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We cannot call ourselves Progressive and remain silent on Palestine. ― Jewish Voice for Peace
“We Are Not Numbers” is Back Online
We Are Not Numbers relaunches email newsletter on a weekly basis If you are not yet receiving the newsletter, please use the subscribe button! July 16, 2024 We Are Not Numbers has relaunched its newsletter on a new, weekly schedule, commencing July 16. This follows several months of suspended publication. Distributed via email, the newsletter…
The E.U. sanctioned settlers for ‘human rights abuses against Palestinians’
Ephrat Livni, New York Times, July 16, 2024 A surge in Jewish settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is raising the ire of some in the international community as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government officially expands its hold on the occupied territory by claiming more land and quietly assists extremists with tacit military support,…
“The Shells Fell Like Rain”
14.07.2024 PCHR’s Field Researcher and Survivor of Attack on UNRWA School Shelters Shares Her Story Zainab Ahmad Mohammad Al-Khaldi, a resident of Al-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza and a volunteer field researcher. On 07 July 2024, as we usual do, we headed to shelters and healthcare facilities such as Al-Maamadani Hospital or Kamal ‘Adwan Hospital…
“There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy.”
— Former President Barack Obama, July 14, 2024
Thousands March in Milwaukee on the Republican Convention!
All Photos: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement
Justice For Gaza – Tell the FIFA Council to Ban Israel from World Football
The pressure is working — FIFA announced it will make a decision about whether or not to ban Israel by July 20! The FIFA council is deciding right now how to vote, and FIFA’s top bosses hold tremendous sway. If we each send them messages on Instagram and Twitter, they will feel like the whole world…
Israeli Use of Fragmentation Bombs Eviscerating Children’s Bodies
“Restraining Israel in October rather than enabling its operations in Gaza,” said one international policy expert, “could have avoided a lot of dead and mangled children.” JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, Jul 11, 2024 Doctors who have had to perform “a constant flow of amputations” on injured children in Gaza said Thursday that the injuries they have witnessed…
At least 90 killed in Israeli strike targeting Hamas military leader
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that “there is still no absolute certainty” that Mohammed Deif was killed. By Victoria Bisset and Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, July 13, 2024 Israel targeted Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif in a series of strikes in southern Gaza on Saturday, an operation that killed at least 90 people and injured 300 more,…
National Mobilization to Arrest Netanyahu in DC
and petition to boycott Netanyahu’s speech July 24, 2024 US Capitol Building 10 am to 2 pm CT The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights is joining with many other groups and calling for people to come to Washington, DC to protest Israeli Prime Minister and war criminal Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Plans call for surrounding…
Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank, June 2024
Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in June 2024 During the reporting period, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) and Israeli settlers continue their violence against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, amounting to crimes and other violations of international law. These crimes have…
Jul 10, 2024: Call Mayor Johnson on the RNC March Permit
The Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine is encouraging everyone to make a phone call Wednesday, July 10 between 8 am and 5 pm CT to the Milwaukee Mayor’s office asking him to issue the permit for the planned July 15 march on the Republican National Convention. The march has made standing with Palestine one of its central issues. Please…
Gaza Ceasefire Vigil & March on the Republican National Convention
Saturday, July 13 – Vigil for Ceasefire in Gaza at Farmers Market Join us and the Interfaith Peace Working Group as we gather for the third time this summer in an action featuring a display of shoes and a reading of Gazan victims’ names. Please let us know if you’d like to help read names…
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s free-for-all violence in Gaza
Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission. By Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, July 8, 2024 In partnership with In early June, Al Jazeera aired a series of disturbing videos…
Israeli Newspaper Confirms IDF Employed ‘Hannibal Directive’ on October 7
IDF soldiers were reportedly ordered to “turn the area around the border fence into a killing zone.” JAKE JOHNSON, COMMON DREAMS, Jul 07, 2024 The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Sunday that Israel’s military repeatedly employed a protocol known as the “Hannibal Directive” during the October 7 Hamas-led attack in an attempt to prevent the kidnapping of Israeli…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 272
Israelis urge Netanyahu to accept U.S. ceasefire deal as Hamas gives its response Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets on the Galilee after Israel’s assassination of one of its senior commanders. BY QASSAM MUADDI, Mondoweiss, JULY 4, 2024 A UN-RUN SCHOOL SHELTERING DISPLACED PEOPLE NEAR NASSER HOSPITAL IN KHAN YOUNIS WAS BOMBED BY ISRAELI WARPLANES ON JULY…
