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100 years since the Balfour Declaration; 70 years since the partition of Palestine; 50 years of occupation; 10 years of the siege on Gaza. ― American Muslims for Palestine, 2017
All eyes on Gaza. We can’t look away now.
October 16, 2023 For the past week, the Israeli military has been making good on its promise to “open the gates of hell” on the two million Palestinians trapped under Israeli siege in Gaza. Israeli airstrikes are reducing Palestinian neighborhoods to rubble, killing entire families. The Israeli military cut off Gaza’s access to electricity, food,…
October 16, 2023
Arab Women’s Revolutionary ArtMonday, October 16, 12 noon – 1:05 pm Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art: Between Singularities and Multitudes Ingraham 206, UW-Madison Profesor Nevine El Nossery will discuss her latest book in which she explores the ways women in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa have re-imagined revolutionary discourses through creativity and collective action as a means…
People gather at Madison’s Tenney Park in support of Palestine
KWCH 12, Wichita, KS, October 16, 2023 Those in support of Palestine packed Tenney Park’s shelter Sunday to mourn the loss of life, donate to relief efforts, and discuss the ongoing war.
Palestine olive oil harvest celebration transforms into a demonstration of solidarity
Zach Orlowsky, Oct 15, 2023 The Madison-Rafah City Project and Palestine Partners hosted Stand With Palestine, an event and vigil in solidarity of Palestinian civilians, at Tenney Park on Sunday. MADISON (WKOW) — The Madison-Rafah City Project and Palestine Partners hostedStand With Palestine, an event and vigil in solidarity of Palestinian civilians, at Tenney Park…
People gather at Madison’s Tenney Park in support of Palestine
Shaina Nijhawan, WMTV NBC 15, Oct. 15, 2023 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Those in support of Palestine packed Tenney Park’s shelter Sunday to mourn the loss of life, donate to relief efforts, and discuss the ongoing war. Many who attended Sunday’s ‘Stand with Palestine” rally believe Israel and Palestine will eventually achieve solidarity. “I don’t…
Spectrum News: Madison’s Olive Harvest filled with somber celebrations
Palestinians share their culture with Olive Harvest attendees (Spectrum News 1/Megan Marshall) RHONDA FOXX, OCT. 16, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Every October, Palestinians celebrate the Olive Harvest. Olives are a major source of income for Palestinians, and the region is known for producing some of the finest olives in the world. What You Need To Know…
October 15, 2023
Madison Celebrates Palestine and the Olive HarvestWe will be covering the situation in Gaza, and also how areas of the West Bank are being targeted now for increased ethnic cleansing while the world is looking elsewhere. At this point, the olive harvest has been completely shut down and at least 1000 trees in the Masafer Yatta area have been destroyed by…
A message from Gaza: We need huge protests to stop this genocide
Ahmed Abu Artema, The Electronic Intifada, 14 October 2023 Writer Ahmed Abu Artema, one of the founders of Gaza’s mass nonviolent mobilization, the Great March of Return, sent this voice message by WhatsApp from Gaza today. The transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. You can listen to Ahmed’s voice message in the video above.…
Events in South Hebron Since the Outbreak of the War
October 14, 2023 At the request of supporters from abroad, we applied to friends of us, residents of south Mt. Hebron, and asked them to send reports about the current events in their places in the midst of the war in Gaza. Below is the detailed report sent to us. This report covers much of…
Settlers go on killing spree in West Bank
Tamara Nassar, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 13 October 2023 Palestinians carry the body of Muntasir Zaaqiq killed a day earlier in clashes with Israeli security forces, during his funeral in the Beit Ummar village north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on 10 October. (Mamoun Wazwaz, APA images) With all eyes on Israel’s carpet bombing…
Genocide, ethnic cleansing, and another Nakba in Palestine
October 14, 2023 This edition of the Wire comes to you with more urgency than we have ever felt. The Israeli government has declared a genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza, a new level of crisis. Israeli officials are openly planning to open “the gates of hell” on Gaza, referring to the 2 million…
Noura Erakat: Western Leaders & Media Are Justifying Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign”
OCTOBER 13, 2023 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney, associate professor at Rutgers University and author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. LINKS “Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine” The unfolding crisis in Gaza, where relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 1,500 people since Saturday,…
Stop the Gaza Genocide: Call Congress
This is genocide. Over 2 million Palestinian people trapped in Gaza are living through genocide in real time, as Israel bombs, starves, and displaces them. Now Gaza is headed toward a total Internet, media, and power blackout, with no way to communicate to the outside world what is happening to them. Israel has ordered…
Days 5-6: Following Genocidal Statements, Israel Escalates Attacks on Gaza’s Civilians
Killing, Starvation, and Cutting Off Vital Supplies Photo by Ashra Amra Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 12 October 2023 For the sixth consecutive day, Israel continued to attack Gaza with enormous and destructive weaponry, bombing and razing entire residential buildings with their residents still inside, destroying streets and infrastructure, and displacing hundreds of thousands…
