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Land on the West Bank is slowly being dragged from Palestinian control. Slowly, slowly push “them” back and back until the land is empty ― as some have pretended it was from the start. ― Irena Klepfisz, Yom Hashoah, Yom Yerushalayim, 1989
2024.11.13: The Unfolding Middle East War and the New Presidency
Online 7-8 pm Central A long Middle East war is on the horizon and we will look at building the anti-war resistance. This webinar will…
2024.11.04: Education Under Genocide: Gaza’s Phoenix School
Online 11 am Central Susan Abulhawa has courageously visited Gaza twice in the past year. She will share her journey, the inspiration behind the Phoenix…
Turkish anti-genocide protesters prevent container shipment to Israel
In Turkey, anti-genocide protesters seized a container set to be shipped from Istanbul to Israel’s Haifa Port. The back of the container shows Haifa Port,…
Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes
BY WAFAA SHURAFA AND SALLY ABOU ALJOUD, Associated Press, November 1, 2024 BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing…
How To Make Supporters of Israel’s Genocide Feel Safe on Campus
Emergency Teach-In S48 EP1, Jadaliyya, Nov 1, 2024 Featuring Sinan Antoon, Cultural Landscape Specialist; Adel Iskandar, Media Landscape Specialist; and Bassam Haddad, Social Science Specialist Learn how to…
Israel has all but ended medical evacuations from Gaza
For the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza AMBA GUERGUERIAN, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 01, 2024 An increasing number…
What we learned from UW-Madison’s pro-Palestine encampment
How this protest fits into recent history, what to carry moving forward, and what to leave behind. This article is more than 5 months old.…
Antisemitism Awareness Act Poster
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Progressives Demand Biden Explain US Military Involvement in Israel’s ‘Expanding Wars’
Float Israel War Powers Resolution Reps. Tlaib, Bush and others tell the US president he “cannot continue to ignore the law without Congressional intervention” in…
2024.11.01: A Gaza Nurse and Israel’s Plans for Northern Gaza on WORT
A Public Affair with Esty Dinur NoonLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived Wilhelmi Massay, a critical care and trauma nurse based in Omaha, talks about the six weeks…
Human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Genocide as colonial erasure Francesca Albanese, A/79/384, 01 October 2024 Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…
UN Expert Says Israel Seeks ‘Eradication’ Of Palestinians
Agence France Presse (AFP), October 29, 2024 Outspoken UN rights expert Francesca Albanese reiterated Tuesday an allegation that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza, charging…
Rapporteur urges Israel’s UN membership suspension
‘I do believe that the impunity that has been granted to Israel has allowed it to become a serial violator of international law,’ says Francesca…
This activist group chat has been blocking a weapons shipment to Israel for weeks
A South African WhatsApp group working with BDS has sparked a movement to block a ship carrying military explosives bound for Israel. Madison Bannon, Waging…
Kamala Harris Protest at Alliant Energy Center, Madison
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CODEPINK Madison (@codepinkmadison) Photos: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement CODEPINK Madison, Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in…
2024.11.03: Stop the Genocide Zoom
Stop the Genocide! Dear Friends, Please join the Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine Coalition (GSPPC), for the 2nd EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION on Sunday,…
2024.10.30: Emergency Protest of Kamala Harris at Alliant Energy Center
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison (@sjpuwmadison) Students for Justice in Palestine-UW MadisonWisconsin for PalestineListen…
Recommend “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates to UW-Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison invites us to participate in its common book program for 2025-2026, Go Big Read. Campus and community are invited to participate…
2024.10.27: Madison-Rafah Palestinian Olive Harvest Event Recognizes Devastation And Resilience In Gaza
