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Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 4 NO. 8 : MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2025
Israeli bulldozer running over unexploded ordnance, not Hamas
Ryan Grim, @ryangrim, Oct 19, 2025
Israel Launches Wave of Heavy Airstrikes Across Gaza, Killing at Least 45
Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com, October 19, 2025
Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, October 15, 2025
Israel extends detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya for six months without charges or trial
The Cradle, Oct 16, 2025
A WI bill aims to stop antisemitism. It outlaws valid criticism of Israel instead.
Annie Kraus, Sandy Pasch and Rachel Buff, Special to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct 16, 2025
2025.10.30: National Teach-In on Opposing War with Iran
Online, 7:30 PM CT
2025.10.20-23: Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice Fall Assembly
Online, 6:30 – 7:30 pm daily
2025.10.19: “Severed” – Film and Discussion
Online, 12-1 PM CT
Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
CHRIS HEDGES, OCT 10, 2025
Ilan Pappé: Palestinians Still Face “Elimination, Genocide”
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 13, 2025
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Deal Absent Meaningful UN Action to Halt Israel’s Genocide
NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES, Common Dreams, Oct 09, 2025
What we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 9, 2025
Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home
Owen Jones, The Guardian, 14 Oct 2025
Gaza war in maps and satellite images
Visual Journalism team, BBC News, 13 October 2025
Israel wants to hire Chris Pratt and Steph Curry
NICK CLEVELAND-STOUT, Responsible Statecraft, OCT 07, 2025
VIDEO: Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 13, 2025
The Jewish People After Gaza
AVRUM BURG, OCT 12, 2025
Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and Sewage Treatment Plant after Ceasefire
YOUNIS TIRAWI AND YANIV COGAN, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 12, 2025
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 11, 2025
2025.11.14: Sim Kern & Hannah Moushabeck in Madison!
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, 7 pm, RSVP
Two Years of Genocidal War & Gaza Still Bleeds
Palestinian Health Information Center (PHIC), 7 October 2025
Thoughts On The Ceasefire News
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, OCT 09, 2025
With a Ceasefire Struck, Gazans Ask ‘Who Will Be in Charge’
Mouin Rabbani, Ethan Bronner, Fadwa Hodali, Krishna Karra, Tom Fevrier and Dina Esfandiary, Bloomberg Politics, Oct 10, 2025
Netanyahu is preparing a way out
Elijah J Magnier, Oct 09, 2025
2025.11.13: An Evening for Palestine – Lights Up Vigil
S Blair & Willy St, 3:30-5:30 pm
2025.11.13: An Evening for Palestine – Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band Benefit
Cardinal Bar, 418 E Wilson, 5:30-7:30 pm for Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
2025.10.15: Understanding Palestine & Israel with Phyllis Bennis
Online, 12 PM CT
Key Points and Prospects of the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
MOUIN RABBANI, OCT 09, 2025
1st Phase of Gaza Peace Deal Reached
Barak Ravid & Dave Lawler, Axios, Oct 8, 2025
Two Years After October 7: Israel’s War, Gaza’s Ashes, and the Collapse of Moral Authority
Elijah J Magnier, Asia Pacific Report, Oct 9, 2025
2025.10.07: Vigil for Gaza
UW-Madison Library Mall, 6:30 pm
2025.10.08: Webinar – Genocide Resistance Grows
Online, 9 AM CT
2025.10.08: Hands Off Chicago Protest in Madison
Capitol Square at King St, 5:30 pm
2025.10.08 Update: Parents Bearing Witness to Israel’s Crimes
ISM Community Center, 815 W Layton Ave, Milwaukee, 7 pm
2025.10.09: Meet & Greet with Baz Sundark, Artist of “Lands of Palestine”
Java Cat, 4221 Lien Road, 5-6:30 pm
2025.10.11: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
2025.10.03-13: Baz Sundark “Lands of Palestine” Art Show & Auction
Benefiting Masafer Yatta
2025.10.14: Mennonite Action Training – To Build Our Courage
Madison Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison, 5:45 PM
2025.10.16: Palestine Partners at the Madison Night Market
403 State Street, 5-9 pm
2025.10.18: Another Craft & Yard Sale for Palestine Aid
1 Judy Circle & Barby Lane, Madison, 8 am – 4 pm
These Horrific Numbers Show the Scale of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Two Years On
TEAM ZETEO, OCT 8, 2025
25.10.18: Second No Kings Day in Madison
McPike Park (12-2 pm) to State Capitol at King St Rally (3-5 pm)
2025.10.22 Update: Public Hearing on Assembly Bill 446 on a Definition of Antisemitism
State Capitol, Room 417 North (GAR Hall), 9 am
2025.10.27: Children’s International Story Hour – “Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine”
Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Israel’s Reel Extremism
TEAM ZETEO, OCT 5, 2025
Hamas’s Strategic Gamble
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 05, 2025
Over 38,000 Israeli violations in West Bank since October 7, 2023
Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA), 05 October 2025
Judeo-Christian, Jewish-Democratic, No such things
AVRUM BURG, OCT 05, 2025
Gaza Ceasefire Oct 8, 2025
Article views are those of the authors and not necessarily MRSCP
Hamas Responds to Trump
MOUIN RABBANI, OCT 04, 2025
Freedom Flotilla: Thousand Madleens to Gaza Tracker
Freedom Flotilla, Oct 3, 2025
Adalah attorneys meet with Global Sumud Flotilla captives in Israel
Adalah, Oct 3, 2025
As Israeli Forces Seize Final Sumud Boat, Another Flotilla Sails Toward Gaza
JESSICA CORBETT, Common Dreams, Oct 03, 2025
Global Sumud Flotilla Tracker
Monitoring the fleet sailing to break the illegal Israeli siege on Gaza
2025.10.05: Craft & Yard Sale for Masafer Yatta & Gaza Aid
Blue House, 1 Judy Circle & Barby Lane, Madison, 10 am – 4 pm
2025.10.05: Flotilla Solidarity Rally
W Washington & Carroll, 2 pm
2025.10.04: Support the Flotilla and Feed Gaza Now Protest
Capitol Square at State Street, 10 am
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists
IBRAHIM HAZBOUN AND RENATA BRITO, AP, October 2, 2025
2025.10.05: Screening and Discussion of Film “Severed”
Online, 2 PM CT
2025.10.04: Film “Samidoun, The Steadfast Women of Palestine”
Online, 11 AM CT
UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements
UN Human Rights Office, 26 September 2025
What it was like to flee my home in Gaza City
SERENA, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), SEP 24, 2025
2025.10.08: Art and Resistance in “Power Born of Dreams”
Online, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CT
2025.12.04: Palestine on Screen – Stories of Survival and Resistance
UW-Madison Memorial Library, Room 126, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
2025.09.28: Wisconsin Climate March – Bring War Abolition and Palestine Solidarity!
Historical Society Steps & UW-Madison Library Mall, 12 pm
2025.09.29: Kick Israel Out of FIFA!
Online, 11 AM CT
2025.10.01: Support Immigrants & Oppose ICE at the Wisconsin Dairy Expo
Alliant Energy Center, Rimrock Rd and John Nolan, 4-5 pm
2025.10.05: Voices from the West Bank, Mohammed and Majed Sawalha
Online, 3-4 PM CT
What’s the Point of Recognizing the State of Palestine?
Joel Beinin, Sep 25, 2025
Spanish and Italian naval ships to join the Gaza-bound activist flotilla following yesterday’s drone attack
ELENA BECATOROS, AP, September 25, 2025
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham, The Guardian, 25 Sep 2025
Petition to Ban Israel from Eurovision – Sign Now!
Avaaz, Sep 24, 2025
The Meaning of Western Recognition of Palestine
MOUIN RABBANI, Jacobin, 09.24.2025
Explosions and drones targeting Gaza aid flotilla boats
Guardian staff, AFP, Reuters; 23 Sep 2025
2025.10.03-13: Silent auction, art show taking place in Madison to benefit Palestinian families
Channel 3000, Sep 23, 2025
2025.10.01: Read Palestine! Writing Workshop from a Place of Bravery
Room of One’s Own Bookstore (Annex), 2717 Atwood Ave, 6-8 pm
Kaddish of the New Year
AVRUM BURG, SEP 12, 2025
2025.09.21: Madison activists walk for peace on International Day of Peace
Tanaisa Shaw, Channel 3000, Sep 21, 2025
Barbaric assault by Israeli forces against Gaza City
Farhad (@faab64@freefree.ps), Sep 21, 2025
UK recognises Palestinian statehood 108 years after Balfour Declaration
Maziar Motamedi and Federica Marsi, Al Jazeera, 21 Sep 2025
2025.09.21: War Abolition Walk at Willy Street Fair and Beyond
Meet at Madson Sourdough, 916 Williamson St, 10:30 am. RSVP.
Block the Bombs Act Endorsed by Progressive Caucus
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, SEP 20, 2025
2025.09.30-10.28: A Short Course on Palestine with Rashid Khalidi
Online, 5:30-7:30 PM CT
2025.09.23: Justice for the Santa Marta Five Water Defenders
Online, 2 PM CT
2025.09.24: Out of the Ruins – Art and Poetry from Palestine
Online, 11 am CT
“Single Shots to the Head”: U.S. Veteran, Volunteer Surgeon Sees “Extermination of a People” in Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
We oppose antisemitism, but state proposal isn’t the answer
Tsela Barr et al., Sep 17, 2025
One Sentence in UN Report
Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani), Sep 16, 2025
U.N. Formally Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide
ADC, September 16, 2025
UN leaves genocide deniers with nowhere to go
OWEN JONES, SEP 16, 2025
2025.10.08: The Truth about October 7th and the Gaza Genocide
ISM Community Center, 815 W Layton Ave, Milwaukee, 7 PM
What the Wounds are Telling Us
Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra, De Volkskrant (The People’s Newspaper, Amsterdam), 13 September 2025
