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The Israel Prison Service said that Palestinian prisoners released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal must “refrain from any expression of joy within Israeli territory.” ― Jeremy Scahill And Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Drop Site News, Jan 17, 2025
Israeli Military Escalates Bombing of Civilian Homes in #Rafah Amid Threats of Ground Invasion
Israeli Military Escalates Bombing of Civilian Homes in #Rafah Amid Threats of Ground Invasion Amid ongoing threats of a large-scale ground military assault on Rafah, Israeli forces have escalated airstrikes on the densely populated areas in the southern #Gaza Strip. The… pic.twitter.com/HAikgVe1zY — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR (@pchrgaza) May 2, 2024
The police brought violence to UW-Madison’s Gaza encampment
BY SCOTT GORDON ● POLITICS ● MAY 1, 2024 Wednesday morning’s crackdown included brutal attacks on protestors, arrests without charges, and a dubious narrative. Perhaps it was an example of progressive policing or Madison-centric policing or the “Madison Model.” In any case, a pro-Palestine encampment protest on UW-Madison’s Library Mall got through two overwhelmingly peaceful days and nights—full of speeches, chants, praying, reading, sharing…
May 4, 2024 Online: Challenging Christian Silence Regarding the Gaza Genocide
The Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP), Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) and a broad coalition of Christian Voices for Palestine invite you to “Challenging Christian Silence Regarding the Gaza Genocide” with Munther Isaac and Shane Claiborne. The moral courage and consistent prophetic witness displayed by Munther and Shane during these past months has…
Letter from Jewish faculty, staff, and students at UW-Madison in support of protestors
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May 3, 2024: SJP UW-Madison Encampment Schedule
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Prominent Palestinian doctor tortured and killed in Israeli detention
Adnan al-Bursh was a Palestinian surgeon and the head of orthopaedic medicine at al-Shifa hospital By MEE staff, Middle East Eye, 2 May 2024 Adnan al-Bursh, a Palestinian surgeon and professor of orthopaedic medicine, was killed by torture while in Israeli detention, according to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society. In what has been termed…
Dane Co. supervisors ask sheriff not to use county resources to break up UW encampments
MADISON, Wis. — A group of Dane County Board Supervisors sent an open letter to Sheriff Kalvin Barrett on Thursday, asking him to not use county resources to break up ongoing protests on the UW-Madison campus. Dane County Sheriff’s deputies worked with UW-Madison police officers and other law enforcement to disperse an encampment on Library…
United Methodist Church votes to divest from Israel bonds
In the first such divestment action by a major Christian denomination, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church has voted to divest from Israel bonds, and those of other countries carrying out prolonged military occupations. On April 30, 2024, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, being held in Charlotte, North Carolina, made…
May 2, 2024: SJP UW-Madison Encampment Schedule
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Some Camps are More Equal than Others
This article is from February 4, 2024 Badger fans camp outside Kohl Center ahead of game MADISON (WKOW) — Badger fans bundled up and set up tents outside of the Kohl Center ahead of the Wisconsin versus Purdue matchup. Fans were confident the Badgers were going to come up on top. However, the team fell short,…
Police Invade “Liberated Zone,” Leading To Injuries And Arrests
MAY 1, 2024 BY CHALI PITTMAN AND FAYE PARKS WORT 89.9FM Madison · Police Invade "Liberated Zone," Leading to Injuries and Arrests Officers from a variety of state and local departments – including UW-Madison Police, the Madison Police Department, the Dane County Sheriff, and the State Patrol – marched onto the encampment at Library Mall early Wednesday morning just…
Post-arrest Interview of Professor Samer Alatout
@thecakelin Replying to @thecakelin "I mean they have to face the fucking responsibility of what they did" – Professor Samer Alatout (sameralatout on Twitter) #uwmadison #madisonwi ♬ original sound – Cakelin
ADC: Congress Passes Dangerous Bill to Silence Criticism of Israel
