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We are reporting a lot of Hamas operatives killed, but I think most of the people we report as dead are not really Hamas operatives. People are promoted to the rank of terrorist after their death. — Israeli Intelligence Source, +972 Magazine, August 21, 2025
2025.01.18: The People’s March in Madison!
Show Up for Palestine! James Madison Park, 614 E. Gorham Street, Madison, 1 – 4 pm. This event is part of the national People’s March. Throughout Inauguration…
2025.01.11: Andaleeb Cartonera Bookmaking for Palestine
Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, Madison, 2-5 pm. You are invited to another session of producing handcrafted editions of various works in support of…
Here are the propaganda leaflets Israel is dropping over Gaza
DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 08, 2025. The messages consist of crude warnings, threats and appeals to turn against Hamas and collaborate with Israel. With less…
Why the US has declared genocide in Sudan but not Gaza
PBS News Hour, Jan 8, 2025. “The policy of the United States towards that particular conflict.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
AJP Action Blasts Biden for Enabling Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
[WASHINGTON D.C., JANUARY 09, 2025] – Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) condemns President Joe Biden and members of his administration for continuing their…
2025.01.03-16: Extended! Gaza Film “From Ground Zero” at AMC Fitchburg & Baraboo
From Ground Zero at AMC Fitchburg and Baraboo Arabic with English Subtitles Palestine’s Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, is a…
Where is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, and what is Israel doing to him?
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, JANUARY 3, 2025. It has been one week since the Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, was detained…
Dwight Howard: ‘I tweeted Free Palestine.’
‘Less than 10 minutes later, I got a call from the NBA commissioner.’ By HoopsHype | January 7, 2025 Dwight Howard: But when you’re in the NBA, there…
Group of Quebec doctors suspends non-essential work Monday to protest bloodshed in Gaza
CBC, January 6, 2025 As Israel’s deadly assaults on Gazans and their fragile health-care system rage on, some Quebec doctors are rising in protest by…
Willy Street Update on Sabra Boycott
Co-op News, Jan 6, 2025. “We have decided to drop the five Sabra products” In November, 1% of Owners (337) requested a boycott of Sabra…
‘Where the Hell Is Doctor Hussam?’ Israel Gives Mixed Messages on Gaza Hospital Director
“Dr. Abu Safiya’s unlawful detention is emblematic of the broader attacks on the healthcare sector in Gaza and Israel’s attempts to annihilate it. It is…
Rights Group Finds Israel Uses Gaza ‘Safe Zones’ to ‘Hide a Genocide’
The analysis was published a day before Israeli forces bombed yet another “safe zone,” killing at least 12 Palestinians, including children. BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS,…
The Scramble To Find The Gaza Doctor In The White Coat
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is one of six medical workers with the Chicago-based organization MedGlobal who remain in Israeli custody. Jonah Valdez, THE INTERCEPT, December…
2025.01.11-12: January Unity Gathering
You are invited to this two-day gathering to strengthen popular unity and plans for advancing world peace, justice, sustainability, and democracy throughout Wisconsin. Saturday and…
2025.02.22 Update: People’s Forum on the Black Freedom Struggle & Palestine!
2222 S PARK STREET, 2-4 PM
What It’s Truly Like to Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Tent: A Report From Gaza
Five newborns have died of hypothermia amid the cold in Gaza. Doctors tell Drop Site the deaths are a direct result of Israel’s blockades ABUBAKER…
Israeli forces arrest Gaza hospital chief after ‘burning doctors and patients alive’
Troops beat Hussam Abu Safiya and kidnapped him alongside other doctors, leaving northern Gaza without any health services By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 28 December…
And Now There Is Blood on my Name, and on the Name of America
Julia Vinograd, “For My Tree In Israel,” 1988
Today at Tuba in Masafer Yatta
December 22, 2024 Settlers have been in the village of Tuba multiple times in the last 48 hours. They chased all the sheep and the…
The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not.
