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The family of nations has failed to hold those who carried out the genocide in Gaza accountable for their grave crimes against humanity. This has created a pervasive sense of impunity. The message is: commit horrific atrocities and war crimes that violate every standard of civilized conduct as laid out in the UN Charter, and you will very likely get away with it. ― Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Executive Director, Voices for Justice in Palestine, writing on Gaza, Iran, Israel, and the United States.
On the murder of Ayşenur Eygi
Jeff Halper, ICAHD, September 8, 2024 Yet another courageous person who gave her life for a just cause, Palestinian rights. Ayşenur Eygi…
Israel Has Built an Economy Fueled by Genocide at Home and Abroad
Ciudong Ng, TRUTHOUT, September 1, 2024
Free speech expert, ACLU question new UW-Madison protest policy
Singing, distributing newspapers and more “expressive activities” could be banned within 25 feet of university buildings under new protest guidelines announced ahead of the fall…
UW-Madison admin, students for Palestine share status of last semester’s agreement
By Camberyn Kelley, WMTV, Sep. 5, 2024 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – UW-Madison students and administration share the status of an agreement created after pro-Palestine protests on…
Aysenur Eygi’s Family calls for Independent Investigation
“We welcome the White House’s statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing, an Israeli investigation is not adequate.” —Parents of Murdered Palestinian…
American Human Rights Activist Murdered in the West Bank
This is not the first time Israeli forces have murdered American citizens. Israel has a long history of killing Americans and facing no consequences from…
A Response to the Killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
From Cindy and Craig Corrie The Corries are the parents of Rachel Corrie, a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who was killed by…
Satellite Imagery Shows Vast Destruction in Rafah
Tal as-Sultan was the site of the Rafah Playground project in 2005. It was during the original creation of the “Philadelphi Corridor” along the Egypt…
2024.09.09: Infrastructures of Revolt
Mass Politics and Anti-Colonial Revolutions in the Middle East Ingraham 206UW-Madison12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford) re-examines one of the key…
Freedom Flotilla Initiates Protest to Free Its Ship “Conscience”
By alex, The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, September 4, 2024 ** THE FREEDOM WATCH HAS BEGUN!** At 6:30pm today, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and its local allies…
Palestinian Reporters’ Gaza War Coverage Nets 4 Nobel Peace Prize Nominations
According to statistics, more than 130 Palestinian journalists and media professionals have been killed by the Israeli armed forces in Gaza since October 7 Mehr…
Israeli Forces Shot an American in the West Bank
The U.S. Government Doesn’t Seem to Care “The money I pay in my taxes as a teacher probably funded the bullet they have run through…
2024.09.08: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb in Madison
Midvale Community Lutheran Church 4329 Tokay Blvd, Madison 7 pm Registration Greetings friends, On behalf of Bright Stars of Bethlehem, I invite you to join me…
2024.09.08: Rejecting AIPAC: the Israel Lobby and the Democratic Party
12 noon CT Online Hear from Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, Palestinian academic Rami G. Khouri, labor leader and political strategist Harris Gruman, and Massachusetts Peace…
2024.09.06: Action Hour for a Ceasefire Now: Education in Gaza
11 am CT Online Learn more about education in Gaza and hear from a former teacher in the region during the American Friends Service Committee…
2024.09.02: Madison LaborFest
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace will be tabling at this Labor Day event for Israeli ceasefires, the Read Palestine! project, and…
Netanyahu Prefers Risking a Regional War
to a Hostage Deal and an End to the Gaza War Joel Beinin, September 1, 2024 On Sunday, Sept. 1 the Israeli army announced it…
San Francisco State University divests from Israel’s weapons
Demands were part of nationwide student movement calling on universities to divest from companies involved in Israel’s occupation of Palestine By Azad Essa, Middle East Eye,…
Inside Israel’s war
Four Corners goes face-to-face with Israel’s powerful political and military voices. This article is 6 months old By John Lyons — with Jonathan Miller, Mayeta Clark and Maddy KingAustralian Broadcasting…
