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The ruthlessness of the attack on Deir Yassin drove fear and panic into the Palestinian population, and led to the flight of unarmed civilians from their homes all over the country. ― Occupation 101, 2006
October 26, 2023
Palestine on WORT Radio8 – 9 am (8:15 interview start) Tune in to the Eight O’Clock Buzz on WORT when host Tony Castaneda interviews MRSCP members Samir El-Omari and Cassandra Dixon about the situation right now in Gaza and the West Bank. 89.9 FM or listen live here. Show will also be archived later.
Stop the Airwar on Gaza
Carlos Latuff (Brazil) The missile targeting the baby carriage suggests the depersonalized warfare on innocents practiced by the Israeli Air Force. Latuff, a political cartoonist, created the poster in response to Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2009.
Writing while expecting to die
“Can you kindly publish the attached stories if I die?” This is what we have been hearing from the young writers we work with from Gaza in the We Are Not Numbers project. CATHERINE BAKER AND ALICE ROTHCHILD, MONDOWEISS,OCTOBER 22, 2023 Share on Facebook | Share on Twitter Gaza-based participants in the 18th…
Israel says it has refused visa to UN official to ‘teach them a lesson’
Israel says it has refused a visa to UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths as a result of comments at the UN by secretary-general António Guterres. The Guardian, October 25, 2023 Israeli media reports that Israel’s ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said on army radio: Due to his remarks we will refuse to issue…
Israel stopped visas for UN human rights workers 3 years ago
OHCHR foreign employees left in limbo amid Israeli crackdown on rights monitors The UN’s OHCHR writes regular reports highlighting alleged Israeli rights abuses in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the besieged Gaza Strip (Reuters/File) Joe Dyke, Middle East Eye, 15 October 2020 Israel has stopped granting any visas to employees…
Israel demands UN chief resign after he says Hamas attacks ‘did not occur in vacuum’
Israeli envoy slams remarks from Guterres at Security Council as justification for terror, as FM cancels meeting with him; Gantz calls him a ‘terror apologist’ Times of Israel and AFP, October 24, 2023 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, October 24, 2023. (Seth Wenig/AP) Israeli…
Photo Essay: Milwaukee Marches for Justice in Palestine
Wisconsin Muslim Journal | Oct 24, 2023 Photos by Kamal Shkoukani Thousands marched in solidarity for Palestinian freedom in downtown Milwaukee, demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza. The newly formed Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP) marched in protest on Sunday Oct 22 demanding peace and justice regarding Israel’s war on Gaza…
Gaza Diaries: Who can live like this? Wafaa’s updates by phone
Oct 24, 2023 | BY: Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch One of the bakeries that was bombed in Nuseirat Refugee Camp Due to the lack of electricity & internet, MECA staff member Wafaa El-Derawi is not able to write regular blogs from Gaza. Instead we share this update written after a phone call with Wafaa sharing…
The West’s refusal to call for a ceasefire is a green light to Israel’s ethnic cleansing
Western states have provided cover for Israel’s lawless extremism and possible end goal of massive dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people Richard Falk, Middle East Eye, 24 October 2023 A child injured in Israeli attacks is taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on 23 October 2023 (Reuters) In the…
Wisconsin Democrats’ silence on Gaza is predictable and unconscionable
SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, OCTOBER 18, 2023 After condemning the killing of Israeli civilians, Tammy Baldwin and others fail to oppose atrocities against Palestinians. If you’re looking for Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation or other key elected officials to show any sense of perspective and conscience amid the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestine conflict—to match their rightful…
Gaza Protest Vigil
Monroe St & West Lawn Ave, October 23, 2023
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 17
Deadliest round of Israeli bombardment kills 400 people in a single night In the deadliest night of bombardment since the beginning of the war, Israel kills 400 people in a single night as hospitals reach breaking point amid shortages of fuel and medicine. Popular calls for ceasefire continue to be ignored internationally. BY LEILA…
Worldwide Demonstrations for Palestine
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Statements from WNPJ groups on Palestine/Israel/Hamas
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, October 22, 2023 Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City Oct. 9, 2023. (WAFA | Wikimedia | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0) Veterans For Peace Statement on Hamas-Israel https://www.veteransforpeace.org/ “Our hearts are with all of the victims and their families, and…
New York: more than 100 arrested after Israel-Hamas war protest blocks traffic
Arrests are the latest this week after mass protests across the country, including at the US Capitol and the White House A crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators protested in Midtown Manhattan on Friday, similar to these demonstrators in Queens, New York City, on Wednesday. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Lauren Aratani, The Guardian, 21 Oct…
