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The list of humanitarian institutions who accuse Israel of genocide now includes:
1. The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
2. The International Association of Genocide Scholars
3. B’Tselem (an Israeli organization)
4. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (another Israeli organization)
5. Amnesty International
6. Doctors Without Borders
7. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
8. Human Rights Watch
9. The International Federation for Human Rights
10. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
— Caitlin Johnstone, Sep 17, 2025
2023.10.20: Palestine Protest at Wisconsin State Capitol
The Madison Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is sponsoring another rally in support of Palestine at 5 pm on Friday, Oct. 20 at…
Hilton Hotel Capitulates to Hate, Cancels Palestinian Voices
Houston, TX | www.uscpr.org | October 18, 2023 – Yesterday, the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel, capitulating to external pressure from hate groups, unilaterally canceled…
No More Deaths, in Gaza or Arizona
Español abajo This week we have seen the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip escalate to a boiling point, as Israel continues to massacre…
Jewish extremists plan to “lynch” Palestinians in chat apps
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 18 October 2023
2023.10.18: World Beyond War Protest
Today, Wednesday 10/18, between 4:30 and 5:30pm, several of us will be at the intersection of Winnebago and Atwood Streets. We’ll stand there to be…
‘Every western politician has the blood of these children on their hands’
Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, calls the deadly attack on al-Ahli al-Arab Hospital in Gaza a ‘war crime’ that the world saw…
Sign at Students for Justice in Palestine Gaza Vigil
UW-Madison Library Mall, October 17, 2023
ADC Statement on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital Massacre
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | October 17, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is outraged and horrified at Israel’s targeted bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital…
Dr. Gabor Maté Speaks Out on Israel and Palestine
Recorded in 2021. Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. He has a background in family practice and a…
A Textbook Case of Genocide
Raz Segal, Jewish Currents, October 13, 2023
2023.10.18: Webinar: International Law and War in Palestine/Israel
Arab Center Washington DC National Press Club, 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045 Wednesday October 18, 2023 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT Register…
2023.10.17: Students for Justice in Palestine Gaza Vigil
Instagram The Madison Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is holding a lighted vigil tomorrow evening, Tuesday October 17 at 5 pm in Alumni…
Here or there, our blood will plant olive trees
Earth Presses Against Us By Mahmoud Darwish Earth is pressing against us, trapping us in the final passage. To pass through, we pull off our…
Anti-Arab Hate Rhetoric Leads to Murder of 6-year-old Chicago Boy
October 16, 2023 Washington, D.C. | October 16, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) sends its deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family of…
American Jews and allies block all 12 entrances to the White House
American Jews and allies have blocked all entrances to the White House. Police have started making arrests. We are throwing ourselves onto the cogs of…
2023.10.16: Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art
Monday, October 16, 12 noon – 1:05 pm Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art: Between Singularities and Multitudes Ingraham 206, UW-Madison Profesor Nevine El Nossery will discuss…
2023.10.15: People gather at Madison’s Tenney Park in support of Palestine
KWCH 12, Wichita, KS, October 16, 2023 Those in support of Palestine packed Tenney Park’s shelter Sunday to mourn the loss of life, donate to…
2023.10.15: Palestine olive oil harvest celebration transforms into a demonstration of solidarity
Zach Orlowsky, WKOW 27, Oct 16, 2023
2023.10.15: People gather at Madison’s Tenney Park in support of Palestine
Shaina Nijhawan, WMTV 15, Oct. 16, 2023
2023.10.15: Madison Celebrates Palestine and the Olive Harvest
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, October 16, 2023 We will be covering the situation in Gaza, and also how areas of the West Bank are…
A message from Gaza: We need huge protests to stop this genocide
Ahmed Abu Artema, The Electronic Intifada, 14 October 2023
Events in South Hebron Since the Outbreak of the War
Good Shepherd Collective October 14, 2023 At the request of supporters from abroad, we applied to friends of us, residents of south Mt. Hebron, and…
Settlers go on killing spree in West Bank
Tamara Nassar, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 13 October 2023
Genocide, ethnic cleansing, and another Nakba in Palestine
The Wire, Jewish Voice for Peace, Oct 13, 2023
Noura Erakat: Western Leaders & Media Are Justifying Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign”
Noura Erakat, Democracy Now!, Oct 13, 2023
Stop the Gaza Genocide: Call Congress
This is genocide. Over 2 million Palestinian people trapped in Gaza are living through genocide in real time, as Israel bombs, starves, and displaces…
Days 5-6: Following Genocidal Statements, Israel Escalates Attacks on Gaza’s Civilians
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 12 October 2023
Human Rights Watch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, OCT 12, 2023
Bernie Sanders Statement on Continuing Violence in Israel and Gaza
October 11, 2023 WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday issued the following statement on the continuing violence in Israel and Gaza…
Emergency Fund to Protect Palestinian and Arab Students on College Campuses
In the past several days, ADC has received an endless barrage of complaints and cases from students across college campuses in the United States…
Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings in Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), 11 October 2023
Jewish Voice for Peace calls on all people of conscience to stop the imminent genocide
Jewish Voice for Peace The Wire, October 11, 2023 The Israeli government has declared a genocidal war on the people of Gaza. As an…
Anniversary of the Alex Odeh Assassination
