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We found out that there was a systematic expulsion of Palestinians . . . there was an ethnic cleansing operation taking place. ― Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian, Occupation 101, 2006
Kamal Adwan Hospital under siege; we can’t treat the injured
Hussam Abu Safiya, Director-General of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, confirms the hospital remains under siege, with the Israeli occupation blocking medicine, food, and access for civil defense crews. Al Mayadeen English, 20 Nov 2024 Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director-general of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, confirmed on Wednesday that the hospital…
The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill
Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack down on political foes. Noah Hurowitz, The Intercept, November 21 2024 A BILL THAT would give President-elect Donald Trump broad powers to target his political foes has passed a major hurdle toward becoming law. The House of Representatives on Thursday passed…
After losing her leg in an Israeli strike, Leyan fights for a new beginning
All That Remains, Al Jazeera, Nov 20, 2024 Leyan Abu Al-Atta, a 13-year-old girl from Gaza who lost her leg in an Israeli attack, is one of thousands of children who have lost limbs in this war in what experts say is likely one of the most intense mass-disabling events of children in our lifetimes.…
ICC Issues ‘Watershed’ Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have jurisdiction, subjecting the officials to potential arrest in 124 countries “The acceptance by Israel of the Court’s jurisdiction is not required, as the Court can exercise its jurisdiction on the basis of the territorial jurisdiction of Palestine,” the Court said.…
From attack dogs to prison time, this is how Israel is trying to thwart my activism
The Israeli army wants to make an example of Palestinians who protest the occupation — a campaign my village At-Tuwani has faced for generations. By Sami Huraini, +972 Magazine, October 24, 2024 On the evening of Sept. 29, Israeli soldiers arrested me during a raid on my house in At-Tuwani, a village in the Masafer Yatta…
War-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
Israel and its major ally, the United States, are not members of the court BY MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press, November 21, 2024 THE HAGUE (AP) — The world’s top war-crimes court issued arrest warrants Thursday for the leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with their…
A Conversation With Peace Activists Iliwat And Levin
Listen To The Pain And Fears Of Each Other WORT 89.9FM Madison · Listen to the Pain and Fears of Each Other: A conversation with Peace Activists Iliwat and Levin A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, NOVEMBER 14, 2024 Allen Ruff is joined by Palestinian Osama Iliwat and Israeli Rotem Levin, who are peace activists…
Why Is It So Hard for Senator Tammy Baldwin to Oppose Genocide?
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 19, 2024 At the very same time that we’re subjected to media analyses of how a “progressive” senator won reelection in a Trump state, that same senator, Tammy Baldwin, is refusing to come out against . . . wait for it . . . arming a proud, public, livestreamed genocide. On…
Anti-war group says Baldwin noncommittal on blocking Israeli military aid
University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members said talks with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s military legislative assistant Monday offered “no commitment either way” on the Wednesday vote to block weapons sales to Israel. By Jake Piper, The Daily Cardinal, November 19, 2024 Staff for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin declined to reveal how she would vote on…
Gaza Security Forces Ambush Gang Accused of Looting Aid with Israeli Support
The gang members are “operating in cooperation with the Israeli forces” to target aid convoys, Hamas’s Basem Naim said. SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS AND JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 19, 2024 Palestinian security forces on Monday killed at least 20 members of an organized gang allegedly responsible for looting aid trucks in the southern Gaza Strip,…
Call Your Senators on Joint Resolutions Against Arms to Israel – Vote is Nov 20
Please call Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson to ask that they vote in favor of the six Joint Resolutions of Disapproval introduced last month by Senator Bernie Sanders to stop some major weapons to Israel. Senator Baldwin: (202) 224-5653 DCSenator Johnson: (202) 224-5323 DCThen send them this email This is a coordinated campaign by many major national organizations…
Nov 21, 2024: 2nd Vote on H.R. 9495 to Call Nonprofits Terrorists
