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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
C’mon Madison, take a stand against the slaughter
Opinion Tariq Saqqaf, The Cap Times, 12/15/23 Members of international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders hold placards during a protest for an end to the war in Gaza and for an immediate cease-fire, at Martyrs’ Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 4. AP Photo/Bilal Hussein I write this on Dec. 6, the day after the…
‘We have the right to live.’
Starvation, disease, and winter cold threaten the survival of displaced civilians in Gaza Sana Noor Haq and Rosa Rahimi, CNN Thu, December 14, 2023 at 11:07 AM CST·13 min read VIDEO: Makeshift camps. No electricity. A daily struggle for displaced Gazans. Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle…
Sanders Supports UN Efforts for a Humanitarian Ceasefire
Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for $10.1 Billion in Military Aid to Israel Press Release, December 13, 2023 Sanders lays out the devastation in Gaza, now equivalent to that of Dresden after two years of bombing during World War II, and emphasizes it is being carried out with bombs produced and provided by the…
This Is Not a War Against Hamas
The notion that the war would end if Hamas was overthrown or surrenders is as ahistorical as it is false. Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, December 11 2023 Palestinians cry beside the bodies of their family members at Nasser Hospital after Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Dec. 10, 2023. Photo: Belal Khaled/Anadolu via Getty…
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: Urgent Gaza Relief Updates
Urgent Gaza Relief Our “Gaza Relief and Recovery” campaign aims to address urgent humanitarian needs and support long-term recovery efforts in Gaza. The funds raised will primarily focus on immediate relief, including providing essential medical supplies, food, medical treatment, clean water, and other necessities for families affected by the conflict. Additionally, our campaign will support…
FREE EBOOK: From the River to the Sea 🍉
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine An urgent editorial intervention, published in collaboration with Haymarket Books. In the final months of 2023, as this ebook is published, Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. Israeli officials have repeatedly made their intentions to do so extremely clear; talking of collective punishment,…
Addameer: Massive arrest campaigns from October 7 to 24
Numbers are from October 7 to October 24, 2023 🔴 Massive arrest campaigns since the 7th of October. pic.twitter.com/3FkX27PErQ — Addameer – الضمير (@Addameer) December 13, 2023 Report on Ongoing Mass Arrest Campaigns and the Situation in Israeli Prisons since the Beginning of the Aggression against Palestinians Addameer, 24-10-2023 Download Report Ramallah – ADDAMEER:…
Update: Mural at Mother Fools on Willy Street is Now a Poster
by Erika Rosales More Mother Fool’s Coffee House, Willy Street, Madison
December 16, 2023
Dar al-Kalima University Cookie and Crafts Sale9:00 – noon Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg This will be the 19th year of selling crafts and cookies to support a full-year scholarship to a student at Dar Al Kalima University of Arts and Culture in Bethlehem. We sell hand-made crafts made by the congregation, and Christmas cookies by the…
December 14+ 2023
Daily Occupation for a Ceasefire9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Building Unity is joining with “Madison for a World Beyond War” and others who are holding down a daily occupation at: Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s Office, 30 W. Mifflin St. It started on December 1, 2023. While we all hope that this occupation will soon become unnecessary with the onset…
Gaza-Guernica
Over 3,000 people form human mosaic in Spain to support Palestine Middle East Monitor, December 8, 2023 More More than 3,000 people supported Palestine by forming a human mosaic in Guernica, one of the symbolic places of the Spanish Civil War, which was bombed in 1937, Anadolu Agency reports. At the event organised in the town of…
December 14, 2023
IfNotNow Hanukah Candle Lighting for Ceasefire🕯️ Everyone is warmly invited to Hanukah Candle Lighting for Ceasefire this Thursday at 6pm-6:30pm on the Capitol Square (at East Washington and Pinckney). 📆 Please RSVP at the following link: 🔗 https://mobilize.us/s/rAimv8 🔊 We will briefly share song, art, conversation, silence, and light. 🫂 We will connect, as we show that…
December 13, 2023
