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They’re willing to kill anybody, imprison anybody, and whatever the international community says or the UN says or some human rights organizations say, they’re not bothered by it. And that’s also a new element in the world. — Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc, Jul 24, 2024. She’s talking about North Korea, but it could be Israel, or the United States.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Al Jazeera English (@aljazeeraenglish) Al Jazeera, Oct 2, 2024
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,…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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CRAIG MOKHIBER, MONDOWEISS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Artist Baz participated in our Silent Art Auction for Gaza. Delta Beer Lab 167 E Badger Rd, Madison 6 – 9 pm 608 640 4500
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Miriam Hasan et al. | guest column The Cap Times, Sep 12, 2024 The U.S. was first to recognize the state of Israel when…
‘No Artwashing Genocide’ Although festival head Alberto Barbera spoke out against ongoing war crimes in Gaza, he stated he has no intention of removing the…
11 am CT Online Join Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP) and Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) for “Christian Zionism and the Israel Lobby:…
The Havens Wright Center for Social Justice Zoom 12 noon – 1:30 pm CT This event is presented in collaboration with the Institute for International and…
Sponsored by CODEPINK, Students for Justice in Palestine-UW Madison, Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison, and Madison for a World Beyond War.
Sept 23, 2024 o, “Una Paz Audaz” Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St, Rooms 301 & 302 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm In September, the…
Willy Street Fair postponed until 1 pm today. Parade has been cancelled. March With Us in the Parade! Assemble in the I/O Arcade Bar parking…
International Peace Day Viewing Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, Madison 7 pm (social gathering at 6:30; discussion follows film) The film Where Olive Trees Weep offers…
You are invited to an Andaleeb Cartonera bookmaking workshop for ceasefire in Palestine and war abolition. Come learn to create a Latin American-style cartonera book. Contribute…
Saturdays Capitol Square at King St, E Main St and S Pinckney St 10 am – 12 noon We join again the Commemorative Action led by the…
12 noon – 1 pm Live at 89.9 FM and streaming, or archived Tune in to A Public Affair for an update on the terrible health care…
10 am CT This Wednesday, September 18th we hope you’ll join us for a virtual book launch event at 11am Eastern time/ 6pm Palestine time.…
Online 12 noon CT REGISTER HERE Health care is a human right. But under the Israeli occupation, Palestinians have been deprived of access to even…
10 am CT Online Join this online briefing to learn more about growing repression of dissent on Israel-Palestine, a trend that has built over decades…
Ask Congress to block weapons to Israel & call off World War III 30 W Mifflin St 11 am – 1 pm “There will be…
6 pm CENTRAL Online Vermonters for Justice in Palestine present a virtual talk by two American surgeons who traveled to work at Gaza hospitals about…
September 11, 2024 Please consider attending this rally and hearing as requested by UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine. This is part of a disturbing…
“No one should be shot and killed for attending a protest” The Guardian, September 10, 2024 The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is in London on…
JUAN COLE, INFORMED CONSENT, 09/07/2024 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghrebi at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, Israeli troops killed an American observer…
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 7 September 2024
Jeff Halper, ICAHD, September 8, 2024 Yet another courageous person who gave her life for a just cause, Palestinian rights. Ayşenur Eygi…
By Camberyn Kelley, WMTV, Sep. 5, 2024 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – UW-Madison students and administration share the status of an agreement created after pro-Palestine protests on…
“We welcome the White House’s statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing, an Israeli investigation is not adequate.” —Parents of Murdered Palestinian…
This is not the first time Israeli forces have murdered American citizens. Israel has a long history of killing Americans and facing no consequences from…
From Cindy and Craig Corrie The Corries are the parents of Rachel Corrie, a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who was killed by…
Tal as-Sultan was the site of the Rafah Playground project in 2005. It was during the original creation of the “Philadelphi Corridor” along the Egypt…
Mass Politics and Anti-Colonial Revolutions in the Middle East Ingraham 206UW-Madison12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford) re-examines one of the key…
By alex, The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, September 4, 2024 ** THE FREEDOM WATCH HAS BEGUN!** At 6:30pm today, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and its local allies…
The U.S. Government Doesn’t Seem to Care “The money I pay in my taxes as a teacher probably funded the bullet they have run through…
Midvale Community Lutheran Church 4329 Tokay Blvd, Madison 7 pm Registration Greetings friends, On behalf of Bright Stars of Bethlehem, I invite you to join me…
12 noon CT Online Hear from Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, Palestinian academic Rami G. Khouri, labor leader and political strategist Harris Gruman, and Massachusetts Peace…
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace will be tabling at this Labor Day event for Israeli ceasefires, the Read Palestine! project, and…
to a Hostage Deal and an End to the Gaza War Joel Beinin, September 1, 2024 On Sunday, Sept. 1 the Israeli army announced it…
Artist in Jenin Blasts U.S. Support for Israel Amid West Bank Assault Democracy Now! Aug 29, 2024 At least 18 Palestinians have been killed and…
“This is totally unacceptable and the latest in a series of unnecessary security incidents that have endangered the lives of WFP’s team in Gaza.” JAKE…
Democracy Now!, Aug 23, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday after a four-day convention in Chicago where her campaign refused to…
Doctor Who Worked in Gaza Speaks Out Against U.S. Arming of Israel Democracy Now!, Aug 21, 2024 A group of American doctors who treated patients…
Israel’s insistence on controlling two key corridors shows its intention to carry out land grabs, the expert said. By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, August 22, 2024 Israeli officials’…
Elected Officials, celebrities, and community leaders speak out against the DNC’s decision to silence Palestinians PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, AUG 23, 2024 CHICAGO – The Democratic National…
#LetPalestineSpeakToday, August 22, 2024Wisconsin Democratic Party Office15 N Pinckney St, by The Old Fashioned12 to 2pm Madison for World BEYOND War: Tonight, after weeks of…
Challenging U.S. Support of Israel The event featured Gov. Tim Walz who is “supposedly” sympathetic to Palestine CODEPINK, August 21, 2024 CHICAGO — CODEPINK co-founder Medea…
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), August 21, 2024 This is a major BDS win for Palestinian rights activists, and a win for grassroots and civil…
Madison Labor Temple lawn 1602 S Park St, Madison 6:00 pm This is not about Israel’s wars in Gaza. This about the moments in between…
Capitol Rotunda Noon to 3 pm This week we partner again with Building Unity to create a local space for concerned people to come together.…
Help Remove Sabra Hummus from Willy Street Co-op Sabra is co-owned by the Strauss Group, an Israeli multinational known for its funding and support of…