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | May 1, 2024 — In response to the student-led, pro-Palestinian movement, the US House of Representatives today passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, a bill which is steeped in anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racism and dangerously conflates concern for Palestinian human rights with danger and hate. It stifles legitimate criticism of the apartheid state…
May 1, 2024: Rally & Calls to Support the UW-Madison Palestine Protest
RALLY 5 PM TODAY AT UW LIBRARY MALL PHONE CALLS NEEDED FOR THE ARRESTED PROTESTERS Organizers are calling on everyone to rally on Library Mall today at 5 pm. SJP UW-Madison is also asking everyone to make these four phone calls in protest of the police action. Please insist that all charges against those arrested be dropped and…
SJP UW-Madison Encampment Returns
They’re baaaack
Older Generation Weighs in on UW Madison Student Protest
By Marcus Aarsvold Published: Apr. 30, 2024 at 6:41 PM CDT|Updated: 17 hours ago MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – As a ‘Free Palestine’ protest continues on UW Madison’s campus, a small group of elderly women joined in to show their support. 82-year-old Bonnie Block is a Wisconsin native who lives in Madison and is a part of…
UW-Madison Professor Arrested
UW Madison Professor Samer Alatout asked police to leave students at the encampment alone this morning. This is what the police did to him. Professor pinned on the ground being arrested at @UWMadison, asking police to leave students alone pic.twitter.com/pr72TA6eQW — Tyler Katzenberger (@TylerKatzen) May 1, 2024
LIVE UPDATES: Law enforcement officers, protesters clash
Maggie Degnan, Channel 3000, May 1, 2024 Protestors Taken Away in Handcuffs MADISON, Wis. — Police removed nearly all of the tents from Library Mall at 8:21 a.m. Just before 7 a.m., police had given protesters 15 minutes to remove their tents. Students locked arms and have started chanting as officers attempted to take down…
Phone calls needed to support UW-Madison students protesting the Gaza war
Yesterday hundreds of students and faculty at UW Madison and UW-Milwaukee joined the growing campus protests around the US. against the slaughter in Gaza. (Directory of protests here) In Madison, a 24-hour protest encampment was established on Library Mall. The protest continued overnight last night and is going on today, in spite of police preparations to force…
What went down during the first day of pro-Palestine encampment protests at UW-Madison
By Annika Bereny , Amari Mbongwo , Gavin Escott , Kodie Engst , Nicholas Sinn , Noe Goldhaber , Tomer Ronen , Gabriella Hartlauband Bryna Goeking The Daily Cardinal, April 29, 2024 Pro-Palestine demonstrators who organized an encampment Monday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison remained on Library Mall despite warnings from university officials that the event violated state law. UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), in collaboration with a local…
The Israel-US game plan for Gaza is staring us in the face
Jonathan K. Cook, 30 April 2024 The western media is pretending the West’s efforts to secure a ceasefire are serious. But a different script has clearly been written in advance One does not need to be a fortune-teller to understand that the Israel-US game plan for Gaza runs something like this: 1. In public, Biden…
May 1, 2024: Pizza & Music for Gaza
Giant Jones Brewing Co. 913 E Main St, Madison Enter on Brearly 5-9 PM
Stop the Rafah massacre, join an encampment
GSC Update Good Shepherd CollectiveBeit Sahour, Palestine This map shows a small snapshot of the US-based encampments. With such a large distribution of encampments, its not difficult to find a location near you and offer material support to the frontline organizers. Head over to https://students4gaza.directory/ for the updated list. Dear friends, Over the last weeks, students and…
Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza
The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war. By Robert Jimison, New York Times, April 27, 2024 Reported from Madison, Dodgeville and Reedsburg, Wis. During a town hall-style meeting a short drive from her home in rural…
Under Israeli Pressure, Guinea Bissau Withdraws Flotilla Flags
💚🖤💔Hello all, I am heartbroken to pass on the news that our Flotilla will be unable to sail for Gaza at this time due to Israel’s intense pressure to prevent the breaking of the siege on Gaza and the delivery of the flotilla’s 5500 tons of desperately needed aid. We are returning to our home…
A Room of One’s Own has
books by, about, and for Palestine! Kid’s books, cookbooks, fiction, poetry, photography, memoir, theory & non-fiction!