Live Online with Gaza Poet Mosab Abu TohaJoin Middle East Children’s Alliance for this special online event with poet Mosab Abu Toha. The event will honor two dear friends and colleagues Refaat Al-Areer & Doaa Al-Masri who were killed by Israeli attacks several days ago and feature poetry by Refaat as well as Mosab’s own work. Mosab is the founder of MECA…
MONUMENTAL TURNOUT FOR ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE MARCH IN MADISON
Cherrie Hanson, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Dec 12, 2023 Photos by Kamal Moon The Wisconsin All Out For Palestine March drew thousands of people to the State Capitol in Madison on Dec. 9. Organized by the Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine, (WCJP) it was the largest, most diverse protest for Palestine in the state’s history.…
PUMA drops apartheid Israel sponsorship
It’s true. And it’s big. PUMA won’t be renewing its contract with the Israel Football Association (IFA). This is a BDS win, a win for Palestinian rights, and a win for people-powered pressure on corporations complicit in grave crimes. This is also your win. You protested outside PUMA offices and shops. You convinced teams, athletes,…
Breakfast with a CEO and you are (not) invited
CHRISTINA LIEFFRING, TONE MADISON, DECEMBER 12, 2023 An armored vehicle manufactured by one of Oshkosh Corporation’s subsidiaries, Oshkosh Defense. Image from Wikimedia Commons. The Cap Times turned away protesters and threw softballs to a defense contractor. Normally, a Friday morning breakfast event featuring a live interview with a CEO would go under the radar. But…
Capitol Hill Interns Accuse Congress Of Suppressing Cease-Fire Demands
The workers in 71 congressional offices have recorded a total more than 690,000 calls for a cease-fire, but most are “unnoticed and unheard,” an open letter said. Molly Redden, HuffPost, Dec 11, 2023 Congressional interns and fellows released a letter on Monday accusing Congress of having “suppressed and ignored” a tidal wave of…
Father of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack
The 65-year-old father of our colleague, Anas al-Sharif, has been killed in an Israeli strike on his house in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip. The rest of the family had evacuated to an UNRWA school but that was impossible for the father due to his age and health. Al-Sharif told Al Jazeera that his father died…
MECA colleague and friend Doaa Al-Masri killed in Gaza
Doaa receives a group of schoolgirls at the Edward Said Library in Gaza Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza continue and each day more precious lives are lost. We are sad and enraged by the news that our friend and colleague Doaa Al-Masri was killed with her family on Thursday night. Doaa was the librarian at…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Worker among Stripped Detainees
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) 🚨PCHR condemns the arrest of colleague Ayman Lubad. ♦️The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemns in the strongest terms the arrest of our colleague Ayman Labad, a researcher in the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unit, and is deeply concerned about his fate and… pic.twitter.com/gBaViYTiji — Palestinian Centre for…
Thousands March in Madison, Wisconsin for Palestine
Demand: ‘Stop the U.S. – Israel Genocidal Apartheid! Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement, December 9, 2023 More photos on Facebook (You can cancel the login pop-up.)
Hundreds take to Wis. Capitol in support of Palestine
VIDEO: The Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP) put on the event, but the entity was representing more than 50 organizations throughout the state. Shaina Nijhawan, NBC15 News, Dec. 9, 2023 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Hundreds of Wisconsinites took to the Capitol Square Saturday afternoon in what organizers are calling the largest pro-Palestine march…
Hundreds rally in Madison in support of Palestinian Territories
VIDEO: Protesters rally in support of the Palestinian Territories. (Spectrum News 1/Natalie Sopyla) NATALIE SOPYLA, SPECTRUM NEWS, DEC. 09, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Protesters crowded the streets of Madison’s Capitol Square Saturday with messages of support for the Palestinian Territories. What You Need To Know Hundreds gathered in Madison for a rally in support of the…
‘Wisconsin All Out For Palestine’ protest marches at the Capital
WKOW 27 News, December 9, 2023 Protesters marched and rallied at Capital Square on Saturday in opposition of Israeli attacks against Palestine and US policy concerning the Gaza conflict.
