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They’re willing to kill anybody, imprison anybody, and whatever the international community says or the UN says or some human rights organizations say, they’re not bothered by it. And that’s also a new element in the world. — Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc, Jul 24, 2024. She’s talking about North Korea, but it could be Israel, or the United States.
Truths come as shocks to most Americans Before October 7, the mainstream media mostly ignored news from Palestine. This fact has consequences among the American public. BY JAMES NORTH NOVEMBER 18, 2023 1 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The tweet above, by the distinguished writer Sarah Schulman, went viral recently. Anyone who follows…
Communications blackout obscures full picture of Israel’s devastation in Gaza Israel’s purported proof of Hamas command center under al-Shifa hospital is seen as ‘anticlimactic’ as bombardment continues across the Gaza Strip, leaving only 4 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants with access to safe drinking water. BY MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU NOVEMBER 17, 2023 6 Share…
Thalif Deen, IPS – Inter Press Service, November 17, 2023 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II : a Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter aircraft- (Wikipedia) UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17 2023 (IPS) – As one of America’s closest allies, Israel has remained heavily dependent on the US —politically, economically, and militarily—since its creation in 1948. US arms supplies,…
The move is an apparent violation of a recent agreement that says citizens from the United States and Israel can travel to the other nation without a visa. The West Bank in October. Palestinian-Americans have faced difficulties traveling to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Credit…Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times Eileen Sullivan, Edward Wong and Patrick…
11 am CT In support of our colleagues in Palestine, in support of the Palestinian people, and in support of justice for all people, Librarians & Archivists with Palestine (LAP) is honoured to present this roundtable featuring expert librarians, archivists and scholars, Dr. Mazna Qato, Dr. Rami Zurayk, Blair Kuntz, and Tam Rayan, to discuss the…
Online Town Hall Sunday Join us Sunday at 4pm ET/1pm PT as we look at the Israel/Gaza crisis through the eyes of two Palestinian American Progressive Democrats: Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Wesam Shahed. RSVP Now! Rashida Tlaib is one of the original members of the Squad, one of the most progressive members of Congress, where…
Free virtual screening of the documentary by Anne Tsoulis 11 am CT A documentary about the worst Israeli assault on Gaza until now: 2008-09 “Operation Cast Lead” More information & Registration
A TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST CALL TO END COLONIALISM AND WAR FRIDAY – NOVEMBER 17, 2023 – 2:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM CsT / 5:00 PM EST LIVESTREAM SPONSORED BY THE RACIAL VIOLENCE HUB, UCLA GENDER STUDIES (RACIALVIOLENCEHUB.COM) Join Livestream PRESENTERS: Sherene H. Razack is a Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Gender…
12 Noon – 1 pm A Public Affair host Esty Dinur will be talking with three local Palestinian women about their families’ stories, what they understand and feel about the Israeli attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, and their hopes for the future. Tune in to 89.9 FM or listen live online. Call in…
11 am CT Washington, D.C. | adc.org | November 13, 2023 — The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) invites you to an impactful webinar, Experts on Mental Health: Voices from Gaza, featuring distinguished speakers, Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei and Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah and moderated by Dr. Lara Sheehi. Register here to gain unique insights into the psychological impact of the ongoing genocide in…
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Dear Friend, The pressure is working. Congress members are inundated with phone calls and emails demanding that they push for a ceasefire—and their offices are filled with protesters who insist on being heard. We must keep it up. No business as usual! NOW is the time to raise the pressure on Congress to listen…
Madison demonstrators call for ceasefire in Gaza Channel 3000, November 15, 2023 A group of demonstrators gathered on Madison’s southwest side Wednesday evening demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. MADISON, Wis. — A group of demonstrators gathered on Madison’s southwest side Wednesday evening demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. The demonstration took place outside the Kwik Trip…
This article was first published in 2019 Photo: Gili Getz Peter Beinart, The Forward, February 27, 2019 It’s a bewildering and alarming time to be a Jew, both because anti-Semitism is rising and because so many politicians are responding to it not by protecting Jews but by victimizing Palestinians. On February 16, members of…
