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A quick guide to Israeli public relations
“We haven’t heard reports of deaths, we’ll check into it. The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket or bomb. OK, we killed them, but they were terrorists. OK, they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields. OK, there were no fighters in the area, so it was our mistake. But we kill civilians by accident, they do it on purpose. OK, we kill far more civilians than they do, but look at how terrible other countries are! Why are you still talking about Israel? Are you some kind of antisemite?”
— Adam Johannes, Cardiff Stop the War Coalition, Aug 3, 2014
2022.10.13: Progressives Exposing Israeli Apartheid
Join AMP on Thursday, October 13th @ 5:30 PM CT for a webinar: “From Grassroots to Congress: Progressives Exposing Israeli Apartheid” During Americans for Justice…
Anti-Palestinianism makes the misuse of antisemitism possible
MONA ABUAMARA, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 20, 2022
Unilever: Stop doing business in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
SumOfUs, Sep 29, 2022
2022.10.05-09: Acclaimed Film Boycott free online
An online film salon for the acclaimed film: BOYCOTT Sunday, 9 October 2022 1pm PT, 2pm MT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET (US, Canada) Register here A…
Israeli Apartheid: A Breakdown
Israel applies an oppressive, separate, and unequal regime on Palestinians. There is only one word for this: Apartheid. Omar Baddar, Institute for Middle East Understanding…
Update: Back-To-School Backpacks For Rafah Kids
135 backpacks to Rafah by MECA on our behalf More MECA photos from Gaza The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project is partnering with the…
Urgent Call to Defend Khallet ad-Dabe’ from Destruction
Stop the Wall, 26 September 2022 A whole village with over 90 residents is at the brink of being ethnically cleansed. The Israeli Supreme…
2022.09.18: Update: On-The-Ground Jewish Solidarity with Masafer Yatta
Thanks to those who attended our webinar “On the Ground Jewish Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance in Masafer Yatta” with Peter Beinart, Awdah Hathaleen, Nur Zahor,…
#DefendMasaferYatta
USCPR, 9/19/22 Israel is carrying out the largest mass expulsion of Palestinian people from their rightful homes in 55 years. The Israeli govt is violently…
Israel rejects U.S. call for review of IDF rules of engagement in West Bank
Barak Ravid, Axios, Sep 7, 2022
2022.09.10: Lina Abu Akleh at Rebuilding Alliance Benefit
Please join us — in person or online — for a special evening. I am honored to tell you that Lina Abu Akleh, niece of…
2022.09.28-30: YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit
Madison365, Sep 1, 2022
2022.10.02: Turath Baladna: A Celebration of Palestine’s Olive Harvest
And here’s a link for donations to cover the costs of this event.
Victory for Khalil
182-day Palestinian hunger striker to be released madison4pali on Instagram Yesterday, we planned to hold a demonstration to #FreeKhalil, the 182-day Palestinian hunger-striker protesting his…
Rally for Google and Amazon workers against Israeli military
🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Next Thursday, September 8th at 5pm at the Seattle Google campus (1000 Mercer Street Google office) join us as we stand in solidarity…
Google’s anti-Palestinian worker retaliation
Huge news just broke. Today, tech worker organizer Ariel Koren, active in our #NoTechForApartheid campaign, resigned from Google. Her resignation letter cited Google’s retaliation and…
Khalil Awawdeh Announces End to Hunger Strike
The Palestinian hunger striker, whose images shocked the world amid his more than 170-day strike, has ended his strike after striking a deal to be…
Israel’s top court rejects 2nd petition to release Awawdeh
A video showing Khalil Awawdeh and the toll his detention has taken on his body was shared on Monday, where he urged the world to…
Khalil Awawdeh’s time is running out
Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 30 Aug 2022 Geneva – Palestinian administrative detainee Khalil Awawdeh is suffering from an acute case of…
