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If a state with a Jewish majority was to be created in Palestine, a country with a massive Arab majority with uncontested legal claim to the lion’s share of privately owned land, the expulsion of a large part of this majority and the seizure of their land were absolutely necessary. — Rashid Khalidi, The Iron Cage, 2006
Israeli rape of detainees is the result of a society that sees Palestinians as ‘human animals’
Israel has claimed that it is fighting “human animals” in Gaza. But now, Israeli society’s own monstrous sadism, deriving from a deep hate of Palestinians, is on display for the rest of the world to see. BY JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 6, 2024 FACEBOOK X WHATSAPP LINKEDIN MASTODON BLUESKY REDDIT EMAIL PRINT On August 3, Shaiel Ben-Ephraim…
Aug 19-22, 2024: CODEPINK’s “Disrupt the DNC” in Chicago
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August 20, 2024: Antiwar Film Series – “Soldiers Without Guns”
Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St, Room 302 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Antiwar Film Series continues in August, with Soldiers Without Guns, a documentary about Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, where a civil war raged for a decade, with locals split over the impact of an Australian-owned copper mine. Watch the trailer here. In…
August 17, 2024: Eken Park Festival
August 17, 2024 Eken Park, 848 North St, Madison11 am – 8 pm Visit the Palestine Partners booth with Playgrounds for Palestine! More info at Eken Park Fest.
A win for the Palestine protests: UK suspends Israel arms sales
The government’s suspension of arms sales to Israel, while possibly temporary, shows the impact of the months of protests Clementine Russell, Counterfire, 7 August 2024 Facebook Twitter Though it can sometimes be hard to see the policy impact of consistent protesting, the government’s latest decision to suspend arms sales to Israel whilst ministers carry out a…
Nearly 100 killed in Israeli strike on school, Gaza officials say
The Israel Defense Forces said Hamas fighters had been operating in the Gaza City school. Eleven children and six women were among those killed, a Gaza official said. By Missy Ryan, Hajar Harb, Mohamad El Chamaa, Adela Suliman and Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, August 10, 2024 JERUSALEM — An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least 93…
Arab Christians invite Zionist evangelicals to restore ‘one body in Christ’
The plea finds a ‘discernible missional gap’ between the Western church and the churches of the Middle East By Daoud Kuttab, Religion News Service, August 8, 2024 (RNS) — Since the beginning of Israel’s war in Gaza, Arab Christians in the Middle East have complained that Western Christians, particularly white evangelicals, have exhibited a lack of…
Reaction of Jeff Halper to Ismail Haniyeh’s Assassination
Like apartheid South Africa, it must be replaced by a single democracy offering equal rights to all living between the River and the Sea ICAHD Videos, Jul 31, 2024 Jeff Halper, ICAHD’s Director, posted this introduction to the interview that he did on 31st July 2024 with Salaamedia in South Africa about the assassination of…
Welcome to Hell: B’Tselem’s Ignored Abuse Report Shows Israel’s True Face
In Guantanamo Bay nine prisoners were killed in 20 years; here it’s 60 detainees in 10 months. Need anything more be said? Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Aug 8, 2024 The B’Tselem report published this week, “Welcome to Hell,” isn’t only a report about what’s happening in Israel’s prison facilities; it’s a report about Israel. Anyone who…
Settler Attack in Tuba
My friends were attacked this morning in Tuba. They got the sheep back, but have injuries and are at the hospital now.— Cassandra Dixon
The West Bank with John Oliver
Content Warning for expletives and sexual humor, like “I know the bar here is incredibly low, but I guess at the very least I just want my government to have the moral backbone that’s been shown by Ben and f*cking Jerry’s.” YouTube, Aug 1, 2024John Oliver discusses how the West Bank settlements came to be,…
Backing Israeli Apartheid Isn’t Just Immoral — It’s Illegal
Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a damning assessment of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land and the apartheid system it has built. All states now have a clear obligation to impose sanctions on Israel until the occupation ends. INTERVIEW WITH JOHN REYNOLDS BY DANIEL FINN, JACOBIN, 08.04.2024 Last month, the International Court of…
After 300 days of ‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’
Nasrallah declares ‘new phase’ of war, vows ‘inevitable’ response to Israeli attack on Beirut In a strident speech on August 1, Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah said that the fighting with Israel has “entered a new phase” that goes “beyond supporting Gaza,” vowing an “inevitable” response to Israel’s Beirut bombing. BY QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 1, 2024 XWHATSAPP…
Aug 11, 2024: Banners Up For Palestine! at “Ride the Drive”
11 am – 1 pm Join us for another Banners Up! action at Madison’s Ride the Drive to keep Palestine and Gaza in the public eye. Wear your kuffiyas and bring signs and flags. We plan to be at Law Park near the Machinery Row parking lot. Check here for updates and call 608-586-4447 if you can’t…
Aug 10, 2024: Bur Oak Music for Gaza
6 pm View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Rafah Sister City Project (@madisonrafah)
Aug 9, 2024: Culinary Passport Series features Palestinian Cuisine