In the incessant calls to keep bombing Gaza, it was a celebration not just of war but of war crimes. DAVE ZIRIN, THE NATION, NOVEMBER 15, 2023 President of Israel Isaac Herzog speaks on video during the March For Israel at the National Mall on November 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Noam Galai/Getty) WASHINGTON, D.C.—“Final…
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES 6,747 Palestinians killed in Gaza, 7 Oct – 26 Oct 2023
Just Vision is a non-profit team of filmmakers, journalists, storytellers, and human rights advocates based in Israel-Palestine and the U.S. Founded in 2003, Just Vision is nonpartisan and religiously unaffiliated. Browse their award-winning films below, all available to stream for free. For more films on Palestine, see the MRSCP Film Library. BOYCOTT (2021) When a…
The U.S. is supplying the weapons and munitions for Israel’s pounding of Gaza, despite its new directive banning arms transfers to human rights violators. FREDDY BREWSTER, THE LEVER, NOV 9, 2023 Eight months before the Biden administration approved a massive arms deal for Israel amid its war in Gaza, President Joe Biden signed a directive…
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October 17, 2023 Israel’s military and government have a long and well-documented history of making false and misleading statements to cover up and deflect responsibility for war crimes they commit against Palestinians. The following document provides some of the most egregious examples in recent years. Lying about use of white phosphorus in violation of…
JUAN COLE, INFORMED COMMENT, 11/13/2023 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As Maya Angelou wisely advised, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Members of the Israeli government have been quite candid about their plans for the civilian population of the Gaza Strip, so candid that one has to wonder…
DEMOCRACY NOW! NOVEMBER 13, 2023 Doctors Without Borders Describes Horrific Conditions This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS Fadel Naim head of orthopedic surgery at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza. Tanya Haj-Hassan pediatric intensive care physician who works with the humanitarian aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF). LINKS Doctors…
What Israelis Say and Western Media Ignore Norman Finkelstein, Nov 12, 2023 Written and compiled by Yaniv Cogan and Jamie Stern-Weiner Israel’s allies have claimed that it “is not deliberately trying to kill civilians” (US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby) and is “taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians” (UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak).…
See latest updates Attacks must stop now. Medicines sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders, November 11, 2023 Share in Facebook | Share in Twitter | Share in LinkedIn | Share in Mail A patient is given cardiopulmonary resuscitation at Al-Shifa Hospital on October 16. Palestine 2023 © Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via AFP November 11, 2023—Hospitals in…
The letter exposes divisions and frustrations within U.S. newsrooms about how they are covering the Gaza conflict. Laura Wagner and Will Sommer, Washington Post, November 9, 2023 A journalist looks on as the sun sets over the Gaza Strip off a position across the border in southern Israel on Nov. 8 amid ongoing battles between Israel…
The internalization of the far-right minister’s ‘Decisive Plan’ is evident in the popular support for a new ultimatum for Gaza: emigration or annihilation. Orly Noy, +972 Magazine, November 10, 2023 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives at a government conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) In…
JVP is appalled at Columbia University’s decision to suspend JVP and SJP student chapters for the semester. This is an appalling act of censorship and intimidation by the administration. The University is spuriously claiming that these groups violated university policy when calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, where over 11,000 civilians have lost their…
Tanks besiege Gaza City hospitals as Israel ramps up attacks on medical centers Palestinians seeking refuge in Gaza hospitals fear the worst as Israel drops all pretenses of not targeting medical facilities, while Netanyahu makes the unbelievable claim that Israel doesn’t “seek to displace anyone.” MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU, NOVEMBER 10, 2023 Share on Facebook…
The Onion, Nov 9, 2023 WASHINGTON—Pushing through the measure in response to recent nationwide opinion polls, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure 66% of Americans for their antisemitic support of a ceasefire in Gaza. “Today, this censure sends a clear message that our Congress will not tolerate the dangerous calls for…
Statement from APWU General Officers on the Conflict in Israel and Palestine November 8, 2023 The American Postal Workers Union is shocked and saddened by the tragic and ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine. As working people, we stand with the oppressed and the innocent, thousands of whom have lost their lives in the…
Lallan Schoenstein, Struggle ★ La Lucha, November 8, 2023 Protesters shut down the port of Tacoma on Nov. 7 to prevent a new U.S. military shipment of weapons of mass genocide to Israel. The Port of Tacoma in Washington state was shut down by a picket line shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 6. Protesters…