About 100,000 turn out in London for pro-Palestine rally
Protesters voice support for Palestinians and demand end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza Rachel Hall, The Guardian, Sat 21 Oct 2023 About 100,000 demonstrators turned out in central London to show their support for Palestine and demand an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. The march in Marble Arch in central London followed the…
Unconditional humanitarian aid must enter immediately
In sufficient quantity, and distributed equitably to all civilians across Gaza Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, 21 October 2023 Open letter from Palestinian civil society organizations ahead of the Cairo Peace Summit: Unconditional humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter immediately, in sufficient quantity, and be distributed equitably to all civilians across…
‘A double standard’: mainstream media’s coverage
Historian Zachary Foster on mainstream media’s coverage of Israel-Palestine Middle East Eye, YouTube, Oct 21, 2023 More videos from Middle East Eye
Heather Cox Richardson on Gaza Developments
Letters from an American October 21, 2023 HEATHER COX RICHARDSON OCT 22, 2023 Today, a convoy of 20 trucks crossed into Gaza from Egypt to bring food, water, and hospital equipment. Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked “our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these…
Update: October 26, 2023
Madison World Beyond War VigilSchenk’s Corners Atwood and Winnebago, Madison 5:00 -6:00 pm Madison for World Beyond War continues the vigils against the violence in Gaza. Of the US government, we demand an immediate stop to the transfers of weapons and military support to the Israeli government. Equally, we demand an immediate and unlimited delivery of humanitarian aid into…
October 24, 2023
Lecture on the History of Israel and GazaProfessor Alatout is on the faculty of the UW-Madison Department of Community & Environmental Sociology. His work is in international water policy, development, environment, and sustainability, and social theories of power and borders.
October 23, 2023
Gaza Protest Vigil near Trader Joe’sMadison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners and Madison Jewish Voice for Peace invite you to join us at a protest vigil for Gaza in the plaza just east of Trader Joe’s. Bring your flags, banners, signs and kuffiyehs as we keep Gaza in the eyes of the American public and put pressure on our government…
October 22, 2023
Palestine Speaks WebinarJoin us this Sunday for the second webinar of Palestine Speaks, an emergency webinar series giving people around the world a forum to hear directly from Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank about the ways their communities are being impacted by the events of this last week and about the escalating violence they are…
“We Had Dreams” by Visualizing Palestine
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Scholar Warns Biden’s “Israel-First Approach” Will Have Lasting Consequences
It’s as if his lines are scripted by the Israeli Defense Ministry, says Palestinian American historian Rashid Khalidi. Amy Goodman, DEMOCRACY NOW! October 18, 2023 President Biden is in Israel to show more support for its relentless assault on the Gaza Strip, which has reduced much of the territory to rubble, killed at least 3,300…
Foregrounding the political and decolonization after October 7
October 7 reminds us that resistance to settler colonialism is ever-present. The only way forward is decolonization, and that requires a political solution. JEFF HALPER, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 20, 2023 PALESTINIANS TAKE CONTROL OF AN ISRAELI TANK AFTER CROSSING THE BORDER FENCE WITH ISRAEL FROM KHAN YUNIS IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP ON OCTOBER 7,…
Podcast with Jeff Halper & Huwaida Arraf censored
J.G. Michael, Producer and Host of Parallax Views, reports that his recent podcast with Jeff & Huwaida has been flagged as “spam” and “hatespeech” on FaceBook. Michael says, “Both of you called for a one, democratic state solution. Nothing hateful. Neither of you made for expulsion of Jewish people from that land, but rather a call…
Rafah crossing opens to 20 aid trucks amid Israeli siege
A small convoy enters the Gaza Strip from Egypt carrying desperately needed medicine and food supplies. Video: Trucks carrying aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt Al Jazeera, 21 Oct 2023 The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza has opened to let a small amount of desperately needed aid flow…
‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’
Settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Ein Rashash, The Guardian, 21 Oct 2023 Sliman al-Zawahri, 52, prays in the empty village of Ein Rashash in Area C of the West Bank. (Photograph: Quique…
Gaza Warning on Schools from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)
A leaflet lies on the ground dropped by Israeli army planes above Gaza City, asking them to flee to the south of the Strip immediately, on October 13. (Mohammed Talatene/picture-alliance/dpa/AP) A Cairo physician source says this Israeli warning was received by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza: WARNING FROM THE IDF: Residents of…