I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The histories of the future are none of our concern. Our…
2024.12.21 Update: Interfaith “Longest Night” Gaza Vigil
Around 75 people braved the cold weather and joined the longest night vigil and service earlier this evening. I am overwhelmed by the turnout and…
Not Another Bomb
Why as a Jew I Stand with Palestinian Liberation BY MARC ROSENTHAL, THE PROGRESSIVE, DECEMBER 18, 2024 grew up post-World War II in Madison, Wisconsin, in…
End-of-Year Appeal
Survival in Gaza, Plant an Olive Tree, and Replace the Sheep Your help is needed to support three projects in Palestine Madison-Rafah Sister City Project…
‘We kill civilians and count them as terrorists’: Israeli reservists recount Gaza service
With Tel Aviv focused on expanding its occupation of southern Syria, Israeli soldiers say the army is operating freely inside Gaza as ‘an armed independent…
Erased & Suppressed: Palestinian Testimonies of Meta’s Censorship
7amleh, the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, has released a new report titled “Erased and Suppressed: Palestinian Testimonies of Meta’s Censorship”. It highlights…
2024.12.23: Peace walk through the malls
We were inspired by this video from Cardiff and we’ll replicate it here in Madison. If interested, contact us at warabolition@gmail.com View this post on Instagram…
The War in Gaza Is Far Worse Than You Thought
The Airwars report shows a rate of civilian slaughter “incomparable with any 21st century air campaign. It is by far the most intense, destructive, and fatal…
Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria with the support of the U.S. The goals are clear:…
The Last Two Weeks Have Been the Most Dire in the Gaza War: Hospital Director
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza “will turn into a graveyard for everyone inside” amid ongoing Israeli attacks HERMAN GILL, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 16,…
2024.12.13: West Bank Update from Cassandra Dixon on WORT
WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Report from the West Bank, Then an Update on Syria On today’s show, host Esty Dinur speaks with activist and…
East Jerusalem, West Bank Palestinians displaced en masse
Home Demolitions spike to 15 year high Israel, like every other settler-colonial state, is premised on the erasure of the indigenous population. Demolishing Palestinian homes…
GAZA IN CONTEXT Series: The Colonial History that Shaped the Modern Middle East
OnlineJan 5, 12, 26 and Feb 2, 2024 2:00 – 3:30 pm CT Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund, December 12, 2024 The Israeli war on…
Deadline for removing Sabra Hummus from Willy Street Co-op is December 16!
Special Update & Action Request Member requests to remove Sabra Hummus from the shelves at Willy Street co-op have passed the threshold needed to trigger…
ADC Statement on Syria and Continued Israeli Aggression
Israel’s recent escalation in Syria is emblematic of its broader strategy to reshape the Middle East to its advantage. Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | December 12, 2024…
2024.12.13: The War on Palestine and Lebanon and its Environmental Effects
Online 11 am CT On Rendering Uninhabitable: The War on Palestine and Lebanon and its Environmental Effects Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and its expansion…
2024.12.17: Shifting the Narrative to Restore UNRWA Aid
Online 5 pm – 6:30 pm CT Millions of Palestinians in Gaza and throughout the Middle East rely on the United Nations Relief and Works…
2024.12.15: Uprooting the Jewish National Fund
Online 1:30 pm CT Join the Green Olive Collective to discuss the central role of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in the ongoing displacement of…
2024.12.15: International Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Online 10 am – 11:30 am CT Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine (GSPP) is a coalition of organizations from around the world committed to…
Tell the Senate: No more repression of the Palestine rights movement
Jewish Voice for Peace, November 27, 2024 As the Senate heads into its final weeks before the new Congress, we must block two incredibly dangerous…
Report: We Will Return
An analysis of the escalating forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank since the start of the genocide in Gaza Stop the Wall,…
2024.12.14: Andaleeb Cartonera Workshop at Madison Friends’ Meeting House
1704 Roberts Court, Madison 2-5 pm Everyone is invited to another Andaleeb Cartonera workshop to make cardboard covers for books, hosted this time by the great folks…
2024.12.14: Informational Picket at Willy Street Co-op North
