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Addameer: Massive arrest campaigns from October 7 to 24
Numbers are from October 7 to October 24, 2023 🔴 Massive arrest campaigns since the 7th of October. pic.twitter.com/3FkX27PErQ — Addameer – الضمير (@Addameer) December…
Update: Mural at Mother Fools on Willy Street is Now a Poster
by Erika Rosales Mother Fool’s Coffee House, Willy Street, Madison
2023.12.16: Dar al-Kalima University Cookie and Crafts Sale
9:00 – noon Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg This will be the 19th year of selling crafts and cookies to support…
2023.12.14: Daily Occupation for a Ceasefire
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Building Unity is joining with “Madison for a World Beyond War” and others who are holding down a daily…
Gaza-Guernica
Over 3,000 people form human mosaic in Spain to support Palestine Middle East Monitor, December 8, 2023 More than 3,000 people supported Palestine by forming…
2023.12.14: IfNotNow Hanukah Candle Lighting for Ceasefire
🕯️ Everyone is warmly invited to Hanukah Candle Lighting for Ceasefire this Thursday at 6pm-6:30pm on the Capitol Square (at East Washington and Pinckney). 📆…
2023.12.13: Live Online with Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Join Middle East Children’s Alliance for this special online event with poet Mosab Abu Toha. The event will honor two dear friends and colleagues Refaat…
2023.12.09: Monumental Turnout For All Out For Palestine March In Madison
Cherrie Hanson, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Dec 12, 2023 Photos by Kamal Moon The Wisconsin All Out For Palestine March drew thousands of people to the…
PUMA drops apartheid Israel sponsorship
It’s true. And it’s big. PUMA won’t be renewing its contract with the Israel Football Association (IFA). This is a BDS win, a win for…
2023.11.17: Breakfast with a CEO and you are (not) invited
CHRISTINA LIEFFRING, TONE MADISON, DECEMBER 12, 2023
Capitol Hill Interns Accuse Congress Of Suppressing Cease-Fire Demands
The workers in 71 congressional offices have recorded a total more than 690,000 calls for a cease-fire, but most are “unnoticed and unheard,” an open…
Father of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack
The 65-year-old father of our colleague, Anas al-Sharif, has been killed in an Israeli strike on his house in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip. The rest…
MECA colleague and friend Doaa Al-Masri killed in Gaza
Doaa receives a group of schoolgirls at the Edward Said Library in Gaza Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza continue and each day more precious lives…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Worker among Stripped Detainees
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) 🚨PCHR condemns the arrest of colleague Ayman Lubad. ♦️The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemns in the strongest terms…
2023.12.09: Thousands March in Madison, Wisconsin for Palestine
Demand: ‘Stop the U.S. – Israel Genocidal Apartheid! Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement, December 9, 2023 More photos on Facebook (You can cancel the…
2023.12.09: Hundreds take to Wis. Capitol in support of Palestine
VIDEO: The Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP) put on the event, but the entity was representing more than 50 organizations throughout the state.…
2023.12.09: Hundreds rally in Madison in support of Palestinian Territories
VIDEO: Protesters rally in support of the Palestinian Territories. (Spectrum News 1/Natalie Sopyla) NATALIE SOPYLA, SPECTRUM NEWS, DEC. 09, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Protesters crowded…
2023.12.09: ‘Wisconsin All Out For Palestine’ protest marches at the Capitol
WKOW 27 News, December 9, 2023 Protesters marched and rallied at Capital Square on Saturday in opposition of Israeli attacks against Palestine and US policy…
2023.12.09: Wisconsin All Out for Palestine
Madison.com, Dec 9, 2023 More than 1,000 people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol Saturday afternoon demanding justice for Palestine just a day after the…
Women in Hebron at Change Boutique
Nikki at Change Boutique, corner of Williamson and Baldwin on the eastside, has some Women in Hebron’s embroidery and earrings for the holidays. If you…
Israeli politician calls for captured Palestinians to be ‘buried alive’
‘They aren’t human beings and not human animals. They’re subhuman and that’s how they should be treated’ Palestinian men rounded up and stripped by Israeli…
Demonstrators urge Baldwin to publicly support ceasefire in Israel, Palestine
Vigil calls for ceasefire in Gaza WISC Channel 3000 News, December 8, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Demonstrators in Madison are putting pressure on U.S.…
US blocks UN Security Council demand for ceasefire in Gaza
‘Nowhere in Gaza is safe’ Michelle Nichols, Reuters, December 8, 2023 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday vetoed a proposed…
Meanwhile in the West Bank
