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Israel is not the only democracy in the Middle East. In fact, itโs not a democracy at all. โ Ilan Pappรฉ, 2017
11 am Central Palestinian Prisoners Day is April 17 and this monthโs No Way to Treat a Child webinar will discuss the current and historical…
Celebrate Palestinian Heritage and Culture with Sister Cities International 11 am Central Join Webinar
Helen C. White Library, Room 4281 6-7:30 pm UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine presents the documentary film “Jenin Jenin” about Israel’s massive 2002 assault…
It is impossible to remain indifferent in the face of the horrific images from the city of Bucha near Kiev, from after the Russian army…
On Thursday Mar 31, 2022 a large Israeli force entered the tiny village of A Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. They were confiscating a…
As Americans Muslims for Palestine commemorates Land Day on March 30th, we concurrently remember the brave and resilient people of Gazaโs Great March of Return,…
Alon-Lee Green with Hadash MKs Dov Khenin and Ayman Odeh on October 9, 2015 “Jews and Arabs stand together against the escalation, together for peace.”…
8:30 pm Central Online Hosted by Defense for Children International-Palestine; Amnesty International; Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East/Okanagan. An online screening of…
Palestinian Feminist Collective Online Monday, March 28th at 4PM Pacific, 6PM Central and 7PM Eastern This event features PFC members Lila Sharif, Ayah Hamdan, Sherene…
March 19, 2022 International Festival OVERTURE HALL LOBBY 10AM โ 5 PM Admission Free Please note, we will be limiting capacity of the building. Everyone…
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, MARCH 16, 2022
Yesterday @latimes reported that @Google is punishing a worker who doesn't want her labor to power Israeli apartheid & violence against Palestinians. Let's show up…
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Webinar March 26th at 9AM CDT / 5PM Palestine Daylight Time Join us for the 2022 Global Rally Against Israeli…
The rightful outpouring of support for Ukraine teaches us that the West can condemn occupation when it wants to Civilians are seen at the train…
Cat Knarr, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 10 Mar 2022 WASHINGTON, DC, March 10, 2022โHouse Democratic leadership is so committed to undermining the grassroots call…
Amer Zahr, YouTube, 8 March 2022 Amer Zahr is a Palestinian Arab American comedian, speaker, writer, academic, and adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy…
WORT 89.9FM Madison ยท Buzz – 3-16-22 – Attala Madison Rafah Sister City Project, WORT 89.9 FM, March 16, 2022 “Holding Israel Accountable” is the…
Critics say the endorsements endanger its declared bipartisanship and increase its association with the Republican Party. AIPAC’s reply: “We are a single-issue organization focused on…
Register in advance for this webinar March 16, 2022, 7 pm CT/5 pm PT Join the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice and Madison-Rafah…
Peter Beinart, The Guardian, 10 Mar 2022
Al-Haq, 22 Feb 2022
Judge issues an arrest warrant against Israeli anti-Apartheid activist Neta Golan For Immediate Release For more information : pressinquiriesantiapartheid@gmail.com, +972-(0)54-2340749 21.2.2022, Ashdod, Israel/Palestine. An arrest…
While the world is focused on the war in Ukraine, another vicious and devastating war grinds on with no end in sight in Yemen, creating…
Human Rights Defenders ุชุฌู ุน ุงูู ุฏุงูุนูู ุนู ุญููู ุงูุงูุณุงู, February 25, 2022 Hebron, Palestine — The Israeli occupation army brutally suppresses the peaceful demonstration of the…
#DefundRacism | defundracism.org On February 25 Palestinians in Hebron will be mobilizing in protest as we commemorate the 28th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre,…
10 am – 5 pm FREE Come celebrate the rich cultural heritage and diversity of our community as International Festival returns live to Overture Center!…
On the 19th anniversary of the killing of American peace activist Rachel Corrie by Israeli soldiers in Rafah, MRSCP will again join with the Rachel…
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Students for Justice in Palestine – UW Madison Memorial Union 5 pm More information
Our collective advocacy is working On February 1st, we reached out to you about an anti-BDS bill in Virginia, HB1161 Virginia Public Procurement Act; required…
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Raise your voice to tell Congress to vote NO to stop normalizing ethnic cleansing! The Israeli government, funded by our…
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Amnesty International, 1 February 2022
If Americans Knew, YouTube, Feb 28, 2017
If Americans Knew, YouTube, Oct 6, 2021
Breaking the Silence, January 27, 2022
Ali Velshi, MSNBC, Jan. 22, 2022
Omar Abdalmajeed Asโadโs death after being detained during a raid on an occupied West Bank village is a tragedy that demands answers. We need an…
Details of an army investigation obtained by Israeli media indicate troops didnโt seek aid for the unresponsive detainee, but none are likely to be prosecuted.…
JAMES NORTH AND PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 30, 2021