Veterans For Peace Statement on Hamas-Israel
VFP eNews | Special Release | October 12, 2023 Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City Oct. 9, 2023. [PHOTO: Wafa | Wikimedia | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0] Veterans For Peace Statement on Hamas-Israel Veterans For Peace is an organization of former soldiers and allies who…
Human Rights Watch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
“Any time that white phosphorus is used in crowded civilian areas it poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering” An Israeli white phosphorus round (right) airbursts over densely populated Gaza City, Palestine on October 11, 2023. (Photo: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images) BRETT WILKINS, Common Dreams, Oct 12, 2023 Human Rights Watch…
Bernie Sanders Statement on Continuing Violence in Israel and Gaza
October 11, 2023 WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday issued the following statement on the continuing violence in Israel and Gaza following Hamas’ horrific attack on Saturday: Hamas’ terrorist assault on Israel will have horrific short- and long-term consequences. As a result of this attack, thousands of Israelis and Palestinians –…
Emergency Fund to Protect Palestinian and Arab Students on College Campuses
In the past several days, ADC has received an endless barrage of complaints and cases from students across college campuses in the United States tied to the War on Palestine. The bulk of these complaints are tied to the identity, dress and speech of students on campus and on-line. This degree of discrimination is…
What More Must the Children of Gaza Suffer?
(Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times) Fadi Abu Shammalah, The New York Times, October 12, 2023 Mr. Abu Shammalah, Just Vision’s outreach associate in Gaza and the executive director of the General Union of Cultural Centers in Gaza, wrote from the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza. The bomb exploded a few hundred…
Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings in Gaza
Date: 11 October 2023 On the fifth consecutive day, Israel has persisted in its military offensive on the Gaza Strip, employing immense destructive firepower. The Israeli military have launched airstrikes which have brought about the devastation of complete residential neighborhoods, streets and infrastructure and mass killings of the inhabitants of those neighborhoods. Civilians and civilian…
ILAN PAPPE: My Israeli Friends, This is Why I Support Palestinians
ILAN PAPPE,The Palestine Chronicle, October 10, 2023 Palestinians mourn the victims of the Israeli aggression on Gaza. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) By Ilan Pappe It is not always easy to stick to your moral compass, but if it does point north – towards decolonization and liberation – then it will most likely guide…
Jewish Voice for Peace calls on all people of conscience to stop the imminent genocide
Jewish Voice for Peace The Wire, October 11, 2023 The Israeli government has declared a genocidal war on the people of Gaza. As an organization that works for a future where Palestinians and Israelis and all people live in equality and freedom, we call on all people of conscience to stop imminent genocide of Palestinians. …
Anniversary of the Alex Odeh Assassination
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | October 11, 2023 – Today, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and all Arab Americans once again commemorate a somber day. 38 years ago today Alexander “Alex” Michael Odeh was assassinated after a pipe bomb exploded as he opened the door to ADC’s West Coast office in Santa Ana, California. Alex…
“We can’t talk about Israel because we are Israel”
From activist and author Winona LaDuke as reported by Mondoweiss 11 years ago “… Euro-Americans in the United States can’t talk about Gaza, because we can’t talk about Israel. Because we can’t talk about the fact that the world is not suffering from a Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but that the world is suffering from the fact…
Wisconsin coalition calls for fair representation of Palestinians
Guest, Milwaukee Independent, Oct 11, 2023 A diverse and broad coalition of Wisconsin-based organizations dedicated to peace and social justice recently formed in response to what they believe has been a misrepresentation of the conflict faced by the Palestinian people. In a joint statement on October 10, the coalition expressed deep sorrow for the loss…
GAZA RESISTS With Mohammed Hisam
The Katie Halper Show, October 11, 2023 I’m joined by Mohammed Hisam is a Palestinian-American community organizer and attorney based out of Houston, TX. 00:00 Intro 00:57 Mohammed’s relationship to Palestine 02:19 Organizing for Palestinian rights 07:13 Is Mohammed’s family safe? 10:27 How to support Palestine 12:50 How Mohammed has been harassed and doxxed 15:22…
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“Hostages?” How the U.S. media is distorting the news from Palestine
The mainstream U.S. media is using the word “hostages” to describe the Israelis who Hamas militants have captured and taken into Gaza. Analyzing this is a good start to understanding how the mainstream media distorts the news. JAMES NORTH, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 9, 2023 Share on Facebook • Share on Twitter SCREENSHOT FROM FOX NEWS…
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Israel’s government has nothing to offer but revenge
In this time of dark grief, I cling to the one thing I have left to hold on to: the absolute belief that this hell is not predestined. Not for us, nor for them. Orly Noy, +972 Magazine, October 10, 2023 Palestinians inspect the massive destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City’s Al-Rimal district,…
