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The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem suppressed a February 2024 report on northern Gaza because it “lacked balance.” ― JONATHAN WHITTALL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 02, 2026
Israel’s most extreme genocidal violence beckons
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, MAR 18, 2025
ADC Statement on the Collapse of a Ceasefire That Never Was
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 18, 2025
Massacre at 2 A.M.
ABUBAKER ABED AND JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 18, 2025
Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire as more than 400 Palestinians killed in IDF strikes
Tom Ambrose, Yohannes Lowe, Martin Belam, Kate Lamb and Helen Livingstone, The Guardian, 18 Mar 2025
2025.03.19-04.17: WI Right to Boycott Information Sessions
Online, Mar 19, 8 pm; Apr 5, 4 pm; Apr 17, 7 pm; 2025
2025.03.24-28: WNPJ Virtual Spring Assembly
Online, 7-8 pm
BDS: Maersk Shareholder Resolution Letter
17 March 2025
Israel launches strikes across Gaza Strip, killing more than 100
By Lyndal Rowlands and Erin Hale, Al Jazeera Live, 18 Mar 2025
The Lives Lost in Gaza
Sudev Kiyada, Simon Scarr and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters, March 1, 2025
EFF Joins 7amleh Campaign to #ReconnectGaza
JILLIAN C. YORK AND PAIGE COLLINGS, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, MARCH 17, 2025
Honoring Rachel Corrie’s Legacy
The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), March 16, 2025
A Statement From Rachel Corrie’s Parents
Craig and Cindy Corrie, March 14, 2025
We Remember Rachel Corrie
I Witness Silwan, March 16, 2025
Emergency Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s Attack on Free Speech
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mar 16, 2025
New UN report accuses Israel of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians
MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU, MARCH 14, 2025
Palestinian family faces lonely iftar meals this Ramadan
Aref Tufaha and Jalal Bwaitel, AP, March 13, 2025
Why Hamas just agreed to release an Israeli-American captive
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, MARCH 14, 2025
After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
Day 5 – Mahmoud Khalil News You Need To Know
Arab American Institute, March 13, 2025
2025.03.23: Update From Palestine
Madison Christian Community, 7118 Old Sauk Rd, 9:00 am
2025.03.20: Telling the Truth about Palestine
Online, 5-6:30 pm CT
2025.03.19: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip
Online, 5:30 pm CT
2025.03.17: Babies, Children, and Health Care Workers
Online, 6 pm CT
US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians from Gaza
JOSEF FEDERMAN, MATTHEW LEE AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 14, 2025
Trump’s Disappearing Of Mahmoud Khalil Should Be A Warning For Us All
THE BIG PICTURE AND TODD BEETON, MAR 13, 2025
Almost 100 arrested during protest occupying Trump Tower over Mahmoud Khalil
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 13 Mar 2025
U.N. Commission and U.S. Surgeons Accuse Israel of Genocide and Torture
Democracy Now!, March 13, 2025
Congressional Letter to DHS on Mahmoud Khalil
14 Democratic House Members to Secretary Kristi Noem, Mar 11, 2025
Why we need a new free speech movement
ROBERT REICH, MAR 13, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil Speaks With Attorneys for First Time Since Detention
JASON PALADINO, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 13, 2025
What is happening to Mahmoud Khalil is chilling
CHRIS GEIDNER, LAW DORK, MAR 12, 2025
2025.03.12: Hussam Al-Zaanin on 13 Years in Israeli Prison
Online, 11 am CT
Marco Rubio Detained Mahmoud Khalil on ‘Foreign Policy Grounds’
PREM THAKKER AND PABLO MANRÍQUEZ, ZETEO, MAR 11, 2025
Congressional letter demanding release of Mahmoud Khalil
JVP Action, Mar 11, 2025
The backstory on the government’s abduction of a Palestinian protester
Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11, 2025
The Trump Administration kidnapped Mahmoud Khalil
Rep. Mark Pocan, Mar 10, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing is 11:30 Wed
Qasim Rashid, Mar 10, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil Was Detained by ICE Agent Honored by Trump
JASON PALADINO, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 10, 2025
Arrest of Palestinian activist stirs questions about green card holders
REBECCA SANTANA, AP, March 10, 2025
ADC Statement on the Detainment of Mahmoud Khalil
Mar 10, 2025
2025.03.11: UW-Madison Protest for Mahmoud Khalil
UW-Madison Library Mall, 12 pm
Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza
MELANIE LIDMAN AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 9, 2025
Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza to force hand of Hamas
Jason Burke, The Guardian, 9 Mar 2025
DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Encampment
JANINE ALHADIDI AND MEGHNAD BOSE, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 9, 2025
2025.04.29: Read Palestine! Writing Workshop
Room of One’s Own Annex, 6-8 pm
The Oscar went to ‘No Other Land,’ but that might not save Masafer Yatta
Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, March 8, 2025
ADC Issues Travel Advisory
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Mar 7, 2025
Trump threatened to kill everyone in Gaza. The media lied about it.
