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GAZA RESISTS With Mohammed Hisam
The Katie Halper Show, October 11, 2023 I’m joined by Mohammed Hisam is a Palestinian-American community organizer and attorney based out of Houston, TX. 00:00…
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“Hostages?” How the U.S. media is distorting the news from Palestine
JAMES NORTH, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 9, 2023
Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Wisconsin
Bob Goonin, CRCPR, October 8, 2023
Israel’s government has nothing to offer but revenge
Orly Noy, +972 Magazine, October 10, 2023
Palestinian human rights organizations call on the international community
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 10 October 2023
Gaza War Links for News, Analysis & Opinion
Commentary is intended to provide needed context for events. We do not agree with all the views and opinions expressed. Updated: Nov 27, 2024 Why…
Gaza under Attack: Civilians Targeted by Israeli Retaliatory Strikes
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), 08 October 2023
Israel Announces Total Warfare on Gaza’s Civilian Population
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 9 October 2023
FOSNA Statement on Gaza
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), October 7, 2023
A Message to our Community
As the situation continues to unfold across Israel/Palestine, we are thinking of you all in our community and our friends, family, co-workers, and partners on…
Mustafa Barghouti on CNN: “Do we have the right to struggle for freedom?”
A post shared by IMEU (@theimeu) Palestinian…
Palestinian Organizations Call for a Stop to Israel’s Reprisals against Civilians
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 8 October 2023
An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family
ISSAM ADWAN, Associated Press, October 8, 2023
The West’s hypocrisy towards Gaza’s breakout is stomach-turning
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 8 October 2023
Palestinian Organizations Call for a Stop to Israel’s Reprisals against Civilians
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), 08 Oct 2023
Gaza shatters the facade of ‘calm’
Mohammed R. Mhawish, +972 Magazine, October 8, 2023
Statement by US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Dear Friends, The Israeli regime is bombing Palestinian families living trapped under siege in Gaza, killing more than 320 Palestinians in the past day…
Statement by IfNotNow
We’re watching the unfolding horrors with heartbreak and dread for our loved ones – Israelis and Palestinians alike. We cannot and will not say today’s…
Statement by American Muslims for Palestine & Americans for Justice in Palestine Action
Israeli Violence is the Root Cause of Violence and Unrest in the Region Washington, DC (Oct 7, 2023) – American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and…
Statement from UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign
I know that like me, you’ve been shocked by events of the past few days and are deeply fearful about what’s yet to come. Israel…
Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July. (Sraya Diamant) Haaretz Editorial, Oct 8, 2023 The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is…
Jewish Voice for Peace Statement
October 7, 2023 The Root of Violence Is Oppression. What’s happening in Palestine/Israel is truly unprecedented. In the coming days, the people around us will…
Middle East Children’s Alliance Statement
The Middle East Children’s Alliance, October 7, 2023 Terrifying sounds of airstrikes hitting nearby buildings are everywhere in Gaza. Hundreds of people have been killed…
“The idols of militarism and force and realpolitik”
News headlines this morning announced what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called war. “Citizens of Israel, we are at war. Not an operation, not…
Harassment and attacks on human rights activists in Palestine are rarely punished
SAM STEIN, THE PROGRESSIVE, OCTOBER 2, 2023
ADC Statement On Palestinian Resistance
Washington, D.C. | adc.org | October 7, 2023 The unprecedented and ongoing resistance by Palestinians from Gaza, that caught Israel by surprise, did not happen…
Hamas has launched an unprecedented strike on Israel
Here’s what you need to know. The IDF has launched retaliatory strikes after scores of Israeli citizens are dead and hundreds wounded. Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Agency…
2023.10.15: Voices From the Holy Land Online Film Salon: Israelism
Oct 15, 2023 2:00 PM Central The modern nation of Israel, created by the UN in 1948, is central to the political and cultural life…
2023.10.11 & 13: WORT Radio Programs on Gaza and Palestine
WORT radio will have two shows this week on Gaza and Palestine: Tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 11 between 8 and 9 am, The Morning Buzz with…
Support Sami Huraini
On October 30th, Palestinian Human Rights Defender Sami Huraini will be sentenced by the Israeli Court in retaliation for his activism. Since Sami and his…
Administrative Detainee Kayed Fasfous Hunger Strike
View this post on Instagram A post shared by In Palestine Today (@inpaltoday) inpaltoday, Instagram, October 5, 2023 More Detainee Kayed al-Fasfous remains on hunger…
2023.10.04: Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Mystery to Me Bookstore 1863 Monroe St, Madison 6:00 – 7:30 pm Christa Bruhn will be reading from her recently released memoir Crossing Borders: The…
Umm Alkhair is in a big danger..
Awdah Hathaleen, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA OCT 1, 2023 On the outskirts of the foothills of Masafer Yatta, south of the city of Hebron, sits…
Civil Society Organizations United In Opposition To Israel’s Admission Into The Visa Waiver Program
STATEMENT Washington, DC – September 27, 2023: Civil society organizations representing tens of thousands of Palestinian Americans, Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and allied communities are…
Statement: The Biden Administration Must Remove Israel from the Visa Waiver Program
Press Contact: Submit a media inquiry here. WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023—Since the beginning of the process to admit Israel into the Visa Waiver Program, the…
Have the People Protesting a Palestinian Literary Festival Read Any Palestinian Literature?