Israeli occupation soldiers close the main gate of Qortoba school in Hebron
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project has helped build playgrounds for both Qortuba Elementary School and the Al Samud Shuhada Street Kindergarten Human Rights Defenders, 30th…
Photos of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike raise concerns
A protest in solidarity with Khalil Awawdeh, a Palestinian prisoner who is on hunger strike, 1 August 2022 [Mahmoud Nasser/ApaImages] Middle East Monitor, August 29,…
Giant eye murals bear witness to Palestinians in Jerusalem
Murals that are part of the public art project ‘I Witness Silwan’ depicting the eyes of local and international figures, including George Floyd, a Black…
Seesaws Allow Children To Play Across Border
A “Teeter-Totter Wall” conceived in 2009 to protest the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall has become reality in New Mexico. NBC News, Jul 30, 2019
Let’s Build A Playground in the Bordertown of Sásabe
MRSCP is passing along an unusual opportunity to help build a playground for migrant children in the Mexico-US border town of Sásabe. We have installed…
Back-To-School Backpacks
Backpacks For Rafah Kids $2,368 & 135 backpacks! 8/25/22
President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We write because your administration’s consistently tepid and…
Winning Lawsuit Against Major Israeli Newspaper
We just won a defamation case against a major Israeli newspaper! We made Israel Hayom retract its lies! This is a rare success of holding…
Mark Pocan: US should condemn this action
I’m with the nine countries in the EU on this. The US should condemn this action as well. They have not proven anything but the…
Palestinian Rights Organizations Raided & Shut Down
American Friends Service Committee, August 18, 2022 Stand with Palestinian human rights defenders Early this morning, Israeli soldiers raided the offices of Palestinian human rights…
Democracies don’t raid human rights offices
Democracies don’t raid human rights offices in the middle of the night. pic.twitter.com/kJZSVCl1Tx — IfNotNow🔥 (@IfNotNowOrg) August 18, 2022
Breaking: Six Palestinian NGOs raided & closed
Just Vision, August 18, 2022 Early this morning, Israeli army forces raided the offices of six leading Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations in…
“Cancel the F-35”: Organizations Sign Letter to President & Congress
Rep. Francesca Hong addresses concerns for the arrival of F-35 jets in Truax Field, surrounded by Eken Park Resistance members. CAMERON CIESZKI/CAP TIMES One goal…
National Nurses United condemns Gaza bombardment
National Nurses United, August 09, 2022 National Nurses United (NNU) mourns the loss of life over the weekend in the besieged Gaza Strip area of…
Israel carried out Gaza strike that killed 5 children
A Palestinian girl lays roses on the grave of one of the children of Nijim family at Al-Faluja cemetery in Jabalia in the northern Gaza…
If Not Now Says “#DropAIPAC”
Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist Republicans and spent $25 million to defeat candidates supporting Palestinian…
Pain and sorrow is an endless story for Gaza
Pain and sorrow is an endless story for Palestinians in Gaza… pic.twitter.com/A7sXc8PHxq — Sarah Hassan (@Sarah_Hassan94) August 8, 2022
Take Action Together for Gaza
Jewish Voice for Peace, August 7, 2022 Just over a year since its last horrific attack on Gaza, the Israeli government launched yet another round…
🔥 Israel is bombing Gaza
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) condemns Israel’s raids on civilian areas in Gaza City today which have killed several Palestinians already, including…
Gaza Is Palestine
As salaamu alaykum. The Gaza Is Palestine campaign, led by us and Adalah Justice Project, is an effort to build upon the historic global movement…
Senators Call for Report on Shireen Abu Akleh
“The United States must ensure an independent, credible, and transparent investigation into the shooting death of American citizen and journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.”
