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Cassandra Dixon Interview on WORT
Sunday, August 27 on WORT’s World View The interview begins at 33:00. Cassandra talks with Gil Halstead about her upcoming trip to Palestine, where she…
2023.08.29-10.16: August to October Events
Tuesday, August 29, 7 pm CT Reparations and the Palestinian Right of Return as Teshuvah (Repentence) for the Nakba: An online talk by Peter Beinart…
Free Sami Huraini
Started January 10, 2021 Petition to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ Why this petition matters…
New Masafer Yatta Project: Planting Olive Trees
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine soon for the September 6th trial of the settler who…
Will this band play on the ruins of a Palestinian village?
Jewish Voice for Peace August 9, 2023 Art by @/majdalrafie on Instagram On August 29, Imagine Dragons is scheduled to perform in…
Gaza Americans Urge Washington To Include Them In Israel Visa Deal
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Aug 11, 2023
Israel expanded an apartheid law last week. No one is talking about it.
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 31, 2023
Freedom Flotilla 2023 Canadian Boat to Gaza
Dear friends and supporters, The Freedom Flotilla vessel Handala, sailing against the blockade of Gaza, has been visiting English and Welsh ports…
Stand with Masafer Yatta!
$2,000 of $2,000 on 7/27/23
2023.07.23-25: July Events
Sunday, July 23: Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour on WORT Radio Monday, July 24: Online: Taking on AIPAC to Fight for our Future Tuesday, July 25: No…
Searching for Saboun Nabulsi
NATALIE JABBAR, SALON, JULY 8, 2023
The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Green-Lighted by Israel’s Supreme Court
BASEL ADRA and YUVAL ABRAHAM, THE NATION, JULY 10, 2023
‘Why did this happen?’
Israel’s raid on Jenin, through the eyes of one family Hussein Shibly looks out Saturday from his home, which was damaged in the Israeli raid…
2023.07.16: Film My Tree & Discussion
Event Date: July 16, 2023 Time: 3 pm ET/ 2 pm CT/ 12 noon PT Using children’s donations collected via “little blue boxes,” the Jewish…
2023.06.28-07.05: June & July Events
Wednesday, June 28: No Visa Waiver Program for Israel Wednesday, June 28: First Madison Banner Drop for ‘Stop Cop City’ campaign Sunday, July 2: Webinar:…
400 Israeli Settlers Attacked the Palestinian Town of Turmus’ayya
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Omar Qatin, a 27-year-old US-resident and husband and father to a Palestinian American, was shot and killed by the…
The Appaling Case of Palestinian-American Omar Asaad
Killers walk free after farcical internal ‘investigation’ June 17, 2023 Yesterday, the Israeli military announced it was closing the case over the death of Omar…
Why we are anti-Zionist Jews
JUDITH LAITMAN AND TSELA BARR — GUEST COLUMN, JUNE 14, 2023 This year on April 26, millions celebrated the 75th anniversary of Israel’s creation on…
Video of Apartheid-Free Webinar
Allison Tanner, American Friends Service Committee I am happy to share with you the recording of our June 6 webinar and the press release for…
I saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today
REV. DR. DON WAGNER, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 13, 2023
Hebron Emergency Caves Project
We are getting closer to our goal of providing emergency housing to one family in the Masafer Yatta area of the South Hebron Hills. The…
Apartheid-Free Communities – Cut Your Ties to Israeli Apartheid
All people are equal and should be treated with dignity and respect But for decades, the Palestinian people have faced Israeli settler colonialism and occupation…
There’s No Pride in Apartheid!
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Israeli agents conducted raid against militants in civilian area, killing a child
Videos from a March 16 raid in Jenin show increasingly deadly tactics by Israeli officers See the Washington Post article for videos and a 3D…
2023.05.21-28: May Events
Sunday, May 21: WORT Show Her Turn with Cassandra Dixon Sunday, May 21: Zoom Film & Talk Back: Two Kids a Day Tuesday, May 23…
2023.05.15: Actions Marking 75 years of Nakba
As salaamu alaykum — On this Faith & Action Friday, my heart is heavy as we approach Nakba Day. The Nakba, or “catastrophe” in Arabic,…
2023.05.16: Capitol Calling Party: Palestine & the Nakba
May 16, 2023 at 7:00pm – 8:00pm (CDT) Zoom RSVP On Tuesday, May 16, in honor of the million Palestinians driven from their homes in…
13 Palestinians, including 4 Women and 4 Children, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes
09 May 2023 Today at dawn, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed 13 Palestinians, including 4 women and 4 children; one was a 17-year-old girl,…
2023.05.11: Palestine Partners Returns to Madison Night Market
Thursday, May 11 500 Block State Street, Madison 5-9 pm Just in time for Mother’s Day! Come and shop for hand made jewelry, hand embroidered…
Latest Israel onslaught proves the Nakba is ongoing
Jewish Voice for Peace The Wire, 5/9/23 Last night, “a total of 40 fighter jets participated in bombing different locations,” reported Middle East Eye. “Another…
ADC Statement on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC), May 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. | May 9, 2023 – The world must stand united and unequivocally condemn the ongoing brutal…
Sadness, anger in Palestine: Gaza mourns 13 killed in Israel raid
Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera, 9 May 2023
UN World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, May 7, 2023
Jewish doctor denied payment for refusing Israel pledge
ANDREW LAPIN, JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, MAY 3, 2023
Khader Adnan’s Death
A Wake-Up Call for the World’s Conscience May 2, 2023 This morning, Palestinian leader Khader Adnan died in an Israeli dungeon after 86 days of…
Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ by Israel
“These databases and tools exclusively record the data of Palestinians” An Israeli soldier under a surveillance camera at a checkpoint in Hebron in 2021. (Hazem…
May Day Milwaukee: A Day Without Latinx and Immigrants
MONDAY, MAY 1ST IN MILWAUKEE AT 11:00 AM Background May 1st has long been recognized as a day of solidarity and action around immigrant rights.…
2023.05.25: Dr. Don Wagner on Palestinian Rights
Leopold’s Books Bar Caffe 1301 Regent Street, Madison 7 – 9 pm Join us for an intimate interview and book talk about Dr. Wagner’s latest…
2023.05.15: Mandela Nakba Day Tour
NEW: MRSCP is partnering with Building Unity on a “Care-avan” carpool to this event from Madison and Janesville; if you would like to offer a…
Friends of Hebron: New social media links
Just days ago, Israelis demolished several Palestinian shops in the old Hebron vegetable market. These are shops that were forced closed by military order for…
Rising Violence In The West Bank
A Conversation With Cassandra Dixon And Ali Awad A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, APRIL 20, 2023 WORT 89.9FM Madison · Rising Violence in the…
Sierra Club: Stop Supporting Environmental Racism
Adalah Justice Project Why are we asking you to write to the Sierra Club Board candidates? In March 2023, the Sierra Club sponsored a “nature…
A brave humanitarian: Tom Hurndall remembered 20 years on
Tom Hurndall, Youth Of Sumud Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, 11th April 2023 Tom Hurndall was 21-years-old when, twenty years ago today, he was shot…
2023.04.19-28: April Events
Monday, April 17 – Monday, April 24: UW Justice for Palestine Week Wednesday, April 19: Public Forum on F35 Jet Noise vs Children Tuesday, April…
2023.04.16, 20 & 23: Cassandra is Back from Palestine!
MRSCP member and Palestine Partners founder Cassandra Dixon is home safe and (mostly) sound from the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank after being…
Support Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
“We are staying here, herding our sheep and cultivating our land. Nothing will uproot us from our land.” —Jaber Dbabseh, Masafer Yatta Two Hundred Fifteen…
“Escalating Violence in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank”
A letter to President Biden and Secretary Blinken from Bernie Sanders, Jamaal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Summer Lee, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, Betty McCollum,…
#StopArmingIsrael
Tax Day Action Kit Invite your neighbors to question how the U.S. government uses our tax dollars to fund Israeli violence—and imagine what could happen…
URGENT! Stand with Masafer Yatta today!
MRSCP has decided to join in an emergency campaign sponsored by Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) and Stop the Wall Coalition to provide emergency shelter…
I Witnessed a Shocking Attack on Palestinian Civilians
Rula Salameh, Time, March 18, 2023
2023.03.21-04.01: March & April Events
Tuesday, March 21: No Way to Treat a Child Webinar Tuesday, March 21: Another chance to watch film Boycott online Tuesday, March 21: Ground the F35s Online…
20 years later: Remembering Rachel Corrie
WORT 89.9FM Madison 2023-03-17 WORT 89.9FM Madison · 20 years later: Remembering Rachel Corrie Twenty years ago today, on March 16, 2003, word came to…
2023.04.01: International Festival at Overture
International Festival at Overture Saturday, April 1. MRSCP will have a brand-new shipment of Hirbawi Kuffiyehs! You can browse MRSCP crafts at the Marketplace.
The Heartbreak and Defiance of Occupation
WORT 89.9FM Madison 2023-03-12 WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Heartbreak and Defiance of Occupation At a 1979 meeting of Israel’s “Ministerial Committee for Settlement Matters…
Celebrating Economic Empowerment of Palestinian Women in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance For International Women’s Day we are honored to share a video highlighting some of the incredible women MECA and our partner…
Film Boycott Now Available to Stream
Watch Trailer More information from Just Vision
D.C. Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Israeli Boycott
Court dismisses claims arising from 2013 Boycott Resolution as a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), siding with Steven Salaita and others March 2, 2023,…
Palestine in Pictures: February 2023
The Electronic Intifada, 3 March 2023
The Huwara pogroms by Israeli settlers and military
Demolition Report Good Shepherd Collective, 3 March 2023 Over $5,000,000 in reported damages after the Huwara pogroms — a collobrative night of violence organized by the…
The State Department Should Deny Smotrich Entry
Please take this action aimed at the State Department. It is outrageous (and against US law) that someone who openly advocates for the genocidal “erasing”…
2023.03.01: Yemen Day of Action: Congress Must End the Yemen War
The death toll from the war in Yemen1 has reached nearly 400,000 and, despite diplomatic progress, 2022 was one of the deadliest years since the…
The illusion of Israeli democracy has been shattered
Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, The Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2023
Rafah Home Project
Rafah Home Construction 2/27/23 Phase 1: $3,080 • Goal: $3,080 Phase 2: $3,555 • Goal: $3,555 Phase 3: $3,429 • Goal: $3,429
Global Day of Online Action #EndEthnicCleansing
Palestine is on fire. Since yesterday night, Palestinian villages of Huwara, Burin, Asira Qabliya, Beita, Beit Furiq and Za’atara in South Nablus district have been…
Stop Nora’s Eviction أوقفوا تهجير نورة
Occupied Jerusalem, 2/18/2023 On 6 February 2023, the Israeli occupation’s high court rejected a request from the Ghaith-Sub Laban family to appeal an eviction order…
