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They left me in the room for five hours with my hands tied behind my back and my legs tied to each other. When I refused to confess, they slapped me and tightened the hand ties more and more. ― 15-year-old Palestinian, Room No. 4, Nov 1, 2015
NOT ANOTHER BOMB! A Year of Genocide in Gaza And Escalating Regional War
CONGRESS: NOT ANOTHER BOMB! A Year of Genocide in Gaza And Escalating Regional War Dear Friends, After one year of genocide in Gaza, the Administration continues to pretend that the problem in the Middle East is “terrorism”, that a “ring of fire” surrounds poor Israel and that the United States must “stand with Israel” as…
US media coverage of Israel’s 1982 war in Lebanon was different
Media Education Foundation, Oct 1, 2024 This is a clip from the documentary “The Occupation of the American Mind,” narrated by Roger Waters. Watch the full film.
Oct 5, 2024 Update: Milwaukee All Out for Palestine, All Out for Lebanon Protest!
More photos at Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement This group is coordinating travel from Madison to Milwaukee. Zeidler Union Square Park 2:00 pm Call from the Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine: The world has witnessed the genocide by a terrorist state over the past year, and we REFUSE to be silent. As millions around the globe…
Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison: No peace and justice a year after Oct. 7 attack
By Tsela Barr and Susan Nossal | guest column, Oct 2, 2024 As American Jews, the anniversary of Oct. 7, when 1,139 Israelis were killed by Hamas fighters and 250 hostages were taken, serves as a painful reminder of the ongoing cycle of violence that has gripped our world. We mourn the lives lost and…
Oct 8, 2024: Genocide and the Widening Middle East Wars Online
6:00 pm CT REGISTER Phyllis Bennis, Ervand Abrahamian, and Assaf Kfoury speak about Israel’s Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen wars. With missiles flying between Israel and Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen, no end in sight to the Gaza genocide, and the United States deepening engagement as Israel’s ally and weapons supplier, we have organized an exceptional…
Investigating war crimes in Gaza
“The first livestream genocide in history … If people are ignorant they are wilfully ignorant.” — Susan Abulhawa Al Jazeera, Oct 3, 2024 This feature length investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the…
How Western Media Lets Israel Get Away With Murder in Lebanon and Gaza
We now know exactly what it looks like when dishonest reporting succeeds in justifying genocide. RAMZY BAROUD, Common Dreams, Oct 03, 2024 The official Israeli army version of why it has targeted civilian areas during the intense and deadly bombardment of September 20 in south Lebanon is that the Lebanese are hiding long-range missile launchers in…
Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted. by Brett Murphy, ProPublica, Oct. 4, 2024 In late January, as the death toll in Gaza climbed to 25,000 and droves of Palestinians…
At least 18 killed in massive Israeli strike on Tulkarm in occupied West Bank
The attack is the first such missile strike on Tulkarm since the Second Intifada in the early 2000’s A child walks amid the rubble in an alley following an Israeli army raid in Tulkarem in the north of the occupied-West Bank, on September 12, 2024. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP) By MEE staff, 3 October 2024 At…
Oct 9, 2024: Mobilize Online for a People’s Arms Embargo
As we cross one year of resisting the current ongoing genocide in Gaza, we have a duty to rise up as a movement in our millions. From Palestine to Lebanon and beyond, the people will resist Israel’s ever-expanding, ever-intensifying violence. We refuse to submit or be uprooted from our native lands. Hands off Palestine, Lebanon, and…
The Western Media Helped Create These Horrors In The Middle East
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, OCT 03, 2024 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The US and Iran are on the brink of war. Israel and the United States are planning a major attack on Iran, which according to Biden himself could entail strikes on Iranian oil sites. Iran is now saying that its days of “individual self-restraint” are…
Oct 6-8, 2024: “Every Life – A Universe” Online
Time is Running Out Every life is a universe. If you believe this, we call on you to join a global movement and our online events on October 6th, 7th, and 8th.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the power of stories, and Israeli apartheid
“The country of Israel is a state in which half the population exist on one tier of citizenship and everybody else that’s ruled by Israelis exist on another tier, including Palestinian Israeli citizens. The only people that exist on that first tier are Israeli Jews. Why do we support that? Why is that okay? I’m…
We Charge Genocide: The Shofar Calls Us to Account on Rosh Hashanah
In the Jewish new year, we must confront the carnage that Zionism has wrought. By Brant Rosen , TRUTHOUT, October 3, 2024 Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Every year at Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, synagogues…
A New Poem from Mosab Abu Toha
Mosab Abu Toha’s poem for Zeteo is a moving expression of his feelings and experiences marking one year of suffering. MOSAB ABU TOHA, ZETEO, OCT 01, 2024 The poem is part of Zeteo’s special content marking one year since the attacks on October 7th and the genocidal war in Gaza that has followed. Read Mosab Abu…
U.S. Doctors Tell Biden, Harris They ‘Witnessed Crimes Beyond Comprehension’ in Gaza
“A cease-fire must be imposed on the warring parties by withholding military support for Israel and supporting an international arms embargo on Israel and all Palestinian armed groups.” JESSICA CORBETT, COMMON DREAMS, Oct 02, 2024 Nearly 100 U.S. healthcare providers who have volunteered in the GazaStrip over the past year sent President Joe Biden and Vice…
‘It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive’
Palestinian Journalist Wins Emmy Award Nurah Tape, The Palestine Chronicle, September 26, 2024 ‘This award is testimony to the power of one woman armed only with an iPhone who survived almost a year of bombardment.” Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda has won an Emmy award for her documentary produced by Al Jazeera’s AJ+ titled ‘It’s Bisan from Gaza…
Videos Show Iranian Missiles Hitting Israel
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Al Jazeera English (@aljazeeraenglish) Al Jazeera, Oct 2, 2024
Senator Bernie Sanders attempts to block a $20 billion arms sale to Israel
More than half a million Democratic voters selected “Uncommitted” on their primary ballots, and the movement gained 30 DNC delegates. The resolutions are not likely to get a vote until after the presidential election. BY MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 2, 2024 Last week Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced that he had introduced legislation to block…
Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Lebanon
Take Action: Tell White House, Elected Officials that the U.S. has allowed Israel to destroy region – this must end. Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | September 30, 2024 – Moments ago, Israel started its anticipated ground invasion of Lebanon, formally opening a new front in its war of aggression against the entire region. It is perfectly clear…
Oct 17-20, 2024: Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival
All Film Tickets and Line Ups Here!
