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Israel is not the only democracy in the Middle East. In fact, it’s not a democracy at all. ― Ilan Pappé, 2017
URGENT: Tell your senators to vote against speech-chilling legislation
Should college students who compare Israeli government policy with that of the Nazis be investigated by their school? Politicians love to say they love free speech.…
I Oppose Israel’s Atrocities In Gaza Because I’m Not A Psychopath
I don’t oppose the butchery in Gaza because I love Hamas or hate Jews or love Islam or hate America. I don’t oppose the butchery…
Israel orders 100,000 civilians to leave Rafah, says it will operate with ‘extreme force’
Washington Post, May 6, 2024 at 11:58 a.m. EDT Israel’s military on Monday ordered about 100,000 civilians in parts of Rafah to evacuate “immediately” to a humanitarian…
Israel strikes Gaza city of Rafah after evacuation order
By Mohammed Salem and Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters May 6, 2024 RAFAH, Gaza Strip, May 6 (Reuters) – Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said,…
Scoop: U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel
Barak Ravid, Axios, May 5, 2024 The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told…
Do Palestinians Have Human Rights?
Hamdan Huraini, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 5, 2024 How do we define human rights? Does a Palestinian have the right to live or not?…
UN Food Chief Says Northern Gaza Suffering
“And it’s moving its way south,” she warned. BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, MAY 04, 2024 United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said…
24.05.06: SJP UW-Madison Monday Schedule
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24.05.05: SJP UW-Madison Sunday Schedule
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The Army Has a New Strategy
Awdah Hathaleen, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 4 The occupation army has a new strategy: closing the roads that connect all of the villages and…
Tell Congress To Vote No on Four Anti-Palestine Bills
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | May 4, 2024 – Pro-Palestine protests are continuing to grow, and that is making lawmakers nervous. Over the last month, the unhinged…
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police
Deescalating conflict around protests was possible, but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead. By Abdallah Fayyad | abdallah.fayyad@vox.com , Vox, May 3, 2024 Abdallah Fayyad is a…
24.05.04: SJP UW-Madison Saturday Schedule
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Israeli Military Escalates Bombing of Civilian Homes in #Rafah Amid Threats of Ground Invasion
Israeli Military Escalates Bombing of Civilian Homes in #Rafah Amid Threats of Ground Invasion Amid ongoing threats of a large-scale ground military assault on Rafah,…
The police brought violence to UW-Madison’s Gaza encampment
BY SCOTT GORDON ● POLITICS ● MAY 1, 2024 Wednesday morning’s crackdown included brutal attacks on protestors, arrests without charges, and a dubious narrative. Perhaps it was an example of progressive…
2024.05.04: Challenging Christian Silence Regarding the Gaza Genocide
The Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP), Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) and a broad coalition of Christian Voices for Palestine invite you to…
Letter from Jewish faculty, staff, and students at UW-Madison in support of protestors
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2024.05.03: SJP UW-Madison Friday Encampment Schedule
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Prominent Palestinian doctor tortured and killed in Israeli detention
Adnan al-Bursh was a Palestinian surgeon and the head of orthopaedic medicine at al-Shifa hospital By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 2 May 2024 Adnan al-Bursh,…
Dane Co. supervisors ask sheriff not to use county resources to break up UW encampments
MADISON, Wis. — A group of Dane County Board Supervisors sent an open letter to Sheriff Kalvin Barrett on Thursday, asking him to not use…
United Methodist Church votes to divest from Israel bonds
In the first such divestment action by a major Christian denomination, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church has voted to divest from Israel…
2024.05.02: SJP UW-Madison Thursday Encampment Schedule
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Some Encampments are More Equal than Others
Badger fans camp outside Kohl Center ahead of game This article is from February 4, 2024 MADISON (WKOW) — Badger fans bundled up and set…
