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Caves in the south Hebron Hills bring villages back to life
Ahmad Al-Bazz and Anne Paq, Mondoweiss, February 11, 2019
South Hebron Hills Update
Expulsion by a thousand cuts Dear Friends, The last weeks have been busy and challenging in the South Hebron Hills. Young Palestinians, with international and…
As West Bank Violence Surges, Israel Is Silent on Attacks by Jews
Israel’s right-wing government has remained silent, wary of alienating settlers in an election year The funeral last Sunday for Hamdy Naasan, who was killed in…
Congressmen are trying to stop Rep. Rashida Tlaib from leading a delegation to the West Bank
Daily Kos, January 31, 2019
Members of ‘Gaza’ documentary crew trapped as film premieres at Sundance
Fady Hanona and Ali Aby Yaseen desperately trying to make it to the U.S. premiere Ashleigh Stewart and Kaleem Aftab, The National, January 28, 2019…
Palestinian artist brings Japanese origami to Gaza
In this January 16, 2019 photo Palestinian artist Ahmed Humaid, 29, works on one of his origami sculptures in his house in Nusseirat refugee camp,…
‘No to Apartheid’
Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss, January 23, 2019
U.S. Senate Defends Israeli Government From Boycotts
First Bipartisan Bill in the Midst of the Shutdown Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 5 2019 When each new Congress is gaveled…
2019.01.12: #CastLeadPlus10 Facebook Live
Just World Educational, January 6, 2019
CODEPINK: Bank of NY Mellon — Divest from Elbit Systems
CODEPINK, December 31, 2018 Huge News! Last week HSBC Bank in the UK announced it will be divesting from Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons company,…
On the 39th Friday
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Ref: 138/2018, 21 December 2018
Israeli military edited video of fatal strike
B’Tselem, 19 December 2018
A Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018 A children’s speech pathologist who has worked for the last…
Lawmakers Consider Adding Measure Protecting Israel
Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging to his panel’s work. (Erin Schaff for The New York…
Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel
A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There are better solutions.
Collective Punishment Against Families
PCHR Ref:135-2018, December 15, 2018
Green Riding Hood . . . Pain Dwells within Her Ribs
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 4, 2018
Winning Essay “Dear Blockade”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
Winning Essay “30 Minutes . . . A Thousand Times Over”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
Winning Essay “The Party”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Rahf Hallaq is a 19-year-old sophomore student at the Islamic university of Gaza studying…
U.S.-Mexico Border: An Israeli Tech Laboratory
Brittany Dawson, PALESTINE SQUARE, December 6, 2018 When hundreds of Central American migrants arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, in late November, planning to claim asylum in…
2018.12.06: Film 5 Broken Cameras
The Marquee Cinema, Union South 1308 West Dayton Street , Madison 7:00 pm Join UW Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the UW Middle East…
Solidarity Shields Human Rights Workers from Bombs
Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 PCHR’s former headquarters, in Gaza City, after the building was severely damaged on November 13, 2018. (Photo by…
The Palestinian Right of Return
War on Want, November 29, 2018 Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Over 7 million Palestinians are refugees – scattered…
ADC is Proud to Stand with Marc Lamont Hill
for Defending the Rights of the Palestinian People November 30, 2018 ADC is proud to stand with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill for defending equal rights…
Tell CNN to Reinstate Marc Lamont Hill
On Thursday, November 29, 2018, CNN announced that it had severed ties with Temple University Professor and CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill over a speech…
Tell CNN: Advocating for Palestinian Rights is not Antisemitic
On Wednesday, Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator on CNN, delivered a speech to the United Nations in support of the Palestinian people. He advocated…
Airbnb Stops Listing in Illegal West Bank Settlements
CodePINK, November 19, 2018 This is a huge victory! Moments ago, Airbnb announced they will no longer list vacation rentals in illegal Jewish-only West Bank…
2018.11.15: Updates on Gaza’s Water Crisis
A Public Affair, November 15, 2018 On today’s episode, we take a look at the water crisis in Gaza and its effects on the inhabitants…
Israel kills Gaza fisher despite ceasefire
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 14 November 2018
The health system in Gaza cannot handle another war
Amjad Yaghi, +972 Magazine, November 13, 2018
Israeli Incursions into Gaza Are the Rule, Not the Exception
Henriette Chacar, +972 Magazine, November 14, 2018
2018.11.15: Gaza Water Crisis on WORT
Thursday, Nov 15 12 noon – 1 pm A Public Affair with host Allen Ruff will feature guests Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, Executive Director of the…
Gaza’s drinking water spurs blue baby syndrome, serious illnesses
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 29 Oct 2018
How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 30 Oct 2018