Palestinian human rights organizations call on the international community
Intervene to stop Israeli massacres in Gaza and provide protection to Palestinian civilians Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 10 October 2023 Al-Aklouk Tower Date: 9 October 2023 Over the past two days, the Israeli army has conducted a relentless series of attacks by air, sea, and land against the civilian population in Gaza, destroying…
Gaza War Links for News, Analysis & Opinion
Commentary is intended to provide needed context for events. We do not agree with all the views and opinions expressed. Updated: Nov 27, 2024 Why look at these sources? Here’s why: NETANYAHU’S WAR ON TRUTH, Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians. Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, February 7, 2024 https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/gaza-israel-netanyahu-propaganda-lies-palestinians On the web Mazin Qumsiyeh:…
UN Security Council Must Address the Root Causes of the Palestinian Struggle
and Protect the Palestinian People from Retaliatory Israeli Attacks Date: 8 October 2023 Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights call on the UN Security Council to address root causes and protect the Palestinian people from Israeli attacks. As Member States of the UN Security Council (UNSC) convene…
Gaza under Attack: Civilians Targeted by Israeli Retaliatory Strikes
Ref: 99/2023 Date: 08 October 2023 Time: 12:00 GMT The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) alarmingly follows up the rapidly escalating events in the Gaza Strip within a widescale aggression launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and the accompanying retaliatory strikes on dozens of civilian objects, including the bombing and destruction of residential…
Israel Announces Total Warfare on Gaza’s Civilian Population
Employing Starvation as a Weapon Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 9 October 2023 For the past 48 hours, the Israeli military has carried out a relentless series of attacks against the civilian population in Gaza, destroying dozens of family homes, residential and commercial buildings—often without issuing precautionary warnings—and wiping out entire Palestinian families. The…
FOSNA Statement on Gaza
October 7, 2023 Gaza, Colonial Violence, and the Pursuit of a Just Peace The fighting in Gaza that has shocked the world requires a clear and principled response. For FOSNA, as an organization that promotes the message of Palestinian Liberation Theology and the Christian perspective on which it is based, a number of statements need…
A Message to our Community
As the situation continues to unfold across Israel/Palestine, we are thinking of you all in our community and our friends, family, co-workers, and partners on the ground. We are grieving the hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis who have been killed and our hearts are breaking for everyone living in fear for their safety – including…
Mustafa Barghouti on CNN: “Do we have the right to struggle for freedom?”
A post shared by IMEU (@theimeu) Palestinian National Initiative leader Mustafa Barghouti tells Fareed that Hamas’s attack on Israel was a response to the Israeli occupation, and that Palestinians, like Ukrainians, are fighting for their freedom.
Palestinian Organizations Call for a Stop to Israel’s Reprisals against Civilians
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 8 October 2023 For decades, our organizations have warned against the status quo and the deliberate failure and unwillingness of the international community to address the root causes of the current situation in Palestine—namely, Israel’s settler-colonialism, apartheid, and illegal occupation, as well as the continuous denial of the inalienable…
An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family
Nasser Abu Quta lost 19 members of his family in an instant when an Israeli airstrike blew up his home in a crowded refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip ISSAM ADWAN, Associated Press October 8, 2023, 4:45 PM People gather as Palestinian civil defense crews try to extinguish fire in a house that…
Palestinian Organizations Call for a Stop to Israel’s Reprisals against Civilians
08 Oct 2023 For decades, our organizations have warned against the status quo and the deliberate failure and unwillingness of the international community to address the root causes of the current situation in Palestine—namely, Israel’s settler-colonialism, apartheid, and illegal occupation, as well as the continuous denial of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including…
Gaza shatters the facade of ‘calm’
Palestinians have long warned that Israel’s blockade and repeated aggressions would eventually lead to an explosion. But few of us in Gaza expected this. Mohammed R. Mhawish, +972 Magazine, October 8, 2023 Firefighters try to put out burning cars at the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza landed in a residential area in Rishon…
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 alone. Now Israel’s colonial violence is expected to continue, including reports of a possible ground invasion of Gaza. From Gaza to Jenin, we have witnessed Israel’s brutal massacres of Palestinian…
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 actions by Palestinian militants are unprovoked. Every day under Israel’s system of apartheid is a provocation. The strangling siege on Gaza is a provocation. Settlers terrorizing entire Palestinian villages, soldiers…
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 Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) are gravely concerned about the unfolding crisis in Gaza, precipitated by increased Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. After what has been…