Police Invade “Liberated Zone,” Leading To Injuries And Arrests
MAY 1, 2024 BY CHALI PITTMAN AND FAYE PARKS WORT 89.9FM Madison · Police Invade "Liberated Zone," Leading to Injuries and Arrests Officers from a variety of state and…
Post-arrest Interview of Professor Samer Alatout
@thecakelin Replying to @thecakelin "I mean they have to face the fucking responsibility of what they did" – Professor Samer Alatout (sameralatout on Twitter) #uwmadison…
ADC: Congress Passes Dangerous Bill to Silence Criticism of Israel
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | May 1, 2024 — In response to the student-led, pro-Palestinian movement, the US House of Representatives today passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act,…
2024.05.01: Rally & Calls to Support the UW-Madison Palestine Protest
RALLY 5 PM TODAY AT UW LIBRARY MALL PHONE CALLS NEEDED FOR THE ARRESTED PROTESTERS Organizers are calling on everyone to rally on Library Mall…
SJP UW-Madison Encampment Returns
They’re baaaack
Older Generation Weighs in on UW Madison Student Protest
By Marcus Aarsvold Published: Apr. 30, 2024 at 6:41 PM CDT|Updated: 17 hours ago MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – As a ‘Free Palestine’ protest continues on UW…
UW-Madison Professor Arrested
UW Madison Professor Samer Alatout asked police to leave students at the encampment alone this morning. This is what the police did to him. Professor…
LIVE UPDATES: Law enforcement officers, protesters clash
Maggie Degnan, Channel 3000, May 1, 2024 Protestors Taken Away in Handcuffs MADISON, Wis. — Police removed nearly all of the tents from Library Mall…
Phone calls needed to support UW-Madison students protesting the Gaza war
Yesterday hundreds of students and faculty at UW Madison and UW-Milwaukee joined the growing campus protests around the US. against the slaughter in Gaza. (Directory…
The Israel-US game plan for Gaza is staring us in the face
Jonathan K. Cook, 30 April 2024 The western media is pretending the West’s efforts to secure a ceasefire are serious. But a different script has…
2024.05.01: Pizza & Music for Gaza
Giant Jones Brewing Co.913 E Main St, MadisonEnter on Brearly5-9 PM
Stop the Rafah massacre, join an encampment
Good Shepherd CollectiveBeit Sahour, Palestine GSC Update This map shows a small snapshot of the US-based encampments. With such a large distribution of encampments, its…
Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza
The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about…
Under Israeli Pressure, Guinea Bissau Withdraws Flotilla Flags
💚🖤💔Hello all, I am heartbroken to pass on the news that our Flotilla will be unable to sail for Gaza at this time due to…
A Room of One’s Own has . . .
. . . books, by, about, and for Palestine! Kid’s books, cookbooks, fiction, poetry, photography, memoir, theory & non-fiction!
2024.04.30: Collapse of the Gaza Health Care System
Eyewitness Palestine Free but donations accepted 11 am CT More information and registration
2024.04.29: A Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye and Heather Raffo
5-6 pm CTJoin ADC for an Arab-American Heritage Month conversation on how our community relates to life’s joy and struggles through language and art. You’ll hear from award-winning…
2024.04.29: Countering the Destructive Consequences of Christian Zionism
April 29, 2024:11:30 am CT More information and registration
2024.04.28: Challenging Empire – Israel, USA & Imperialism
Goodman Community Center Hicks Room 149 Waubesa St, Madison 4-5:30 pm Israel’s genocidal invasion of Gaza has continued for over six months, with full backing…
Israel Marks 200 Days of Genocide with Plans to Destroy Rafah
24، Apr 2024 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, marked the 200th consecutive day of Israel’s large-scale military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Nearly 90 percent of…
2024.04.27: Viroqua Music Benefit for Emergency Gaza Relief
Landmark Center 500 East Jefferson St, Viroqua 6-10 PM
2024.04.26: SJP Palestine Art Build
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Caitlin Johnstone on Gaza
Caitlin Johnstone is an Australian independent journalist.
Israel says it is ‘moving ahead’ with Rafah operation
By Farah Najjar Published On 24 Apr 202424 Apr 2024
Turkiye has not yet given permission to sail
MINA News, 24 April 2024 – 08:28 WIB Istanbul , MINA – The Freedom Flotilla Coalition ( FFC ) was forced to postpone its sailing…
Israeli soldier speaks out on war in Gaza
Channel 4 News, Apr 23, 2024
Will the Freedom Flotilla sail to Gaza?