Dozens of Democrats still support the bill — giving the Republican-controlled House plenty of breathing room to pass it with a simple majority Noah Hurowitz, The Intercept, November 15 2024 A majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives rejected the bill on Tuesday out of fear that it could grant President-elect Donald Trump the…
UN Committee finds Israel’s warfare in Gaza consistent with genocide
Use of starvation as weapon of war UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 14 November 2024 NEW YORK (14 November 2024) – Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli…
Nov 20-29, 2024: Never Again Is Now: Sanction Israel’s Genocidal and Apartheid Regime
Join the Global Week of Action for Sanctions (20th to 29th Nov) to pressure states and the UN to impose lawful sanctions on Israel. Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), October 31, 2024 In September, the UN General Assembly passed a historic resolution, calling for states and the UN to sanction Israel. This resolution affirmed that the…
Nov 18, 2024: The Palestine Movement Post-Election
Online 7 pm Central This call will provide an opportunity to reflect, strategize, and commit to the path ahead as we continue our efforts to end the U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza and strengthen the Palestinian movement. Hear from a range of speakers including Rep. Rashida Tlaib and help with a live fundraiser for Middle East…
Nov 18, 2024: Stop Arming Israel! Madison Push for Joint Resolutions
Outside Tammy Baldwin’s office 30 W Mifflin St, Madison 4:15 pm Check here for day-of-event rain location This week, the Senate is expected to vote on blocking weapons sales to Israel, through the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) supported by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and others. On Monday, Madison College and UW-Madison students with World BEYOND…
Nov 17, 2024: Andaleeb Cartonera Bookmaking Workshop
A Room of One’s Own2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison2-5 pm Everyone is invited to another Andaleeb Cartonera workshop to make cardboard covers for books, hosted once again by the great folks at A Room of One’s Own. Come and support Palestinian liberation and speaking truth to power with this amazing and beautiful new project.
Nov 15, 2024: Rami Khouri on WORT
A Public Affair12 noon – 1 pmLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived A Public Affair guest host Christa Bruhn interviews journalist and author Rami Khouri on the impact of Trump’s victory on U.S. foreign policy and the Middle East in particular, including how the situation on the ground could develop under a Trump presidency. Rami Khouri is a Distinguished…
Sole Survivor’s Stories, Episode 1: Mahmoud and Tayseer
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) on Rabet, Nov 12, 2024
As Infested Flour Becomes a Staple, State Dept “Still Assessing” Israel’s Aid Restrictions to Gaza
“I dream of food every day” ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 12, 2024 This is the most difficult period I have endured since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began last year. Everyone is so hungry. Over the past week, my family and I have resorted to eating canned pet food mixed with poor-quality rice…
Tell the House: Vote NO on Bill H.R. 9495
As early as Tuesday, November 12, the House of Representatives could vote on dangerous and unconstitutional legislation that would give the incoming Trump administration the power to unilaterally shut down nonprofit organizations it doesn’t like. The Trump-chosen Treasury Secretary would be able to strip them of their nonprofit status — without due process. This bill…
The West buries a genocide – by making victims of Israel’s football thugs
If the West was really worried about Europe’s Nazi past, it would be better advised to stop stoking an all-too-real new antisemitism: incitement against Arab and Muslim minorities Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 11 November 2024 There has never been a harder time to do political and media analysis than right now. Each day, the…
Carrefour closes all branches in Jordan due to BDS pressure
Carrefour Group is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery, and convenience stores with 14,000 stores in 40 countries. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the world by revenue. (Wikipedia) Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), November 5, 2024 After a large scale and creative boycott campaign that contributed to huge financial losses and…
Amsterdam Thugs and Hooligans
A Sham Enveloped in Brazen Hypocrisy Mouin Rabbani, @MouinRabbani, Nov 10, 2024 It’s now pretty clear what happened in Amsterdam this week. But first some background. For over a decade the football governing bodies FIFA, the International Federation of Football Associations, and UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, have consistently rejected demands to suspend…