Catholic Multicultural Center 5256 Verona Road, Fitchburg 6 pm CMC has announced that the next destination in their Culinary Passport Series will celebrate the culture of the Palestinian people with a delicious meal from 3DE Mediterranean Cuisine. The event will also feature traditional music and dance, and a panel discussion with neighbors of Palestinian background about their culture, the…
Israel Has a History of Killing Hamas Leaders Who Are Trying To Secure Ceasefires
Benjamin Netanyahu’s reckless assassination of Ismail Haniyeh undermines the prospects for a peace deal and the release of the hostages. MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, JUL 31, 2024 “Israel’s leaders killed three birds with one stone,” wrote Reuven Pedatzur, a senior military affairs analyst for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “They assassinated the man who had the power to…
Aug 8, 2024: Mouin Rabbani on WORT
A Public Affair with Allen Ruff Noon to 1 pm CT Live at 89.9 FM or streaming, and archived Ismail Haniyeh, a top political leader of Hamas, was assassinated in Teheran, presumably by Israel, on Wednesday, July 31. The day prior, an Israeli air strike in Beirut killed Fuad Shukr, said to have been Hezbollah’s…
‘Solidarity with Palestine’: Tanzanian divers draw attention to war on Gaza
Video, which captured the attention of thousands, featured several Tanzanians holding ‘Free Palestine’ placards Lulu Angelo Sanga, Anadolu Ajansı, 01.08.2024 Tanzanian diver Jamal Amoul Abdallah and South African influencer Candice King released a video supporting Palestine Filmed off Zanzibar, it features divers holding "Free Palestine" placards https://t.co/bxaNnqlbSB pic.twitter.com/8BOwNTU8Et — Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) July 31, 2024…
Break the Siege ship prevented from sailing
Flotilla still determined to challenge the Blockade By David, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, August 1, 2024 The Freedom Flotilla Coalition believes in fundamental rights for all, including Palestinians. Unfortunately, these values are not shared by many of the world’s governments. Our Break the Siege mission ships and crew in Istanbul have been prepared to sail for some…
Everyone knows Israel is committing genocide
John Oliver has just said out loud that Israel is committing genocide, on HBO and his YouTube channel with 10 million subscribers. HE JUST DID. pic.twitter.com/ayu0xadktE — 天真无邪 (@221B_Danmei) July 29, 2024 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, July 28, 2024 On John Oliver’s late-night show this week, he put it simply to his ten…
Israel’s Olympic Presence Helps Legitimize War Crimes
Paraguay’s men’s soccer team defeated Israel—but Israel wins just by being allowed to compete. DAVE ZIRIN and JULES BOYKOFF, THE NATION, JULY 29, 2024 On the same day as the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres issued a video message imploring countries from around the world “to lay down their arms” in the…
Al Jazeera journalist, cameraman killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi killed in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, in Israeli strike on their vehicle “Let me tell you, my friend, that I no longer know the taste of sleep. The bodies of children and the screams of the injured and their blood-soaked images never leave my sight. The cries…
Aug 4, 2024: Lanterns for Peace Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration
TENNEY PARK 1414 E. Johnson St or 402 N. Thornton Ave, John Wall Family Pavilion6:30 pm – Create lanterns7:30 pm – Program starts7:45 pm – Launch lanterns Join us for this family friendly event to commemorate the lives lost in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 79 years ago and make sure that such nuclear attacks…
Aug 3, 2024: Read Palestine! High School Book Club
10 am Read Palestine!, a project of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting a book club for high school students this summer. We will read They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri. Join us in reading They Called Me a Lioness, covering Ahed Tamimi’s childhood and adolescence living under Israeli military occupation in a small village in the West Bank.…
Jul 31, 2024: Picnic, Music & War Abolition Walk
Capitol lawn between Pinckney St, N Hamilton St and E Washington St 6 – 8 pm Wed, July 31 we will join CODEPINK Madison to gather at Concerts on the Square, 6 – 8 pm. At 6:30, we’ll do a silent procession with signs as a group. We’re making these signs: “Imagine yourself in Gaza…
Israel Just Destroyed a Key Rafah Water Facility Defended by Rachel Corrie
Rafah | Rafah’s water reservoir blown up Israeli soldier from the combat engineering corps sharing footage on his personal account blowing Rafah’s water reservoir in Tel Sultan neighborhood “in honor of Shabbat” as he describes it. pic.twitter.com/bpCghkOWeQ — Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) July 26, 2024 Younis Tirawi | يونس | @ytirawiRafah’s water reservoir blown…
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‘Israel always sold the occupation as legal. The ICJ now terrifies them’
Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu unpacks the ICJ opinion on Israel’s military regime, and the lessons of turning international law into action. By Ghousoon Bisharat, +972 Magazine, July 23, 2024 On Friday, July 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is unlawful…
Thousands shut down the Capitol to protest Israel’s genocide
Thousands of people of conscience from across the country turned out to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to D.C. this week — including hundreds of American Jews who were arrested while engaged in prayerful civil disobedience, demanding an immediate arms embargo on Israel. If the last two weeks have shown us anything, it…
What is Christian Zionism?