PETER BEINART, The Beinart Notebook, SEP 26, 2023 Sources Cited in this Video The Palestine Writes Literature Festival, held last weekend. A letter by…
Thank You from Palestine!
Hello friends, Thank you all so much for helping me to come back to Palestine, and for sponsoring young olive trees to be planted in…
2023.09.22-23: More September Events!
Friday, Sept. 22: Palestine Writes Literature Festival Live-Streamed Session From 12:30 pm CT to end of day Some of you may have heard of the…
The Shift: Oslo at 30
MICHAEL ARRIA, Mondoweiss, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Bruno Mars: Don’t play apartheid Israel
Top-selling artist Bruno Mars just announced a concert in apartheid Tel Aviv. JVP and numerous movement partners are calling on him to stand with the…
2023.09.13-21: September Events
Wednesday, Sept. 13: Storytelling as Resistance Thursday, Sept. 14: The Legacy of Oslo: Thirty Years Later Thursday, Sept. 14: Palestine Partners at the Madison Night…
Sign Petition to Release UNRWA Food Aid to Gaza
Washington, D.C. | adc.org | September 7, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to release the…
2023.09.17: Virtual Tour of the Gaza Strip
Sunday, September 17th 8PM Jerusalem, 7PM Berlin, 6PM London, 1PM NYC, 12PM Central Gaza is frequently referred to as the largest prison in the world…
Israel is committing apartheid in West Bank, former Mossad chief claims
“In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state.” By TOVAH LAZAROFF, The Jerusalem Post, Updated: SEPTEMBER…
Dixon Hopes Israeli Settler’s Trial Draws Attention to Attacks on Palestinians
Jerry Windley-Daoust, The Catholic Worker Movement, September 2, 2023 “These settlers act with impunity because Israel has impunity in the world, and they have that…
Tell Google: #NoTechForApartheid
Backed by hundreds of community members, Google workers protested yesterday outside Google’s biggest cloud conference of the year to demand that their bosses stop doing…
Cat Cafe to De-Stress Residents Opens in Gaza Strip
Owner hopes playing with felines will offer therapy to those scarred from the strip’s devastating wars and other hardships Mehr Jan, American Muslim Today, Aug…
Petition to Stop Cop City in Atlanta
One underreported aspect of Cop City is the long and ongoing relationship between Georgia police agencies pushing this project and the Israeli police forces. The…
Teshuvah: A Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return
Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents, May 11, 2021
Cassandra Dixon Interview on WORT
Sunday, August 27 on WORT’s World View The interview begins at 33:00. Cassandra talks with Gil Halstead about her upcoming trip to Palestine, where she…
2023.08.29-10.16: August to October Events
Tuesday, August 29, 7 pm CT Reparations and the Palestinian Right of Return as Teshuvah (Repentence) for the Nakba: An online talk by Peter Beinart…
Free Sami Huraini
Started January 10, 2021 Petition to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ Why this petition matters…
New Masafer Yatta Project: Planting Olive Trees
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine soon for the September 6th trial of the settler who…
2023.09.16: Bright Stars of Bethlehem’s Virtual Fundraising Gala
Join us on Saturday, September 16th at 7 P.M. CDT for Bright Stars of Bethlehem’s Be The Hope 4th Annual Virtual Fundraising Gala! We’ll take…
Will this band play on the ruins of a Palestinian village?
Jewish Voice for Peace August 9, 2023 Art by @/majdalrafie on Instagram On August 29, Imagine Dragons is scheduled to perform in…
The violent lies of Israel’s president
Yuli Novak, +972 Magazine, July 31, 2023
Leading liberal Zionist voices call for ending U.S. aid to Israel
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 24, 2023
Gaza Americans Urge Washington To Include Them In Israel Visa Deal
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Aug 11, 2023
Israel expanded an apartheid law last week. No one is talking about it.
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 31, 2023
Settler attacks and their impact on the Palestinians by Hamdan Huraini
HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, AUG 11, 2023
The only answer to the Israeli right’s war: A state for all its citizens
Ameer Fakhoury, +972 Magazine, July 30, 2023
The narcissism that blinds Israelis to Jenin’s oppression
Orly Noy, +972 Magazine, July 7, 2023
Freedom Flotilla 2023 Canadian Boat to Gaza
Dear friends and supporters, The Freedom Flotilla vessel Handala, sailing against the blockade of Gaza, has been visiting English and Welsh ports…
Stand with Masafer Yatta!
