, 16 N Carroll St. Thursdays at Willy and Blair Streets.…
calendar, CODEPINK, Gaza War, Israel, Madison, settlers
2025.07.20: The Freedom Flotilla Is Sailing Again!
Online, 12 PM CT
aid, blockade, calendar, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), online, Robert Suberi
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
citizen, Israel, murder, settlers, United States, violence, West Bank
Father of Slain Palestinian-American’s Message for Trump: ‘Why Aren’t You Putting America First?’
PREM THAKKER AND TEAM ZETEO, ZETEO, JUL 15, 2025
citizen, Israel, murder, settlers, United States, violence, West Bank
New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
Airbnb, Amazon, Blackrock, BP, Caterpillar, Chevron, economy, Elbit Systems, FANUC Inc, Gaza War, genocide, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Hyundai, IBM, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Maersk, Microsoft, MIT, Palantir, Vanguard, Volvo
In Gaza, U.S. Mercenaries Advance Israeli War Aims
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, Jul 11, 2025
aid, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), United States
2025.07.27: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Milwaukee
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 631 N 19th St, Milwaukee, 2 PM
arms, calendar, children, doctors, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Gaza War, genocide, health, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Milwaukee, nurses, paramedics, United States
Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
Alana Wise, NPR, JULY 12, 2025
blockade, citizen, Israel, murder, settlers, United States, violence, West Bank
Statement of Youth of Sumud
The villages of Masafer Yatta are now facing daily violent attacks from settlers . .…
Cassandra Dixon, ethnic cleansing, Israel, Masafer Yatta, Palestine, settlers, violence, West Bank
2025.07.17: ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Events
Wisconsin Capitol Square, 12 – 2:30 pm. Cookout at Olin Park, 4 – 7 pm.
calendar, democracy, free speech, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Madison, Palestine, protest
Jewish Council of Australia Rejects Special Envoy’s Antisemitism Plan
10 July, 2025
antisemitism, free speech, Gaza War, genocide, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, racism
“Zero” Progress in Ceasefire Talks, Hamas Official Says
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 07, 2025
aid, ceasefire, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, Hamas, Israel, Netanyahu, Trump
2025.07.26: Anti-War Café with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
The Crossing, 1127 University Ave, Noon – 3 pm
arms, calendar, children, doctors, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Gaza War, genocide, health, hospitals, Israel, Madison, nurses, paramedics, United States, World Beyond War
Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Masafer Yatta, The Guardian, 7 Jul 2025
Ali Awad, ethnic cleansing, Israel, Masafer Yatta, settlers, violence, West Bank
2025.08.06: Lanterns for Peace Event
Tenney Park, John Wall Family Pavilion, 402 N Thornton Ave, 6:30-8:30 PM
calendar, Hiroshima, Madison, Nagasaki, peace, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
VFP Signs On to Congressional Letter Opposing the Weaponization of Aid and Starvation in Gaza
Veterans for Peace, July 4, 2025
aid, blockade, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Mark Pocan, Rashida Tlaib, starvation, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Veterans for Peace (VFP), war crimes
Veterans and Allies End 40-day Fast for Gaza with Dramatic Direct Actions
Veterans for Peace, July 4, 2025
fast, Gaza War, hunger strikes, Israel, New York City, protest, starvation, United Nations (UN), United States
Trump as Netanyahu’s Spokesman: U.S. Policy in Gaza Mirrors Israeli Ambitions
Elijah J Magnier, Jul 3, 2025
ceasefire, Gaza War, Hamas, Israel, Netanyahu, Palestine, Trump, West Bank
Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State
Chris Lehmann, The Nation, Jul 02, 2025
human rights, ICE, immigration, Trump, United States
2025.07.09: Screening & Discussion of Film ‘Gaza: Journalists Under Fire’
Online, 7:00 PM CT
calendar, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), journalists, online, war crimes
2025.07.09: Screening & Discussion of Film ‘Severed’
Online, 11 am CT
calendar, children, film, Gaza War, genocide, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), online, violence
‘Starving a Generation’ in Gaza
Defense for Children International – Palestine with Doctors Against Genocide, June 24, 2025
aid, blockade, children, Gaza War, Israel, starvation
‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ – The Film They Didn’t Want You To See
TEAM ZETEO, JUL 02, 2025
civilians, doctors, Gaza War, hospitals, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), war crimes
2025.07.25 Update: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Madison
First Unitarian Society, 12 noon & Christ Presbyterian Church, 7 pm
arms, calendar, children, doctors, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Gaza War, genocide, health, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Madison, nurses, paramedics, United States
Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), West Bank
In a boost to BDS, UK Co-op divests from Israel
Middle East Monitor, Jun 25, 2025
BDS, boycott, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, United Kingdom
More Americans Say Campus Protests Driven by Anger With Israel Than by Antisemitism
Shibley Telhami, Lawfare, Jun 11, 2025
antisemitism, colleges & universities, Gaza War, Israel, poll, protest, Trump, United States