Key points in theology, history, and politics by Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Executive Director of Voices for Justice in Palestine Theology
Pocan to Boycott Netanyahu Congressional Address
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 24, 2024Contact: Matthew Handverger, (508) 561-5226 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement announcing why he will not be attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Joint Address to Congress: “For nearly 10 months, Netanyahu has waged a deadly and excessive response that has targeted Gazan civilians. It is wildly inappropriate…
It could be Israel, or the United States
“They’re willing to kill anybody, imprison anybody, and whatever the international community says or the UN says or some human rights organizations say, they’re not bothered by it. And that’s also a new element in the world.” — Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc. She’s talking about North Korea, but it could be Israel, or…
Israel’s West Bank Assault Sparks 250% Surge in Killings of Palestinian Kids
“We are seeing frequent allegations of Palestinian children being detained on their way home from school, or shot while walking on the street,” said the U.N. agency. JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, Jul 22, 2024 Three days after the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is unlawful, the…
Displaced in Gaza
Gaza Unlocked, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Displaced in Gaza is a collection of personal testimonies from Gazans who have been repeatedly displaced within their homeland since October 7, 2023, with these stories being collected in May 2024, commissioned by the Hashim Sani Center for Palestine Studies at Universiti Malaya. Displaced in Gaza aims to raise global awareness…
UN report: Israel has killed 366 UN staff and family
The confidential report is the first to detail the toll faced by the families of UN workers in Gaza RYAN GRIM, DROP SITE, JUL 24, 2024 Israel’s assault on Gaza had killed at least 172 dependents of United Nations staff by the end of June, according to a confidential UN report obtained by Drop Site,…
Demonstrators stage mass protest against Netanyahu visit and US military aid to Israel
Protesters held a demonstration inside the Cannon US Capitol office building on Tuesday, one day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address Congress. BY ASHRAF KHALIL, Associated Press, July 23, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters against the Gaza war staged a sit-in at a congressional office building Tuesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Jul 24, 2024: #ArrestNetanyahu
30 W Mifflin St, Madison 6:30 PM View this post on Instagram A post shared by CODEPINK Madison (@codepinkmadison)
Jul 23, 2024: Film “Where Olive Trees Weep”
worldbeyondwar.uw Antiwar Film Series Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St, Room 302 Meet at 6:00 pm, film at 6:30 pm, then discussion RSVP if you can to warabolition@gmail.com “Where Olive Trees Weep” (2024) offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma,…
Jul 23, 2024: Press Conference at Tammy Baldwin’s Madison Office
30 W. Mifflin Street, Madison 12:30 pm World Beyond War and other groups will be holding a press conference outside Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s Madison office in opposition to Netanyahu’s planned address to the US congress the following day. The public is invited. Letters have been sent to Sen. Baldwin as well as Rep. Mark Pocan…
Bike ride fundraiser helps raise money for Gaza and refugees
MADISON (WKOW) — Participants pedaled through Madison’s scenic bike paths on Sunday, joining forces to raise money for humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza. The event, featuring an eight-mile route, centered around Tenney Park, where attendees enjoyed refreshments, live music, poetry readings, bike decorating and kite making. “All funds raised, as outlined in our literature, are…
Jul 21, 2024: Ride for Palestine Update
The Ride for Palestine on July 21 was a great success, with about 50 riders and others helping the Madison Team blow past our $3000 goal for a total of over $7,000! A special thanks to our co-sponsors Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and Palestine Partners. MECA has raised $280,000 of their $300,000 goal for the ride in Berkeley and…
Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
BY MIKE CORDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 19, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57…
Israel Has Lost the Gaza War, and Much Else as Well
Joel Beinin, 7/19/24 Growing numbers of Israeli observers have been saying publicly that Israel cannot win the Gaza war. Their judgment has nothing to do with what a new Human Rights Watch report defines as the war crimes and crimes against humanity that Hamas and its allies committed during their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.…
Jul 19, 2024: WORT: The Republican National Convention and American wars, especially Gaza
A Public Affair 12 pm – 1 pm 89.9 FM, live online, or in the archives COLEEN ROWLEY is a retired FBI agent and was named one of TIME magazine’s Persons of the Year in 2002. She is a long-time member of Women Against Military Madness and Veterans for Peace and was with a group of peace activists at the Republican National Convention…
Madison joins cities around the world for Ride For Palestine
Annual Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) fundraiser By Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, Jul 17, 2024 On Sunday, July 21, Madison Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) will be participating in a Ride for Palestine bike fundraiser to raise money for its longtime partner Middle East Children’s Alliance for Peace (MECA). This will be Madison’s first time participating in MECA’s…
The Killing Didn’t Start on October 7
Today marks exactly 10 years since the killing of four Palestinian children from the Bakr family by the Israeli military in Gaza. In marking this somber anniversary, @AlMezanCenter , @AdalahEnglish , and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) highlight the systematic… pic.twitter.com/gmwe5JmyBv — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR (@pchrgaza) July 16, 2024
What life is like for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation
Al Jazeera English, Jul 16, 2024 What if every aspect of your life was under someone else’s control? This is the reality for millions of Palestinians who say Israel’s occupation has deprived them of freedom for generations. Since October 7 conditions in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have significantly worsened with settler attacks…