BY JESS MILLER AND WORT NEWS DEPARTMENT, WORT 89.9FM, OCTOBER 28, 2024 For the last several years, late October has been a time of celebration for the Madison-Rafah Sister…
‘Project Esther’: A Plan to Crack Down on America’s Pro-Palestine Movement
The Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation is now going after what they call the “Hamas Support Network” – groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and American Muslims…
How American media incited genocide
Commentaries published by US media outlets have openly demonised Palestinians and justified the mass killings in Gaza. Gregory Shupak, Al Jazeera, 27 Oct 2024 Despite…
“Save Us from Ourselves”: 3,000+ Israelis Call for International Help
“Pressure Israel to Back Ceasefire” DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 28, 2024 GUESTS Neve Gordon, professor at Queen Mary University of London. More than 3,000 Israelis have…
2024.10.27 Update: Olive Harvest 2024 – Honor Palestinian Resilience
Tenney Park Shelter, 402 N Thornton Ave, Madison 1-4 pm Photos from Tsela Barr & Cassandra Dixon Please join us for an afternoon in honor…
Israel claims there’s a secret Hezbollah bunker underneath a Beirut hospital
But no-one else can find it By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran, Cherine Yazbeck, and Orly Halpern, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Oct 26, 2024 When the Israeli…
Northern Gaza is what you imagine hell to be, and probably worse
We are being strangled. The only thing that can stop our suffering is an end to this siege. Musabah F M Almadhoun, Al Jazeera, 24…
Sign the UW faculty/staff-written petition
Sign the faculty/staff-written petition urging the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (VCSA) drop the unjust sanctions that were issued by the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards…
2024.10.30: Gaza: 76 Years and a Genocide Later Online
11 am CT Join Eyewitness Palestine for a special edition webinar featuring a video with messages and interviews directly from Gaza including Palestinian children, journalists…
2024.10.28: Letters for Ceasefire at A Room of One’s Own Bookstore
2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison 5 – 7 pm As the siege on Gaza continues, we refuse to let genocide become mundane or to stop speaking…
Thiel’s Palantir dumped over Israeli work
Stefania Spezzati and Gwladys Fouche, Reuters, October 25, 2024 LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) – One of the Nordic region’s largest investors has sold its holdings in Palantir…
Israel’s Murderous Ethnic Cleansing in Northern Gaza
Eyewitnesses say the IDF is starving residents, targeting hospitals, bombing shelters, and murdering civilians in the streets SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS AND ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS,…
2024.10.27: Olive Harvest 2024 will honor the resilience of Palestinian families
By Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Oct 15, 2024 A community event to highlight Palestinian resilience will be held at Tenney Park on Madison’s East Side…
2024.10.27: Celebrating Palestinian Cultural Resistance
UW Memorial Union, Great Hall5-9 PM View this post on Instagram A post shared by Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison (@sjpuwmadison)
2024.10.25: “Understanding Hamas And Why That Matters”
A Public Affair with Esty Dinur NoonLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived This Friday Esty Dinur will be talking with Helena Cobban about her new book, co-authored with Rami…
“We Have Lost All Credibility”
Hala Rharrit on Quitting State Dept. & Ending U.S. Complicity in Gaza DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 23, 2024 GUESTS Hala Rharrit former career diplomat who resigned…
“Our Job Is to Flatten Gaza. No One Will Stop Us.”
Inside one Israeli battalion’s yearlong mission of destruction YOUNIS TIRAWI AND SAMI VANDERLIP, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 22, 2024 In mainstream Western media, the coverage of Israel’s…
‘Destructive Impact’ – Israeli War Destroys 75% of Olive Trees in Gaza
Palestine Chronicle Staff, October 20, 2024 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip were only able to have access to their fields during the one-week temporary…
2024.10.24: Surviving Gaza: Experiences from Al-Shifa Hospital
UW-Madison, Grainger 11856 pm For more information visit Students for Justice in Palestine Madison.
