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They lie non-stop — both the military echelon and the political echelon. In every raid, the IDF Spokesperson’s announcements said: ‘Hundreds of terrorists were killed. It’s true that hundreds were killed, but they weren’t terrorists. — Major General (Res.) Itzak Brik, Ombudsman for Soldiers Complaints, +972 Magazine, August 21, 2025
Mezan Center is Key Partner in Palestine
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, May 9, 2005 Madison — The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) has enlisted the Mezan Center for Human Rights in Palestine…
Israeli Extremists Lose, as a New Generation of Palestinians Wins
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2005 THEY BREATHE the same air, drink the same water, are covered by the same blue…
A Gift to Rafah
How Madisonians helped create a respite from violence for Palestinian children Kathy Walsh, Isthmus, April 29, 2005 Children were everywhere. They were standing on rooftops,…
Statewide Academic Union Calls for University of Wisconsin Israel Divestment
Al-Awda, The Electronic Intifada, 27 April 2005
University of Wisconsin Investments and Social Responsibility
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA) of UW-Madison debated a resolution calling on the UW to divest from companies doing business…
Know When To Say “No”: A Call For Divestment From The Israeli Occupation
Shamai Leibowitz, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March 2005
Amira Hass: Using the Holocaust to Ward Off Criticism
The pilgrimage to Jerusalem of so many European leaders shows that they are not deterred by the criticism of Israel – they are taking part…
2005.03.05: An Israeli Refuser’s Message for Peace
Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, March 7, 2005 On Saturday I sat with other members of the conservative synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin, listening to Yonatan Shapira,…
2005.04.10-11: ‘Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision’
A Partners for Peace presentation Sunday, April 10, 2005 — 4 pm Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 West Lacy Rd. Fitchburg Monday, April 11,…
Board of Regents must support divestment
FAYYAD SBAIHAT, Badger Herald, Mar 3, 2005
2005.03.04-05: Yonatan Shapira, Israeli Refusenik
March 4, 6:00 PM, Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society building, 2010 Whenona Drive, Madison. Potluck followed by a discussion with Shapira. Daycare will…
2005.02.24-26: Festival celebrates political filmmakers
Gwen Evans, UW News, February 8, 2005 For filmmaker Saul Landau, who has interviewed the likes of Fidel Castro and Zapatista leaders in Chiapas, Mexico,…
From churches, a challenge to Israeli policies
Jane Lampman, The Christian Science Monitor, DECEMBER 6, 2004
