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There is a law in Israel prohibiting anyone from calling for a boycott of Israel, its institutions, or any person because of their affiliation with Israel, including the settlements in the occupied territories. The law was upheld by Israel’s Supreme Court on April 15, 2015. ― Second Class Citizens, 2016
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Palestinian-American teens speak out CNN’s Athena Jones speaks to a group of Palestinian-American teens about their concerns over the war and the impact that it is having on their lives. 04:44 – Source: CNN
Matthew Cassel, Mark Boyer and Santiago García Muñoz, New York Times, November 30, 2023 Since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, extremist settlers in the West Bank have been emboldened, displacing more than 1,000 Palestinians, according to the United Nations. “Since 7th of October, the soldier came and sit down under this tree. And they…
A surgeon at one of the territory’s last functioning hospitals tells of desperate conditions amid an acute lack of medicine A member of the Red Cross attempts to attend to an injured small child at the European hospital in Khan Younis on Tuesday. Photograph: Mohammed Talatene/Avalon Jason Burke, The Guardian, 24 Nov 2023 In the…
A public relations effort by the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin Back in March, Senator Tammy Baldwin announced a $798,000 grant so the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WANG) can “conduct community outreach, noise mitigation planning, and prepare for the F-35s arrival at Truax Field.” Earlier this month, WANG quietly started…
Once-vibrant Huwara has become a ghost town since October 5, the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza made it worse. Abdelrahman Dmaidi, a 21-year-old journalist living in Huwara, said the town is now ‘a closed military zone’ [Al Jazeera] Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera, 29 Nov 2023 Nablus, occupied West Bank – There are…
More than two-thirds of the Palestinians proposed for release by Israel under the truce have not been convicted of any crimes. Most were arrested as children. Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, November 26 2023 Palestinians reunite with their relatives as they are released from Israel’s Ofer prison as a part of a prisoner swap, in Al…
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, November 27, 2023 The Ofer military prison in the West Bank. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images) A four-day pause in hostilities between Israel and the militant group Hamas was extended by two more days, instead of expiring Tuesday morning, lengthening the brief reprieve offered to Gaza’s 2.1 million Palestinians, who have endured weeks…
The Gaza Strip’s density, visualized The area is one of the most densely populated places in the world. By Jiachuan Wu, Joe Murphy and Nigel Chiwaya NBC News, Oct. 10, 2023 The Gaza Strip is twice the land area of the City of Madison, but its pre-war population of 2 million was 8 times Madison’s.
TAA UW-MADISON, NOVEMBER 22, 2023 The following statement was written and approved by the general membership of the TAA on November 15th, 2023. A Call for Palestinian liberation WHEREAS The Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA; AFT [American Federation of Teachers] Local 3220) recognizes that the Zionist Israeli state is a reactionary tool of Western imperialism,…
Reuters, Nov 26, 2023 Drone footage shows wide-scale destruction in Gaza City after seven weeks of war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkiZoUmOVtE
Police are investigating the incident as a potential hate crime Abigail Hauslohner and Hannah Allam, Washington Post, November 27, 2023 From left, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani. (Institute for Middle East Understanding) Police in Vermont are investigating the possibility of a “hate-motivated” crime in the shooting Saturday evening of three Palestinian college…
Civil rights groups are calling for a close look at the motive From left, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani. The three students are receiving medical treatment for gunshot wounds in Vermont. (Photo: Institute for Middle East Understanding) Celina Tebor, Eva McKend, Khalil Abdallah and Zoe Sottile, CNN, Nov 27, 2023 (CNN)…
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 27, 2023 Almost two months into this monstrous conflict in Gaza and it is clear that the war is being fought not only on a battlefield but over the very terms that can be used to speak about it. Pope Francis discovered this last week when he described…
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | November 26, 2023 — Earlier this morning ADC was made aware of the shooting of three Palestinian-American, Arab students in Burlington, VT. After reviewing the initial information provided we have reason to believe this shooting was motivated by the victims being Arab. All three victims survived the initial shooting, however…
