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I can go back to Israel, as if I were returning, and claim immediate citizenship, having no historical tie, speaking no Hebrew, knowing no one in the country, having no family whoever was there . . . all that one needs is being Jewish. ― Phyllis Bennis, Occupation 101, 2006
Western states have provided cover for Israel’s lawless extremism and possible end goal of massive dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people Richard Falk, Middle East Eye, 24 October 2023 A child injured in Israeli attacks is taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on 23 October 2023 (Reuters) In the…
SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, OCTOBER 18, 2023 After condemning the killing of Israeli civilians, Tammy Baldwin and others fail to oppose atrocities against Palestinians. If you’re looking for Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation or other key elected officials to show any sense of perspective and conscience amid the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestine conflict—to match their rightful…
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Deadliest round of Israeli bombardment kills 400 people in a single night In the deadliest night of bombardment since the beginning of the war, Israel kills 400 people in a single night as hospitals reach breaking point amid shortages of fuel and medicine. Popular calls for ceasefire continue to be ignored internationally. BY LEILA…
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Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, October 22, 2023 Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City Oct. 9, 2023. (WAFA | Wikimedia | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0) Veterans For Peace Statement on Hamas-Israel https://www.veteransforpeace.org/ “Our hearts are with all of the victims and their families, and…
Arrests are the latest this week after mass protests across the country, including at the US Capitol and the White House A crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators protested in Midtown Manhattan on Friday, similar to these demonstrators in Queens, New York City, on Wednesday. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Lauren Aratani, The Guardian, 21 Oct…
Protesters voice support for Palestinians and demand end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza Rachel Hall, The Guardian, Sat 21 Oct 2023 About 100,000 demonstrators turned out in central London to show their support for Palestine and demand an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. The march in Marble Arch in central London followed the…
In sufficient quantity, and distributed equitably to all civilians across Gaza Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, 21 October 2023 Open letter from Palestinian civil society organizations ahead of the Cairo Peace Summit: Unconditional humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter immediately, in sufficient quantity, and be distributed equitably to all civilians across…
Historian Zachary Foster on mainstream media’s coverage of Israel-Palestine Middle East Eye, YouTube, Oct 21, 2023 More videos from Middle East Eye
Letters from an American October 21, 2023 HEATHER COX RICHARDSON OCT 22, 2023 Today, a convoy of 20 trucks crossed into Gaza from Egypt to bring food, water, and hospital equipment. Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked “our partners in Egypt and Israel, and the United Nations, for facilitating the safe passage of these…
Schenk’s Corners Atwood and Winnebago, Madison 5:00 -6:00 pm Madison for World Beyond War continues the vigils against the violence in Gaza. Of the US government, we demand an immediate stop to the transfers of weapons and military support to the Israeli government. Equally, we demand an immediate and unlimited delivery of humanitarian aid into…
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Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners and Madison Jewish Voice for Peace invite you to join us at a protest vigil for Gaza in the plaza just east of Trader Joe’s. Bring your flags, banners, signs and kuffiyehs as we keep Gaza in the eyes of the American public and put pressure on our government…
Join us this Sunday for the second webinar of Palestine Speaks, an emergency webinar series giving people around the world a forum to hear directly from Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank about the ways their communities are being impacted by the events of this last week and about the escalating violence they are…
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It’s as if his lines are scripted by the Israeli Defense Ministry, says Palestinian American historian Rashid Khalidi. Amy Goodman, DEMOCRACY NOW! October 18, 2023 President Biden is in Israel to show more support for its relentless assault on the Gaza Strip, which has reduced much of the territory to rubble, killed at least 3,300…
October 7 reminds us that resistance to settler colonialism is ever-present. The only way forward is decolonization, and that requires a political solution. JEFF HALPER, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 20, 2023 PALESTINIANS TAKE CONTROL OF AN ISRAELI TANK AFTER CROSSING THE BORDER FENCE WITH ISRAEL FROM KHAN YUNIS IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP ON OCTOBER 7,…
J.G. Michael, Producer and Host of Parallax Views, reports that his recent podcast with Jeff & Huwaida has been flagged as “spam” and “hatespeech” on FaceBook. Michael says, “Both of you called for a one, democratic state solution. Nothing hateful. Neither of you made for expulsion of Jewish people from that land, but rather a call…
A small convoy enters the Gaza Strip from Egypt carrying desperately needed medicine and food supplies. Video: Trucks carrying aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt Al Jazeera, 21 Oct 2023 The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza has opened to let a small amount of desperately needed aid flow…
Settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Ein Rashash, The Guardian, 21 Oct 2023 Sliman al-Zawahri, 52, prays in the empty village of Ein Rashash in Area C of the West Bank. (Photograph: Quique…
A leaflet lies on the ground dropped by Israeli army planes above Gaza City, asking them to flee to the south of the Strip immediately, on October 13. (Mohammed Talatene/picture-alliance/dpa/AP) A Cairo physician source says this Israeli warning was received by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza: WARNING FROM THE IDF: Residents of…
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THE MORNING SHOW Thursday, October 19, 2023, 8:00am By Joel Patenaude On Oct. 7, Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 people inside Israel and took hostages. Since then, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed more than 2,700 people. We’re joined by two members of a Wisconsin coalition of Jews and Muslims calling for peace and…
Cody Taylor, Spectrum News, Oct. 20, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Cassandra Dixon is a Madison resident who has been traveling to the Palestine territories for over a decade. What You Need To Know If you are interested in buying embroidery to support the Women of Hebron, visit: Palestinepartners.org You can also get involved by adopting an…