US Gives Israel $8.7 Billion in Military Aid for Gaza and Lebanon
The new aid comes as the US claims it’s pushing for a ceasefire in Lebanon by Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com, September 26, 2024 On Thursday, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced that it secured $8.7 billion in military aid from the US to support its “ongoing military efforts,” meaning the genocidal slaughter in Gaza and Israel’s dramatic escalation in Lebanon.…
Oct 1, 2024: Action to Block Arms Sales to Israel
Library Mall & Tammy Baldwin’s Office10:00 – 11:45 am – Leaflet on Library Mall and invite pedestrians to sign cards 11:45 – War Abolition Walk up State Street12:00 noon – 1 pm – Hold space & vigil at Tammy Baldwin’s office – cards will be delivered Last Wednesday, Bernie Sanders and other Senators introduced a Joint Resolution of…
Two students will face disciplinary hearings for UW encampment
Students for Justice in Palestine-UW Madison asks that we email Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor demanding the charges be dropped. Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Sep 26, 2024 A reconstituted encampment takes up Library Mall on the UW campus. Photo by Rodlyn-mae Banting. Two students will face disciplinary hearings for their alleged involvement at the…
Oct 10, 2024: From Truman to Biden: US Policy toward the Ongoing Palestinian Nakba
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CT Online Voices for Justice in Palestine (VJP) invites you to a stimulating discussion with Josh Reubner, Policy Director at the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project and an adjunct lecturer in Justice and Peace Studies at Georgetown University. He is pursuing his PhD at the University of Exeter’s European Centre…
Oct 7, 2024: Films “From Ground Zero,” Untold Stories from Gaza
Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin Street, Room 301/302 5 – 9 pm Social time 5 pm, film at 5:30 pm, followed by discussion From Ground Zero: Untold Stories from Gaza is a collection of 22 short films telling the story of the current genocide through the eyes of Gazans living through it. The films Include…
Oct 2, 3 & 12, 2024: Jewish Voice for Peace High Holy Day Events
Judaism Beyond Zionism Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison invites the public to these free Judaism Beyond Zionism-themed High Holy Day events. If you plan on attending potlucks, please bring food and/or drinks. For the Erev Rosh Hashanah potluck, please add your name to this sign up sheet.
Sep 28, 2024: Madison All Out for Lebanon
More at Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine
Sanders Files to Force First-Ever Vote on Blocking Weapons to Israel
The resolutions are not likely to pass. If they do, they can still be vetoed by President Biden. “There is a mountain of documentary evidence” that Israel uses US weapons to violate the law, Sanders said. By Sharon Zhang, TRUTHOUT, September 26, 2024 Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders arrives for a hearing…
No, Israel does not have a right to defend itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians do.
Basic morality and simple logic dictate that the right of self-defense belongs to the Palestinian people, not to their oppressor. And international law agrees. BY CRAIG MOKHIBER, MONDOWEISS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 MEMBERS OF THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE HOLD THEIR WEAPONS DURING A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MOHAMMED AL-AZIZI AND ABDUL RAHMAN SOBH, WHO WERE KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES…
Milwaukee Mural Sends a Message: Stop Genocide in Gaza
Photos by Kamal Moon Sandra Whitehead, Milwaukee Muslim Journal, Sep 20, 2024 “Together we have demonstrated our community’s courage to stand up for what is right,” said Ihsan Atta, who commissioned a mural displayed on his building in Milwaukee to protest against Israel’s bombing of Gaza. “Murals are one of the most prevalent public forms of…
Seizing the West Bank: Extremist settlers in power
BBC World Service, Sep 2, 2024 Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023, extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank are increasingly using violence to seize land and property which is forcing many Palestinians from their homes. Click here to subscribe to our channel https://bbc.in/3VyyriM “Settlements Above the…
West Bank settler expansion: a year on the frontline
Channel 4 News, Feb 26, 2024 In the West Bank tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been a fact of life for decades. But since the October 7th attacks, the situation has only got worse, with hundreds of Palestinians being killed – and more illegal Israeli settlements spreading across the land. Filmmaker Katie Arnold has…
Stop the U.S. from arming Israel’s genocide
Take these steps as Senator Bernie Sanders prepares a Joint Resolution of Disapproval to stop the Biden-Harris administration from sending more weapons to Israel. The resolution has not yet been introduced but the national mobilization behind it is underway.
Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Antony Blinken Disagreed.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the law. by Brett Murphy, ProPublica, Sept. 24, 2024 Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest The U.S. government’s two foremost authorities on…
Palestinian Journalist Mujahed al-Saadi Violently Arrested by Israeli Forces in Home Raid
Al-Saadi is being held in administrative detention at Megiddo, a prison known for abuse SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 24, 2024 This month, we published a dispatch from Palestinian journalist Mujahed al-Saadi documenting the IDF’s siege of hospitals in Jenin. On Thursday, al-Saadi was violently dragged from his home and remains in Israeli captivity. At…
Oct 28, 2024: Film Boycott, on the anti-BDS movement
Madison Central Library 6:00 pm Over the past six years, unbeknownst to most Americans, 37 states passed laws intending to silence boycotts and other nonviolent measures aimed at pressuring Israel on its human rights record. These dangerous bills remove the legal protection that has been awarded to boycotts for generations, granting governments the power to…
Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon
David Gritten, BBC News, September 23, 2024 At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years. Thousands of families have also fled their homes as the Israeli military said it…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 353
Israel launches bombing campaign on Lebanon as Hezbollah retaliates Israel’s intensifying bombardment of Lebanon has killed at least 274 people so far, while Hezbollah retaliates with rockets across Israel. The Israeli army also raided and forcibly shut down the Ramallah office of Al Jazeera. BY QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 FACEBOOK X WHATSAPP LINKEDIN MASTODON BLUESKY…
Oct 10, 2024: Gallery Night with MxBazPaints
Artist Baz participated in our Silent Art Auction for Gaza. Delta Beer Lab 167 E Badger Rd, Madison 6 – 9 pm 608 640 4500
How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law
Mobilisation of violent settlers has intensified Palestinians’ fears of attacks and displacement Alison Killing, Chris Campbell and Peter Andringa in London and James Shotter in Jerusalem, FINANCIAL TIMES, SEPTEMBER 17 2024 The village of At-Tuwani, a Palestinian farming community of around 1,600 people, is nestled in a small valley in the occupied West Bank, south of the city of Hebron. Since the 1980s,…
Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi
Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly force. Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, September 17 2024 ON A HOT August afternoon in 2021 as protesters confronted Israeli soldiers near the West Bank village of Beita, Imad Ali Dweikat stood far away from the commotion, next to several parked ambulances,…
Israel attacks Bright Stars Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem
Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, President of Dar al-Kalima University, spoke September 8 at Midvale Community Lutheran Church in Madison. BREAKING NEWS As many of you already know, Israeli forces attacked Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem on Monday, September 16. As posted on Bright Stars’ Facebook page, this attack has once again brought to light the…
Settler attack near cave home projects
This morning Mohammed Badawi Al-Dababse, one of the shepherds from Khalat al-Dabea in Masafer Yatta, was attacked by settlers attempting to steal his sheep. His home is one of those that received construction funding from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project in 2023. He was able to save the sheep but was hurt himself. View this…
Press Conference in Milwaukee on Swastika and Star of David Mural
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (@wiscoforpali) wiscoforpali (Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine) and freepali (Falasteen Hayati) on Instagram Milwaukee mural showing swastika with Star of David draws condemnation Mural in city’s Riverwest neighborhood has since been vandalized BY SARAH LEHR, WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, SEPTEMBER 13,…
Universities Act to Silence Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators
September 16, 2024 Dr. James J. Zogby President, Arab American Institute In the 1960s, social critic Paul Goodman offered a parable to describe what had gone wrong with American higher education. He wrote: “Millennia ago, there were wise people who knew many things that they were eager to share. Young people came to them and asked, ‘Would…
42 Years Later: The Massacre of Sabra and Shatila Still Haunts Us Amid Gaza’s Ongoing Genocide
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | September 15, 2024 – Today marks the 42nd anniversary of one of the most brutal acts of violence in modern history: the massacre of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. Beginning on September 16, 1982, Lebanese militia, operating under the direction of Israeli forces, massacred, wounded, and left homeless thousands of defenseless…
The Night Won’t End: Biden’s War on Gaza
Fault Lines Documentary & Al Jazeera English, YouTube, Jun 21, 2024 From air strikes to field executions, Fault Lines investigates the killings of civilians by the Israeli military in Gaza and the role of the United States in the war. As Israel’s bombing campaign continues in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis deepens to catastrophic levels,…