April 30, 2024 Online: Collapse of the Gaza Health Care System
Eyewitness Palestine Free but donations accepted 11 am CT More information and registration
April 29, 2024 Online: A Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye and Heather Raffo
5-6 pm CTJoin ADC for an Arab-American Heritage Month conversation on how our community relates to life’s joy and struggles through language and art. You’ll hear from award-winning Arab American artists Naomi Shihab Nye and Heather Raffo about their chosen forms of expression, the role their art plays in providing hope, and their response to the crisis of worldwide injustice…
April 29, 2024 Online: Countering the Destructive Consequences of Christian Zionism
April 29, 2024:11:30 am CT More information and registration
April 29, 2024 & ongoing: SJP Protest for Divestment and Rally for Gaza
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison (@sjpuwmadison) Meet at UW-Madison Library Mall at 9 am. Wear a mask and bring a friend! Support Students at UW Madison On Monday, April 29 starting at 9 am there will be a demonstration on Library Mall at UW-Madison protesting UW…
April 28, 2024: Challenging Empire – Israel, USA & Imperialism
Goodman Community Center Hicks Room 149 Waubesa St, Madison 4-5:30 pm Israel’s genocidal invasion of Gaza has continued for over six months, with full backing from the Biden administration, and is now threatening to spiral into a wider regional conflict. Why does the US government care so little for Palestinian lives, what strategy lies behind…
Israel Marks 200 Days of Genocide with Plans to Destroy Rafah
24، Apr 2024 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, marked the 200th consecutive day of Israel’s large-scale military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Nearly 90 percent of the population is displaced, with many living in dire conditions in tents, and the few remaining schools used as shelters. Despite the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures orders to…
April 27, 2024: Viroqua Music Benefit for Emergency Gaza Relief
Landmark Center 500 East Jefferson St, Viroqua 6-10 PM
April 26, 2024: SJP Palestine Art Build
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Caitlin Johnstone on Gaza
Caitlin Johnstone is an Australian independent journalist.
Israel says it is ‘moving ahead’ with Rafah operation
By Farah Najjar Published On 24 Apr 202424 Apr 2024
Turkiye has not yet given permission to sail
MINA News, 24 April 2024 – 08:28 WIB Istanbul , MINA – The Freedom Flotilla Coalition ( FFC ) was forced to postpone its sailing schedule to penetrate the Gaza blockade until Friday (26/4), due to permits that have not yet been issued by the Turkiye authorities . MINA journalist Nurhadis from Istanbul reported that…
Will the Freedom Flotilla sail to Gaza?
Türkiye is under significant pressure from the US and Israel to block the flotilla from setting sail and achieving its objective of delivering aid and breaking the blockade April 23, 2024 by Medea Benjamin, Peoples Dispatch The flotilla waits to sail from Istanbul. Photo: Medea Benjamin The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to…
‘Damning’ Independent Probe Finds Israel Has Not Provided Evidence Against UNRWA
The U.S. House on Saturday passed a bill including a prohibition on funding the agency, due to Israel’s unsubstantiated claims that UNRWA employees have terrorism links. JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, APR 22, 2024 Countries that have continued to suspend their funding of the United Nations’ top relief agency in the occupied Palestinian territories were left…
‘Obvious Evidence of Genocide’: Mass Grave in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
Palestinian rescue workers said they found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands bound and others with their skin, organs, or heads removed. OLIVIA ROSANE, COMMON DREAMS, APR 21, 2024 Palestinian civil defense discovered hundreds of bodies buried by Israeli forces in a mass grave inside the complex of Khan Younis’ Nasser Medical Complex on…
Update: The Gaza Flotilla still needs your help!
April 24, 2024 From the Flotilla today: We have completed all technical and crewing requirements in order to launch the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza on Friday April 26, 2024. Our final group of participants are undergoing the required nonviolent direct-action training today. Our Flotilla will carry over 5000 tons of life-saving aid and hundreds of…
UN experts demand safe passage for Freedom Flotilla
Format News and Press Release Posted 26 Apr 2024 Originally published 26 Apr 2024 Origin View original GENEVA (26 April 2024) – UN experts today demanded safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, whose ships departing Türkiye will be carrying 5,500 tonnes of humanitarian aid and hundreds of international humanitarian observers to the besieged Gaza Strip. “As the…
Mads Gilbert | Don’t Lose Hope
Muslim Central, YouTube, April 22, 2024 Organise. Act. Now! We often feel helpless, so little we can do. But we are the majority, the people on the side of life, of freedom, against colonialism, apartheid, racism. We must organise better to match the colonial powers with all their money, arms, profits, lies and media. When…
Google fires 28 over protest of Israel contract
Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday after sit-ins at the company’s offices in protest of its cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Why it matters: The protests stemmed from long-brewing discontent among a group of Google and Amazon workers over claims that Israel is using the companies’ services to harm Palestinians. Context: The group of workers, called No Tech For…
‘I can’t find food’: despair in Gaza as children face malnutrition
Majdi Fathi and Monika Čvorak, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2024 According to the World Food Programme, malnutrition among children in Gaza is spreading at a record pace. Hunger has claimed at least 27 young lives, and thousands more are at risk. Nuzha Awad told the Guardian her triplets, who were born two months before the war,…