Netanyahu Says It’s Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUN 27, 2025
civilians, Gaza War, genocide, Haaretz, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Katz, Netanyahu, war crimes
Israel unleashes massive wave of strikes on south Lebanon
News Desk, The Cradle, JUN 27, 2025
Gaza War, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, AND JAWA AHMAD, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 27, 2025
aid, civilians, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Palestinian, starvation, war crimes
Haaretz: ‘It’s a Killing Field’
Nir Hasson, Yaniv Kubovich and Bar Peleg, Haaretz, Jun 27, 2025
Abu Shabab, aid, civilians, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, Haaretz, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), war crimes
Israeli settlers are attacking the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh
orthodoxtruth, Jun 26, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Israel, settlers, Taybeh, violence, West Bank
Israel draws condemnation for Gaza aid site killings
Urooba Jamal and Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera Live, 27 Jun 2025
aid, civilians, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, war crimes
UN calls Gaza aid process ‘an abomination’
aljazeeraenglish, Jun 25, 2025
aid, civilians, Gaza War, genocide, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), starvation, United Nations (UN), war crimes
Madison Weekly Vigil in Support of Palestine
Weekly, UW Memorial Library, 12 pm – 1 pm
Gaza War, Israel, Palestine, protest, United States, UW-Madison, Veterans for Peace (VFP)
The Global March to Gaza ended in violence. Activists remain undeterred
Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
aid, blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, March to Gaza, Palestine
Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
aid, blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, March to Gaza, Palestine
What Zohran’s Victory Means
Peter Beinart, Jun 25, 2025
antisemitism, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Israel Lobby, New York City, Palestine, Peter Beinart, United States
Israel ‘disappeared’ 377,000 people in Gaza, half of them children: report
The New Arab, Jun 24, 2025
aid, blockade, children, civilians, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, Israel, violence, war crimes
2025.06.29: “The Moral Issue of Our Time: Palestine”
Online, 2:30-4:00  PM CT
calendar, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Israel, nonviolence, one-state, Palestine
The Revolution Will Not Be Digitized: A “No Kings” Debrief
RJ Eskow, The Zero Hour Report, June 17, 2025
Gaza War, genocide, Israel, No Kings, protest, Trump, United States
Saturday “Vote Against the Money” Action at the Madison Farmers Market
Capitol Square at North Hamilton, 10:30 am – 12 Noon
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Christians, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Israel Lobby, Mark Pocan, Tammy Baldwin, vote
2025.06.28: Madison Queer Liberation March, including No Pride in Genocide
Assemble at James Madison Park at 10 am, then march to the Capitol
calendar, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, LGBTQ+, protest, Socialists
2025.06.26: WORT on the US-Israel-Iran War with Zoltan Grossman
12 noon – 1 pm
calendar, Gaza War, Iran, Israel, protest, United States
2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
Abraham Accords, Arab, blockade, calendar, colonialism, Gaza War, Iran, Israel, Mouin Rabbani, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Zionism
I’ll fight against this illegal effort to draw America into a war
Rep. Mark Pocan, Jun 23, 2025
Gaza War, Iran, Israel, Mark Pocan, United States
U.S. INTEL SAYS IRAN ISN’T A NUCLEAR THREAT
Nick Turse, The Intercept, June 17, 2025
arms, Gaza War, Iran, Israel, nuclear, United States
2025.06.23: Iran war teach-in
Online, 7 PM CT
calendar, Gaza War, Iran, Israel, online, United States
Easy to start and hard to stop
TIMOTHY SNYDER, JEFF TIEDRICH, AND ANN TELNAES, JUN 22, 2025
Gaza War, Iran, Israel, United States
The Dogs of War
ROBERT REICH, JUN 22, 2025
Gaza War, Iran, Israel, United States
Trump Announces U.S. Bombing of Iran
Jun 21, 2025
Gaza War, Iran, Israel, United States
Israel’s Forever Wars with Mouin Rabbani
The Dig podcast, 20 Jun 2025
audio, Gaza War, Iran, Israel, Mouin Rabbani, United States
Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
SOPHIE BATES AND PHILIP MARCELO, AP, June 20, 2025
detainees, ICE, Mahmoud Khalil, Palestine, protest, United States
Israel Turns Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Into Open Killing Fields
HAMZA M.SALHA AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 20, 2025
aid, civilians, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), refugees, starvation, war crimes
Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 12, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Israel, land, law, Palestinian Authority (PA), settlers, West Bank
Huckabee’s Dangerous and Misguided Post to Trump
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, June 19, 2025
Christian, Gaza War, Huckabee, Iran, Israel, nationalism, Palestine, Trump, Zionism
American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’
ANONYMOUS, ZETEO, JUN 11, 2025
aid, civilians, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), starvation, United States, war crimes
AIPAC Demands Democrats “Stand With Israel” on Iran
DAVID DAYEN AND RYAN GRIM, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 18, 2025
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Gaza War, Iran, Israel, United States
America First or Israel First? Will Trump Join Netanyahu’s War on Iran?
