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There is a law in Israel that empowers hundreds of local Jewish communities to exclude applicants based on ethnicity or religion. Israel’s Supreme Court upheld this law in September 2014. Palestinian Israeli citizens are barred from living in 68% of all towns in Israel by admissions committees. ― Second Class Citizens, 2016
At least 90 killed in Israeli strike targeting Hamas military leader
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that “there is still no absolute certainty” that Mohammed Deif was killed. By Victoria Bisset and Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post,…
National Mobilization to Arrest Netanyahu in DC
and petition to boycott Netanyahu’s speech July 24, 2024 US Capitol Building 10 am to 2 pm CT The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights is…
2024.07.10: Call Mayor Johnson on the RNC March Permit
Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine, July 3, 2024
Gaza Ceasefire Vigil & March on the Republican National Convention
Saturday, July 13 – Vigil for Ceasefire in Gaza at Farmers Market Join us and the Interfaith Peace Working Group as we gather for the…
Israeli Newspaper Confirms IDF Employed ‘Hannibal Directive’ on October 7
IDF soldiers were reportedly ordered to “turn the area around the border fence into a killing zone.” JAKE JOHNSON, COMMON DREAMS, Jul 07, 2024 The…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 272
Israelis urge Netanyahu to accept U.S. ceasefire deal as Hamas gives its response Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets on the Galilee after Israel’s assassination…
62 Democrats Join 207 Republicans In Vote To Conceal Gaza Death Toll
An amendment blocks the State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s statistics The Gaza Ministry figures have been cited broadly, including by the U.S. and Israeli…
2024.06.28-07.08: Local Art Auction To Support Humanitarian Aid For Gaza
8 O’CLOCK BUZZ & Nicholas Wootton, WORT, JUNE 24, 2024 WORT 89.9FM Madison · Local Art Auction to Support Humanitarian Aid for Gaza For the…
2024.07.02: Meet & Greet the Artists of the Silent Art Auction
5:30 – 7 pmJava Cat Coffee House4221 Lien Road Thanks to the amazing generosity of the Java Cat owners there will be a meet &…
2024.06.30: Auction Artists on WORT
5-6 pm, after the news Three of the artists contributing their works to our Silent Art Auction for Gaza relief will be interviewed on WORT…
2024.06.29: International Festival
Overture Center201 State Street, Madison10 am – 5 pm Join Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners, and Playgrounds for Palestine to celebrate the rich cultural…
Statement from Addameer on torture in Israeli prisons
ADDAMEER Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, 26-06-2024 Over the past decades, Israeli occupation authorities have systematically used torture against prisoners and detainees in their prisons…
24.06.28-07.08: Java Cat Coffee to host Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Silent Art Auction
By Omar Waheed, Madison365, Jun 27, 2024 Java Cat Coffee’s Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Silent Art Auction will go live on Friday as the Madison-Rafah…
2024.06.28-07.08: Silent Art Auction for Gaza Update
The final total raised is over $5000. More than 30 artists contributed 79 beautiful works of art to the auction. And a special shout-out to Java Cat Coffee…
2024.06.26: Monona Terrace Convention faces Palestine protesters
By: Chloe Morrissey, 27 News, Jun 26, 2024 MADISON (WKOW) — Protesters took to the Monona Terrace to protest the National Space & Missile Materials…
2024.06.26: War Profiteers out of Madison!
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2024.06.25: Fitchburg Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Tabled Indefinitely
On June 25 a City Council vote to indefinitely table the ceasefire resolution tied. The Mayor broke the tie by voting to table the resolution.…
2024.06.24-27: Madison is hosting a conference for genocide profiteers
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Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank
A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory from military to civilian leadership—violating international law. By Michael Sfard, an…
2024.06.24-26: War profiteers in Madison! They are not welcome!
Week of June 24 Scroll down for: – Monday 6/24 midday vigil – Tuesday 6/25 midday vigil – Wednesday 6/26 community actions…
2024.06.20: Jeff Halper on WORT
Noon – 1 pm Anthropologist, author and anti-occupation activist Jeff Halper will be interviewed by A Public Affair host Allen Ruff about how we can deepen our…
National Mobilization! All Out To DC!