More than 100 congressional staffers walked off the job and attended a vigil outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2023 to demand a Gaza cease-fire.(Photo: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) “We demand our leaders speak up: Call for a cease-fire, a release of all hostages, and an immediate de-escalation now.” BRETT…
People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 7, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) Zinaida Miller, Just Security, November 8, 2023 Nathan Thrall’s harrowing new book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, illustrates the slow,…
The Truth About American Politics “We prefer war over healthcare. We prefer war over housing. We prefer war over education. We prefer war over the economic welfare of our own citizens.” Chris Hedges, ScheerPost, November 6, 2023 By Chris Hedges / The Real News Network Israel’s ongoing massacre in Gaza has stirred worldwide calls for…
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Nov 7, 2023 Aerial drone photo of the protesters in Washington, D.C. on Nov 4. “We uplifted the demands of the Gazan people and the Gazan resistance,” said an exhilarated and exhausted Haitham Salawdeh of Wauwatosa Sunday. He and his wife Rebecca Salawdeh had just returned home from a 36-hour…
A Response to Bernie Sanders NORMAN FINKELSTEIN NOV 6, 2023 After seeing Senator Sanders’ appearance on CNN from the morning of November 5, Norman Finkelstein decided it was necessary to publish an open video reply to the Senator. The clip in question is shown in the video, followed by Norman’s response, which was recorded last…
A religious justification for Israel´s ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s Palestinian men, women, and children. Donald Wagner, The Electronic Intifada, 7 November 2023 Shaking hands on genocide? Antony Blinken meets Benjamin Netanyahu on 3 November. Ben GershomPolaris In his press briefing on 27 October, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cited a biblical reference to “Amalek” in the…
Edward Wong and Patrick Kingsley, November 6, 2023 Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (C) inspects M5 automatic assault rifles being handed out to volunteers of the new civilian guard unit during the unit’s inauguration ceremony in the southern city of Ashkelon on October 27, 2023. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON —…
Unhinged, Murderous Settlers Terrorize Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills As Gaza faces genocide, extremist settlers in the West Bank are running rampant. One Youth of Sumud activist says: “The Israeli settler militias benefit from this state of war, they are the ones who are ruling this area.” RYAH AQEL, In These Times, NOVEMBER…
Re: The War on Gaza and the West Bank First, call Sen. Tammy Baldwin to demand that she support a ceasefire and not send more military aid to Israel. DC office: (202) 224-5653 Madison office: (608) 264-5338 Milwaukee office: (414) 297-4451 Other offices You can get numbers for Sen. Ron Johnson and leave a message (they seldom answer…
Transform the World through Arab Films At the Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) we seek to continually change the narrative, share our stories, and foster understanding of our common humanity through art and storytelling. In this dire time, we want to share a selection of films that showcase the history, culture and people of…
World Beyond War Presents a program on peace in Ukraine, including the link to Palestine The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue, Madison 6-9 pm Panelists: Andrew Kydd – UW-Madison Professor of Political Science: “I am in favor of US support for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia.” David Swanson – World BEYOND War International Director: “When you’re…
Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison https://www.instagram.com/sjpuwmadison/p/CzT–apreHT/?hl=en Party for Socialism and Liberation – Madison https://www.facebook.com/PSLMadison/ Madison-Rafah Sister City Project As the known death toll shoots past 10,000 people — including over 4,000 children — in Gaza, and following huge protests by millions around the world this past weekend (including in DC where many from Wisconsin…
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Dear CJA Members and Allies, Over the past month we have seen the onslaught and escalation against Palestinians in their struggle for land sovereignty, self-determination, decolonization and life. As environmental justice communities hailing from sacrifice zones across the United States, we are answering the call to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people on the…
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. Life in the last weeks has become nearly impossible for Palestinian…
Join CODEPINK Congress as we uplift the voices of Palestinian resistance and expose those who seek to censor them. While the Israel lobby–AIPAC, the ADL, Democratic Majority for Israel– has long campaigned to vilify advocates for Palestinian human rights, attempts to censor, punish and cancel pro-Palestinian voices has taken on a new chilling dimension. Since…