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Israel is not targeting “terrorists” supposedly hiding behind “human shields.” On the contrary, it’s targeting the “human shields” themselves. ― Norman Finkelstein, Dec 27, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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
‘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…
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…
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
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…
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…
2023.05.21-28: 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…
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…
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,…
2023.05.11: Palestine Partners Returns to Madison Night Market
Thursday, May 11 500 Block State Street, Madison 5-9 pm Just in time for Mother’s Day! Come and shop for hand made jewelry, hand embroidered…
Latest Israel onslaught proves the Nakba is ongoing
Jewish Voice for Peace The Wire, 5/9/23 Last night, “a total of 40 fighter jets participated in bombing different locations,” reported Middle East Eye. “Another…
ADC Statement on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC), May 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. | May 9, 2023 – The world must stand united and unequivocally condemn the ongoing brutal…
Sadness, anger in Palestine: Gaza mourns 13 killed in Israel raid
Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera, 9 May 2023
UN World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, May 7, 2023
Jewish doctor denied payment for refusing Israel pledge
ANDREW LAPIN, JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, MAY 3, 2023
Khader Adnan’s Death
A Wake-Up Call for the World’s Conscience May 2, 2023 This morning, Palestinian leader Khader Adnan died in an Israeli dungeon after 86 days of…
Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ by Israel
“These databases and tools exclusively record the data of Palestinians” An Israeli soldier under a surveillance camera at a checkpoint in Hebron in 2021. (Hazem…
May Day Milwaukee: A Day Without Latinx and Immigrants
MONDAY, MAY 1ST IN MILWAUKEE AT 11:00 AM Background May 1st has long been recognized as a day of solidarity and action around immigrant rights.…
2023.05.25: Dr. Don Wagner on Palestinian Rights
Leopold’s Books Bar Caffe 1301 Regent Street, Madison 7 – 9 pm Join us for an intimate interview and book talk about Dr. Wagner’s latest…
2023.05.15: Mandela Nakba Day Tour
NEW: MRSCP is partnering with Building Unity on a “Care-avan” carpool to this event from Madison and Janesville; if you would like to offer a…
Friends of Hebron: New social media links
Just days ago, Israelis demolished several Palestinian shops in the old Hebron vegetable market. These are shops that were forced closed by military order for…
Rising Violence In The West Bank
A Conversation With Cassandra Dixon And Ali Awad A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, APRIL 20, 2023 WORT 89.9FM Madison · Rising Violence in the…
Sierra Club: Stop Supporting Environmental Racism
Adalah Justice Project Why are we asking you to write to the Sierra Club Board candidates? In March 2023, the Sierra Club sponsored a “nature…
A brave humanitarian: Tom Hurndall remembered 20 years on
Tom Hurndall, Youth Of Sumud Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, 11th April 2023 Tom Hurndall was 21-years-old when, twenty years ago today, he was shot…