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2024.06.21: Liberation Shabbat is Back!
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The Gaza Kitchen Cookbook Club
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2024.06.13: Panel Discussion on Gaza Today
7:00 pm CT You Are Invited to a Solidarity Members’ and Friends’ Discussion: GAZA: GENOCIDE & SOLIDARITY As the horror of the U.S.-funded Israeli assault…
Read Palestine! 3rd-5th Grade Book Club
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2024.06.10: Daniel Ellsberg Week
Madison for a World BEYOND War View this post on Instagram A post shared by JVP Madison (@jvp_madison) Although Palestine remains our focus, we are…
Chip maker Intel to halt $25-billion Israel plant
Reuters, June 10, 2024 JERUSALEM, June 10 (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O) is halting plans for a $25-billion factory in Israel, Israeli financial news website Calcalist said…
Ask UBS to divest from Elbit Systems
UBS’s shares in Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems, just increased by 875%. This comes as the world’s biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase, just divested huge amounts…
Update: Watch Israelism Online
ISRAELISM NOW AVAILABLE TO RENT OR OWN Dear Israelism Supporters, We are delighted to let you know that Israelism can now be rented or bought…
2024.06.08: CODEPINK We Are the Red Line – Wisconsin State Capitol
Join us for our very own Madison red line this Saturday! We will join hands in the capitol rotunda wearing red as our own mini-version…
Stop the Genocide!
Eight actions you can take now As Israel’s deadly attacks and blockade of critical aid continue, we urge you to take action now to stop…
Gaza Summer School!
This summer, we’re turning up the heat to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and to Free Palestine! It’s time to educate, agitate,…
2024.06.09: Laila Hasan’s Embroidery & Jewelry
Listen to Laila Hasan and Esty Dinur on WORT 89.9 FM’s A Public Affair, 5/31/24 Textile artist Laila Hasan joins us by phone. For many…
Columbia Law Review Refused To Take Down Article On Palestine
Its Board Of Directors Nuked The Whole Website The students who edit the journal sought out the article by a Palestinian scholar who was censored…
Dozens killed in strike on U.N. school
At least 30 were killed, an al-Aqsa Hospital spokesman said, as the IDF struck what it called a Hamas compound inside the UNRWA-run school in…
2024.06.08: War Abolition Bike Ride
Bring the kids! Bring the adults! Share this post to invite others. Join us for all or part of this short, family-friendly ride at a moderate…
2024.06.01-06: Genocide Petition & Madison Free Palestine! Events
Building Unity Wisconsin, June 2, 2024 Petition to End the Genocide Project We can’t sit back and allow our country to support a genocide any…
We need to talk about Zionism
THE LISTENING POST We need to talk about Zionism Al Jazeera, 1 Jun 2024 The Listening Post cuts through the confusion about Zionism and anti-Zionism…
Israeli International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants
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Gaza’s Stolen Healers
Hundreds of Palestinian Doctors Disappeared Into Israeli Detention Kavitha Chekuru, The Intercept, May 24 2024 IT’S BEEN TWO months since Osaid Alser has heard from his…
Stories of people from Gaza
Numbers are impersonal and often numbing. What they don’t convey are the daily personal struggles and triumphs, the tears and the laughter, and the aspirations…
2024.06.01: Education Against the Gaza War
Madison Farmer’s Market Capitol Square King Street corner 7 am – 2 pm An action including a display of shoes and reading of names of…
Nurse fired by NYU Langone Health after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
BY KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press, May 29, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to…
2024.06.04: Palestine Film Screening
worldbeyondwar.uw Antiwar Film Series – Details on this month’s films and others we’ll show this summer … Tues, June 4 at 6 pm, Central Library,…
Wisconsin activist frustrated over blocked aid to Palestinians
Longtime international volunteer says she is ‘devastated’ food and medical supplies cannot reach Gaza BY RICHELLE WILSON, WPR, MAY 27, 2024 Wisconsin-based human rights activist Cassandra…
2024.05.31: Gaza and the West Bank on WORT