2022.07.07: Jewelry for Clean Water Campaign
Jewelry Sales for Clean Water is an emergency campaign by Palestine Partners to support members of the Women in Hebron cooperative in constructing a desperately…
Free Ahmad Manasra: Demand his immediate release
For the past seven years, since he was only 13, Ahmad Manasra has been imprisoned by Israel, where Israeli authorities have abused him, tortured him,…
2022.08.09: Mid-August Virtual Advocacy Summit: Accountability Matters
Dear Friend, We hope you are making plans to join us in mid-August at our virtual Advocacy Summit: Accountability Matters. This summit is in three…
‘No Tech for Israeli Apartheid’
ICYMI—Human rights activists confronted leaders at #AWSsummit to demand an end to @Amazon's surveillance empire—which enables state violence at home and abroad and powers Israeli…
ADC Welcomes Decision by Montgomery County Council
The Montgomery County Council was initially scheduled to consider a harmful and overly expansive definition of anti-Semitism on July 26. Hundreds of community members made…
2022.08.26: Madison Peace Walk: Lisa Masri on Palestine
A Madison Peace Walk on July 15. Peng Her gave a marvelous talk about Laos and the Vietnam War. Friday evening, August 26 Yahara Place…
Demolitions in Masafer Yatta
Occupation forces carried out the demolition of homes and agricultural facilities Alliance for Human Rights, Facebook, July 20, 2022 From the early morning hours occupation…
ACLU Challenges Cancellation of Palestine Mural
Sarah Wright, The San Francisco Standard, July 14, 2022 A new letter from the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California raises First Amendment concerns…
Joe Biden does Not speak for us on Palestine!
Madison activists gathered July 16 on the Campus Drive Overpass to show support for Palestine following Biden’s visit there. Biden declared himself a Zionist during…
No Path to Justice
Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass Alice Speri, The Intercept, July 13 2022 Nearly two decades before Israeli forces…
Mr. President, This is Apartheid
B’Tselem welcomes President Biden with billboard campaign B’Tselem, 13 July 2022 Israeli human rights group B’Tselem put up billboards and digital screens in the West…
Biden Affirms Support for Apartheid, Throws Palestinians Under the Bus
The US will never be on the right side of history, so long as it supports Israeli apartheid President Biden’s visit to Israel and Palestine…
Tell Secretary Mayorkas Israel is Not Eligible for the Visa Waiver Program
The United States cannot grant them a free pass Dear Friend, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) firmly stands against Israel’s entry into the…
2022.07.23: Madison-Rafah Palestinian Crafts Yard Sale
318 W. Lakeside Street Madison [map] 10 am – 3 pm Mark your calendars… MRSCP has new ceramics from Hebron and new embroideries from Atfaluna…
Updates: WORT Interview on Masafer Yatta with New Links
World View, July 10, 2022 Gil Halsted interviews Sami Huraini of the Youth of Sumud on the devastating Israeli occupation of Masafer Yatta in the…
2022.07.14: Join Roger Waters for student solidarity with Palestine
Webinar: July 14 at 2 PM CT via ZOOM Register On the eve of Roger Waters Montreal’s Bell Centre performance, the rock legend will…
No evidence from Israel that Palestinian NGOs are ‘terrorist organizations’
“In the absence of such evidence, we will continue our cooperation and strong support for the civil society in the occupied Palestinian Territories” Joint Statement…
17 years of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), July 8, 2022 Today our movement celebrates 17 years. On this anniversary of the 2005 call from the largest Palestinian…
Ben & Jerry’s sues parent company over Israeli deal
Complaint says Unilever sale of Israeli business to a local licensee to sell its ice-cream in the occupied West Bank undermines its values Ben &…
Paul Beckett, 1938 – 2022
Legacy.com MADISON – Paul Anthony Hamilton Beckett, 83, a long-time resident of Madison, WI, died Saturday, June 25, 2022, of a massive stroke. Paul, also…
Palestine Congressional Scorecard
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, July 1, 2022 Wisconsin Senators Representatives Methodology and Other States