An Israeli soldier seen during an army raid on the Palestinian village of Burqa in the West Bank next to a spray-painted symbol of The…
Middle East Eye, 21 January 2022
Since 1948, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has been planting trees to displace Palestinians from their lands. They are currently carrying out an afforestation project…
Palestinian Administrative Detainees Declare Boycott of Israeli Military Courts Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, January 20, 2022 Palestinian Administrative Detainees Letter [English].pdf In…
Visualizing Palestine, 1/19/22 Systems of colonialism & militarism destroy both human rights + the environment. This series depicts the intersection between the Palestinian human rights…
Palestine Solidarity Campaign, January 19, 2022 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm GMT At 3am last night, Israeli security forces raided the Salhiya family house in…
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, January 19, 2022
7amleh monitored the hate speech and incitement against Palestinians and Arabs in Hebrew on the Internet during 2021. The results revealed an increase in hate…
MRSCP Statement on the Death of Omar Abdulmajeed As’ad in Israeli custody The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project is deeply saddened and outraged by the death…
Dear Friends– Happy Martin Luther King Day! I hope it finds you well. This week, on Friday, Just World Ed will be launching our new…
Shatha Hammad, Middle East Eye,17 January 2022
Dispossession, Settler Violence, & Resistance in Masafer Yatta Occupied Thoughts, Foundation for Middle East Peace, 1/12/2022 In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP’s Sarah Anne Minkin…
Al Fakheit is one of 12 villages located in the Masafer Yatta area that Israel claims as Firing Zone 918. The Palestinians living in these…
His family wants an investigation Mourners carry the body of Omar Assad during his funeral in the West Bank village of Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah,…
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | January 13, 2022 – The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) extends its deepest condolences to the family of Arab-American Omar…
Shatha Hammad, Middle East Eye, 12 January 2022
Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022
Jewish Voice for Peace, January 4, 2022 We are overjoyed that he will return to his family and moved by his courage and perseverance in…
Ref: 61/2021 Date: 30 December 2021 Due to the serious deterioration in the health condition of administrative detainee, Hisham Abu Hawash, the Palestinian Center for…
Health of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash deteriorates as he enters 135th day of hunger strike. Abu Hawash is protesting his indefinite incarceration without trial…
American Muslims for Palestine honors the legacy of a moral giant, an icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He left…
Online Hub Provides Information and Calls to Action Aimed at Reversing Ban on Six Palestinian NGOs 14 December 2021, Ramallah – The Palestinian civil society…
Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, December 9, 2021
Screening & discussion Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 1:00 PM CST With severe medicine shortages and an overstretched health care system in Gaza, children in need…
Erum Salam, The Guardian, 7 Dec 2021
Season of picking green peas in the eastern areas of the city of Rafah in #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/t8F8O1Izw2 — The Inside- Palestine (@TInsidePal) December 6, 2021
Mission: Hebron by Israeli filmmaker Rona Segal was published recently in the opinion section of the New York Times website, and can be watched there…
Middle East Eye, 4 October 2021
Beginning 32:37 Gil Halstead interviews Samir El-Omari about our new campaign for the Al Samud playground at a Hebron kindergarten.
12 Noon Central Time Join Christian Peacemaker Teams-Palestine and the Good Shepherd Collective for a conversation on international structures and funding sources that perpetuate racism…
UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People It’s Background and Enduring Importance WORT Access Hour 8-9 pm, 89.9 FM or listen live online…
10 am Central Time If Not Now and the Palestine Institute of Public Diplomacy (PIPD) present an hour long virtual tour of Palestinian neighborhoods and…
Nov. 29th is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People! 1. Display Palestinian flag at home &/or at work!2. Take a pic of you…
Miss Universe Greece is not the only contestant who will be a no-show at the pageant which takes place in Eilat, Israel on 12 December.…
November 22, 2021 I’m writing to share some news: a few hours ago, The New York Times published an important op-ed by Alan Leveritt, a…
Black and Palestinian Perspectives on the Power of Education and Action via Zoom Who: Dr. Ronda Taylor Bullock, Co-Founder and Executive Director of we are…
Revised MRSCP Statement on #StandWithThe6
Codepink Petition Pop star Justin Bieber is scheduled to perform in Israel on October 13, 2022. Sign the petition to him asking him to heed…
Eli Clifton, RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT, NOVEMBER 8, 2021