Cassandra Dixon, 12/8/23 Last night about 50 soldiers-settlers stormed the village of Khalet Al Dabaa. They arrived in civilian cars, all wearing army uniforms and…
Israel Killed Refaat Alareer in Gaza
These Are Some of His Last Words Professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. (Image: Palestine Chronicle) Palestine Chronicle Staff, December…
‘Huge Loss’ as Gaza Luminary Refaat Alareer ‘Assassinated’ by Israel
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Dec 07, 2023
2023.12.09: Wisconsin ‘All Out for Palestine’ March
“Wisconsin All Out For Palestine” Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1 p.m State Capitol, Madison, WI Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP), representing more than…
2023.12.08: Join the next USCPR Power Hour for Palestine
THIS FRIDAY, December 8, at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT Sign up at uscpr.org/PowerHour STOP GAZA GENOCIDE: CEASEFIRE NOW! 🚨TELL CONGRESS: Demand a…
RAFAH DIARY: Two days in the midst of “Operation Iron Sword”
Here are the latest diary entries of a friend in Rafah, Gaza. Her name is Hudia. I receive them whenever there is an internet connection.…
Five U.S. Senators Call for Halting U.S. Arms Sales to Israel
December 7, 2023 In a Powerful Letter to the Biden Administration, Five U.S. Senators Make a Strong Case for Halting U.S. Arms Sales to Israel…
2023.12.08-11: Film Israelism Worldwide Rental
Israelism Hosted by Tikkun Olam Productions On-demand Dec 8, 1:00 AM EST – Dec 11, 1:00 AM EST $5 for a 24 hour rental Get…
Madison City Council calls for ceasefire in Gaza in unanimous vote
Madison365 staff, Dec 6, 2023
Madison City Council calls for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
Lucas Robinson, Wisconsin State Journal, December 6, 2023 At the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, ambulances brought dozens of wounded people in as Israel intensified…
Editorial | Local cease-fire resolutions can move Congress
Cap Times editorial, December 6, 2023
Madison Common Council members call for ceasefire in Gaza
Evan Bolin, WKOW 27 News, Dec 5, 2023
Update: Madison Common Council Votes for Gaza Ceasefire
December 5, 2023 Resolution text Public comments, 11/28-11/30/23 Public comments, 11/30-12/04/23 Public comments, 12/04-12/05/23 Public comments, 12/05-12/06/23 December 3, 2023 As Israel once again expands…
Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward
The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made Trump’s return to the White House much more likely. What…
A Gaza hospital evacuated, four fragile lives, and a grim discovery
A nurse at al-Nasr hospital was caring for premature babies. Then he faced the most difficult decision of his life. Miriam Berger, Evan Hill,…
Call It Genocide, Pay the Price
Marchers carry Palestinian flags during a May Day celebration in Kreuzberg, Germany, 2017. (Montecruz Foto, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Private colleges and employers can, and…
The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza
The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here. RABEA EGHBARIAH, THE NATION, NOVEMBER 21, 2023…
Largest U.S. union yet calls for ceasefire as Israel resumes genocide
Jewish Voice for Peace, December 1, 2023 The movement for ceasefire got a lot bigger today, when the United Auto Workers announced their…
Free Palestine Lights in Sun Prairie! 💟
Cassandra Dixon
“We want to see people stand with us”
Palestinian-American teens speak out CNN’s Athena Jones speaks to a group of Palestinian-American teens about their concerns over the war and the impact that…
‘They Came in the Dark’: Settler Violence Intensifies in the West Bank
Matthew Cassel, Mark Boyer and Santiago García Muñoz, New York Times, November 30, 2023 Since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, extremist settlers in the…
‘We are overwhelmed’: southern Gaza’s exhausted doctors forced to leave children to die
A surgeon at one of the territory’s last functioning hospitals tells of desperate conditions amid an acute lack of medicine A member of the…
MADISON F-35 COMMUNITY CONNECTION PROJECT
A public relations effort by the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin Back in March, Senator Tammy Baldwin announced a $798,000…
‘Military camp’: Palestinian town of Huwara under 55-day Israeli closure
Once-vibrant Huwara has become a ghost town since October 5, the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza made it worse. Abdelrahman Dmaidi, a 21-year-old…
Israel’s Insidious Narrative About Palestinian Prisoners
More than two-thirds of the Palestinians proposed for release by Israel under the truce have not been convicted of any crimes. Most were arrested as…
How Israel keeps hundreds of Palestinians in detention without charge
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, November 27, 2023 The Ofer military prison in the West Bank. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images) A four-day pause in hostilities between Israel…
How does Gaza’s size compare to your city?