Noon CT WORT 89.9 FM Live or archived We will have two guests this Friday at noon CT on WORT, 89.9 FM’s A Public Affair.…
U.S. silent as global condemnation of Israel’s Rafah offensive grows
The Biden administration maintains that Israel’s invasion of the southern Gazan city is “limited,” despite an International Court of Justice order and a worsening humanitarian…
“Gaza Votes” May Determine November Election
According to Polls in Five Battleground States Today, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) released the results of YouGov polls commissioned in five battleground states. The polls…
More than 30 people killed in strike on refugee camp in central Gaza
Rescue workers continuing to search for those missing under the rubble following attack on Nuseirat refugee camp Yohannes Lowe (now) and Jessica Murray (earlier, The Guardian, 19 May…
2024.05.15: Madison Nakba Protest
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“A Racist, Criminal Project”
Palestinian Historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti on the 1948 Nakba, Zionism, and U.S. Policy Democracy Now!, May 15, 2024 Palestinians across the globe are marking the…
2024.05.29: Live from Haifa Virtual Delegation
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT Online Join Eyewitness Palestine on Wednesday, May 29th at 12PM ET for our Live from Haifa webinar, featuring a special virtual delegation led by Khulood…
2024.05.25-06.01: Madison Veterans for Peace Annual “Memorial Mile” & Peace Rally
May 25 starting 9 am: Marker installation, Olbrich Park May 27 at 1 pm: Peace Rally, Gates of Heaven Synagogue, James Madison Park June 1…
2024.05.23:Break the Bonds! Divest from Israel Bonds, Invest in Freedom
7 pm CT OnlineJewish Voice for Peace invites you to join them and partner organizations for an Israel Bonds divestment campaign launch event and teach-in. More…
2024.05.23: Join a conversation on land and solidarity
7 p.m. CT online My name is Amy Yoder McGloughlin. I am the pastor at Frazer Mennonite Church in Malvern, PA, and a member of…
2024.05.22: Music for Gaza Relief at the Bur Oak
The Bur Oak [Map]2262 Winnebago St, MadisonDoors open at 7 pm, music at 8 Grassroots to Gaza presents a night of music for humanitarian aid…
2024.05.19: American Friends Service Committee’s New Tool for Divestment
Friends Meeting House1704 Roberts Court, Madison12:30 pm CT Brian Blackmore, national Director of Engagement for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), will introduce a new…
2024.05.19: The Heart of Change
Event Link: https://fb.me/e/1Yux6pKCJ Event by Echo Valley Hope, Driftless Palestinian Solidarity and Building Unity
‘Dark Times’: Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI
“The good news is—actions like this by the USA or European countries taken under pressure from the pro-Israeli lobby or Israel itself smell of sheer…
Trailer: “Where Olive Trees Weep” (2024)
May 14, 2024 Online Premiere, June 6-27, 2024 “Where Olive Trees Weep” offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people…
Nakba Then and Now
Visualizing Palestine
Settler Colonialisms and Deadly Violence: Algeria and Israel/Palestine
Joel Beinin, Professor of History and Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Apr 17, 2024
Gaza mourns deaf activist Hashem Ghazal, killed in Israeli strike
Tributes have poured in for the accomplished carpenter, disability activist, and organiser at the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children The New Arab, 14 May, 2024…
Israeli protesters block aid trucks destined for Gaza
Malu Cursino, BBC News, May 14, 2024 Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks destined for Gaza on Monday, throwing food packages onto the road and ripping…
Army officer resigns in protest of U.S. support for Israel in Gaza
Maj. Harrison Mann said he feels “incredible shame and guilt” to know his work at the Defense Intelligence Agency has contributed to Palestinians’ suffering and…
Echoes of Standing Rock and Climate Change in Backlash to Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus
By Alleen Brown, Center for Media and Democracy, May 3rd, 2024 This story is co-published with Drilled. As soon as a single Palestinian activist showed up at an anti-Dakota…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 220
Resistance returns to the north, UNRWA says 300,000 people fled Rafah The Israeli army has intensified its renewed assault on Jabalia refugee camp and the…
Tell Them
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