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“Yitgadal V’yitkadash Shmei Rabba —
May His great Name be magnified and sanctified.”
Not great and not holy is He,
for in His Name blood is spilled in vain.
― Avrum Burg, Kaddish of the New Year, Sep 12, 2025
The Frontline of Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign: Report from Gaza City
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND RASHA ABOU JALAL, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 08, 2025
Tell the European Union to Stop Aiding Genocide in Gaza
Ekō, Sep 8, 2025
U.S Sanctions against Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD), 05 September 2025
No Kings Movement Announces Next Day of Nationwide Actions for Oct 18
COMMON DREAMS, Sep 02, 2025
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 02, 2025
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s leading experts say
Emir Nader, BBC News, Sep 1, 2025
United Methodist Church divests from Israel bonds
United Methodist Kairos Response, Sep 2, 2025
Explainer: The Sabra & Shatila Massacre, 1982
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), September 10, 2024
Israel and Double Standards
MOUIN RABBANI, SEP 06, 2025
U.S. Nonprofit Fundraising to Buy Drones for Israeli Military in Gaza Genocide
MURTAZA HUSSAIN AND SAMI VANDERLIP, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 06, 2025
2025.09.24: Virtual Delegation to Lifta, Ghost Village of the Nakba
Online, 11 AM CT
Global Sumud Flotilla Set for Latest Attempt to ‘Break Israel’s Illegal Siege on Gaza’
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Aug 29, 2025
2025.09.18: Palestine Partners at the Madison Night Market
401 State Street, 5-9 pm
2025.09.08: Meta Amplifying Harmful Content During Genocide
Online, 11 AM CT
Union Solidarity with Palestine
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America and the Autonomous Collective of Dockworkers in Genoa
2025.09.17-12.06: Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities in Madison
Cassandra Dixon, Sep 2, 2025
In Israel, ‘animals in human form’ may be killed
TAMIR SOREK, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 31, 2025
Only 3% Of Jewish Israelis Think Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan For Gaza Is Immoral
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, FEB 05, 2025
Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
Peter Beaumont and Alice Speri, The Guardian, 1 Sep 2025
Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss luxury ‘Gaza riviera’ plan
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian, 24 Jul 2025
The genocide in Gaza is ‘another level of annihilation’
Marah Abdel Jaber, Prism, August 26, 2025
U.S. halts visitor visas for Palestinian medical evacuees
Neha Madhira, Prism, August 28, 2025
2025.09.14: Christian and Jewish Zionism and the New McCarthyism
Online, 3-4:30 PM CT
2025.09.04: David Rovics and Kamala Emmanuel in Madison!
Muso, 2040 Winnebago Street, 7 pm
The keffiyeh and pro-Palestinian campus protests
Aariz Ahmed, Special to the Cap Times, Aug 25, 2025
2025.08.31: Join CODEPINK & World Beyond War in a Madison Flotilla!
James Madison Park, 614 E Gorham St, Madison, 3 PM
Egypt Isn’t Starving Gaza – Israel Is
MUHAMMAD SHEHADA, ZETEO, AUG 28, 2025
Do you know how much a US GHF contractor is getting paid in Gaza?
Umer Bin Ajmal, TRT World, May 27, 2025
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 27, 2025
Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism
The Onion, August 27, 2025
2025.09.08: U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) Midwest Tour
USPCN, Aug 26, 2025
Democratic National Committee Votes Down Weapons Embargo on Israel
Institute for Middle East Understanding, Aug 28, 2025
Democratic National Committee Resolution 18
Barb Olson, Aug 26, 2025
A DNC Member Is Calling for an Arms Embargo on Israel. Will the Party Leadership Listen?
ZOYA ALAM, THE NATION, AUG 26, 2025
Why Can Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League Lie With Impunity?
Peter Beinart, Aug 25, 2025
Egyptian Officials In New York Beat Two Gaza Protesters, then Police Arrested the Protesters
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, August 22 2025
“The Other Territory” – The West Bank on NPR
This American Life, NPR, August 22, 2025
Al-Mughayir suffers mass uprooting of 8,000 olive trees and more
eye.on.palestine, Aug 22, 2025
2025.09.17: Music for Palestine
Giant Jones Brewing Company, 931 E Main St, Madison, 5-8 pm
Israeli military uproots thousands of Palestinian olive trees in West Bank
Al Jazeera, 23 Aug 2025
Israel Is Forcing Parents in Gaza to Watch Their Children Die of Hunger
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 22, 2025
2025.09.08: Straight From Palestine, Popular Dancers To Perform In Wisconsin
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Aug 22, 2025
Demand Congress stop U.S. military aid to Israel
The Intercept Voices, Aug 22, 2025
2025.09.01: Join MRSCP at Labor Fest!
Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S Park, 12-5:30 pm
2025.08.28: Film “War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death”
Madison Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin, 6 pm
2025.08.24: Sweet Corn Sale for Gaza Aid!
Madison Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, 6:30 – 7:15 pm
Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, August 21, 2025
A genocide, manufactured in Wisconsin
JULIAN COOPER, TONE MADISON, AUGUST 18, 2025
Mass starvation in Gaza is the great horror of our age
Patrick Cockburn, The i Paper, July 25, 2025
Project Esther and the Palestine Solidarity Movement
Jewish Voice for Peace, August 20, 2025
Fears in Gaza City over planned Israeli invasion
CNN, August 18, 2025
Deprivation By Design
Visualizing Palestine, Aug 19, 2025
Cisco: sever ties with genocide
Ekō, Aug 18, 2025
Israel plots slow motion genocide in West Bank
OWEN JONES, AUG 18, 2025
New U.S. Report On Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91% Shorter
Nick Turse, The Intercept, August 13 2025
The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza
Patrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2025
On Anas al-Sharif: An examination of the pretexts to justify murder
MOUIN RABBANI, AUG 16, 2025
Journalists Facing Hunger Tell Gaza’s Story of Starvation
Nour Abu Rokba, Institute for Palestine Studies, July 31 2025
House Democrats take summer vacation with AIPAC in Israel
MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 14, 2025
‘Legitimization Cell’: Israeli unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, August 14, 2025
2025.08.21: ICE, Raids, Detentions & Deportations
Online, 7 PM CT
2025.08.24: Hands in the rice paddy
Friends Meeting House, Friends Room, 1704 Robert’s Ct, Madison, 9:45-11 am
2025.08.18: Walls That See
Online, 11 AM CT
2025.08.16: Palestine Partners at Eken Park Fest
2407 Coolidge St, Madison, 11 am up to 5 pm
In This Palestinian Christian Village, the Hypocrisy of Christian Zionism is Unmistakable
DELANEY NOLAN, ZETEO, AUG 14, 2025
Lindsey Graham on Why America Should Support Israel
Republican Party of South Carolina, Aug 13, 2025
Hundreds of Former Israeli Spies Are Working in Big Tech
MURTAZA HUSSAIN, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 13, 2025
2025.08.07-28: Free Watermelon & Flyers from CODEPINK
Weekly through August, Willy St & Blair St, 4:30 pm, RSVP
2025.09.07: “From Rubble We Dance,” Palestine Dance Troupes in Milwaukee
Oak Creek, 350 E. Puetz Rd, 6 pm
Israeli settlers are taking over Hebron city!
Friends of Hebron, August 13, 2025
Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, August 6, 2025
2025.08.14: How Anti-Palestinian Repression is Building Authoritarianism in America
WORT 89.9 FM, 12-1 pm. Call in at 608-256-2001.
The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City
ABDEL QADER SABBAH and SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 11, 2025
Only 1.5% of Gaza cropland left for starving Palestinians due to Israel’s war, UN says
Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, 6 Aug 2025
Genocide and Genocide Denial
MOUIN RABBANI, AUG 10, 2025: A Tale of Two Genocides
This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing.
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), August 2025
Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, Netanyahu says
Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, and Christian Edwards, CNN, Aug 7, 2025
US speaker Mike Johnson says West Bank belongs to Jews ‘by right’
JEREMY SHARON, Times Of Israel, 4 August 2025
Zionists on Israeli Genocide
Corey Robin, Aug 4, 2025
Petition Ireland to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Ekō, Aug 6, 2025
Detention Designed to Crush Body and Mind
ANDREA UMBRELLO, THE PROGRESSIVE, AUGUST 5, 2025
2025.08.06: Video Exposing the U.S. Role in the Gaza Genocide
Online, 6 PM CT, YouTube
Settler Walks Free, As Israel Holds Body of Murdered Palestinian Hostage
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, AUG 06, 2025
2025.08.07-10.30 Thursdays: No War/No Genocide Vigils
Weekly through October, NE Corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
2025.08.16: Come to MASCP’s Annual Pupusa Dinner
1104 Mound St, Madison, 5-7 pm
July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
Top UNICEF Official Says Gaza Children ‘Being Starved’ by Israel
Jon Queally , COMMON DREAMS, August 2, 2025
Listen to Awdah Hathaleen’s last message of solidarity
Green Olive Collective, Aug 1, 2025
Support for Umm al-Kheir, the Community of Awdah Hathaleen
Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee, Aug 4, 2025
Is Israel’s Depravity the Response or the Cause?
Caitlin Johnstone, Aug 4, 2025
American Nurse Who Tried To Save “No Other Land” Activist Was Detained And Deported By Israel
Sanya Mansoor, The Intercept, August 1, 2025