Scars of Freedom
Addameer, 16 October 2018 “Scars of Freedom” describes the Palestinian experience of arrest, interrogation, and life in captivity that carries great political, economic, and social…
ADC Condemns Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) | November 13, 2018 | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s recent airstrikes against the Gaza…
Israeli Cabinet decides to continue airstrikes on Gaza ‘as necessary’
Ma’an News, Nov. 13, 2018 BETHLEHEM — The Israeli Cabinet reportedly decided on Tuesday afternoon to resume the offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip, following…
Emergency demonstrations throughout Israel
Stop the war! Move towards peace! Occupation Magazine, Nov. 13, 2018 Hebrew original forwarded by Standing Together media@standing-together.org, translation Adam Keller Today at 20:00 —…
2018.11.18: Orchard Ridge Holiday Fair Trade Fair
November 18, 2018 Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 9 am – 2 pm Join MRSCP at this annual sale of…
2018.11.20: Fundraiser: ‘Clean Water for the Children of Gaza’
First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project water filter from the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) to…
2018.12.01: Monona Terrace Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come visit the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and dozens of other…
In Response to Pittsburgh, We Must Come Together as One
We stand with the victims of every white-supremacist and racist and anti-Semitic assault back through history. A memorial at the Tree of Life Synagogue in…
Pittsburgh Shooting Is A Reminder: Jews And Muslims Are In This Together
Alex Kane, The Forward, October 27, 2018
Gaza: Fears of further bloodshed as Israel adopts ‘zero tolerance’ policy
Amnesty International, 19 October 2018
My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid
I see the parallels with Israel It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism in my country – now it must happen again, for…
Serious Escalation of Lethal Force in Eastern Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 111/2018, October 12, 2018
2018.10.14: Fundraiser for the Maia Project
Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Sunday, October 14 First Unitarian Society, Main Sanctuary 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 4…
2018.10.07: Demystifying Muslims and Islam
October 7 UW-Madison Union South 1308 West Dayton St 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Door opens at 1:00 PM 1:30 PM: Welcome Remarks by Masood…
2018.10.08: Indigenous People’s Day & Film: The Eagle & the Condor
Monday, October 8:First Unitarian Society900 University Bay DriveMadison Schedule5:30 pm – Community Potluck6:30 pm – Drumming and welcoming by Indigenous Leaders7:00 pm – Showing of…
Israel practices ‘apartheid’ — Representative Betty McCollum
Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, October 2, 2018
States can’t punish businesses for boycotting Israel, federal judge in Arizona says
Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, in 2015 that calls for a boycott of products coming…
Gaza’s economy is not ‘falling.’ It was pushed.
Marilyn Garson, Mondoweiss, September 27, 2018
House Democrats Condemn Trump’s Actions Against the Palestinian People
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2018 House Democrats Condemn Trump Administration’s Actions Harming the Palestinian People WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), James…
24th Friday of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 97/2018, September 7, 2018
2018.09.11: United Nations Association Lecture on Palestine
Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Since 2006 the speaker has been spending from one to three months per year…
2018.09.27-28: Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) National Conference
You are invited to FOSNA’s national meeting in Minneapolis: Prophetic Action. This event is on track to be one of the largest ecumenical gatherings of…
UNRWA Crisis: Beyond Dollars and Cents
Zaha Hassan, Palestine Square | Institute for Palestine Studies, August 3, 2018 “Continuing services to refugees is a right, not a handout.” This was the…
Why Young Jews Are Walking Off Birthright Tours
“Visiting Israel in 2018 and not talking about Israel’s military occupation of Palestinians is like visiting the Deep South in the 1950s and not talking…
A Vengeful and Shortsighted Act
Palestinians waiting to cross the border to Egypt in May. (Adel Hana/Associated Press) New York Times Editorial, September 1, 2018 The Trump administration has offered…
Wishing away Palestinian refugees: End of US’ UNRWA aid explained
‘Doomsday scenario’ could unfold unless Palestinian agency replaces US funding within 30 days, spokesperson says. Al Jazeera, 01 Sep 2018 The UN Palestinian refugee agency…
Medical Personnel Under Fire
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Aug 30, 2018
She slapped an Israeli soldier and was sent to prison. Now a Palestinian teen is free — and in the limelight
“We can change people’s minds by defending our cause” Noga Tarnopolsky, LA Times, Aug 02, 2018 Nebi Saleh, West Bank — Two days after her…
Israeli Authorities Ban Fuel and Gas into the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), August 2, 2018
Israel’s Unequal Citizens
Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967 (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images). Sayed Kashua, New York…