DANIEL LEVY, ZETEO, JUN 17, 2025
Gaza War, Iran, Israel, Netanyahu, Trump, United States
‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters can exclude Palestinian citizens
Aseel Mafarjeh, Al Jazeera, 17 Jun 2025
apartheid, citizen, Gaza War, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Palestinian, racism
Demand NYT Report on Israel’s Crimes! No War With Iran!
CODEPINK, Jun 18, 2025
arms, blockade, Francesca Albanese, Gaza War, Iran, Israel, media, United States
Israeli fire kills 140 in Gaza in 24 hours, medics say, as attention shifts to Iran
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, June 18, 2025
civilians, Gaza War, Iran, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), starvation, war crimes
U.S. Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran
Peace Action, Jun 16, 2025
Gaza War, Iran, Israel, United States
Egypt’s Crackdown on the Global March to Gaza
AHMED DAHABY, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 14, 2025
aid, blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, Israel, March to Gaza
2025.07.20: “Big Ride for Palestine” set for July 20
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jun 12, 2025
aid, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), Palestine, Ride for Palestine
2025.06.14 Update: Palestine Contingent at “Kick out the Clowns” and “No Kings” Trump Protests
Library Mall, 1:45 pm
calendar, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Madison, Palestine, protest, Trump
Israel Attacks Iran, Promising Full-Scale Military Operation
MURTAZA HUSSAIN, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 12, 2025
Gaza War, Iran, Israel, Israel Katz, Netanyahu, nuclear, Rubio, Trump, United States, Witkoff
Thousands head to Egypt in bid to break Israel’s Gaza blockade
Nadeen Ebrahim and Annoa Abekah-Mensah, CNN, June 12, 2025
aid, blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, Israel, March to Gaza
Appeal From Fida Qishta
Jun 11, 2025
aid, Gaza War, Israel, starvation
2025.06.26: Congresswoman Delia Ramirez Online
7 pm CT
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), arms, calendar, Congress, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, online, United States
The Global March to Gaza advances towards the Rafah Crossing
GAZA, Palestinian Information Center, 9-June-2025
aid, blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, Israel, March to Gaza
A Thief with a Ship with a Palestinian Flag
JorgeOMau, Jun 9, 2025
aid, blockade, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Israel, law, Madleen
Meta (Facebook, Instagram) is currently spying on people
Linux Is Best @Linux, Jun 6, 2025
Facebook, free speech, ICE, immigration, Instagram, Meta, privacy, Trump, United States
Leaked Data From Meta Reveals Israeli Companies Are Struggling To Find Customers
MURTAZA HUSSAIN, WAQAS AHMED, AND RYAN GRIM, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 9, 2025
apartheid, BDS, boycott, Facebook, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, Instagram, Israel, Meta, pariah, propaganda, South Africa
BREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew Members
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, JUN 08, 2025
blockade, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Madleen
Israeli Forces Ram and Board ‘Madleen’
Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Jun 8, 2025
blockade, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Madleen
2025.06.12-19: Global March to Gaza
Egypt to Gaza
blockade, calendar, Egypt, Gaza War, March to Gaza, nonviolence, peace, solidarity
2025.06.08: Rep. Delia Ramirez on the Block the Bombs Act
Online, 3 PM CT
arms, blockade, calendar, Congress, Gaza War, Israel, online, United States
Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
art, books, Gaza War, genocide, images, Israel, Palestine, West Bank
2025.07.11-20: Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid
Donations still open!
aid, auction, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, project