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There is a law in Israel that empowers hundreds of local Jewish communities to exclude applicants based on ethnicity or religion. Israel’s Supreme Court upheld this law in September 2014. Palestinian Israeli citizens are barred from living in 68% of all towns in Israel by admissions committees. ― Second Class Citizens, 2016
This Is Israel
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUN 03, 2025
Understanding the genocidal actions and intent of the Israeli state
ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN, JUN 01, 2025
OCHA: West Bank Settler Violence
UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA), 28 MAY 2025
Your Voice and Action Can Help Safeguard the ‘Madleen’
Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Jun 2,, 2025
2025.06.08: Anti-War Cafe with Beni Daiko
Christ Presbyterian, 944 E Gorham, 2-5 pm
‘The World’s Silence Is Deadly’
TEAM ZETEO AND GRETA THUNBERG, MAY 31, 2025
Gaza’s Hospitals ARE The Target
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, MAY 29, 2025
IHRA Definition of Antisemitesm
Drop Site News, May 28, 2025
Why Did Burning Girls Matter in Vietnam but Not in Gaza?
JEHAD ABUSALIM, ZETEO, MAY 27, 2025
Video Shows Girl Trying to Escape Inferno
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, May 26, 2025
2025.05.22-06.30: 40-day Veterans & Allies Fast for Gaza
Veterans For Peace, May 23, 2025
Mennonite Action Madison Speaks Out Against Christian Nationalism And U.S. Policy In Palestine
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 23, 2025
Gaza Stripped: The Colonial Isolation Of Gaza
Visualizing Palestine, May, 2025
2025.05.24: “Under Fire: Israel’s War on Medics”
Online, 11:00 AM CT
“No Other Land” centers the resilience of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation
DAVID BOFFA, TONE MADISON, MAY 21, 2025
2025.05.22-06.30: 40 Days Solidarity Fast For Gaza
Sami Awad, Nonviolence International, May 20, 2025
2025.05.22 & 29: Vigils for Palestine & Beyond
SE corner of Williamson & Blair Streets, 4:15-5:45 pm
Civil Society Groups Call for Diplomatic Convoy to Get Aid Into Gaza
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, May 19, 2025
2025.06.12: Palestine Partners at Madison Night Market
State St, 5-9 pm
غزة: كلمات حرة مفتفتة بألوان / Gaza: liberated words crumbled with colors
Mohammad Yacoub, YouTube, May 15, 2025
Palestine Media Tracker
An open repository of news and analysis about Palestine
Imagine If Gaza Was Jewish And The People Bombing It Were Muslims
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, MAY 16, 2025
All Eyes on Deck: Demand An Independent Investigation into the Attacks on the ‘Conscience’
THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION, MAY 14, 2025
Thousands Flee in Gaza City After Israel Issues Mass Displacement Orders
RASHA ABOU JALAL, DROP SITE NEWS, MAY 15, 2025
The 1948 Nakba and Today’s Gaza Genocide Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, MAY 15, 2025
2025.05.29: Gaza and the West Bank, A Struggle for Survival Amid Genocide
Midvale Community Lutheran Church, 4329 Tokay Blvd, 7:00 pm
Multiple British Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, MAY 12, 2025
2025.05.25 & 06.08 Updates: Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” in Madison
May 25: Bartell Theater 5 pm & 7 pm | Jun 8: Christ Presbyterian Church 5 pm
Hamas and U.S. reach deal on U.S. hostage release
RYAN GRIM, DROP SITE NEWS, MAY 11, 2025
2025.06.10: 2025 Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid Donations
Donations open until Jun 10, 2025
Grieving Mothers in Gaza
CODEPINK Madison, May 11, 2025
Spain ends multimillion deal with Israeli weapons maker
The Cradle, Apr 24, 2025
Meta censored me over Palestine. Again.
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, MAY 10, 2025
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention
Louis Theroux, The Guardian, 10 May 2025
Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk from ICE Detention
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, MAY 9, 2025
This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza
Sean Carroll, New York Times, May 6, 2025
Israeli Airstrikes Decimate the Last Restaurant in Gaza City in Nightmarish Bloodbath
RASHA ABOU JALAL, DROP SITE NEWS, MAY 07, 2025
CODEPINK Confronts Former UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at UW-Madison
CODEPINK, April 1, 2025
New Watermelon+ Streaming Platform
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 6, 2025
2025.05.08: Palestine Partners at Madison Night Market
400 Block State Street, 5-9 pm
2025.05.07-08: Last 2 Days to Stream “No Other Land”
Watch Online, Support Masafer Yatta!
Greta Thunberg on the “Conscience” and the Gaza Blockade
gazafreedomflotilla, May 3, 2025
Malta was asked by Israel not to let Gaza aid ship in
Times of Malta, May 6, 2025
“Conscience” blast was ‘external strike with loitering munition’, experts believe
Herman Grech, Matthew Bonanno, Times of Malta, May 5, 2025
Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta?
