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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
Death threats and detainment: Opposing the Israeli occupation when Palestinian
This article has raised concern about the welfare of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights staff and our other friends and fellow civil society activists…
2016.08.23 Update: Discussion with U.S. Representative Mark Pocan
Following his recent trip to Israel and Palestine Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church 203 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison (Dayton St and Wisconsin Ave) [Map] 11:30…
In massive shift, Lutherans vote to halt US aid to Israel
Ryan Rodrick Beiler, The Electronic Intifada, 17 August 2016
Scottish football club fans wave Palestinian flags during match with Israeli team
Ma’an News Agency, Aug. 18, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fans of the Scottish Celtic Football Club waved Palestinian flags during an international playoff game for…
US labor board affirms union’s right to boycott Israel
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 July 2016
GoFundMe Request by Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta
Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful first film Where Should the Birds Fly, has been in…
Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S
Palestinian Rights Groups Cheer Berkeley’s Decision to Divest from Private Prisons Friends of Sabeel – North America, FOSNA Voice, July 22, 2016 To see if…
2016.07.20: Women’s Boat to Gaza
Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the past decade during which Israel has also launched countless attacks…
Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression
Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 7, 2016
A Palestinian writer’s damning dispatches from Israel
Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada, 7 July 2016