$2,000 of $2,000 on 7/27/23
2023.07.23-25: July Events
Sunday, July 23: Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour on WORT Radio Monday, July 24: Online: Taking on AIPAC to Fight for our Future Tuesday, July 25: No…
Israel does not have a right to self-defense for its occupation
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2023
Jenin by American Jewish Cartoonist Eli Valley
Jenin by Eli Valley, July 7, 2023 Jewish Cartoonist Eli Valley Sparks Angry Debate About anti-Semitism His comics often employ Nazi imagery satirically and…
Searching for Saboun Nabulsi
NATALIE JABBAR, SALON, JULY 8, 2023
The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Green-Lighted by Israel’s Supreme Court
BASEL ADRA and YUVAL ABRAHAM, THE NATION, JULY 10, 2023
Masafer Yatta on the cover of The Nation
In recent years, our team at Local Call and our partners at +972 Magazinehave been reporting from ground zero in Masafer Yatta — a community…
‘Why did this happen?’
Israel’s raid on Jenin, through the eyes of one family Hussein Shibly looks out Saturday from his home, which was damaged in the Israeli raid…
Emergency Aid for Jenin and Petition to Congress
As you know Jenin recently endured an especially deadly and destructive assault by the Israeli armed forces. (See this AlJazeera link for details, pictures and videos).…
2023.07.16: Film My Tree & Discussion
Event Date: July 16, 2023 Time: 3 pm ET/ 2 pm CT/ 12 noon PT Using children’s donations collected via “little blue boxes,” the Jewish…
In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid
Amjad Iraqi, +972 Magazine, June 30, 2023
The Armed Revolt: Why Israel Cannot Crush the Resistance in Palestine
Ramzy Baroud, July 1, 2023
Israel’s raid left Jenin in rubble. Palestinians are blaming their leaders.
Drone footage showed the extent of destruction after Israel ended a two-day operation in the Jenin refugee camp on July 5. (Video: Reuters) Steve Hendrix,…
Israeli forces invade West Bank city, killing at least 8 Palestinians
West Bank residents reported gunfire, drones and explosions as Israel launched extensive air and ground attacks on occupied Jenin early July 3. (Video: Reuters) Steve…
Israeli Discrimination against Palestinian Americans and the Visa Waiver Program
LAYLA GANTUS, MONDOWEISS, JULY 1, 2023
2023.06.28-07.05: June & July Events
Wednesday, June 28: No Visa Waiver Program for Israel Wednesday, June 28: First Madison Banner Drop for ‘Stop Cop City’ campaign Sunday, July 2: Webinar:…
400 Israeli Settlers Attacked the Palestinian Town of Turmus’ayya
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Omar Qatin, a 27-year-old US-resident and husband and father to a Palestinian American, was shot and killed by the…
The Appaling Case of Palestinian-American Omar Asaad
Killers walk free after farcical internal ‘investigation’ June 17, 2023 Yesterday, the Israeli military announced it was closing the case over the death of Omar…
Why we are anti-Zionist Jews
JUDITH LAITMAN AND TSELA BARR — GUEST COLUMN, JUNE 14, 2023 This year on April 26, millions celebrated the 75th anniversary of Israel’s creation on…
Video of Apartheid-Free Webinar
Allison Tanner, American Friends Service Committee I am happy to share with you the recording of our June 6 webinar and the press release for…
I saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today
REV. DR. DON WAGNER, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 13, 2023
Israel’s protest leaders give the anti-occupation bloc the cold shoulder
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, June 6, 2023
Hebron Emergency Caves Project
We are getting closer to our goal of providing emergency housing to one family in the Masafer Yatta area of the South Hebron Hills. The…
Bowing to BDS pressure
Update: G4S to divest completely from apartheid Israel Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), June 1, 2023 In a major win for human rights activism against…
Apartheid-Free Communities – Cut Your Ties to Israeli Apartheid
All people are equal and should be treated with dignity and respect But for decades, the Palestinian people have faced Israeli settler colonialism and occupation…
There’s No Pride in Apartheid!
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Israeli agents conducted raid against militants in civilian area, killing a child
Videos from a March 16 raid in Jenin show increasingly deadly tactics by Israeli officers See the Washington Post article for videos and a 3D…
2023.05.15: Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition hosts Mandela’s grandson & Nakba tour
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 23, 2023
2023.05.21-28: May Events
Sunday, May 21: WORT Show Her Turn with Cassandra Dixon Sunday, May 21: Zoom Film & Talk Back: Two Kids a Day Tuesday, May 23…
In First, Palestinian Displacement Commemorated at United Nations
The event, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians when Israel was created, was condemned by the Israeli ambassador to the world body.…
2023.05.15: Actions Marking 75 years of Nakba
As salaamu alaykum — On this Faith & Action Friday, my heart is heavy as we approach Nakba Day. The Nakba, or “catastrophe” in Arabic,…
2023.05.16: Capitol Calling Party: Palestine & the Nakba
May 16, 2023 at 7:00pm – 8:00pm (CDT) Zoom RSVP On Tuesday, May 16, in honor of the million Palestinians driven from their homes in…
They tried to erase us, but they failed
Last night, Americans for Justice Palestine (AJP Action) led a historic event alongside IMEU, Project48, AFSC, USCPR, VCHR, JVP Action, DAWN, and EMGAGE Action on…
13 Palestinians, including 4 Women and 4 Children, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes
09 May 2023 Today at dawn, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed 13 Palestinians, including 4 women and 4 children; one was a 17-year-old girl,…
