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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
Israel orders 100,000 civilians to leave Rafah, says it will operate with ‘extreme force’
Washington Post, May 6, 2024 at 11:58 a.m. EDT Israel’s military on Monday ordered about 100,000 civilians in parts of Rafah to evacuate “immediately” to a humanitarian…
Israel strikes Gaza city of Rafah after evacuation order
By Mohammed Salem and Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters May 6, 2024 RAFAH, Gaza Strip, May 6 (Reuters) – Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said,…
Scoop: U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel
Barak Ravid, Axios, May 5, 2024 The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told…
Do Palestinians Have Human Rights?
Hamdan Huraini, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 5, 2024 How do we define human rights? Does a Palestinian have the right to live or not?…
UN Food Chief Says Northern Gaza Suffering
“And it’s moving its way south,” she warned. BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, MAY 04, 2024 United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said…
24.05.06: SJP UW-Madison Monday Schedule
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24.05.05: SJP UW-Madison Sunday Schedule
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The Army Has a New Strategy
Awdah Hathaleen, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 4 The occupation army has a new strategy: closing the roads that connect all of the villages and…
Tell Congress To Vote No on Four Anti-Palestine Bills
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | May 4, 2024 – Pro-Palestine protests are continuing to grow, and that is making lawmakers nervous. Over the last month, the unhinged…
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police
Deescalating conflict around protests was possible, but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead. By Abdallah Fayyad | abdallah.fayyad@vox.com , Vox, May 3, 2024 Abdallah Fayyad is a…
24.05.04: SJP UW-Madison Saturday Schedule
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Israeli Military Escalates Bombing of Civilian Homes in #Rafah Amid Threats of Ground Invasion
Israeli Military Escalates Bombing of Civilian Homes in #Rafah Amid Threats of Ground Invasion Amid ongoing threats of a large-scale ground military assault on Rafah,…
The police brought violence to UW-Madison’s Gaza encampment
BY SCOTT GORDON ● POLITICS ● MAY 1, 2024 Wednesday morning’s crackdown included brutal attacks on protestors, arrests without charges, and a dubious narrative. Perhaps it was an example of progressive…
2024.05.04: Challenging Christian Silence Regarding the Gaza Genocide
The Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP), Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) and a broad coalition of Christian Voices for Palestine invite you to…
Letter from Jewish faculty, staff, and students at UW-Madison in support of protestors
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2024.05.03: SJP UW-Madison Friday Encampment Schedule
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Prominent Palestinian doctor tortured and killed in Israeli detention
Adnan al-Bursh was a Palestinian surgeon and the head of orthopaedic medicine at al-Shifa hospital By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 2 May 2024 Adnan al-Bursh,…
Dane Co. supervisors ask sheriff not to use county resources to break up UW encampments
MADISON, Wis. — A group of Dane County Board Supervisors sent an open letter to Sheriff Kalvin Barrett on Thursday, asking him to not use…