Nov 17 & 18, 2024: Rotem Levin and Osama lliwat in LaCrosse
Rotem Levin and Osama lliwat – Israeli and Palestinian peace activists – will share their personal stories of transformation, lessons of joint work in Combatants for Peace, and the vastly different realities they face in the same land. The devastating escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine has left many feeling powerless, angry, and hopeless. But…
No, there were no ‘antisemitic pogroms’ in Amsterdam
Here’s what really happened. Media claims of ‘antisemitic pogroms’ against Israeli fans in Amsterdam are the latest in a pattern of false narratives fueling anti-Muslim violence and justifying the genocide in Gaza. BY SANA SAEED, MONDOWEISS, NOVEMBER 9, 2024 “Olé, olé!Olé, olé, olé!Let the IDF win and fuck the Arabs!Olé, olé!Olé, olé, olé!Why is school out in…
Settlers steal sheep and dreams of a peaceful life in Masafer Yatta
By Hamdan Ballal, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, NOV 10, 2024 Masafer Yatta is living through very difficult and dangerous days, in light of the repeated violence of settlers. The danger posed by them has become greater due to the lack of justice and lack of accountability. The settlers do what they want, and the goal…
UK police arrest Israeli academic Haim Bresheeth after pro-Palestine speech
Retired Jewish professor arrested for alleged support of a ‘proscribed organisation’ after he said ‘Israel cannot win against Hamas’ By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 4 November 2024 A Jewish academic who grew up in Israel was arrested by London’s Metropolitan police following a speech he gave at a pro-Palestine demonstration in the British capital, during which he said…
Children Playing in Gaza
View this post on Instagram A post shared by وديع ابو السعود (@wadeaa_.9) Journalist Wadeaa_.9 on Instagram, September 21, 2024
30 Jewish Organizations Support UN Human Rights Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
The Bullet, November 8, 2024 As Jewish organizations and groups, we express our support for Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967. Ms. Albanese has been under relentless attack from politically motivated organizations like ‘UN Watch’, which have been waging toxic smear…
There must be “due reckoning” for horrific violations, possible atrocity crimes in Gaza
7 in 10 Killed in Gaza Were Women or Children. It is likely that the widespread disregard for civilian protections under international law amounts to genocide. — Sharon Zhang, Truthout OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, 08 November 2024 GENEVA – The UN Human Rights Office today published a report detailing the horrific reality that has unfolded…
UN: 7 in 10 Killed in Gaza Are Women or Children, in “Grave Violations” of Law
Women and children were the vast majority of those slaughtered by Israel in the Gaza genocide By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, November 8, 2024 Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Women and children make up the vast majority of those slaughtered by Israeli forces…
Nov 11 & 25, 2024: Children’s African Story Hour
Children’s African Story Hour: Egyptian LullabyFrom the Middle East Studies Program at UW-MadisonNovember 11, 4 -5 pm: Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd. MadisonNovember 25, 2- 3 pm: Goodman South Library, 2222 S Park St, MadisonWe are thrilled to be partnering with the African Studies Program at UW-Madison to present a children’s book entitled “Egyptian Lullaby” by Zeena M. Pliska (Author) and Hatem Aly (Illustrator). We…
Nov 10, 2024 Update: Ali Awad from Masafer Yatta on WORT
World View5:00 pmLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived Ali Awad is a community organizer and journalist living in Tuba, in the Masafer Yatta region of the West Bank. No One To Call For Help NOVEMBER 10, 2024 BY WORLD VIEW WORT 89.9FM Madison · No One to Call for Help World View talked with Ali Awad in March…
Israeli Forces Declare Plan for Ethnic Cleansing of Northern Gaza
Israeli forces have announced their intention to block any Palestinians from returning to north Gaza. By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, November 6, 2024 Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Israeli forces reportedly announced a plan this week for the total ethnic cleansing of a…
Nov 10, 2024: Concert for Palestine Relief
Gamma Ray Bar, 121 West Main Street, MadisonDoors: 3:30pm, Show: 4:30pm$10 donation at the door, 21 and over event You are invited to a concert where local artists and businesses will collaborate to raise funds for children and families devastated by war in Palestine and Lebanon. It’s an opportunity to come together for this cause,…
UNRWA on north Gaza: An entire society now a graveyard.