2817 Sherman Avenue, Madison 1-3 pm Please join MRSCP, Revolutionary Socialists of Madison, and UE Local 1186 of Willy Street Co-op for an informational picket and…
U.S. Nonprofit Raised $300,000 for Israeli Sniper Unit Killing Unarmed Palestinians
Other U.S. nonprofits have raised up to $100 million annually for the IDF, underscoring the deep financial and ideological ties between pro-Israel organizations in the…
Except for Palestine
“When crises erupt, we protect civilians from mass atrocities, promote accountability for those responsible for human rights violations and abuses, seek to free political prisoners,…
UNRWA: Nearly one million Palestinians at risk this winter
“We are running out of words. Hunger and disease are rampant. This keeps testing our shared humanity.” Gaza now has the highest number of child…
US repeats Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’ after invasion of Syria
State Department says Israel has right to ‘take actions against terrorist organisations’ By MEE staff, 9 December 2024 The US State Department said on Monday that Israel was acting in…
This Is Genocide And It Must End Now
Amnesty International just released a major report1 documenting how the Israeli government has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Right now, successfully…
In Masafer Yatta There’s No P In PTSD
WORT 89.9FM Madison · In Masafer-Yatta there’s no P in PTSD WORLD VIEW, DECEMBER 8, 2024 Cassandra Dixon, a local and international peace activist, has…
25 years of resisting Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera, Nov 21, 2024 Atta Jaber’s family has farmed the Baqa’a Valley in the illegally occupied West Bank for hundreds of years, but since…
Erasing Palestinian Life in Gaza: Israel’s Genocide Exposed
Francesca Albanase and Eyal Weizman, Palestine Deep Dive, 8 Nov, 2024 “Israel aims to cancel and erase Palestinian life!” UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied…
Challenging Israeli ‘Hasbara’ and ‘Conventional Wisdom’ on Palestine
An Anti-Colonial Reframing Jeff Halper, Director, ICAHD, October 30, 2024 Israel’s success in “selling” its wars and oppressive colonial practices lies in its ability to…
Let’s Turn Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die” into a Bestseller
On December 10 Palestinian writer, poet and educator Refaat Alareer will posthumously publish a book, “If I Must Die,” a collection of his poetry and…
Death march from Beit Lahia
Hossam Shabat reports from northern Gaza on Israel’s mass expulsion campaign Death march from Beit Lahia by Drop Site News Hossam Shabat reports from northern…
Boycott Review at Willy St Co-op
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Rafah Sister City Project (@madisonrafah) Boycott Comment Link
In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire
Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school can be a challenge. But still we fight for our…
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence
Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers —…
Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty’s director tells Zeteo. PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, DEC 04, 2024 Israel is…
Amnesty International Concludes That Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza
In a new 300-page report the human rights group joins a growing chorus of legal scholars and activists describing Israel’s assault on Palestinians as genocide. …
2024.12.05 Update: Protest for Disclosure and Divestment by University of Wisconsin
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CODEPINK Madison (@codepinkmadison) UW-Madison Gordon Hall 770 West Dayton St7:45 am Citing a Wisconsin anti-discrimination statute on…
“Ethnic cleansing by a thousand cuts”
An Update from the South Hebron Hills Unsettled Podcast, Dec 3, 2024 In this episode of Unsettled we hear from Ali Awad, a 26-year-old activist…
Lebanon Ceasefire Had Built-in Loopholes for Israel
Lebanon Ceasefire Had Built-in Loopholes for Israel by Drop Site News And the civil and proxy war reignites in Syria. Read on Substack
2024.12.08: Letter Writing For A Ceasefire
The Reading Room 2713 Atwood Ave, Madison 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm As the siege on Gaza continues, we refuse to let genocide become mundane…
2024.12.14: Holiday Craft & Cookie Sale for Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem
Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg 9 am – 12 noon All proceeds support a scholarship fund for Dar al-Kalima University of Arts and…
2024.12.06: Launch of the “Gaza Writes Back” Memorial Edition
Online3 pm CT Registration
Update: Respond to Willy Street Co-op & Help Remove Sabra Hummus!