The Gaza Strip’s density, visualized The area is one of the most densely populated places in the world. By Jiachuan Wu, Joe Murphy and Nigel…
TAA Statement on Palestine: “A Call for Palestinian Liberation”
TAA UW-MADISON, NOVEMBER 22, 2023 The following statement was written and approved by the general membership of the TAA on November 15th, 2023. A Call…
Drones show destruction in Gaza
Reuters, Nov 26, 2023 Drone footage shows wide-scale destruction in Gaza City after seven weeks of war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkiZoUmOVtE
Man arrested after three Palestinian American students injured in Vermont shooting
Police are investigating the incident as a potential hate crime Abigail Hauslohner and Hannah Allam, Washington Post, November 27, 2023 From left, Tahseen Ali…
3 Palestinian students were shot in Vermont
Celina Tebor, Eva McKend, Khalil Abdallah and Zoe Sottile, CNN, Nov 27, 2023
James Zogby: Definitions Matter
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 27, 2023 Almost two months into this monstrous conflict in Gaza and it is clear that the…
Shooting of three Palestinian-American students in Vermont
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | November 26, 2023 — Earlier this morning ADC was made aware of the shooting of three Palestinian-American, Arab students in…
Israel admits burning hundreds of people on 7 October
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 17 November 2023
2023.12.07: Gaza Vigil Lights at Monroe & West Lawn
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palestine Partners (@palestine_partners) Join us to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Thursday, December 7,…
2023.12.06: How does Israel get away with it?
War Industry Resisters Network presents: How does Israel get away with it? with Jeff Halper 3-4 pm CT The level of impunity for Israel is…
2023.12.06: Webinar with Combatants for Peace
12 Noon CT Join us this Wednesday for our next webinar of Solidarity Speaks, an emergency series giving people around the world a forum to hear…
2023.12.05 Update: Madison Council to Vote on Gaza Ceasefire
December 3, 2023 As Israel once again expands its murderous assault on the people of Gaza, creating what is being called a mass assassination factory,…
2023.12.05: Webinar on Palestinian Political Prisoners
11 am CT Join Eyewitness Palestine to learn about who Palestinian political prisoners are and the unjust Israeli system that detains them. While airstrikes in…
2023.12.04: Dreams and Displacement in Afghanistan
Information and Registration 4 -5 pm Join investigative reporter and Pulitzer Center grantee May Jeong for a discussion of her experiences reporting from Afghanistan. In…
2023.12.03: World BEYOND War Vigil in Senator Baldwin’s Office
Madison for a World BEYOND War and allies are now vigiling inside Senator Baldwin’s office at 30 W Mifflin St, 7th floor, Madison. We intend…
2023.12.02-10: Madison-Palestine Solidarity Week
Some events require registration See @solidaritymadison | Linktree
2023.12.02: Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival Monona Terrace 8 am – 3 pm Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners, and Madison Playgrounds for Palestine will once…
Three Views of Bernie Sanders and the Palestine-Israel Conflict
The three articles below, Bernie Sanders essay in the New York Times, the letter from Sanders’ former staffers urging a peaceful resolution to the war,…
2023.11.30: Webinar ‘Assessing America’s Response to the Gaza Crisis’
The White House, Congress, and the American Public (Shutterstock/Anas Mohammed) Thursday November 30, 2023 9:00 AM – 10:30 am CT About the Webinar The…
2023.11.30: Live Event: Palestinian Olive Oil & Dates from the West Bank
Shop now | Get Involved | Events Supporting Palestinian Farmers in the West Bank: Our Partnership with PARC Learn about Palestinian olive oil and dates…
2023.11.29-12.05: #ReadPalestine Week
PUBLISHERS FOR PALESTINE Join us for an international #ReadPalestine week, starting Wednesday, November 29, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. During…
2023.11.29: Die-In for Palestine
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison (@sjpuwmadison) Join us this Wednesday as we mourn the…
2023.11.29: Webinar ‘How to Take Action on Palestine Solidarity Day’
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2023.11.29: Webinar ‘Stopping the Cycle of Violence in the Middle East’
