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Unequal treatment under Israeli law applies to over 1.7 million Israeli citizens, more than 21% of the population. By comparison, African Americans are 13% of the U.S. population. ― Second Class Citizens, 2016
January 11, 2024
Josh Ruebner: “Palestinian Nakbas: from Truman to Biden”Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, Inc. Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM CST Livestream Josh Ruebner is a leading US Middle East policy analyst. He has worked at the Congressional Research Service, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and American Muslims for Palestine.…
January 11, 2024
South Africa presents its case against IsraelSouth Africa’s oral argument in the ICJ will take place on Thursday, January 11 from 10am-12pm (Central European Standard Time) which is 3 – 5 am CT, and Israel’s oral argument will take place on Friday January 12 from 10am-12pm (Central European Standard Time). The hearings will be streaming live on the ICJ’s website and…
January 8, 2024
USCPR Phone Zap ⚡12 noon CT Help make sure Congress’ phones are ringing off the hook on their first day back in Washington, as Bernie Sanders’ attempt to block more weapons to Israel comes up and renewed efforts get underway to approve Biden’s $106 billion dollar arms deal (including $14 billion for Israel). To join the phone…
Atlanta Cop City activists push to abolish GILEE program
Amid the Palestinian genocide activists spread awareness about Cop City and Israeli police training Jocelyn James, Prism, November 14th, 2023 A protester cries while speaking during a rally against the police killing of Tyre Nichols, in Atlanta, on Jan. 28, 2023. (Photo by CHENEY ORR/AFP via Getty Images) In a striking convergence of international policing…
CodePink & South Africa Charge Israel with Genocide
If you live in the U.S., tell the Senate to hold Israel accountable! TAKE ACTION! If you live overseas, share our petition to the ICJ on social media: TWEET NOW! SHARE ON FACEBOOK! Over 30,000 people have signed our petition to charge Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa responded…
January 6, 2024
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They’re Calling Ethnic Cleansing “Voluntary Migration” Now
Violently coercing someone to do something and killing them if they don’t is the opposite of “voluntary” Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel continued to battle Hamas fighters on October 10 and massed tens of thousands of troops and heavy armour…
How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs
Nearly three years ago, Congress gave Israel a pass to stockpile precision-guided bombs “without regard to annual limits.” An inside source confirms that even more have been transferred since October 7. ARI TOLANY, LILLIAN MAULDIN, JANET ABOU-ELIAS, AND WOMEN FOR WEAPONS TRADE TRANSPARENCY, IN THESE TIMES, DECEMBER 4, 2023 Dozens are reportedly killed and injured…
Solidarity Speaks: Videos Of All Emergency Webinars!
Solidarity Speaks: Recording Of Our 11th & Final Emergency Webinar! Thank you to everyone who joined our Solidarity Speaks emergency webinars since October 7th. We are proud that over 3800 people responded to this series in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli human rights defenders calling for a permanent ceasefire, a release of all the hostages, and an…
Israel-Palestine Scholar Norman Finkelstein’s Long Crusade
A cantankerous Israel critic takes a rare turn in the limelight. Zak Cheney-Rice, Intelligencer, Dec. 5, 2023 Photo: Tina Tyrell Norman Finkelstein is crouched on the floor of his apartment, running his fingers along a bookshelf so overcrowded that it’s bending into a U-shape. “It has a green cover,” he assures me before landing on…
Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count
Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count Finkelstein’s book is a call for Jewish suffering to be seen as part of the larger history of suffering under colonialism. MAX AJL, IN THESE TIMES, MAY 17, 2016 Jews captured by German soldiers during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943. In…
Shawn Fain: “We Cannot Bomb Our Way to Peace”
At a press conference in D.C. on December 14, UAW president Shawn Fain called for a cease-fire, alongside Democratic lawmakers and other labor leaders. SHAWN FAIN, IN THESE TIMES, DECEMBER 26, 2023 United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain calls for a ceasefire in Gaza during a press conference alongside progressive legislators and other union leaders.BILL…
Labor union march for Gaza
Dave Lippman, Dec 23, 2023 Democratic Socialists of America brings democratized unions out in support of a ceasefire in Gaza, and an end to settler colonial apartheid while we’re at it. 2,000 march to the offices of AIPAC, captain of the Israel lobby that bribes and coerces politicians to support any genocide of Israel’s choosing.…
Palestinian residents of West Bank being driven out by Jewish settlers
NBC News, Dec. 26, 2023 In the village of At-Tuwani in the West Bank, residents say Jewish settlers have become far more aggressive since Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks in their long campaign to drive Palestinians from this land. NBC News’ Richard Engel visited the area and reports on the high tensions among the two…
Who Is Funding Canary Mission?
Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a foreign power. JAMES BAMFORD, THE NATION, DECEMBER 22, 2023 A pro-Palestinian protest of Harvard students and their supporters, ends on the lawn behind Klarman Hall, at…
Artists Against Apartheid
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January 4, 2024
Lights Up for Palestine! at the Kohl CenterMore at Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement
December 31, 2023
New Year’s Eve Resolution: Ceasefire Now!Updates on Facebook • Upcoming Actions
South Africa seeks International Court of Justice genocide order against Israel
Fri Dec 29 2023 Court application the latest move by South Africa, a vociferous critic of Israel’s war, to ratchet up pressure on Netanyahu’s government Smoke from Israeli bombardment covers the skyline of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images South Africa asked the International Court of Justice…
Republic of South Africa ICJ proceedings against Israel
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At a megachurch Christmas Eve service outside Atlanta, a call for a ceasefire
On Christmas Eve, congregants gathered at the New Birth Missionary Baptist church for a service unlike any other: the church choir wore keffiyehs, Palestinians shared stories of the Nakba, and the pastor’s call was clear: a ceasefire in Gaza. SOPHIA QURESHI DECEMBER 25, 2023 SENIOR PASTOR JAMAL BRYANT AT NEW BIRTH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH SPEAKS TO…
Meet Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Knesset Member
Suspended for Criticizing War on Gaza DECEMBER 28, 2023 This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS Aida Touma-Sliman Palestinian member of the Knesset suspended last month for criticizing the Israeli military assault on Gaza. As Israel threatens to continue its assault on Gaza for “many months,” we look at growing…
War on Gaza: Why is Israel losing the public relations war?
As Israel faces numerous military setbacks in Gaza, it is also struggling to inspire global support for its indiscriminate bombardment of Palestinians Mohamad Elmasry, Middle East Eye, 27 December 2023 Supporters of Palestinians in Gaza protest outside the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington on 28 November 2023 (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)…
Israel is not targeting “terrorists” hiding behind “human shields.”
On the contrary, it’s targeting the “human shields” themselves. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, DEC 27, 2023 Media performer Sam Harris recently appeared on Piers Morgan’s program. Effecting a flat affect—cool, rational—he used this platform to weigh in on irrational, fanatical Muslims. A clip was first shown of a Muslim (he is identified as the offspring of a…
December 25, 2023
Virtual Event on Christmas DayI am writing to invite you to a special virtual event on Christmas Day at 12 noon ET, 7 pm Palestine to reflect on what Jesus do for Palestine. RSVP NOW We are in the Christmas season when bells are ringing and Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. But not in…
December 23, 2023
Update: Christmas is Cancelled – Sing for Palestine!Madison and Milwaukee Madison Sings Out for Palestine, December 23, 2023 / Photo: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8165.3gp” mute=”true” loop=”false”] [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8169.3gp” mute=”true” loop=”false”] [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8170.3gp” mute=”true” loop=”false”] [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8171.3gp” mute=”true” loop=”false”] [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8172.3gp” mute=”true” loop=”false”] [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8175.3gp” mute=”true” loop=”false”] [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_8176.3gp” mute=”true” loop=”false”] Madison: Plaza Corner at Monroe Street and West…
Medieval to Modern
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Project Immigration Justice for Palestinians (Project IJP)
In response to the devastating and horrific humanitarian crisis and genocide in Gaza, the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) — in collaboration with organizations and attorneys across the country — has launched Project Immigration Justice for Palestinians (Project IJP). Project IJP seeks to provide humanitarian immigration support and assistance to Palestinians here and abroad. A…
Catastrophic Shortage of Food in Gaza
Starvation as a Weapon of War Thalif Deen, IPS UN Bureau, December 22, 2023 Displaced families in a school in Gaza. 21 December 2023 (WFP/Arete/Abood al Sayd) UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 2023 (IPS) — As the killings of civilians in Gaza rose to over 20,000, the besieged city—which has been virtually reduced to rubble by…
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Milwaukee call for Gaza ceasefire
Vow to defeat Biden Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec 20, 2023 President Joe Biden arrives at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. President Biden will deliver remarks Wednesday at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce centering on how his economic policies have led to recent business growth in underrepresented communities. (Mike…
Special End-of-Year Appeal
Palestinian children take shelter at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in the city of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, on November 15. – Mohammed Talatene/picture-alliance/dpa/APLess (from “We Have the Right to Live,” CNN, Dec. 14, 2023.) As the end of the…
