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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
Medieval to Modern
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Project Immigration Justice for Palestinians (Project IJP)
In response to the devastating and horrific humanitarian crisis and genocide in Gaza, the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) — in collaboration with organizations and…
Catastrophic Shortage of Food in Gaza
Starvation as a Weapon of War Thalif Deen, IPS UN Bureau, December 22, 2023 Displaced families in a school in Gaza. 21 December 2023 (WFP/Arete/Abood…
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Milwaukee call for Gaza ceasefire
Vow to defeat Biden Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec 20, 2023 President Joe Biden arrives at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on Wednesday, Dec. 20,…
Special End-of-Year Appeal
Palestinian children take shelter at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in…
2023.12.21: Journalist Jeremy Scahill on WORT
“A Public Affair”: Journalist JEREMY SCAHILL and the war on Gaza Noon to 1:00 pm Central WORT 89.9 FM Thursday’s guest on WORT’s “A Public…
How Israeli settler violence is forcing Palestinians to flee their homes
Bethan McKernan, Kyri Evangelou, Mariam Dwedar and Temujin Doran, The Guardian, 14 Dec 2023
Simone Zimmerman and Israelism with Mehdi Hasan
Rent Israelism through Jan 1, 2024: https://bit.ly/rentisraelism About the film When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel…
2023.12.20: Rally and March to Protest Biden’s Visit to Milwaukee
Wednesday, Dec. 20: Rally and March to Protest Biden’s Visit to Milwaukee Begins 6 pm Milwaukee City Hall, 200 E. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Called by…
2023.12.20: Potluck for Gaza and Phonebank for Humanity
View this post on Instagram A post shared by EMMA (@emmawaldinger) POTLUCK FOR GAZA | PHONEBANK FOR HUMANITY Wednesday, December 20, 6-8 p.m. at Pasture…
2023.12.19: 🕯️Candlelight Vigil at Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Office
We will host this vigil between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm on Tuesday, December 19th in front of Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Madison office (State St.…
Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove & Other West Bank Aid
Plant An Olive Tree in the Madison-Masafer Yatta Grove! The planting of these olive trees with international support can help protect Palestinian land from dispossession.…
Critics say bill targeting anti-Zionism is new McCarthyism
HR 6578 would build a commission with subpoena authority to force Americans to testify and produce evidence to “investigate the facts and causes of antisemitism…
Escalation in Israel’s occupation tactics in West Bank
Nima Elbagir, CNN, December 15, 2023 VIDEO: Eyewitness testimony and footage reveals escalation in Israel’s occupation tactics in West Bank CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports from…
C’mon Madison, take a stand against the slaughter
Tariq Saqqaf, The Cap Times, 12/15/23 Members of international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders hold placards during a protest for an end to the war…
Sanders Supports UN Efforts for a Humanitarian Ceasefire
Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for $10.1 Billion in Military Aid to Israel Press Release, December 13, 2023 Sanders lays out the devastation in…
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: Urgent Gaza Relief Updates
Urgent Gaza Relief Our “Gaza Relief and Recovery” campaign aims to address urgent humanitarian needs and support long-term recovery efforts in Gaza. The funds raised…
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…
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: ‘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…
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…
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
Editorial | Local cease-fire resolutions can move Congress
Cap Times editorial, December 6, 2023
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,…
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…
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 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
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…
2023.12.04: 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…