Wisconsin All Out for Palestine
Madison.com, Dec 9, 2023 More than 1,000 people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol Saturday afternoon demanding justice for Palestine just a day after the U.S. vetoed a widely-backed United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
Women in Hebron at Change Boutique
Nikki at Change Boutique, corner of Williamson and Baldwin on the eastside, has some Women in Hebron’s embroidery and earrings for the holidays. If you know anyone who shops on the eastside tell them to stop by!
Israeli politician calls for captured Palestinians to be ‘buried alive’
‘They aren’t human beings and not human animals. They’re subhuman and that’s how they should be treated’ Palestinian men rounded up and stripped by Israeli forces in Gaza before being taken to an undisclosed location (Screengrab/X) Middle East Eye, 8 December 2023 The deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Aryeh Yitzhak King, has called for the Israeli…
Demonstrators urge Baldwin to publicly support ceasefire in Israel, Palestine
Vigil calls for ceasefire in Gaza WISC Channel 3000 News, December 8, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Demonstrators in Madison are putting pressure on U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin to call for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. The organizations Madison for a World Beyond War and Jewish Voice for Peace have been setting up vigils…
US blocks UN Security Council demand for ceasefire in Gaza
‘Nowhere in Gaza is safe’ Michelle Nichols, Reuters, December 8, 2023 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday vetoed a proposed United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, diplomatically isolating Washington as it shields its ally.…
Meanwhile in the West Bank
Cassandra Dixon, 12/8/23 Last night about 50 soldiers-settlers stormed the village of Khalet Al Dabaa. They arrived in civilian cars, all wearing army uniforms and most of them with their faces covered. They injured 5 people and kidnapped/arrested one man. They ransacked homes, destroyed buildings, stole 6000 sheckles and three power drills, and caused enormous…
Israel Killed Refaat Alareer in Gaza
These Are Some of His Last Words Professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. (Image: Palestine Chronicle) Palestine Chronicle Staff, December 7, 2023 Refaat Alareer, one of the founders of the ‘We Are Not Numbers’ project and professor at the Islamic University of Gaza, was killed by an Israeli airstrike.…
‘Huge Loss’ as Gaza Luminary Refaat Alareer ‘Assassinated’ by Israel
Palestinian professor, poet, and activist Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on December 7, 2023. (Photo: American Friends Service Committee) “Refaat Alareer embraced everything good and pure about Gaza and Palestine,” said one friend. “He will not be forgotten and his legacy will live on for many generations to come.” BRETT…
December 9, 2023
Wisconsin ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE March“Wisconsin All Out For Palestine” Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1 p.m State Capitol, Madison, WI Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP), representing more than 50 organizations throughout the State, sponsors the “Wisconsin All Out For Palestine” rally and march on Saturday, December 9 at the Capitol. We welcome all to join in voicing our…
December 8, 2023
Join the next USCPR Power Hour for PalestineTHIS FRIDAY, December 8, at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT Sign up at uscpr.org/PowerHour STOP GAZA GENOCIDE: CEASEFIRE NOW! 🚨TELL CONGRESS: Demand a #CeasefireNOW! 60 members of Congress have called for a ceasefire. We must demand a PERMANENT ceasefire now, and we must demand that Congress #StopArmingIsrael. 📧 Email Congress Now 📞 Call…
RAFAH DIARY: Two days in the midst of “Operation Iron Sword”
Here are the latest diary entries of a friend in Rafah, Gaza. Her name is Hudia. I receive them whenever there is an internet connection. They speak louder than all the articles I’ve sent put together… — Jennifer Loewenstein DECEMBER 5, 2023 I don’t know if my message will reach you today. They cut off…
Five U.S. Senators Call for Halting U.S. Arms Sales to Israel
December 7, 2023 In a Powerful Letter to the Biden Administration, Five U.S. Senators Make a Strong Case for Halting U.S. Arms Sales to Israel Until Protections are in Place. Ceasefire Now! While activists and pro-Palestinian humanitarian organizations are urgently calling for a ceasefire to save lives in Gaza, several U.S. Senators are questioning the…
