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  • 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, and Zack Witus. If you didn’t have a chance to see it, you can watch the recording. The testimony by our panelists was emotional and powerful. It was apparent that…


  • #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 forcing out 1,300 Palestinian people in Masafer Yatta amid a media blackout. The world must hear this news! #DefendMasaferYatta


  • Israeli soldiers arrest Hafez Huraini of Masafer Yatta

    BREAKING: Hafez Huraini, 52, was arrested by Israeli soldiers after he was brutally attacked by settlers who broke his arm and disabled his ambulance in the village of Tuwani. He is still detained. Hafez is the father of Sami Huraini, a Palestinian law student and coordinator of Youth of Sumud, activists from the At-Tuwani area…


  • Israel rejects U.S. call for review of IDF rules of engagement in West Bank

    Secretary of State Tony Blinken asked Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz for the review after the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Israeli soldiers in Hebron on Aug. 19. Photo: Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images Barak Ravid, Axios, Sep 7, 2022 Israel on Wednesday rejected the U.S. call for it to review the…


  • Israeli army: ‘High probability’ soldier killed reporter

    Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 19, 2022. The Israeli military acknowledged for the first time today that one of its soldiers…


  • Sep 10, 2022: 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 journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, will be the Keynote speaker at Palestine: Hope and Resilience. Joining her in person are Cindy and Craig Corrie, the parents of Rachel Corrie, who will…


  • President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

    (Final version, emphasis added) Dear colleagues and comrades, Thank you so much for signing on to our global open letter calling on the Biden administration to take immediate action in response to Israel’s escalated attack on Palestinian civil society. The letter was signed by over 290 social justice, civil rights, human rights, and faith-based organizations, as…


  • YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit

    Madison365 staff, Sep 1, 2022 The YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit will take place Sept. 28-30. Organizers are inviting the community to practice “Weaving Our Pasts, Present and Emergent Futures for Racial Justice and Co-Liberation.” For this 21st annual Summit, YWCA Madison is collaborating with local and national practitioners, educators, artists, authors, and advocates to…


  • October 2, 2022
    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 evidence-free incarceration — but then we learned that Khalil suspended his hunger strike in exchange for an October 2 release, so we canceled our demonstration and instead a handful of…


  • 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 with Amazon and Google tech workers nationally, as they fight to end their companies contract with the Zionist Israeli military. pic.twitter.com/YLi7R96e6d — Falastiniyat Seattle (@falastiniyat) September 1, 2022


  • 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 the silencing of Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other workers speaking up for Palestinian freedom at the company. Make noise by sharing this huge moment in the No Tech for…


  • 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 released Palestinian administrative prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 170 days with a two week pause, is seen at Assaf Harofeh hospital in…


  • 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 stop Israel from detaining Palestinians without charge. Awawdeh was detained on 27 December last year near Hebron in the southern West Bank [Getty] New Arab Staff, 30 August, 2022 The…


  • 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 dyspnea and severe problems in all his vitals due to his continued hunger strike. His time is rapidly running out, Euro-Med Monitor said in a statement. Awawdeh's health condition has…


  • 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 of August 2022 Hebron, Palestine 🇵🇸 The Israeli occupation soldiers close the main gate to the students of CorToba School and Shuhada Street Kindergarten in the center of Hebron, and…


  • 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, 2022 Photos of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, who has been held in Israeli administrative detention without charges, went viral on social media yesterday, raising concerns about the deterioration of…


  • 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 American killed by police, top right, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean) Associated Press, August 27, 2022 JERUSALEM — A group of artists has filled a Palestinian area of…


  • Has the Fight Against Antisemitism Lost Its Way?

    In a terrible irony, the campaign against “anti-semitism” has become a threat to freedom Peter Beinart, New York Times, August 26, 2022 Over the past 18 months, America’s most prominent Jewish organizations have done something extraordinary. They have accused the world’s leading human rights organizations of promoting hatred of Jews. Last April, after Human Rights…


  • 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 similar playgrounds in Rafah and Hebron in Palestine, and we know firsthand how much these simple facilities mean to the children who use them. Infrastructure For the Youth, For the…


  • Daniel Levy: Apartheid Label Must Be a Wakeup Call

    Daniel Levy, President of the U.S./Middle East Project Meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, August 25, 2022 “The Situation in the Middle East Including the Palestinian Question” I would like to thank the Council and the Chinese presidency in particular for allowing me to share some thoughts with you today. The events of…


  • Watch now: United for Justice Across Palestine

    United for Justice Across Palestine: Defund Israel’s Bombs, Blockade, and Bulldozers Featuring Walaa Sabah from We Are Not Numbers, Sahar Francis from Addameer, and Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti. Moderated by Palestinian scholar Nour Joudah. “At a bare minimum, reclaim your tax dollars in the U.S. You have a homelessness epidemic going on; invest in housing.”…