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 17 November 2023 Israel has never explained how Palestinian fighters who crossed from Gaza on 7 October could have caused mass destruction to Israeli homes, as seen here in Kibbutz Be’eri, with their light weapons. There’s mounting evidence that heavy, indiscriminate fire by Israeli forces killed Palestinians and Israeli civilians alike. (Ziv…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palestine Partners (@palestine_partners) Join us to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Thursday, December 7, 4:30-6 pm Corner of Monroe Street and West Lawn on Madison’s westside Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor now estimates the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7…
War Industry Resisters Network presents: How does Israel get away with it? with Jeff Halper 3-4 pm CT The level of impunity for Israel is striking. How does Israel get away with it? Is it because it is protected as a client state by the world hegemon, the United States? Or because of the collective…
12 Noon CT Join us this Wednesday for our next webinar of Solidarity Speaks, an emergency series giving people around the world a forum to hear directly from Palestinians and Israelis calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to collective punishment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This Wednesday we will be joined by Ahmed…
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 Madison, we need you to ask the Common Council to pass the proposed resolution calling for a…
11 am CT Join Eyewitness Palestine to learn about who Palestinian political prisoners are and the unjust Israeli system that detains them. While airstrikes in Gaza were paused, hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank have been arrested and detained by the IOF, bringing the total number of Palestinians detained up to a remarkable 7,000,…
Information and Registration 4 -5 pm Join investigative reporter and Pulitzer Center grantee May Jeong for a discussion of her experiences reporting from Afghanistan. In preparation for this talk, attendees are encouraged to watch Afghan Dreamers, a documentary about an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan and their fate as the Taliban came to power. The…
Madison for a World BEYOND War and allies are now vigiling inside Senator Baldwin’s office at 30 W Mifflin St, 7th floor, Madison. We intend to stay, 9 to 5 each day. The front doors are locked. You can wait for someone to exit, or call us at 608-217-2248 or 608-228-9096. Please come join us…
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Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival Monona Terrace 8 am – 3 pm Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners, and Madison Playgrounds for Palestine will once again be selling our fair trade Palestinian products. This year more than ever we ask you to help Palestinians to remain and thrive on their land by buying the great…
The three articles below, Bernie Sanders essay in the New York Times, the letter from Sanders’ former staffers urging a peaceful resolution to the war, and Norman Finkelstein’s response to Sanders’ refusal of a ceasefire, are intended to provide needed context for the war. We do not agree with all the views and opinions expressed.…
The White House, Congress, and the American Public (Shutterstock/Anas Mohammed) Thursday November 30, 2023 9:00 AM – 10:30 am CT About the Webinar The war on Gaza is having devastating consequences for Palestinians, Israel, the region, and the world. Perhaps more than any other crisis in recent years, this moment has reverberations across the globe.…
Shop now | Get Involved | Events Supporting Palestinian Farmers in the West Bank: Our Partnership with PARC Learn about Palestinian olive oil and dates from the West Bank and how farmers are faring Live Zoom Event | Thursday, November 30 1:00pm-2:15pm Eastern 12:00pm-1:15pm Central 10:00am-11:15am Pacific Register to Attend Please join us on Thursday,…
PUBLISHERS FOR PALESTINE Join us for an international #ReadPalestine week, starting Wednesday, November 29, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. During this week, we encourage people around the world to read fiction and poetry by Palestinian and Palestinian diaspora authors, as well as nonfiction about Palestinian history, politics, arts, culture, and…