After a ceasefire resolution, the City of Madison played host to some of Israel’s largest weapons suppliers
BY MARIAMA SIDIME ● TONE ● JULY 3, 2024 A recent defense-industry conference at Monona Terrace highlights the gap between local declarations and local action. On June 24, the National Space & Missile Materials Symposium (NSMMS) and Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE) kicked off a joint conference on missile and space technology at Madison’s Monona…
62 DEMOCRATS JOIN 207 REPUBLICANS IN VOTE TO CONCEAL GAZA DEATH TOLL
an amendment blocks the State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s statistics The Gaza Ministry figures have been cited broadly, including by the U.S. and Israeli governments. Prem Thakker, The Intercept, June 27 2024 THE HOUSE OF Representatives has voted to effectively conceal the death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza. On Thursday, lawmakers voted 269-144 on…
Local Art Auction To Support Humanitarian Aid For Gaza
8 O’CLOCK BUZZ & Nicholas Wootton, WORT, JUNE 24, 2024 WORT 89.9FM Madison · Local Art Auction to Support Humanitarian Aid for Gaza For the past 21 years, the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project has sought to foster person-to-person relationships with residents of the southern Palestine city of Rafah. Previous humanitarian projects for the people of Rafah, including water…
Jul 2, 2024: Meet & Greet the Artists of the Silent Art Auction
5:30 – 7 pmJava Cat Coffee House4221 Lien Road Thanks to the amazing generosity of the Java Cat owners there will be a meet & greet event with artists contributing to our Silent Art Auction. Besides seeing the artwork attendees will have a chance to talk with some of the artists and learn more about the work…
Jun 30, 2024: Auction Artists on WORT
5-6 pm, after the news Three of the artists contributing their works to our Silent Art Auction for Gaza relief will be interviewed on WORT Radio’s World View Program. Tune in to 89.9 FM, listen live online, or archived afterwards to hear from artists Matthew Braunginn, Erika Rosales Garcia, and Baz Sundark.
Jun 29, 2024: International Festival
Overture Center201 State Street, Madison10 am – 5 pm Join Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners, and Playgrounds for Palestine to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of our community. Enjoy foods from around the world and browse the stunning arts and crafts — sold here, but with global connections.
Statement from Addameer on torture in Israeli prisons
ADDAMEER Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, 26-06-2024 Over the past decades, Israeli occupation authorities have systematically used torture against prisoners and detainees in their prisons from the very first moments of arrest. Hundreds of prisoners have died in Israeli jails over the years as a result of various forms of torture, without any accountability from…
Java Cat Coffee to host Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Silent Art Auction
By Omar Waheed, Madison365, Jun 27, 2024 Java Cat Coffee’s Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Silent Art Auction will go live on Friday as the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) partners with artists for humanitarian aid in Gaza. MRSCP’s auction “Art For Humanity’s Sake: A Silent Art Auction for Gaza” will start on June 28 and…
Jun 28 – Jul 8, 2024: Silent Art Auction for Gaza Update
The final total raised is over $5000. More than 30 artists contributed 79 beautiful works of art to the auction. And a special shout-out to Java Cat Coffee House which hosted an amazing display of these pieces and a July 2 meet-and-greet with some of the artists. Please patronize Java Cat and consider giving them a good review here. Online bids open…
Monona Terrace Convention faces Palestine protesters
By: Chloe Morrissey, 27 News, Jun 26, 2024 MADISON (WKOW) — Protesters took to the Monona Terrace to protest the National Space & Missile Materials Symposium (NSMMS), claiming the City of Madison should not host an event like that. The event is a joint symposium with Commercial and Government Responsive Access (CRASTE). Weapons and arms…
Jun 26, 2024: War Profiteers out of Madison!
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Jun 25, 2024: Fitchburg Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Tabled Indefinitely
On June 25 a City Council vote to indefinitely table the ceasefire resolution tied. The Mayor broke the tie by voting to table the resolution. The June 11 resolution has been postponed until June 25. You can Email the Fitchburg Mayor and City Council to support the resolution. Their addresses can also be found at…
Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war
As the Gaza war rages, Israeli funds target US college campuses and push to redefine antisemitism in US law Lee Fang and Jack Poulson, The Guardian, Mon 24 Jun 2024 Last November, just weeks into the war in Gaza, Amichai Chikli, a brash, 42-year-old Likud minister in the Israeli government, was called into the Knesset,…
Jun 24 – 27, 2024: Madison is hosting a conference for genocide profiteers
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Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank
A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory from military to civilian leadership—violating international law. By Michael Sfard, an Israeli lawyer specializing in international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Foreign Policy, JUNE 8, 2023 On Nov. 22, 1967, the United Nations Security Council debated a resolution that…
Jun 24 – 26, 2024: War profiteers in Madison! They are not welcome!