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Rochester Witness Palestine Film Festival Israelism (2023) Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 3:00 pm ET/2:00 CT Online only REGISTER Co-writers/directors: Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen Run Time: 1:34 Language: English Style: documentary Year: 2023 Awards: Best Documentary, Arizona International Film Festival 2023 Documentary Audience Award Winner, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 2023 Projection medium:…
Ahmed Abu Artema, a founder of the Great March of Return, on facing Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. Ahmed Abu Artema, Truthout, October 15, 2023 A Palestinian man carrying a child runs following an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 14, 2023. (YASSER QUDIH / AFP via Getty Images)…
CPT Palestine, October 19, 2023 Since 7 October, our lives have been profoundly disrupted—our daily routines upended, and our sense of safety shattered. We find ourselves constantly glued to the news, desperately searching for any glimmer of hope amidst the turmoil. Due to Meta’s collaboration with our adversaries in monitoring, censoring, and limiting Palestinian content,…
The Madison Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is sponsoring another rally in support of Palestine at 5 pm on Friday, Oct. 20 at the capitol in Madison. Here is the instagram link. Bring signs, flags and kuffiyehs. And please spread the word to everyone you know. We will be there, so come…
Houston, TX | www.uscpr.org | October 18, 2023 – Yesterday, the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel, capitulating to external pressure from hate groups, unilaterally canceled the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights’s (USCPR) upcoming conference. The cancellation was made with very little notice or advanced warning. Our experience is not an isolated incident. Across the country…
Español abajo This week we have seen the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip escalate to a boiling point, as Israel continues to massacre thousands of civilians. We know many of our donors care deeply about this issue, and we want you to know that we stand against the ethnic cleansing that has been…
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 18 October 2023
Join us on October 20th in Washington D.C. to march, mourn, and mobilize to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. We are everyday people of conscience, uniting across faith, race, and generations to tell President Biden and Congress that they have a choice to make: either uphold the value of all human life by working to…
Today, Wednesday 10/18, between 4:30 and 5:30pm, several of us will be at the intersection of Winnebago and Atwood Streets. We’ll stand there to be a presence against the tragedy in Gaza. We’ll have some signs. If likewise moved, please join us. We may do more vigils this week. Drop us a line if…
A critical update: Al Ahli Hospital received Israeli orders to evacuate before it was struck on October 17. Al Ahli Hospital had been hit previously by an Israeli missile on October 14. Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, October 18, 2023 Standing in the middle of a pile of Palestinian bodies, the Ministry of…
Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, calls the deadly attack on al-Ahli al-Arab Hospital in Gaza a ‘war crime’ that the world saw coming Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Middle East Eye, 18 October 2023 A view of belongings near Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after it was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on 18 October 2023…
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Washington, DC | www.adc.org | October 17, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is outraged and horrified at Israel’s targeted bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Over 1,000 Palestinians have already been reported as killed, and hundreds more have been injured. Hospitals in Gaza have already struggled with lack of medicine, medical equipment and…
Palestinians evacuate wounded from a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp in Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB, RAVI NESSMAN AND MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press, October 17, 2023 KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A senior Palestinian official says President Mahmoud Abbas has canceled…
Recorded in 2021. Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, trauma, and potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health including autoimmune disease, cancer, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addictions, and a wide range of…
Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening? Raz Segal, Jewish Currents, October 13, 2023 Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on October 12th, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) ON FRIDAY, Israel ordered the besieged population in the…
The World Health Organization says there are only “24 hours of water, electricity and fuel left” in Gaza, which will lead to “a real catastrophe.” Meanwhile, Israel is now bombing the so-called “safe” areas where it told civilians to flee. LEILA WARAH and MONDOWEISS EDITORS, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 17, 2023 PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN ISRAELI…
Arab Center Washington DC Shutterstock/Anas Mohammed National Press Club, 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045 Wednesday October 18, 2023 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT Register About the Event UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese will discuss the international legal dimensions of the ongoing…
Instagram The Madison Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is holding a lighted vigil tomorrow evening, Tuesday October 17 at 5 pm in Alumni Park, 724 Langdon Street, Madison (between the Memorial Union and the Red Gym). They are asking for community support so please consider joining the vigil. Bring signs, candles, flags and…
Earth Presses Against Us By Mahmoud Darwish Earth is pressing against us, trapping us in the final passage. To pass through, we pull off our limbs. Earth is squeezing us. If only we were its wheat, we might die and yet live. If only it were our mother so that she might temper us with…
October 16, 2023 Washington, D.C. | October 16, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) sends its deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family of Wadie Al Fayoume — a 6-year-old Palestinian, Muslim American who was stabbed to death in his Chicago area home on Sunday by the family’s landlord. This is the most egregious…
American Jews and allies have blocked all entrances to the White House. Police have started making arrests. We are throwing ourselves onto the cogs of the war machine. But we didn’t come here to get arrested, we came here to demand a ceasefire. To declare, through our grief over Israeli and Palestinian loved ones, that…