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), November 21, 2023 Let’s make November 29th a global day of action to stop #GazaGenocide Tomorrow, November 29th, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the #BDS movement is calling for an all day social media storm. Our physical and digital actions can be used together to strengthen…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison (@sjpuwmadison) Join us this Wednesday as we mourn the loss of our Palestinian brothers and sisters. If you are not familiar with a die-in, people lay on the ground to give a representation of those who have been killed…
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Stopping the Cycle of Violence in the Middle East: A Teach-in for Action Nov 29, 2023 07:30 PM CT In the face of Israel’s U.S.-supported genocidal attacks in Gaza, resulting in over 10,000 deaths so far, including thousands of children, the threat of a wider regional conflict is undeniable. These attacks coincide with U.S.-Saudi…
Hamas and Israel carry out first swap of hostages and prisoners Former Palestinian prisoners released by the Israeli authorities carry Palestinian and Hamas flags in the West Bank town of Beitunia, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Friday marks the start of a four-day cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, during which the Gaza militants pledged to release…
DEMOCRACY NOW! NOVEMBER 22, 2023 This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS Meir Baruchin history and civics teacher from Jerusalem accused of intending to commit sedition and disrupting the public order for posting on Facebook in opposition to the killing of innocent Palestinian civilians. On November 9, Israeli police…
Avaaz, November 22, 2023 Dear friends, We are grieving — our friend Majd Arendas was killed in an airstrike in Gaza. He wanted to show you the beautiful children of Palestine. Kids who are still alive and that we can still save — he was on a mission to record video testimonies of kids telling…
Wisconsin Muslim Journal | Nov 21, 2023 | Al Jazeera Melissa, 16 months old, was pulled out of the rubble, completely still and quiet [Atia Darwish/Al Jazeera] Deir el-Balah – About 4 AM one night during the second week of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Yasmeen Joudah woke up to her mobile phone ringing nonstop. Astounded, she…
Israel’s Sustained Bombing Created Massive Disease Risk Overcrowded Shelters, Dirty Water, and Breakdown of Basic Sanitation Yara M. Asi, THE CONVERSATION, 11/22/2023 After more than a month of being subjected to sustained bombing, the besieged people of the Gaza Strip are now confronted with another threat to life: disease. Overcrowding at shelters, a breakdown…
While an endless military operation allows the prime minister to cling to power, it also fulfills a larger ideological goal: preventing Palestinian statehood. Meron Rapoport, +972 Magazine, November 17, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visit at an army base near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, July…
7amleh has published a position paper on a new Israeli law “Prohibiting the Consumption of Terrorist Publications.” The paper aims to analyze the Israeli law from a human rights perspective and examine its repercussions on the ground. The activation of this new law, especially at a time when the country is exposed to ongoing crises and…
Zuhour Muhammad Awad, the author’s grandmother, walking in the village of Tuba in May 2021. Ms. Awad says she was born in Tuba in 1948. She has spent her life caring for herds of sheep and making cheese and yogurt. (Emily Glick) Ali Awad, New York Times, Nov. 20, 2023 Mr. Awad is a Palestinian…
Rainwater is the property of Israel byu/temporary_staying inlostgeneration “Israel even controls the collection of rain water throughout most of the West Bank, and rainwater harvesting cisterns owned by Palestinian communities are often destroyed by the Israeli army.” | @amnesty report: The Occupation of Water https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/11/the-occupation-of-water/
Nov 15, 2023 The Israel military raid on Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering, is an “unprecedented attack on civilian society” in the “darkest time in modern history,” that is being justified in the West by “a deep-rooted and frightening racism,” says Dr. Mads Gilbert, who worked at Al-Shifa.…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palestine Partners (@palestine_partners) [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_6883.mov” mute=”true” loop=”true”] [evp_embed_video url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_6881.mov” mute=”true” loop=”true”] Tuesday, November 21 at 5 pm Corner of McKee Road and Verona Road, Fitchburg Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor now estimates the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7 at 20,000,…
7 pm CT Join IfNotNow for a national call to hear important announcements about the next phase of our movement. Find out how you can plug in and demand our elected leaders take immediate action to implement an immediate ceasefire. More Info & Registration.