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They left me in the room for five hours with my hands tied behind my back and my legs tied to each other. When I refused to confess, they slapped me and tightened the hand ties more and more. ― 15-year-old Palestinian, Room No. 4, Nov 1, 2015
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…
Videos Show Iranian Missiles Hitting Israel
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Al Jazeera English (@aljazeeraenglish) Al Jazeera, Oct 2, 2024
Senator Bernie Sanders attempts to block a $20 billion arms sale to Israel
More than half a million Democratic voters selected “Uncommitted” on their primary ballots, and the movement gained 30 DNC delegates. The resolutions are not likely…
Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Lebanon
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,…
2024.10.17-20: Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival
All Film Tickets and Line Ups Here!
US Gives Israel $8.7 Billion in Military Aid for Gaza and Lebanon
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…
2024.10.01: Action to Block Arms Sales to Israel
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…
Two students will face disciplinary hearings for UW encampment
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,…
2024.10.10: From Truman to Biden: US Policy toward the Ongoing Palestinian Nakba
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…
2024.10.07: Films “From Ground Zero,” Untold Stories from Gaza
Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin Street, Room 301/302 5 – 9 pm Social time 5 pm, film at 5:30 pm, followed by discussion From…
2024.10.02, 03 & 12: Jewish Voice for Peace High Holy Day Events
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…
2024.09.28: Madison All Out for Lebanon
More at Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine
Sanders Files to Force First-Ever Vote on Blocking Weapons to Israel
The resolutions are not likely to pass. If they do, they can still be vetoed by President Biden. “There is a mountain of documentary evidence”…
No, Israel does not have a right to defend itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians do.
CRAIG MOKHIBER, MONDOWEISS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Milwaukee Mural Sends a Message: Stop Genocide in Gaza
Photos by Kamal Moon Sandra Whitehead, Milwaukee Muslim Journal, Sep 20, 2024 “Together we have demonstrated our community’s courage to stand up for what is…
Seizing the West Bank: Extremist settlers in power
BBC World Service, Sep 2, 2024 Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023, extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied…
West Bank settler expansion: a year on the frontline
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…
Stop the U.S. from arming Israel’s genocide
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…
Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Antony Blinken Disagreed.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International…
Palestinian Journalist Mujahed al-Saadi Violently Arrested by Israeli Forces in Home Raid
Al-Saadi is being held in administrative detention at Megiddo, a prison known for abuse SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 24, 2024 This month,…
2024.10.28: Film Boycott, on the anti-BDS movement
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…
Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon
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,…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 353
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…
2024.10.10: Gallery Night with MxBazPaints
Artist Baz participated in our Silent Art Auction for Gaza. Delta Beer Lab 167 E Badger Rd, Madison 6 – 9 pm 608 640 4500
How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law
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…
Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi
Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly force. Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, September 17 2024 ON A…
Israel attacks Bright Stars Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem
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…
Settler attack near cave home projects
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…
Press Conference in Milwaukee on Swastika and Star of David Mural
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…
Universities Act to Silence Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators
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…
42 Years Later: The Massacre of Sabra and Shatila Still Haunts Us Amid Gaza’s Ongoing Genocide
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…
The Night Won’t End: Biden’s War on Gaza
Fault Lines Documentary & Al Jazeera English, YouTube, Jun 21, 2024 From air strikes to field executions, Fault Lines investigates the killings of civilians by…
Opinion | Stop the bloodshed in Gaza; divest now
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…
The Deadly US Weapons of Civilian Destruction
By Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service, Sep 13, 2024 UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As the devastating 11-month-old conflict in Gaza keeps escalating, with over 41,000 mostly civilian…
Filmmakers Condemn Israeli Films at Venice Festival
‘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…
New video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of U.S. activist’s killing
The IDF said Aysenur Eygi was shot “unintentionally” during a “violent riot.” A Post analysis shows clashes had subsided and protesters had retreated. By Miriam Berger, Loveday…
2024.10.05 Update: Ilan Pappe on Christian Zionism and the Israel Lobby
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:…
2024.10.02: Mouin Rabbani on Gaza Apocalypse: Causes and Consequences
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…
2024.09.25 & 28: All Out for Lebanon
Sponsored by CODEPINK, Students for Justice in Palestine-UW Madison, Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison, and Madison for a World Beyond War.
2024.09.23: Antiwar Film Series – “A Bold Peace”: Costa Rica’s Path of Demilitarization
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…
2024.09.22 Update: Banners Up for Palestine! at the Willy Street Fair!
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…
2024.09.21: Film “Where Olive Trees Weep”
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…
2024.09.21: Andaleeb Cartonera Workshop at Friends Meeting House
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…
2024.09.21: Saturday Gaza Vigil at the Farmers Market
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…
2024.09.20: The State of Healthcare in Gaza
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…
2024.09.18: Visualizing Palestine Virtual Book Launch
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.…
2024.09.17: Medical Apartheid in Palestine
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…
2024.09.17: Growing Repression of Dissent on Palestine
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…
2024.09.16: Vigil at Tammy Baldwin’s office
Ask Congress to block weapons to Israel & call off World War III 30 W Mifflin St 11 am – 1 pm “There will be…
2024.09.12: U.S. Gaza Doctors Speak Out
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…
2024.09.11: Support student facing discipline for pro-Palestine actions
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…
Blinken says killing of American woman in West Bank ‘unprovoked and unjustified’
“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…
US State Department declines to Condemn Israel for Shooting American Activist in the Head, Killing Her
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…
Witness: Israeli troops intentionally killed US activist
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 7 September 2024
On the murder of Ayşenur Eygi
Jeff Halper, ICAHD, September 8, 2024 Yet another courageous person who gave her life for a just cause, Palestinian rights. Ayşenur Eygi…
Israel Has Built an Economy Fueled by Genocide at Home and Abroad
Ciudong Ng, TRUTHOUT, September 1, 2024
Free speech expert, ACLU question new UW-Madison protest policy
Singing, distributing newspapers and more “expressive activities” could be banned within 25 feet of university buildings under new protest guidelines announced ahead of the fall…
UW-Madison admin, students for Palestine share status of last semester’s agreement
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…
Aysenur Eygi’s Family calls for Independent Investigation
“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…
