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I’m not even asking [Israel] to allow full, equal citizenship to Arab Israelis, since that would require Israel no longer being a Jewish state. — Peter Beinart, Jewish American professor of journalism and political science, 2010.
Since 2020 Beinart has supported a single Israeli state with equal rights for Palestinians and the right to return for Palestinian refugees. Change is happening.
2 Million Palestinians Denied due to Closure of Gaza Border Crossing
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, June 19, 2017
Bernie Sanders: 50 years of occupation must end
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz, June 05, 2017 Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the U.S. presidency may be history, but the progressive politician is still making…
BREAKING: Trump Signs Waiver, But Senate Wants Embassy in Jerusalem
Josh Ruebner, U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 1 June 2017 Breaking news: Donald Trump has backed off one of his major campaign pledges and signed…
Tell Radiohead: “You Don’t Belong” in Apartheid Israel
Stand up for Palestinian rights and cancel your concert in Tel Aviv The British rock group Radiohead is planning to entertain Israeli apartheid with…
2017.05.26-06.25: Sponsor an Orphan this Ramadan
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund This Ramadan, Give Hope to Orphans in Gaza Make a difference during the month of Ramadan by supporting the PCRF’s Gaza…
2017.05.26-06.25: Feed Families in Gaza This Ramadan
From our friend Anees in Rafah: Donate to send food packages to needy families. The project has raised more than half of its $5,000 goal;…
2017.05.21: Clearing Misconceptions about Islam
Sunday, May 21 Madison Marriot West 1313 John Q. Hammons Drive, Middleton WI 2:00-5:00 pm Cost: Free Contact: Masood Akhtar, 608-332-0189 For more info see:…
Israeli police kill 16-year old Palestinian girl in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) News, May 8, 2017
Israeli Soldiers Execute Palestinian Girl in Occupied Jerusalem
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), May 8, 2017
MRSCP Supports the UW Associated Students of Madison
MRSCP asks you to contact University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Vice Provost Patrick Sims in support of the recent resolution by the Associated…
Is It True That Not a Single Senator – Including Progressive Dems – Cares About Palestine?
The pro-Israel letter 100 U.S. senators sent to the U.N. fails to mention Israel's illegal occupation or settlements Ben Norton & Adam Johnson, AlterNet, May…
2017.06.02-03: Havens Center FORWARD 2017: Where Do We Go from Here?
Understanding the Current Crisis & Building Social Justice in the Midwest FORWARD is an annual gathering of community activists, students, and educators committed to social…
2017.05.06: Amy Goodman Talk and Book Signing
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Madison College – Downtown 211 N Carroll St, Room 240 The Madison College Journalism Program, WORT-FM Community Radio, and The…
2017.05.06: WNPJ’s Spring Assembly – La Farge
9 AM – 4:30 PM Kickapoo Valley Reserve 3661 State Hwy 131 La Farge, WI 54639 Join the CONVERSATION Build COMMUNITY Take ACTION Join the…
2017.05.04: Film “Tickling Giants”
Free speech is not settled law, and democracy is not easily won Elvehjem Building L150 455 N Park St University of Wisconsin-Madison 6:00 PM –…
ASM unanimously approves contentious divestment proposal to mixed reactions from campus
Peyton David, The Badger Herald, Apr 27, 2017
Leaked report highlights Israel lobby’s failures
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 28 April 2017
2017.04.21-24 Update: Juan Cole Programs
April 21, 2017 WORT 89.9 FM A Public Affair: Juan Cole On The Middle East 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Listen to the program Professor…
2017.04.26: Film Benefit for Open Doors for Refugees
Barrymore Theater Atwood Avenue, Madison 7:00 pm [Map] Discussion following the film Open Doors For Refugees presents Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature FIRE…
2017.04.22: Peace Contingent in the Madison Climate March
Saturday, April 22 1 pm Lisa Link Peace Park, 452 State St, Madison 2 pm State Capitol Building Join the Peace Contingent in the Madison…
Update: Feds Drop Charges against AMP staffers
American Muslims for Palestine, April 22, 2017 (WASHINGTON DC 04.21.2017) — The federal government has dropped the charges against AMP staffers Taher Herzallah and Kareem…
2017.04.27: One Book, Many Communities: “Returning to Haifa”
Thursday, April 27 Alicia Ashman Library [Map] 733 N. High Point Road, Madison 7:00 – 9:00 pm “Returning to Haifa” by Ghassan Kanafani (in the…
Israel sunk in ‘incremental tyranny’, say former Shin Bet chiefs
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017
Palestinian teen killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
Al Jazeera, 22 March 2017
Free Issa Amro
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, call on you to strongly oppose David Friedman’s nomination as US Ambassador to Israel. Dear United Nations Secretary General…
UN official resigns after pressure to withdraw Israel apartheid report
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 17 March 2017
Israel lashes out at Palestine activists
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 15 March 2017
Unlearning apartheid apologism: A Jewish response to Israeli Apartheid Week
Stop conflating anti-Zionism and criticism of the State of Israel with anti-Semitism Rya Inman / Spectator Sophie Edelhart, Eliza Moss-Horwitz, Jack Snyder, Columbia Daily Spectator,…
Activists pull out of Chicago LGBTQ conference over Israel pinkwashing
Jimmy Johnson, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 22 January 2016
Banksy Customizes A West Bank Hotel, Offering Rooms With A View Of The Wall
Bill Chappell, NPR, March 3, 2017 A doorman stands at the entrance of The Walled Off Hotel in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Friday.…
Banksy’s Murals Turn Up In The Gaza Strip
Krishnadev Calamur, NPR, February 26, 2015
2017.03.13: The impact of UN recognition on Palestinian public opinion
206 Ingraham Hall UW-Madison [Map] 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. UW Middle East Studies Program presents Nadav Shelef (Professor, department of Political Science, UW-Madison) speaking on…