1% of Willy St Co-op members requested this by 12/02/24 Willy Street emailed all members on December 3 to announce a 14-day comment period ending…
Israel Builds Bases in Central Gaza, a Sign It May Be There to Stay
In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area and expanded a network of bases, a New York Times…
Former defense minister accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza
“The IDF is not the most moral army today. It’s hard for me to say that.” By Mick Krever and Dana Karni, CNN, December 2, 2024 CNN — A…
Israeli Settler Company Specializing in West Bank Outposts Now in Gaza
Israeli Libi Construction Company At Work In Beit Lahia REVEALED: Israeli Settler Company Specializing in West Bank Outposts Now at Work in Northern Gaza by…
My Israeli Neighbors Are Rejoicing: Trump Will Make Israel Great(er)
DIARY FROM A PALESTINIAN IN ISRAEL Diana Buttu on how Trump’s ‘Israel first’ Cabinet picks and Netanyahu’s settler ambassador signal West Bank annexation is more…
Israeli bombing kills World Central Kitchen workers and aid-seekers
Meanwhile, a former Israeli defence minister says the army is ethnically cleansing northern Gaza By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied PalestineMiddle East Eye, 30 November 2024…
2024.12.09-25.01.29: Gaza National Teach-In Series
7 pm Central More info & registration TeachinNetwork.org Toolbox on Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East
2024.11.29-12.06: Read Palestine Week
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Heavy rain washes away 10,000 tents in Gaza
Spreads misery for displaced Palestinians Palestinians in Gaza continue to suffer from hunger, disease, and bitter cold temperatures as Israel’s campaign of genocide continues News Desk,…
Winter rains pile misery on war-torn Gaza’s displaced
Agence France-Presse via Al-Monitor, Nov 26, 2024 At a crowded camp in Gaza for those displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas, Ayman Siam…
ADC Statement on Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | November 27, 2024 – The U.S.-led ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon showcases the government’s ability to influence peace agreements when the political…
Lebanon’s “Ceasefire” Deal With Israel, and What It Means for Gaza
A breaking news podcast discussion with Dr. Sami Al-Arian JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 26, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister and international fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu…
U.S. officials who hated “woke” investing won’t stop buying Israel Bonds
Israel is the exception to “politically motivated investment” KA (JESSICA) BURBANK, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 25, 2024 First, they banded together to block investing in…
The Secret Recordings Netanyahu Wants Censored
A new documentary exposes never-before-seen video of the Israeli leader — and argues he’s prolonged the Gaza War to evade corruption charges. Arjun Singh, LEVER…
Tell the World’s Governments to End the Genocide
World Beyond War, Nov 25, 2024
‘A Starvation Policy’: Former UN Aid Chief on Gaza Suffering
Jan Egeland talks to Mehdi about his visit to Gaza, the ICC arrest warrants, and how Israel under Netanyahu is behaving like Syria under Assad.…
2024.11.19 Update: Video of Osama Iliwat & Rotem Levin in Madison
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison [map], 7 pm – 9 pm
Saturday in At Tuwani
This has been a terrible day here with multiple large settler attacks in the area, including this attack in Tuwani in which two of my…
Photo Essay: The silent displacement in the West Bank
As the world has focused on the Gaza genocide, a massive Israeli campaign of violence and displacement has taken place across the West Bank. Photojournalist…
Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Me
‘The Message’ cuts to the human heart of the situation in Israel-Palestine, refusing to contort its argument to affirm other perspectives Amr Kotb,New Lines Magazine,…
2024.12.07: Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Monona Terrace8 am – 3 pm Madison’s 28th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival MRSCP, Palestine Partners, and Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison will again be offering fair trade…
2024.11.20: East Washington Vigil for Gaza Ceasefire on Wednesdays
Every Wednesday (except Nov 27, 2024)SW corner of East Washington Av & Fourth St, Madison4:00 – 4:30 pm You are invited to join this weekly…
2024.11.29: Lights Up! for Palestine International Day of Solidarity!
Plaza at W Lawn Av & Monroe StNext to Trader Joe’s4-6 pm
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…
2024.11.21: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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) —…
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…
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…
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…
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…