2024.10.24: Christian Zionism in Our Churches
Online, 2:30 – 3:30 pm CT
The West’s support for Israel’s genocide is destroying the world as we know it
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 21 October 2024
School Shootings & the Violence of Empire
We’ve Taught Our Children Well TOM BOSWELL, OCTOBER 20, 2024 On the afternoon of September 5, I was one of a handful of pro-Palestinian activists in…
‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’ Documentary
Link to Video ‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’: Have You Watched Our Very Powerful Documentary Yet? by Mehdi Hasan With your support, Zeteo produced this original film…
Killing Underscores ‘War-Like’ Israeli Assault on West Bank Olive Growers
“The olive season has turned into a season of killing for the Palestinian people, whether at the hands of the Israeli army or armed settlers,”…
UK police raid home, seize devices of Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 17 October 2024
Discontent at The Guardian Over Palestine ‘Double Standard’
Rivkah Brown, Novara Media, 18 October 2024
2024.10.25: Ta-Nehisi Coates & Dena Takruri in Oakland Live Online
Join us for a community conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates on white supremacy and the long fight for Palestinian liberation. By AROC Action Date: Friday , October 25Time: 7:00…
US Can’t Decide if Israel Is Blocking Aid – But It’ll Send Bombs Either Way
Biden gives Israel 30 days to boost aid to Gaza or risk cuts in military assistance. Will it be another empty threat? PREM THAKKER, ZETEO,…
Progressives Say Only an Arms Embargo Can Stop Israel
A Year Since Their Ceasefire Resolution, Rep. Cori Bush says the Biden administration must stop enabling Israel’s violence. Akela Lacy and Jessica Washington, The Intercept, October…
Shaaban Al-Dalou, Burned Alive in Gaza, Would Have Been 20 Today
Footage captured of his burning body has seared its way through the collective consciousness—an indelible image of the horrors Israel has wrought in Gaza. ABUBAKER…
2024.10.19: Online: Implementation of International Law to Stop the Genocide
Start: Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM CTEnd: Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 1:30 PM CTVirtual eventHost Contact Info: David, david@worldbeyondwar.org Register to sign up and get…
Israel ‘starting to implement’ north Gaza starvation plan, say rights groups
‘Generals’ Plan’ calls for closed military zone and evacuation, with those remaining treated as combatants and denied aid. Senior Israeli security officials are unwilling to…
2024.10.18: Rev. Prof. Mitri Raheb on WORT
A Public Affair with Esty Dinur NoonLive at 89.9 FM or streaming, and archived Esty Dinur will be talking with Rev. Prof. Mitri Raheb, Founder…
As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel
The Israeli public long ago became inured to the brutal occupation that has characterised the country for 57 out of the 76 years of its…
2024.10.16: “The Night Won’t End” Film Discussion
7 pm CT Online Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines team has investigated the killings of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli military in Gaza and the role…
2024.10.16: Challenging US Weapons Transfers to Israel
Increasing Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, and Stopping a Wider Regional War Online6 pm CTRegister Here This webinar by Massachusetts Peace Action and others features: Max…
Building Unity Walking Vigils for Peace
Mondays through Fridays along State St All who are outraged by the U.S. support for Israel’s horrific, genocidal war are welcome to meet us at…
2024.10.19: Democracy and Freedom for All Rally
Capitol Square at State St2:30 – 5:00 pm Palestine is on the rally agenda, so bring your flags, signs and kuffiyehs!