In Their Own Words: Palestinians Champion BDS
Facebook: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement Please like, watch and share this video — made in Palestine. Help us get it seen. It’s called…
Bernie Sanders: On Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Palestinians
Bernie Sanders, Common Dreams, February 28, 2017 Speech to this year’s J Street conference Thank you for inviting me to address you here today. It’s…
Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help
Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright) Please Support the Samira Project for Traumatized Children The Gaza…
Film: Gaza in Context
Arab Studies Institute, Feb 22, 2017
Mideast Can’t Even Agree on What ‘One-State Solution’ Means
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint news conference at the White House last Wednesday (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, The Associated…
Israeli forces raid At Tuwani after women and children’s nonviolent action
Operation Dove, February 12, 2017 More information on Operation Dove This Saturday morning residents of the Palestinian village of At Tuwani were grazing sheep and…
Michael Bennett boycotts trip, says he won’t be used by Israel
Steve Almasy, CNN, February 12, 2017
2 Palestinians killed, 5 injured in reported airstrike on southern Gaza tunnel
Ma’an News Agency, Feb. 9, 2017 GAZA (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were killed and five were injured during a reported airstrike on a smuggling tunnel…
2017.03.15: Film Occupation of the American Mind
Occupation of the American Mind (2016) Marquee Theater Union South, UW-Madison 7:00 pm Doors open 30 minutes before showtime and will be seated on a…
2017.02.25: International Festival
Overture Center State Street, Madison 10 am – 5 pm Take a trip around the world in a day! Experience all the cultures that Madison…
2017.02.23: UW Debka Lessons Night 1
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine Thursday, February 23 at 7 PM – 8 PM Location to be announced Have you been interested in learning…
WKOW 27: Locals React to Trump and Netanyahu News Conference
Hunter Saenz, WKOW.com, February 15, 2017 11:55 PM MADISON (WKOW) — For decades, both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the U.S. have tried forming…
Israel passed a controversial law about settlements. Where did its parliament get the support?
Devorah Manekin and Guy Grossman, The Washington Post, February 13, 2017 An Israeli soldier stands guard in a monitoring cabin in the Israeli settlement of…
Israel Bulldozes Democracy
AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the destruction of houses by Israeli authorities on January 18, 2017…
2017.02.11: Madison Resistance March
Madison Resistance March on Facebook Channel3000.com Madison-Rafah Sister City Project The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project will be participating as a “Palestine Solidarity contingent” at the…
White House warns Israel on settlements
Jordan Fabian, The Hill, 02/02/17
2017.01.29: Winning — Small Town
From the Isthmus Madison Matrix for Feb. 2, 2017: “More than 2,500 people pack into Monona Terrace for a community forum on protecting immigrant rights…
David Friedman Is Unfit to Be Ambassador to Israel
Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days in office have resulted in a whirlwind of policies that…
A Dangerous Road to Education
Dear Friends, It is absolutely bizarre to be watching Trump’s policies of hatred unfold from inside Palestine — here where ANY traveler or foreigner finds…
Open Doors for Refugees Response to Trump’s Ban
Today President Trump signed an executive order banning all refugees from entering the U.S. for the next four months, prohibiting all people from seven Muslim-majority…
2017.02.07: Trump’s Policy on Palestine and the Middle East
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12-1 pm CST As we begin 2017 with a new presidential administration, so we begin a critical year of major…
2017.02.06: Fighting Islamophobia
A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities Institute for Discovery, DeLuca Forum University of Wisconsin – Madison…
2017.01.27: “No Child Behind Bars” speakers on WORT
A Public Affair 12:00 – 1:00 PM No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the U.S. to Palestine national tour speakers will be interviewed live…
Palestinians protest moving US embassy to Jerusalem
Israeli forces suppress weekly marches in Bilin, Kafr Qaddum Ma’an News Agency, January 21, 2017 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Israeli forces Friday suppressed weekly marches held…
Violence: the language of a Jewish state
Jonathan Cook Blog, January 19, 2017
Open Doors for Refugees Donations
Donations of Furniture and Household Items: Open Doors has stocked and set up apartments for three refugee families in the last three weeks. In the…
Delegation on Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAY 2017 DELEGATION! May 13 – 26, 2017 Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners Interfaith Peace-Builders Co-Sponsored by Defense for Children International…
Life of a child in occupied Palestine
Images From Palestine, March 2, 2016
Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy on Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution
Democracy Now!, December 30, 2016
Will Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?
David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016
Kerry harshly condemns Israeli settler activity as an obstacle to peace
Carol Morello, The Washington Post, December 28, 2016 Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday offered a harsh and detailed assessment of Israeli settlements…
How Israel Misuses the Bible
Daniel C. Maguire, Consortiumnews.com, December 27, 2016
Israel rejects ‘shameful’ UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 24 December 2016
What the UN Security Council resolution means for the US and Israel
Oren Liebermann, CNN, December 26, 2016
2017.01.28 Update: Freeze for Peace Run and Walk!
Links for RegistrationOnline: freezeforpeace.itsyourrace.comMail-in Form: colombiasupport.net Mark your calendars for something different: the Freeze for Peace Run sponsored by Colombia Support Network with support from…
Open Doors for Refugees — Madison
Here is the latest update from Open Doors for Refugees about the expected Syrian refugees coming to Madison. Open Doors is looking for furniture, household…