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | October 11, 2023 – Today, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and all Arab Americans once again commemorate a somber day.…
“We can’t talk about Israel because we are Israel”
From activist and author Winona LaDuke as reported by Mondoweiss 11 years ago “… Euro-Americans in the United States can’t talk about Gaza, because we…
GAZA RESISTS With Mohammed Hisam
The Katie Halper Show, October 11, 2023 I’m joined by Mohammed Hisam is a Palestinian-American community organizer and attorney based out of Houston, TX. 00:00…
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Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Wisconsin
Bob Goonin, CRCPR, October 8, 2023
Palestinian human rights organizations call on the international community
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 10 October 2023
Gaza under Attack: Civilians Targeted by Israeli Retaliatory Strikes
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), 08 October 2023
Israel Announces Total Warfare on Gaza’s Civilian Population
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 9 October 2023
FOSNA Statement on Gaza
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), October 7, 2023
An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family
ISSAM ADWAN, Associated Press, October 8, 2023
The West’s hypocrisy towards Gaza’s breakout is stomach-turning
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 8 October 2023
Statement by US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Dear Friends, The Israeli regime is bombing Palestinian families living trapped under siege in Gaza, killing more than 320 Palestinians in the past day…
Statement by IfNotNow
We’re watching the unfolding horrors with heartbreak and dread for our loved ones – Israelis and Palestinians alike. We cannot and will not say today’s…
Statement by American Muslims for Palestine & Americans for Justice in Palestine Action
Israeli Violence is the Root Cause of Violence and Unrest in the Region Washington, DC (Oct 7, 2023) – American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and…
Statement from UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign
I know that like me, you’ve been shocked by events of the past few days and are deeply fearful about what’s yet to come. Israel…
Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July. (Sraya Diamant) Haaretz Editorial, Oct 8, 2023 The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is…
Jewish Voice for Peace Statement
October 7, 2023 The Root of Violence Is Oppression. What’s happening in Palestine/Israel is truly unprecedented. In the coming days, the people around us will…
Middle East Children’s Alliance Statement
The Middle East Children’s Alliance, October 7, 2023 Terrifying sounds of airstrikes hitting nearby buildings are everywhere in Gaza. Hundreds of people have been killed…
“The idols of militarism and force and realpolitik”
News headlines this morning announced what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called war. “Citizens of Israel, we are at war. Not an operation, not…
Harassment and attacks on human rights activists in Palestine are rarely punished
SAM STEIN, THE PROGRESSIVE, OCTOBER 2, 2023
ADC Statement On Palestinian Resistance
Washington, D.C. | adc.org | October 7, 2023 The unprecedented and ongoing resistance by Palestinians from Gaza, that caught Israel by surprise, did not happen…
2023.10.11 & 13: WORT Radio Programs on Gaza and Palestine
WORT radio will have two shows this week on Gaza and Palestine: Tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 11 between 8 and 9 am, The Morning Buzz with…
Support Sami Huraini
On October 30th, Palestinian Human Rights Defender Sami Huraini will be sentenced by the Israeli Court in retaliation for his activism. Since Sami and his…
Administrative Detainee Kayed Fasfous Hunger Strike
View this post on Instagram A post shared by In Palestine Today (@inpaltoday) inpaltoday, Instagram, October 5, 2023 More Detainee Kayed al-Fasfous remains on hunger…
2023.10.04: Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Mystery to Me Bookstore 1863 Monroe St, Madison 6:00 – 7:30 pm Christa Bruhn will be reading from her recently released memoir Crossing Borders: The…
Statement: The Biden Administration Must Remove Israel from the Visa Waiver Program
Press Contact: Submit a media inquiry here. WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023—Since the beginning of the process to admit Israel into the Visa Waiver Program, the…
Thank You from Palestine!
Hello friends, Thank you all so much for helping me to come back to Palestine, and for sponsoring young olive trees to be planted in…
2023.09.22-23: More September Events!
Friday, Sept. 22: Palestine Writes Literature Festival Live-Streamed Session From 12:30 pm CT to end of day Some of you may have heard of the…
Bruno Mars: Don’t play apartheid Israel
Top-selling artist Bruno Mars just announced a concert in apartheid Tel Aviv. JVP and numerous movement partners are calling on him to stand with the…
2023.09.13-21: September Events
Wednesday, Sept. 13: Storytelling as Resistance Thursday, Sept. 14: The Legacy of Oslo: Thirty Years Later Thursday, Sept. 14: Palestine Partners at the Madison Night…
Sign Petition to Release UNRWA Food Aid to Gaza
Washington, D.C. | adc.org | September 7, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to release the…
2023.09.17: Virtual Tour of the Gaza Strip
Sunday, September 17th 8PM Jerusalem, 7PM Berlin, 6PM London, 1PM NYC, 12PM Central Gaza is frequently referred to as the largest prison in the world…
Dixon Hopes Israeli Settler’s Trial Draws Attention to Attacks on Palestinians
Jerry Windley-Daoust, The Catholic Worker Movement, September 2, 2023 “These settlers act with impunity because Israel has impunity in the world, and they have that…
Tell Google: #NoTechForApartheid
Backed by hundreds of community members, Google workers protested yesterday outside Google’s biggest cloud conference of the year to demand that their bosses stop doing…
Cat Cafe to De-Stress Residents Opens in Gaza Strip
Owner hopes playing with felines will offer therapy to those scarred from the strip’s devastating wars and other hardships Mehr Jan, American Muslim Today, Aug…
Petition to Stop Cop City in Atlanta
One underreported aspect of Cop City is the long and ongoing relationship between Georgia police agencies pushing this project and the Israeli police forces. The…
Teshuvah: A Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return
Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents, May 11, 2021