Week of June 24 Scroll down for: – Monday 6/24 midday vigil – Tuesday 6/25 midday vigil – Wednesday 6/26 community actions – Your message War profiteers, including Lockheed, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman are having a secret symposium in Madison this coming week, June 24th – 27th. It will be hosted…
Israeli airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza City
Israeli strikes killed 38 people in four neighborhoods Saturday, the Gaza civil defense force said. The military said it struck Hamas infrastructure in the city. By Victoria Bisset, Mohamad El Chamaa and Lior Soroka, The Washington Post, June 22, 2024 Israeli airstrikes on four neighborhoods in Gaza City killed at least 38 people Saturday, the Gaza civil defense force…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 258
Threat of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah rises Hassan Nasrallah warned in a televised speech that Hezbollah would “fight without restraints and without limits” in the event of an all-out war. Meanwhile, the first lawyer to visit Gaza detainees in Sde Teiman said they face “unimaginable” abuse. BY QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 20, 2024 HEZBOLLAH LEADER…
June 20, 2024: Jeff Halper on WORT
Noon – 1 pm Anthropologist, author and anti-occupation activist Jeff Halper will be interviewed by A Public Affair host Allen Ruff about how we can deepen our critical understandings of Israel’s ongoing onslaught on Palestine. Halper insists that what we have been witnessing before and since October 7 can only be understood through “the lens of settler…
ISRAEL’S NEW AIR WAR IN THE WEST BANK
NEARLY HALF OF THE DEAD ARE CHILDREN Nearly 20 years after the Second Intifada, the Israeli military has resumed airstrikes in the West Bank — and killed 24 children. Catherine Cartier, The Intercept, June 12 2024 AROUND 9:30 P.M. in late February, a white Mazda pulled up near a game cafe in the Jenin refugee camp…
“Complete Dehumanization”: Israel Killed Over 800 Palestinians in 11 Days
“We can no longer accept the statement that Israel is taking ‘all precautions’ — this is just propaganda.” By Sharon Zhang, TRUTHOUT, June 13, 2024 Israel’s recent massacres in Gaza killed over 800 Palestinians in less than two weeks — an extreme rate of brutal killing that has become normalized in western circles due to the “complete…
“I Ain’t Reading All That; Free Palestine”
The meme enrages Israel supporters because Israel apologia depends on mountains of verbiage to spin obvious atrocities as reasonable and appropriate. At some point the kids noticed this was happening, and started dismissing all the narratives. Caitlin Johnstone, June 15, 2024 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): A Zionist podcaster…
NATIONAL MOBILIZATION! All out to DC!
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A Report on the Wisconsin Democratic Convention
The author is Jim Carpenter, a convention delegate from the 4th Congressional District (Milwaukee) Hi, supporters of peace and justice: This is a summary of issues related to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Convention from this last week-end. Heba Mohammad will be on WPR (Wednesday, June 12) at 9 a.m. on the Wisconsin Today show. She…
The Genocidal Massacre in Nuseirat Refugee Camp
Israeli Forces Kill 274 Palestinians and Injure 698 in Attack Lasting 75 Minutes 9 June 2024 Date: 10 June 2024 On Saturday, 8 June 2024, the Israeli occupying forces (IOF) perpetrated yet another genocidal massacre against the Palestinian people in Gaza. During a military attack in Nuseirat Refugee Camp and across other areas of central…
June 21, 2024: Liberation Shabbat is Back!
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The Gaza Kitchen Cookbook Club
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Jun 13, 2024: Panel Discussion on Gaza Today
7:00 pm CT You Are Invited to a Solidarity Members’ and Friends’ Discussion: GAZA: GENOCIDE & SOLIDARITY As the horror of the U.S.-funded Israeli assault and massacre in Gaza continues with no end in sight, and Israeli settlers take over land in the West Bank, join us for a panel discussion that will focus on…
Read Palestine! 3rd-5th Grade Book Club
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Jun 10, 2024: Daniel Ellsberg Week
Madison for a World BEYOND War View this post on Instagram A post shared by JVP Madison (@jvp_madison) Although Palestine remains our focus, we are mindful of all the other areas in the world, including in our own country, where the insanity of militarism continues to cause unbearable suffering, either directly or indirectly. We continue…
Chipmaker Intel to halt $25-billion Israel plant
Reuters, June 10, 2024 JERUSALEM, June 10 (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O) is halting plans for a $25-billion factory in Israel, Israeli financial news website Calcalist said on Monday, in a report that the chipmaker did not confirm or deny. The U.S. company, asked about the report, cited the need to adapt big projects to changing timelines,…