Neville Borg, Times of Malta, May 6, 2025
Mosab Abu Toha Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Mosab Abu Toha, May 5, 2025
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha amongst 2025 Pulitzer winners
Middle East Eye Staff, 6 May 2025
2025.05.03 Update: Palestine Solidarity Fair
Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison, 2-4:30 pm Open House
Netanyahu announces Gaza occupation plan
Jason Burke, The Guardian, 5 May 2025
Tell the House to Vote No on HR 867
Wisconsin Right to Boycott, May 4, 2025
Tomorrow the House Will Vote to Criminalize Speech and BDS (HR 867)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), May 4, 2024
“Deprivation by Design”: Israel Intensifies Killing in Gaza With Starvation and Daily Strikes
RASHA ABOU JALAL AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 30, 2025
Gaza Aid Ship Bombed, Echoing 2010 Flotilla Attack
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, MAY 2, 2025
A Message on the Freedom Flotilla Attack
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, May 2, 20225
Peace Activists Are Shut Out From Getting Aid Into Gaza
A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, MAY 2, 2025
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza
SAM MEDNICK AND RENATA BRITO, AP, May 2, 2025
Freedom Flotilla Boat Attacked by Drones
gazafreedomflotilla, May 1, 2025
Democrats Push To Censor Palestine Lessons In California
Shaanth Nanguneri, The Intercept, April 28, 2025
Red Alert: Israel is Starving Gaza to Death
USCPR Action, Apr 30, 2025
2025.05.05 Update: Film “The Encampments” at The Crossing
1127 University Avenue, Madison, 6:30-8:30 pm
Tell Your Senators to Oppose the Antisemitism Awareness Act
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Apr 29, 2025
2025.05.04: Mayday for Palestine
Madison Capitol State St, 1-3 pm
“Bomb Gaza’s food”, demands Israeli leader
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, APR 29, 2025
Israel Faces World Court Hearings Over Gaza Aid
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, April 28, 2025
Advocates push for repeal of WI law limiting boycotts of Israel
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Apr 25, 2025
Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians
Human Rights Watch, April 23, 2025
TikTok on Genocide
faab64, TikTok, 4/28/25
World Food Programme warns of mass starvation in Gaza
Jon Shelton with AFP, Reuters, April 25, 2025
2025.05.13: Palestinian Women & the Nakba
Online, 11 am – 12 pm CT
New Gaza Ceasefire Proposal Contains “Red Lines” for Hamas
JEREMY SCAHILL AND JAWA AHMAD, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 25, 2025
War Dust and Collateral Inhalation: Israel Breathes in Gaza’s Dust
DENNIS KUCINICH, APR 23, 2025
2025.05.03: Winona Divestment Event
Winona, MN, 2-3:30 pm
Israel Is Using Drones to Target Palestinian Families in Tents
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS AND HAMZA M. SALHA, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 24, 2025
2025.04.20 Update: Cassandra Dixon on her recent trip to Masafer Yatta
WORT 89.9 FM, World View, 5:30 – 6:00 pm
Israel Is Using U.S. Bombs in Lebanon to Commit Alleged War Crimes
HIND HASSAN, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 24, 2025
Arabs: The Weak Link in the US Civil Liberties Chain
Dr. James J. Zogby, Washington Watch, April 21, 2025
2025.05.26: Veterans Memorial Day Peace Rally and Gathering
Wisconsin Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison, 1 pm
2025.04.23: Remaining Resilient to Repression: Learning from the Atlanta 61 Trial!
Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Liberal militarism and Zionism started the latest McCarthyism
Jeet Heer, The Nation, April 2025
News Graveyards: How Dangers To War Reporters Endanger The World
Nick Turse, Watson Institute For International And Public Affairs, April 1, 2025
A Settler Shooting in Ar Rakiz
mahmoud.photography97, April 17, 2025
Muslim Women’s Coalition Response to Archewell Foundation
Muslim Women’s Coalition, April 17, 2025
2025.04.19: National Day of Action: Buy Out the Dane Co. Farmer’s Market!
Madison Resistance Coalition, Capitol Square loop to James Madison Park, 12 – 2 pm
2025.04.18-23: Farah Nabulsi’s Film “The Teacher”
AMC Fitchburg 18
First they came for Mahmoud Khalil…
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Mar 11, 2025
2025.04.21: Madison College Solidarity for Peace
Truax Campus, 2-5 pm
Zionist organizations are taking down names
The Intercept, Apr 14, 2025
Trump told us the horrifying reason why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not back in the U.S.
CHRIS GEIDNER, APR 14, 2025
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In For Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested By ICE
Akela Lacy, The Intercept, April 14 2025
2025.04.12: Vigil for Gaza at Dane County Farmers’ Market
Kodichi Lawrence, 27 WKOW, Apr 13, 2025
2025.04.12: Vigil for Gaza at Dane County Farmers’ Market
Jewish Voice for Peace Madison and christa.bruhn, Apr 12, 2025
2025.04.12: Call for an end to Israeli attacks and US weapons shipments
Mennonite Action Madison, Apr 12, 2025