vocalpolitics, YouTube, Nov 7, 2024 UNRWA official Louise #Wateridge published footage revealing the horrific amount of destruction in northern #Gaza as a result of the Israeli war on the Strip. Commenting on the video, she said: “No matter from what direction you enter #GazaCity, homes, hospitals, schools, health clinics, mosques, apartments, restaurants – all completely…
Oct 19, 2024: Madison Video of Gazan Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Wisconsin Book Festival Video View this post on Instagram A post shared by Read Palestine (@read_palestine)
Hello from Masafer Yatta
Cassandra Dixon, November 6, 2024 I am extremely grateful to the back here in Masafer Yatta in the southern end of the West Bank. I can’t begin to tell you how terrible the situation is here. It is completely unbelievable what has been lost in the last year – HUGE areas of land, road access,…
South Africa’s memorial to the ICJ: More evidence on Israel’s genocide
Dr Binoy Kampmark, Middle East Monitor, November 3, 2024 The timing, as with so much in the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon, was most appropriate. The Israeli Knesset had signalled its intent on crippling and banishing the sole agency of humanitarian worth for Palestinian welfare by passing laws criminalising its operations by 92 to…
Erasing ‘Any Sign of Life,’ Israeli Demolition Teams Raze Entire Villages in Lebanon
“This is a scorched-earth policy, a violation of the Geneva Conventions,” said one reporter. BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, NOV 04, 2024 As the death toll from Israel’s 13-month assault on Lebanon passed 3,000, satellite imagery analyses published by multiple media outlets in recent days revealed that nearly a quarter of all buildings in 25 municipalities in…
Gaza hospital ‘last distress call’ as fresh Israeli attack wounds patients
Gaza’s health ministry says it seems a ‘decision has been made to execute’ staff remaining at Kamal Adwan hospital By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 4 November 2024 Northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital has issued a final plea for help after Israeliforces launched a fresh attack on it on Sunday, targeting its paediatric ward with artillery fire and…
MECA Aid to Gaza, Feb 1 – Nov 5, 2024
$21,287 of $20,000 on 11/05/24 Please give now to allow MECA to provide medical aid, clean water, food, psychological support, and more. “Death is coming, not just from bombs, death is coming from starvation, from dehydration, and from diseases. Using starvation and thirst as a weapon is hitting hard especially in these hot summer months.” …
A Special Appeal for Masafer Yatta
My dear friends, As I return to Masafer-Yatta in the West Bank, I would gratefully welcome your help towards the cost of travel, and towards helping families replace blankets, food, cars, schoolbooks, livestock and animal feed destroyed and stolen by settlers, as well as to pay for medical care when they are assaulted in their homes and…
Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza
Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s latest operation — one that drops the veneer of humanitarian considerations and lays the groundwork for settlements. By Idan Landau, +972 Magazine, November 1, 2024 All the signs indicate that Israel is not planning to let the displaced return. In this sense, the destruction…
As winter begins in Gaza, will we survive in tents?
As temperatures drop and rains begin, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians confront life in failing tents with no protection from the elements. BY SERENA AWAD, American Friends Service Committee, OCT 31, 2024 As the genocide in Gaza continues unabated, winter is fast approaching and threatening to worsen the catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in…
BDS The U.S.
The World Must Hold the U.S. Government to the Rule of Law By World BEYOND War, March 4, 2024 We don’t need a “Rules-Based Order.” We need a U.S. government that obeys laws. The Problem The Vetoes Since 1972, the U.S. government has been far and away the leading user of the veto in the…
Nov 16, 2024: Live from Palestine: Ongoing Israeli Genocide and Nakba
Online 12 Noon – 1:30 pm Central As the Israeli Genocide surpasses the 1-year mark, and the ongoing Nakba 76 years, it is more crucial than ever to recognize the root causes of the Palestinian question: the Israeli regime is founded on the pillars of forced displacement and transfer, colonization, and apartheid. More information and…
Nov 13, 2024: The Unfolding Middle East War and the New Presidency
Online 7-8 pm Central A long Middle East war is on the horizon and we will look at building the anti-war resistance. This webinar will address the contours of the war unfolding in the context of an incoming administration’s foreign policy, and Khury Petersen-Smith will speak to some of the underlying dynamics at work to…