2018.07.21: Maia Water Project at the Midwest Waterfest
10 am – 6 pm Common Ground 2644 Branch Street, Middleton MRSCP will be tabling for the Maia Project at the Midwest Waterfest, A Celebration…
2018.07.22: Community Immigration Law Center Presentation
1:00 pm First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison First Unitarian Society and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim invite you to attend a program on July…
2018.07.26: Palestine and Us: Grassroots Mobilization with Rev. Graylan Hagler
ONLINE from The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Pastor and activist Rev. Graylan Hagler will highlight the intersections between the…
2018.08.07: Annual Lanterns for Peace at Tenney Park
6:00 pm1500 Sherman AvenueMadison Free and open to the public. For more info visit Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’
A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed a law on Thursday that defines Israel as the “nation-state…
Democracy Now’s Yemen Report
Just Foreign Policy, July 19, 2018 This morning, Democracy Now had a hard-hitting report on the U.S.-Saudi war in Yemen. They combined highlights of the…
2018.07.24: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb on “Hope in the Shadow of the Wall”
Tuesday, July 24 at 7 PM – 9 PM First Unitarian Society of Madison 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, Wisconsin Join us for a special…
2018.07.25: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb and Pastor Everett Mitchell
Wednesday, July 25 at 7 PM – 9 PM Christ The Solid Rock Baptist Church 1502 Parkside Dr, Madison, Wisconsin Pastor Mitchell of Christ the…
Gay Liberation Network declares ‘We Stand With Palestine’ during Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade
Mondoweiss, June 24, 2018
The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act Is Back: Free Speech Is at Risk
Dr. James Zogby, Arab American Institute (AAI), June 09, 2018 Back in 2016, without debate or an actual vote, the US Senate stealthily passed a…
Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinian Civilians and Wound 23 Others in Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), July 14, 2018
Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Ban
Statement from AAI Executive Director Maya Berry on the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawai’i, June 26, 2018 Washington, DC — Today, Arab American…
Nikki Haley brags about bullying the UN on behalf of Israel
If Americans Knew, May 10, 2017
Speakout against Separating Families
International Socialist Organization – Madison Saturday, June 23 at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM UW Library Mall, Madison, WI The Trump administration has ramped up…
2018.06.30: No More Family Separation
Sign up for a June 30 Event! Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. State Capitol, State St Entrance Madison, WI Donald Trump and his administration…
Debunking Four Myths Surrounding the Palestinian Protests
The justifications given for the deaths of Palestinian protesters just don’t add up Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 1, 2018. Israeli tear gas canisters fall…
Bernie Sanders’ Criticism Of Israel Is Radical. And He’s Taking It Mainstream
Aiden Pink, Information Clearing House, June 13, 2018 Not many in the media are noticing, which is understandable given the burden of keeping up with…
RE/MAX Israel Sells Properties in Illegal Israeli Settlements
CODEPINK, June 16, 2016 This weekend is the Presbyterian Church’s biannual General Assembly. Among the many social justice issues they will address is a resolution…
2018.06.14-16: Palestine: Unlimited Photo Exhibits in Madison
Now Through Saturday, June 16: Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church, 1502 Parkside Dr., Madison 241-9796 First Congregational Church, 1609 University Ave., Madison 233-9751 Midvale…
Palestine: Unlimited
Elaine Pasquini, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 2017 March-April Throughout the month of December, photographs from the first annual Karimeh Abboud Award Competition were…
Community Cocktail
Through June 30 at Gib’s Bar, 1380 Williamson St, Madison The Madison Rafah Sister City Project was chosen for the June Community Cocktail at Gib’s!…
Cities for Palestine
Image via Sacramento to Bethlehem Cities for Palestine, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Others, June 6, 2018 This week, Palestinians in the West Bank,…
Israel ambassador to U.S. speaks at Milwaukee Rotary Club
Bill Glauber and Amed Elbenni, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 6, 2018 Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, said America’s recent move to relocate…
What is Israel doing in Alaska?!
The Peace Report, June 5, 2018 Israel will be testing their Arrow 3 weapons system, among other things, on Kodiak Island, Alaska in the summer…
A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence
Razan al-Najjar, 20, was trying to help an injured protester near the border fence when she was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers, witnesses say. Last…
As daughter of Holocaust survivors, I decry occupation of Gaza
Jenny Pressman, The Cap Times, May 30, 2018
2018.06.05: Protest Israel’s Ambassador in Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee Tuesday, June 5, 11:15 AM – 1:30 PM Milwaukee County War Memorial 750…
