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While people of the world have stood in solidarity with us, the genocidal war has laid bare the hypocrisy of the Western world, its hollow values and its empty boasts of commitment to human rights and international law. In truth, the Western world has sacrificed us, revealing racism and double standards toward our people. ― Kairos Palestine, A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide, Nov 14, 2025
Call Your Senators on Joint Resolutions Against Arms to Israel – Vote is Nov 20
Please call Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson to ask that they vote in favor of the six Joint Resolutions of Disapproval introduced last month by Senator…
2024.11.21: 2nd Vote on H.R. 9495 to Call Nonprofits Terrorists
Dozens of Democrats still support the bill — giving the Republican-controlled House plenty of breathing room to pass it with a simple majority Noah Hurowitz,…
UN Committee finds Israel’s warfare in Gaza consistent with genocide
Use of starvation as weapon of war UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 14 November 2024 NEW YORK (14 November 2024) –…
2024.11.20-29: Never Again Is Now: Sanction Israel’s Genocidal and Apartheid Regime
Join the Global Week of Action for Sanctions (20th to 29th Nov) to pressure states and the UN to impose lawful sanctions on Israel. Palestinian…
2024.11.18: The Palestine Movement Post-Election
Online 7 pm Central This call will provide an opportunity to reflect, strategize, and commit to the path ahead as we continue our efforts to…
2024.11.18: Stop Arming Israel! Madison Push for Joint Resolutions
Outside Tammy Baldwin’s office 30 W Mifflin St, Madison 4:15 pm Check here for day-of-event rain location This week, the Senate is expected to vote on…
2024.11.17: Andaleeb Cartonera Bookmaking Workshop
A Room of One’s Own2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison2-5 pm Everyone is invited to another Andaleeb Cartonera workshop to make cardboard covers for books, hosted once again by…
2024.11.15: Rami Khouri on WORT
A Public Affair12 noon – 1 pmLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived A Public Affair guest host Christa Bruhn interviews journalist and author Rami Khouri on the impact of…
Sole Survivor’s Stories, Episode 1: Mahmoud and Tayseer
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) on Rabet, Nov 12, 2024
As Infested Flour Becomes a Staple, State Dept “Still Assessing” Israel’s Aid Restrictions to Gaza
“I dream of food every day” ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 12, 2024 This is the most difficult period I have endured since Israel’s…
Tell the House: Vote NO on Bill H.R. 9495
As early as Tuesday, November 12, the House of Representatives could vote on dangerous and unconstitutional legislation that would give the incoming Trump administration the…
The West buries a genocide – by making victims of Israel’s football thugs
If the West was really worried about Europe’s Nazi past, it would be better advised to stop stoking an all-too-real new antisemitism: incitement against Arab…
Carrefour closes all branches in Jordan due to BDS pressure
Carrefour Group is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, grocery, and convenience stores with 14,000 stores in 40 countries. It is the seventh-largest…
Amsterdam Thugs and Hooligans
A Sham Enveloped in Brazen Hypocrisy Mouin Rabbani, @MouinRabbani, Nov 10, 2024 It’s now pretty clear what happened in Amsterdam this week. But first some…
2024.11.17-18: Rotem Levin and Osama lliwat in La Crosse
Rotem Levin and Osama lliwat – Israeli and Palestinian peace activists – will share their personal stories of transformation, lessons of joint work in Combatants for…
No, there were no ‘antisemitic pogroms’ in Amsterdam
Here’s what really happened. Media claims of ‘antisemitic pogroms’ against Israeli fans in Amsterdam are the latest in a pattern of false narratives fueling anti-Muslim…
Settlers steal sheep and dreams of a peaceful life in Masafer Yatta
By Hamdan Ballal, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, NOV 10, 2024 Masafer Yatta is living through very difficult and dangerous days, in light of the repeated…
UK police arrest Israeli academic Haim Bresheeth after pro-Palestine speech
MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 4 November 2024
Children Playing in Gaza
View this post on Instagram A post shared by وديع ابو السعود (@wadeaa_.9) Journalist Wadeaa_.9 on Instagram, September 21, 2024
30 Jewish Organizations Support UN Human Rights Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
The Bullet, November 8, 2024 As Jewish organizations and groups, we express our support for Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the situation…
There must be “due reckoning” for horrific violations, possible atrocity crimes in Gaza
7 in 10 Killed in Gaza Were Women or Children. It is likely that the widespread disregard for civilian protections under international law amounts to…
UN: 7 in 10 Killed in Gaza Are Women or Children, in “Grave Violations” of Law
Women and children were the vast majority of those slaughtered by Israel in the Gaza genocide By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, November 8, 2024 Truthout is an indispensable…
2024.11.11 & 25: Children’s African Story Hour
Children’s African Story Hour: Egyptian LullabyFrom the Middle East Studies Program at UW-MadisonNovember 11, 4 -5 pm: Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd. MadisonNovember 25, 2- 3…
2024.11.10 Update: Ali Awad from Masafer Yatta on WORT
World View5:00 pmLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived Ali Awad is a community organizer and journalist living in Tuba, in the Masafer Yatta region of the…
Israeli Forces Declare Plan for Ethnic Cleansing of Northern Gaza
Israeli forces have announced their intention to block any Palestinians from returning to north Gaza. By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, November 6, 2024 Truthout is an indispensable resource…
2024.11.10: Concert for Palestine Relief
Gamma Ray Bar, 121 West Main Street, MadisonDoors: 3:30pm, Show: 4:30pm$10 donation at the door, 21 and over event You are invited to a concert…
UNRWA on north Gaza: An entire society now a graveyard.
vocalpolitics, YouTube, Nov 7, 2024 UNRWA official Louise #Wateridge published footage revealing the horrific amount of destruction in northern #Gaza as a result of the…
2024.10.19: Madison Video of Gazan Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Wisconsin Book Festival Video View this post on Instagram A post shared by Read Palestine (@read_palestine)
Hello from Masafer Yatta
Cassandra Dixon, November 6, 2024
South Africa’s memorial to the ICJ: More evidence on Israel’s genocide
Dr Binoy Kampmark, Middle East Monitor, November 3, 2024 The timing, as with so much in the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon, was most…
Erasing ‘Any Sign of Life,’ Israeli Demolition Teams Raze Entire Villages in Lebanon
“This is a scorched-earth policy, a violation of the Geneva Conventions,” said one reporter. BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, NOV 04, 2024 As the death toll…
Gaza hospital ‘last distress call’ as fresh Israeli attack wounds patients
Gaza’s health ministry says it seems a ‘decision has been made to execute’ staff remaining at Kamal Adwan hospital By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 4 November…
MECA Aid to Gaza, Feb 1 – Nov 5, 2024
$21,287 of $20,000 on 11/05/24 Please give now to allow MECA to provide medical aid, clean water, food, psychological support, and more. “Death is coming,…
A Special Appeal for Masafer Yatta
My dear friends, As I return to Masafer-Yatta in the West Bank, I would gratefully welcome your help towards the cost of travel, and towards…
Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza
Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s latest operation — one that drops the veneer of humanitarian…
As winter begins in Gaza, will we survive in tents?
As temperatures drop and rains begin, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians confront life in failing tents with no protection from the elements. BY SERENA AWAD,…
BDS The U.S.
The World Must Hold the U.S. Government to the Rule of Law By World BEYOND War, March 4, 2024 We don’t need a “Rules-Based Order.”…
2024.11.16: Live from Palestine: Ongoing Israeli Genocide and Nakba
Online 12 Noon – 1:30 pm Central As the Israeli Genocide surpasses the 1-year mark, and the ongoing Nakba 76 years, it is more crucial…
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 |…