December 8 – 11, 2023
Film Israelism Worldwide RentalIsraelism Hosted by Tikkun Olam Productions On-demand Dec 8, 1:00 AM EST – Dec 11, 1:00 AM EST $5 for a 24 hour rental Get Tickets Now available to rent WORLDWIDE for the first time, for a limited time, only through Sunday, December 10th. After the film, watch Q&As with our film’s directors and main…
Madison City Council calls for ceasefire in Gaza in unanimous vote
Madison365 staff, Dec 6, 2023 By a unanimous vote on Tuesday night, the Madison City Council passed a symbolic resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, joining the ranks of other local governments throughout the United States demanding an end to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The resolution calls for “an immediate ceasefire…
Madison City Council calls for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
Lucas Robinson, Wisconsin State Journal, December 6, 2023 At the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, ambulances brought dozens of wounded people in as Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second-largest city early Tuesday, sending ambulances and private cars carrying people wounded in a bloody new phase of the war. The Madison City Council…
Editorial | Local cease-fire resolutions can move Congress
Cap Times editorial, December 6, 2023 Members of international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders hold placards during a protest for an end to the war in Gaza and for an immediate cease-fire, at Martyrs’ Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 4. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) More than 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives…
Madison Common Council members call for ceasefire in Gaza
Vote to condemn Antisemitism & Islamophobia Evan Bolin, WKOW 27 News, Dec 5, 2023 MADISON (WKOW) — Members of Madison’s Common Council had the conflict in the Middle East on their minds Tuesday night as they approved a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and a separate resolution that condemns Antisemitism and Islamophobia. The…
Update: Madison Common Council Votes for Gaza Ceasefire
December 5, 2023 Resolution text Public comments, 11/28-11/30/23 Public comments, 11/30-12/04/23 Public comments, 12/04-12/05/23 Public comments, 12/05-12/06/23 December 3, 2023 As Israel once again expands its murderous assault on the people of Gaza, creating what is being called a mass assassination factory, we need your help. If you are a resident of the City of…
Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward
The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made Trump’s return to the White House much more likely. What can be done about that? MAX ELBAUM and BILL FLETCHER JR, THE NATION, DECEMBER 1, 2023 Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at…
A Gaza hospital evacuated, four fragile lives, and a grim discovery
A nurse at al-Nasr hospital was caring for premature babies. Then he faced the most difficult decision of his life. Miriam Berger, Evan Hill, and Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, December 2, 2023 Medical staff evacuate premature babies from Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital on Nov. 20. Staff were unable to evacuate four babies from al-Nasr Children’s Hospital…
Call It Genocide, Pay the Price
Marchers carry Palestinian flags during a May Day celebration in Kreuzberg, Germany, 2017. (Montecruz Foto, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Private colleges and employers can, and do, ignore the right to speak freely. BILL LUEDERS, THE PROGRESSIVE, NOVEMBER 30, 2023 A common misapprehension about the First Amendment is that it protects the right to free speech for…
The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza
The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here. RABEA EGHBARIAH, THE NATION, NOVEMBER 21, 2023 Harvard students protest for Palestine during the Yale-Harvard football game at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, CT November 18, 2023. (Williams Paul / Icon Sportswire via AP) For a…
Largest U.S. union yet calls for ceasefire as Israel resumes genocide
Jewish Voice for Peace, December 1, 2023 The movement for ceasefire got a lot bigger today, when the United Auto Workers announced their support outside the White House. They’re now the largest U.S. national union to join the call for ceasefire: a major win for solidarity between the labor and Palestinian liberation movements.…