Stopping the Cycle of Violence in the Middle East: A Teach-in for Action Nov 29, 2023 07:30 PM CT In the face of Israel’s…
On Day One of Gaza cease-fire
Hamas and Israel carry out first swap of hostages and prisoners Former Palestinian prisoners released by the Israeli authorities carry Palestinian and Hamas flags in…
Israeli History Teacher Arrested for Posts Opposing Killing of Palestinians
DEMOCRACY NOW! NOVEMBER 22, 2023 This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS Meir Baruchin history and civics teacher from Jerusalem…
He died bringing you these stories
Avaaz, November 22, 2023 Dear friends, We are grieving — our friend Majd Arendas was killed in an airstrike in Gaza. He wanted to show…
In a Flash, Melissa Joudah Lost 60 Family Members and the Use of Her Legs
Wisconsin Muslim Journal | Nov 21, 2023 | Al Jazeera Melissa, 16 months old, was pulled out of the rubble, completely still and quiet [Atia…
Hunger, disease ‘inevitable’ in Gaza
Israel’s Sustained Bombing Created Massive Disease Risk Overcrowded Shelters, Dirty Water, and Breakdown of Basic Sanitation Yara M. Asi, THE CONVERSATION, 11/22/2023 After more…
Netanyahu is prolonging the war to save his life’s mission
While an endless military operation allows the prime minister to cling to power, it also fulfills a larger ideological goal: preventing Palestinian statehood. Meron Rapoport,…
New Israeli Law on the “Consumption of Terrorist Publications”
7amleh has published a position paper on a new Israeli law “Prohibiting the Consumption of Terrorist Publications.” The paper aims to analyze the Israeli law…
Many West Bank Palestinians Are Being Forced Out of Their Villages. Is My Family Next?
Zuhour Muhammad Awad, the author’s grandmother, walking in the village of Tuba in May 2021. Ms. Awad says she was born in Tuba in 1948.…
Rainwater is the property of Israel
Rainwater is the property of Israel byu/temporary_staying inlostgeneration “Israel even controls the collection of rain water throughout most of the West Bank, and rainwater harvesting…
Worse Than Hell: Dr. Mads Gilbert Decries Israeli Military Raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
Nov 15, 2023 The Israel military raid on Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering, is an “unprecedented attack on…
2023.11.21: Gaza Ceasefire Lights at McKee and Verona Roads
Tuesday, November 21 at 5 pmCorner of McKee Road and Verona Road, Fitchburg Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor now estimates the number of Palestinians killed by…
2023.11.20: Jews for Ceasefire: National Strategy Call with IfNotNow
7 pm CT Join IfNotNow for a national call to hear important announcements about the next phase of our movement. Find out how you can…
Years of mainstream media neglect of Palestinian reality
Truths come as shocks to most Americans Before October 7, the mainstream media mostly ignored news from Palestine. This fact has consequences among the American…
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 42
Communications blackout obscures full picture of Israel’s devastation in Gaza Israel’s purported proof of Hamas command center under al-Shifa hospital is seen as ‘anticlimactic’ as…
US has Provided Over 130 Billion Dollars in Aid & Weapons to Israel since 1948
Thalif Deen, IPS – Inter Press Service, November 17, 2023 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II : a Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter aircraft- (Wikipedia) UNITED NATIONS,…
Israel Blocks Palestinian Americans From Entering From West Bank
The move is an apparent violation of a recent agreement that says citizens from the United States and Israel can travel to the other nation…
2023.11.20: Preserving Palestine Under Settler Colonialism
11 am CT In support of our colleagues in Palestine, in support of the Palestinian people, and in support of justice for all people, Librarians…
2023.11.19: Palestinian-Americans and the Democratic Party
Online Town Hall Sunday Join us Sunday at 4pm ET/1pm PT as we look at the Israel/Gaza crisis through the eyes of two Palestinian American…
2023.11.18: Film From Under the Rubble
Free virtual screening of the documentary by Anne Tsoulis 11 am CT A documentary about the worst Israeli assault on Gaza until now: 2008-09…
2023.11.17: The Genocidal Assault On Palestine
A TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST CALL TO END COLONIALISM AND WAR FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 17, 2023 – 2:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM CsT / 5:00…