2024.10.19: Peacemaker of the Year Award to UW-Madison Professor Samer Alatout
Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice Fall AssemblyMadison Friends Meetinghouse, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison10 am – 1 pm, in-person or onlineRegister Here
Israel is turning northern Gaza into a killing cage
With international media coverage shifting to potential war with Iran, Israel is intensifying its campaign to obliterate the Palestinians of Gaza JEREMY SCAHILL AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS,…
“No Propaganda on Earth Can Hide the Wound That Is Palestine”
“The US and Israel’s unflinching and ongoing televised genocide in Gaza and now Lebanon in defence of a colonial occupation and an Apartheid state.” Arundhati Roy’s PEN…
Breaking: Massacre in Gaza, Israel Burns Palestinians Alive
Take Action: Now is the time for an Arms Embargo View this post on Instagram A post shared by ADC National (@adcnational) Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org |…
2024.10.15: Voice Matters: Writing and Speaking for a World BEYOND War
Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day Central Library, 201 W Mifflin, Room 104 6 – 8 pm Join us to explore avenues for writing and speaking out…
U.S. Foreign Policy Has Created a Genocidal Israel
Without massive, unconditional U.S. military subsidies, Israel would have had to practice diplomacy with their neighbors years ago. Sunjeev Bery, The Intercept, October 10 2024…
Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped
Israel’s violent extremists now in control of its government believe that Israel has the Biblical license, indeed a religious mandate, to destroy the Palestinian people.…
Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 08, 2024 Watch Full ShowImage Credit: Courtesy of Ta-Nehisi Coates As the war on Gaza enters its second year and Israel expands…
De-Gaza: 365 days of devastation
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 06 Oct 2024
Israeli Snipers Routinely, Deliberately Shoot Palestinian Kids in the Head
The evidence is undeniable, and the sourcing is as solid as it gets. There are mountains upon mountains of rock solid proof that Israeli forces…
65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza
By Feroze Sidhwa, New York Times, Oct. 9, 2024
UN Report Exposes Systematic Targeting of Gaza’s Health Sector
WASHINGTON D.C., October 11, 2024 – We are deeply saddened to announce the tragic news that on Wednesday, October 9th, Israeli forces targeted and killed Dr.…
2024.10.12: Gaza Vigil at Dane County Farmers Market
Capitol Square7:30 am During this summer and fall members of the Madison Friends Meeting, the Madison Mennonite Church, and other local faith and peace groups have…
How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israel’s war for ‘total victory’ in Gaza
A conflict the White House once hoped to moderate has gone from “over the top” to out of control. By Karen DeYoung and Missy Ryan, The Washington Post,…
Veterans Call for Criminal Indictment of Anthony Blinken
Govt. Agencies Found Israel Blocked Gaza Aid. Blinken Told Congress Otherwise. by Veterans For Peace | Fall 2024 Edition State Dept. officials say Blinken lied to Congress about…
As Israel Launches Massive Attack in Northern Gaza, Hospital Director Defies Israeli Evacuation Order
“As long as there are patients, I won’t leave,” Dr. Hossam Abu Safia tells Drop Site. News from Kamal Adwan Hospital. SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS and…
What Did You Do?
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Husam Zomlot (@hzomlot) Husam Zomlot, Instagram Husam Zomlot is Ambassador of the State of Palestine to…
What Have We Learned? Israel’s Genocide — One Year On – with Mouin Rabbani
Jadaliyya, October 8, 2024 Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-In SeriesHosted by: Bassam Haddad Mouin Rabbani is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specialising in Palestinian…
US Approved Israel Bombing Aid Trucks
Breaking Points, Oct 8, 2024 Ryan Grim of Drop Site News discusses recent reporting that the US approved Israeli strikes on aid convoys in Gaza.…
‘It’s heartbreaking’: Israel-Hamas war reaches one-year mark
By: Chloe Morrissey, WKOW27, Oct 7, 2024 MADISON (WKOW) — October 7, 2024 marks one year of the Israel-Hamas war. With no end in sight…
2024.10.07-15: Building Unity Daily Walking Vigil for Peace
10/7/24 The Madison Monday Noon Vigil for Peace will become a Daily Walking Vigil Mon-Fri, October 7th – Oct. 15, 2024. On most Mondays since 1981…
Israel accused of invoking ‘Hannibal Directive’ during 7 October attack
Protocol is aimed at stopping the kidnapping of soldiers by any means necessary Alisha Rahaman Sarkar, The Independent, 08 July 2024 The Israeli army invoked its controversial…
How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on 7 October
Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada, 7 October 2024
Israel Bombs Mosque in Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Last Standing City
DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 07, 2024 Commentary by Sharif Abdel Kouddous Today marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza,…
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…
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…
2024.10.05 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…
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…
2024.10.08: Genocide and the Widening Middle East Wars
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 By MEE staff, 3 October 2024 At least…
2024.10.09: 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.…
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.…
2024.10.06-08: “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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