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, MAR 7, 2025
2025.03.08: Overture Center International Festival
Madison, 10 am – 5 pm
2025.03.09: The Raid on the Jerusalem Educational Bookshop
Online, 1 pm CT
Israel’s largest mass expulsion in the West Bank since 1967
MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 6, 2025
Tell Your Senators to Oppose the IHRA Antisemitism Awareness Act
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 4, 2025
2025.03.13: A Conversation with Mazin Qumsiyeh
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
2025.03.12: A Conversation with Issa Amro and Jeff Halper
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
Tell your Senators to reject Mike Huckabee for Ambassador to Israel
Action Network, Mar 4, 2025
Archiving Gaza: The Race to Save Evidence of War Crimes
LILA HASSAN, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 04, 2025
AJP Action Condemns Israel’s Violation of Ceasefire Terms
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, Mar 3, 2025
2025.03.12: #BoycottChevron for Human Rights and Planet Earth
Online, 12 PM Central, 8 PM Palestine
‘Stop the Ethnic Cleansing’: the Most Powerful Oscars Speech in Years
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, MAR 02, 2025
‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 2025
‘No Other Land’ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza to change ceasefire deal
Julian Borger, The Guardian, 2 Mar 2025
Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone
Fabian Steegmann, DailyMotion, February 2025
Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Defence for Children Palestine, Feb 26, 2025
The State of the Gaza “Ceasefire” and an Interview with Hezbollah
JEREMY SCAHILL AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 28, 2025
Families rejoice as hundreds of Palestinian hostages are freed
Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, Feb 27, 2025
2025.03.15: War Tax Resistance Workshop
Wil-Mar Center, 504 S. Brearly St, Madison, 1-4 pm
2025.03.08: Anti-War Cafe
Noon – 3 pm
MECA Update on the West Bank
Feb 27, 2025
Netanyahu only ever saw the hostages as his path back to genocide
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 26 February 2025
2025.03.19: “My Name is Rachel Corrie”
Winona State University, Minnesota
How To Erase a People
uncivilized, Feb 17, 2025
Contact Your Senators Now to Stop More US Weapons to Israel
Peace Action of Wisconsin, February 25, 2025
The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 24, 2025
2025.03.19: Women in Conflict Zones
Online, 11 AM CT
A Letter to Donald Trump From Gaza
ABUBAKER ABED, ZETEO, FEB 23, 2025
Israel drops genocidal leaflets on Gaza
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, FEB 22, 2025
Upcoming Andaleeb Cartonera Bookmaking Workshops
Make a book cover for Palestine and Gaza!
Palestinians forced to flee US-armed Israeli military in West Bank
Tamara Nassar, Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2025
Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Voices For Justice in Palestine, Feb 21, 2025
2025.03.08: AFRICaide and 4W International Women’s Day
Madison, 10am – 4pm CT
2025.03.01: The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza
Online, 12 noon – 3 pm CT
2025.02.25: Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Online, 11 am – 12 Noon CT
Living in the Open
Hossam Shabat and Rasha Abou Jalal, الصحفي حسام شبات, Drop Site News, Feb 20, 2025
2025.02.24: Rising Violence and the Existential Threat to Palestinians
Online, 10:00 – 11:30 AM CT
Israel releases video of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
CALL 2 ACTION NOW (@call2actionnow), Feb 19, 2025
2025.02.25: War and the Economic System
Online, 7 – 8:30 pm CT
If You Only Watch One Thing Today
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, FEB 14, 2025
Petition to U.S. for the release of Dr. Abu Safiya
Drop Site News, Feb 16, 2025
Dr. Abu Safiya Reports Torture and Severe Abuses in Israeli Custody
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 11 February 2025
Netanyahu refuses mobile homes and earthmovers for Gaza
The Times of Israel, Feb 16, 2025
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
The Maia Project, 2010 — 2025
February 14, 2025 Update MECA reports that Israel completely destroyed all but one of their Maia water filtration units in Rafah, including the five that MRSCP…
2025.03.21-30: Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), February 10, 2025