Supreme Court Allows Teachers To Lead Students In Crusades
WASHINGTON—In a controversial 6-3 decision regarding religious freedom, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that public school teachers were allowed to lead students on Crusades to…
2022.06.30-07.03: Palestine Partners at the National Women’s Music Festival
The 46th National Women’s Music Festival June 30th – July 3rd, 2022 Marriot Madison West, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr, Middleton Thu 5 pm-9 pm,…
2022.06.28: URGENT CALL TO ACTION
FREE SAMI HURAINI, YOUTH OF SUMUD LEADER ARRESTED BY ISRAEL As Israel threatens the homes of 1,000+ Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, Israel’s occupying army is…
Montgomery Bus Boycott, December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956
Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. (Encyclopedia Britannica) The boycott was organized by local ministers, including Martin Luther King, Jr. (PBS)…
How a pro-Israel lobby spent millions to sway Democratic primaries
Dark money groups like AIPAC have spent millions of dollars on misinformation ads to take down progressive Democratic candidates. Democratic leadership has yet to condemn…
2022.06.14: No Way to Treat a Child Webinar
Please join the #nowaytotreatachild campaign co-leaders from Defense for Children International – Palestine and American Friends Service Committee for a webinar on June 14 at…
Pillsbury ends operations in an illegal Israeli settlement
Pillsbury says it is ending its operations in an illegal Israeli settlement after two years of boycotts. The boycott was supported by several members of…
Life in Ruins: Gaza One Year On
B’Tselem, 08 May 2022 For 11 days, Israel relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip, one of the most crowded places on earth, killing 232 Palestinians. Almost…
Israeli forces kill two more Palestinians, another dies of wounds
Deceased on Wednesday: Bilal Awad Kabaha and Ayman Mahmoud Mheisin. If Americans Knew, June 2, 2022 Invading Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians in 24…
If Not Now on Masafer Yatta
On Sunday, we saw Jewish supremacists march through the streets of Jerusalem, shouting racist chants like “Death to the Arabs” and “May your village burn.”…
Act Now: Israel is trying to prevent us from visiting Palestine
Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other progressives are pushing back against Israel’s new procedures Americans for Justice in Palestine Action Did you know that new Israeli…
2022.06.04: Sidewalk Sale of Olive Oil, Crafts & Jewelry!
1924 East Dayton Street, Madison (First Street between E. Washington and E. Johnson) 8:00 am – 2:00 pm Rain Date is June 11 Palestine Partners,…
2022.06.03: Rev. Mitri Raheb Speaks in Madison
Rev. Mitri Raheb from Bethlehem speaks about his new book The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire. Rev. Dr. Mitri…
Save Masafer Yatta
change.org, 5 May 2020 Update: Israel’s High Court of Justice dismissed all the petitions against the forcible transfer of up to 1,200 Palestinians in a…
Jewish mobs attack Palestinians during Jerusalem rampage
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 30 May 2022
A Word from Jeff Halper on “Jerusalem Day”
Jeff Halper, ICAHD, May 29, 2022 Today, Sunday, May 29, the Jewish state of Israel will carry out a government-sponsored pogrom on the Palestinian residents…
AIPAC is buying primary elections
Here we go again! Super PACs are trying to buy Democratic elections and taint the process with misinformation. In particular, AIPAC and its affiliates are…
American Bar Association questions Israel’s designation of six Palestinian organizations
JEFF WRIGHT, Mondoweiss, MAY 5, 2022
2022.05.20: Shireen Abu Akleh on WORT
This will never be unseen. pic.twitter.com/Gtfrjqs6Q3 — Riya Al (@RiyaAlsanah) May 13, 2022 Live Online Friday at 12 noon Later at WORT on Demand Esty…
2022.04.21: Madison-Rafah Annual Fundraising Drive: Al Samud Playground Dedication
$9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22 Fundraising for the playground is complete, and Playgrounds for Palestine has installed equipment. Al Samud Playground Installation This year we…
Justice for Shireen
@shirien_creates