  • 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 yielding response to the Israeli government’s escalating attacks against prominent Palestinian human rights and civil society groups over the past 10 months has put the safety and well-being of Palestinian…


  • 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 Israeli tabloids accountable for their publications of lies about Palestinians. The newspaper had published obvious lies against Palestinian Human Rights Defender Issa Amro after his play “How To Make A…


  • 100 Days and Counting: Justice for Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

    Rep. Carson Announces Justice For Shireen Act Jul 28, 2022 Washington, D.C. – Congressman André Carson (IN-07), spoke today at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol announcing his Justice For Shireen Act, where he was joined by the family members of slain American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. Congressman Carson made the following statement: “I…


  • 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 fact they can stifle free speech. And that can have risky side effects making conditions less safe for everyone in Israel and Palestine. https://t.co/sB99dNZuYq — Mark Pocan (@MarkPocan) August 20,…


  • 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 and civil society groups in Ramallah — shutting them down. The targeted organizations are Defense for Children International – Palestine, Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan, the Union of Agricultural Working Committees, and…


  • 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 Ramallah. Soldiers confiscated files and equipment, welded doors shut and posted military orders declaring the offices closed. These raids are a dangerous escalation in the government’s campaign against the civil…


  • “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 of this letter is to bring organizations on the national and international level together with local organizations who have been working against F-35 training in their communities for years. Another…


  • 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 Palestine due to Israeli airstrikes that killed dozens—including at least 15 children. “As nurses, we are grateful that a cease-fire between militants in Gaza and the Israeli Government has been…


  • Israel carried out Gaza strike that killed 5 minors

    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 Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. A Palestinian human rights group and an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday that an explosion in a cemetery that killed five Palestinian children during the latest…


  • Gaza is Not a Breaking News Cycle

    The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy August 11, 2022   Good Morning, As you might have seen or heard, Israel launched yet another assault on the besieged Gaza strip, with bombardments and airstrikes killing 45 Palestinians and injuring more than 360, so far. With the announcement of yet another precarious ceasefire, the international community’s attention…


  • 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 rights and progressive causes. Their actions this year aid the right-wing movement threatening our planet and democracy, and should have no place in our community or our politics. AIPAC claims…


  • Bus company boots Palestinians at Jewish passengers’ behest

    Company says passenger impersonated government official, pressuring rookie driver to force workers off Palestinian laborers ride a bus en route to the West Bank from working in Tel Aviv area, 2013. (AP/Ariel Schalit) Michael Horovitz, Times of Israel, 9 August 2022 A public transportation company apologized on Tuesday after it was revealed that one of…


  • 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 of catastrophic bombings, massacring Palestinian families. This is the fifth attack by Israel of this magnitude since it placed Gaza under a crippling blockade of land, air and sea 15…


  • Israel attacks Gaza as election approaches

    ‘Sacrificial pawns’: After deadly air raids on Gaza, analysts question Israel’s motivation amid political turmoil A wounded Palestinian child is carried to a hospital following an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip on Friday [Anas Baba/AFP] Al Jazeera Staff, 5 Aug 2022 Israel’s attack on Gaza on Friday was weeks in the making, a…


  • 🔥 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 a 5-year-old girl, and injured dozens more. Israel has a long history of committing war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, including bombing residential areas indiscriminately, and killing thousands of Palestinian…


  • 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 that took on new life in spring 2021 — and we want you to take part. Massive global demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians are changing the tides — and we…


  • 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.”


  • Jewelry for Clean Water Campaign, 7/22/22

    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 needed cistern to assure access to clean water. (At last report, $3500 of the $6000 goal has already been reached!) About the campaign Laila lives with 14 members of her…


  • 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, and are now holding him under solitary confinement. The Israeli Prison Authorities have postponed the court hearing for his solitary confinement for the third time, to Tuesday, August 16. The…


  • 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 parts and during the first on August 9th you’ll have the opportunity to hear from Ali Awad, an activist and journalist from the village of Tuba in Masafer Yatta: Ali…


  • ‘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 apartheid. Take action: https://t.co/vIJnIs4vxV#NoTechForApartheidpic.twitter.com/QvVIgtFTRR — MPower Change (@MPower_Change) July 26, 2022 ‘No Tech for Israeli Apartheid:’ Protesters Disrupt AWS Conference Over Military Contract, Edward Ongweso, Jr, VICE, July 12, 2022…


  • 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 their voices heard. “This is a great decision by the Montgomery County Council, and a victory for free speech.” Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | July 24, 2022 – Over the…


  • Aug 26, 2022
    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 Park [Map] 6:00 pm Walk following to Tenney Park Lisa Masri is going to speak about her 14 years of accompaniment work in Palestine. Before coming to Madison Lisa lived…


  • 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 forces carried out a demolition campaign against homes and agricultural facilities. They demolished the house of the Nawajah family in Jawaiah and two tents of Sawi and Abu Tabikh. In…