Silencing Palestine: a message from Ahmed Abu Artema
“This is the call of all the Palestinian families, the thousands of children who were killed, including my son Abdullah. Our call is to all free people across the world. Please stop this genocide.” BY AHMED ABU ARTEMA AND NETA GOLAN DECEMBER 11, 2023 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter I am an Israeli…
December 21, 2023
Journalist JEREMY SCAHILL on WORT“A Public Affair”: Journalist JEREMY SCAHILL and the war on Gaza Noon to 1:00 pm Central WORT 89.9 FM Thursday’s guest on WORT’s “A Public Affair” will be the investigative reporter, war correspondent, and co-founding editor of The Intercept e-magazine JEREMY SCAHILL. He’ll be drawing from his recent Intercept piece “This Is Not a War…
Santa in Gaza
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How Israeli settler violence is forcing Palestinians to flee their homes
Bethan McKernan, Kyri Evangelou, Mariam Dwedar and Temujin Doran, The Guardian, 14 Dec 2023 Masafer Yatta, the most rural and desolate area in the West Bank, is home to about 1,000 Palestinians. The community are mostly herders who raise goats and sheep, and have steadfastly refused to leave their homes despite the mounting difficulties posed…
Simone Zimmerman and Israelism with Mehdi Hasan
Rent Israelism through Jan 1, 2024: https://bit.ly/rentisraelism About the film When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational…
December 20, 2023
Rally and March to Protest Biden’s Visit to MilwaukeeWednesday, Dec. 20: Rally and March to Protest Biden’s Visit to Milwaukee Begins 6 pm Milwaukee City Hall, 200 E. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Called by the WI Coalition for Justice in Palestine
December 20, 2023
Potluck for Gaza and Phonebank for HumanityView this post on Instagram A post shared by EMMA (@emmawaldinger) POTLUCK FOR GAZA | PHONEBANK FOR HUMANITY Wednesday, December 20, 6-8 p.m. at Pasture & Plenty, 2433 University Ave. It’s a phonebank potluck! Let food bring us together in collective action. Bring a Palestinian dish or dessert to pass, and join us in contacting…
December 19, 2023
🕯️Candlelight Vigil at Senator Tammy Baldwin’s OfficeWe will host this vigil between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm on Tuesday, December 19th in front of Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Madison office (State St. corner of the Capitol Square.) The vigil will provide community leaders of faith and/or conscience the opportunity to speak out for the need for an immediate ceasefire. 60 lawmakers have…
Israel Says 3 Hostages Bore White Flag Before Being Killed by Troops
The military said the mistaken killing of the three men, who had been shirtless, was a violation of its rules of engagement. What this means for Palestinian civilians Akram Attaallah, a columnist for Al-Ayyam, a Palestinian newspaper in the West Bank, said that the episode was a “condemnation of the Israeli army” and showed that…
‘Hellfire’ and chaos in Rafah tests Biden’s opposition to displacement
Biden administration pushes for ‘low intensity’ conflict as displacement out of desperation becomes a greater reality for Palestinians A man carries a child injured during Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on 14 December 2023 (AFP) Sean Mathews, Middle East Eye, 15 December 2023 Biden’s public pledge to oppose the forced displacement…
Refaat Alareer Was a Brilliant Poet and Intellectual
He Was Also My Teacher To those of us lucky enough to learn from him, Alareer offered a chance to explore new worlds and stories, defying the laws of physics and oppression. JEHAD ABUSALIM, THE NATION, DECEMBER 15, 2023 A photo of the renowned Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer is displayed at a protest calling…
Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove
Plant An Olive Tree in the Madison-Masafer Yatta Grove! The planting of these olive trees with international support can help protect Palestinian land from dispossession. Planting these trees keeps Israel from declaring more Palestinian land “uncultivated” and subject to expropriation. Madison, Wisconsin is creating the Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove with the Dutch organization Plant een…
Critics say bill targeting anti-Zionism is new McCarthyism
HR 6578 would build a commission with subpoena authority to force Americans to testify and produce evidence to “investigate the facts and causes of antisemitism in the present day” Lisa Kwon, Prism, December 12th, 2023 NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 11: People gather in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (USUN)…
Escalation in Israel’s occupation tactics in West Bank
Nima Elbagir, CNN, December 15, 2023 VIDEO: Eyewitness testimony and footage reveals escalation in Israel’s occupation tactics in West Bank CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports from Hebron in the West Bank, which remains under Israeli occupation in the shadow of the war against Hamas in Gaza. Elbagir and her team witnessed how settlers and…
In the Shadow of the Holocaust
How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today How two definitions of antisemitsm differ Masha Gessen, December 9, 2023 “In 1948, Hannah Arendt wrote an open letter that began, ‘Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state…