Palestine Red Crescent Society Urgent Appeal for Al-Quds Hospital
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New Wisconsin coalition of pro-Palestinian groups responds to Israel-Hamas war
THE MORNING SHOW Thursday, October 19, 2023, 8:00am By Joel Patenaude On Oct. 7, Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 people inside Israel and took hostages. Since then, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed more than 2,700 people. We’re joined by two members of a Wisconsin coalition of Jews and Muslims calling for peace and…
Madison women concerned for friends living in the West Bank
Cody Taylor, Spectrum News, Oct. 20, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Cassandra Dixon is a Madison resident who has been traveling to the Palestine territories for over a decade. What You Need To Know If you are interested in buying embroidery to support the Women of Hebron, visit: Palestinepartners.org You can also get involved by adopting an…
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October 21, 2023
Film Israelism OnlineRochester Witness Palestine Film Festival Israelism (2023) Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 3:00 pm ET/2:00 CT Online only REGISTER Co-writers/directors: Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen Run Time: 1:34 Language: English Style: documentary Year: 2023 Awards: Best Documentary, Arizona International Film Festival 2023 Documentary Audience Award Winner, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2023 Projection medium:…
Gaza Is a Prison Under Siege. This Is My Letter to the World Outside.
Ahmed Abu Artema, a founder of the Great March of Return, on facing Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. Ahmed Abu Artema, Truthout, October 15, 2023 A Palestinian man carrying a child runs following an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 14, 2023. (YASSER QUDIH / AFP via Getty Images)…
Updates from al Khalil/Hebron
CPT Palestine, October 19, 2023 Since 7 October, our lives have been profoundly disrupted—our daily routines upended, and our sense of safety shattered. We find ourselves constantly glued to the news, desperately searching for any glimmer of hope amidst the turmoil. Due to Meta’s collaboration with our adversaries in monitoring, censoring, and limiting Palestinian content,…
October 20, 2023
Palestine Protest at Wisconsin State CapitolThe Madison Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is sponsoring another rally in support of Palestine at 5 pm on Friday, Oct. 20 at the capitol in Madison. Here is the instagram link. Bring signs, flags and kuffiyehs. And please spread the word to everyone you know. We will be there, so come…
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 the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights’s (USCPR) upcoming conference. The cancellation was made with very little notice or advanced warning. Our experience is not an isolated incident. Across the country…
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 thousands of civilians. We know many of our donors care deeply about this issue, and we want you to know that we stand against the ethnic cleansing that has been…
Jewish extremists plan to “lynch” Palestinians in chat apps
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 18 October 2023
October 20, 2023
Mobilize to Demand a Ceasefire Now in GazaJoin us on October 20th in Washington D.C. to march, mourn, and mobilize to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. We are everyday people of conscience, uniting across faith, race, and generations to tell President Biden and Congress that they have a choice to make: either uphold the value of all human life by working to…
October 18, 2023
World Beyond War DemonstrationToday, 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 a presence against the tragedy in Gaza. We’ll have some signs. If likewise moved, please join us. We may do more vigils this week. Drop us a line if…
The facts of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital Bombing
A critical update: Al Ahli Hospital received Israeli orders to evacuate before it was struck on October 17. Al Ahli Hospital had been hit previously by an Israeli missile on October 14. Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, October 18, 2023 Standing in the middle of a pile of Palestinian bodies, the Ministry of…
‘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 coming Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Middle East Eye, 18 October 2023 A view of belongings near Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after it was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on 18 October 2023…
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 in Gaza. Over 1,000 Palestinians have already been reported as killed, and hundreds more have been injured. Hospitals in Gaza have already struggled with lack of medicine, medical equipment and…
Hamas Health Ministry Reports 500 Killed in al-Ahli Hospital Strike
Palestinians evacuate wounded from a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp in Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB, RAVI NESSMAN AND MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press, October 17, 2023 KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A senior Palestinian official says President Mahmoud Abbas has canceled…