Türkiye is under significant pressure from the US and Israel to block the flotilla from setting sail and achieving its objective of delivering aid and…
‘Damning’ Independent Probe Finds Israel Has Not Provided Evidence Against UNRWA
The U.S. House on Saturday passed a bill including a prohibition on funding the agency, due to Israel’s unsubstantiated claims that UNRWA employees have terrorism…
‘Obvious Evidence of Genocide’: Mass Grave in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
Palestinian rescue workers said they found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands bound and others with their skin, organs, or heads removed. OLIVIA ROSANE,…
UN experts demand safe passage for Freedom Flotilla
Format News and Press Release Posted 26 Apr 2024 Originally published 26 Apr 2024 Origin View original GENEVA (26 April 2024) – UN experts today demanded safe passage…
Mads Gilbert | Don’t Lose Hope
Muslim Central, YouTube, April 22, 2024 Organise. Act. Now! We often feel helpless, so little we can do. But we are the majority, the people…
Google fires 28 over protest of Israel contract
Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday after sit-ins at the company’s offices in protest of its cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Why it matters: The protests…
‘I can’t find food’: despair in Gaza as children face malnutrition
Majdi Fathi and Monika Čvorak, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2024 According to the World Food Programme, malnutrition among children in Gaza is spreading at a record…
Gaza aid flotilla plans to challenge Israeli blockade
By Kareem Fahim and Beril Eski, The Washington Post April 21, 2024 at 3:00 a.m. EDT ISTANBUL — A flotilla of ships bound for the Gaza Strip is preparing to…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 196
Israel strikes Iran, Gaza health ministry says Israel destroyed the Strip’s health system Israel targets Iranian bases in Isfahan with drones, while Iranian sources say…
Why Hundreds of People are about to Sail to Gaza
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Freedom Flotilla Coalition (@gazafreedomflotilla) Why the Flotilla? A video with Ismail of the Mavi Marmara Association and…
Protect the Freedom Flotilla emergency mission
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | April 19, 2024 – Your help is urgently needed to push Congress to protect brave civilians on the Freedom Flotilla’s nonviolent mission. The Freedom…
2024.04.26: Apartheid Wall Rally
Students for Justice in Palestine — UW-Madison is organizing an Apartheid Wall Rally with details TBA.
2024.04.25: Palestinian Benefit at The Bur Oak
Good people of Madison, are you ready to raise funds for those who are trapped in the devastating conflict in the Middle East? Let’s come…
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 targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza. In this special event, authors,…
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, 2024 Hundreds of civilians from more than thirty countries will…
Gaza Postcards Delivered to Tammy Baldwin’s Office
Today the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project delivered postcards written during the recent Rachel Corrie commemoration, along with an event flier, to Senator Tammy Baldwin’s office…
Gaza Journalists Call Out Media Complicity
On April 27, members of the U.S. media, celebrities, and politicians will wine and dine with President Biden and members of his administration at the…
Freedom Flotilla Emergency Gaza Mission
#BreakTheSiege and #EndTheBlockade Apr 14, 2024 İSTANBUL Retired U.S. Army Colonel & former U.S. diplomat Ann Wright introduces our upcoming Freedom Flotilla Coalition emergency mission to…
Stop Funding Genocide
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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 cries of mothers holding their lifeless babies will never be…
Update from Middle East Children’s Alliance
Thank you so much for your support of the Middle East Children’s Alliance. At this devastating time, we want to share an online version of…
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 as she talks with Palestinian-American & Freedom Flotilla veteran Huwaida Arraf and…
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 have been inspired to act by recent events in Palestine…
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 Donations to Middle East Children’s Alliance welcome Music by Ensemble…
41,000 FLAGS TO HONOR PALESTINIAN LIVES LOST
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Apr 9, 2024
I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them.
Opinion By Peter Maass April 9, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT Palestinians view the damage at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on April 1.…
Pocan discusses Gaza and Biden visit to Madison
“It appears to be a collective punishment of all Palestinians in Gaza.” April 8, 2024 Any new assistance for Israel has to have conditions. We…
