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Land on the West Bank is slowly being dragged from Palestinian control. Slowly, slowly push “them” back and back until the land is empty โ as some have pretended it was from the start. โ Irena Klepfisz, Yom Hashoah, Yom Yerushalayim, 1989
CODEPINK, 1/13/20 On Friday, January 11, 2020, on the Beloved game show Jeopardy, Katie Needle of Brooklyn, N.Y. correctly answered the clue โBuilt in the…
Oren Kroll-Zeldin, Truthout, January 10, 2020
Overture Center 201 State Street, Madison 10 am – 5 pm Join MRSCP and other Madison sister cities, businesses, and organizations at the annual celebration…
Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into context his act of solidarity with Palestinians who face altogether…
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, December 31, 2019
Best Photos of 2019 from MECA We are now more than halfway to providing another water filter system to a school in Rafah, Palestine. If…
Tareq Hajjaj and Pam Bailey, The New Arab, 20 December, 2019
Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked: Why do you keep sailing toward Gaza only to be…
Israel Social TV is an independent media organization working to promote social change, human rights and equality. “We use the unique power of visual documentation,…
Josh Ruebner, Mondoweiss, December 12, 2019
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, December 6, 2019 Today Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib took a principled stand against H. Res. 326, a resolution that will only…
Madison, WI 1:00 — 3:00 pm RSVP for directions Please join us as we welcome Ms. Laila Hassan of the Women in Hebron crafts cooperative…
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 After years of investigation and months of delay, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted…
We Are Not Numbers video being shown in Washington, DC When Israeli snipers target people participating in or even located near Gaza’s Great Return March,…
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, November 25, 2019 Washington, D.C. | November 24,ย 2019 |ย adc.orgย โย The targeting of human rights and peace activists by Israel continues to reflect the…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 19, 2019
ADC, November 18, 2019
Helena Cobban, Mondoweiss, November 14, 2019
Mike Merryman-Lotze, American Friends Service Committee, Nov 13, 2019
Amjad Ayman Yaghi, The Electronic Intifada, 15 October 2019
US Boats to Gaza, Nov 3, 2019
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Oct 28, 2019 Please take a moment to sign our latest petition demanding progressive U.S. presidential candidates speak out for…
โWe hold the Israeli government responsible for the lives of our citizens whose health conditions have severely deteriorated in illegal arbitrary detention,โ Mr. Safadi, the…
Center for Constitutional Rights, October 21, 2019 Join us in court tomorrow in Olympia, Washington, as Center for Constitutional Rights Deputy Legal Directorย
Activists, who had arranged a joint event along the two sides of the border with Gazans, were confronted by employees of a firm building a…
JACOB MAGID, The Times of Israel, 16 October 2019
New campaign exposes double-standard of social media giant in dealing with Israeli and Palestinian incitement Dima Abumaria, The Media Line, 10/07/2019 Journalists, activists launch campaign…
Billy Haisley, Deadspin, 10/8/19
Alex Kane, Vice, October 8, 2019
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, October 8, 2019 On 8 October 2019, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) sent an urgent appeal to the…
Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant professor at Rutgers University. Phyllis Bennis fellow at the Institute…
Gideon Levy, If Americans Knew, September 12, 2019
Online and from MRSCP Resistance Art’s 2020 Colors from Palestine calendar is a tribute to the late Palestinian Poet Mu’in Bseiso (1926 โ January 23,…
November 24: 9 am – 2 pm Annual Fair Trade Sale at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 53711. Call 608-271-7212.…
EyeWitness Palestine still has some openings available for their fall delegation. Scholarships are available. The Environmental Justice and Olive Harvest delegation is your opportunity to…
Ismail Ajjawi, a Harvard freshman who said he was was denied U.S. entry because of his friendsโ social media postings, arrived in Boston in time…
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 19 August 2019
Dr. James J. Zogby, August 17, 2019 Back in May, a jury found Patrick Syring, a former State Department official, guilty of 14 counts of…
Rep. Tlaib’s grandmother says the family had already prepared a lamb Muftiyah Tlaib, the grandmother of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), spoke to The Washington Post…
Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM โ Under intense pressure from President Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin…
Judge Orders University to Recognize Students for Justice in Palestine Club Students for Justice in Palestine at Fordham University Center for Constitutional Rights, August 6,…
BโTselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on Land Day, 30 March 2018 until the end of June…
66 Civilians Injured by Israeli Forces: 28 Children, 2 Journalists, and 4 Women, Including a Paramedic Palestinian Center for Human Rights – Gaza, August 2,…
Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
Hebron Freedom Fund
Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman, We Are Not Numbers, May 20, 2019 โI want to be one of the best chefs in the world,โ says Mahmoud Abu…
Dr. James J. Zogby, July 13, 2019 In the coming week, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will move on four bills โ all of…
Diala Shamas and Ziad Alwan, The Activist Files, Episode 16 Did you know that in Palestine, Israeli settlers and companies profit off of stolen land?…
At Har Gilo, a Jewish settlement overlooking the southern West Bank, American college students get a history lesson. (Ilia Yefimovich for The New York Times)…
Israeli soldiers kill one Palestinian, injure many in Jerusalem IMEMC 28 June — Israeli soldiers and the police invaded, on Thursday evening, the al-โIssawiya town,…
MECA 2018 Annual Report by Middle East Children’s Alliance on Scribd
Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable of taking down the walls of fear. Mourners and supporters…
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 17, 2019
Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA), May 24, 2019 For too long, Palestinians have been calling for freedom, justice, and equality. As organizations that…
Arsalan Bukhari, Informed Comment, 04/26/2019
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 64/2019, April 24, 2019 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns that the Israeli authorities stationed at…
Uri Ben-Eliezer, Sociology, University of Haifa The Havens Center, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison โThe Nation and War, Some Reflections from Israel’s Historyโ Tuesday,…
Ilan Ben Zion, Time Magazine, April 17, 2019 (JERUSALEM) — An Israeli court on Tuesday upheld a deportation order against Human Rights Watch’s local director…
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
Esty Dinur, The Progressive, April 11, 2019
The 2019 North America Nakba Tour comes to Madison UW-Madison Red Gym, On Wisconsin room 716 Langdon St 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Mariam Fathalla…
Edo Konrad, +972 Magazine, April 8, 2019
Source: Pro-Israel: Money to Congress, The Center for Responsive Politics
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 50/2019, March 30, 2019
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, March 28, 2019
UW-Madison Campus (time & location to follow) MRSCP and UW Students for Justice in Palestine will be co-sponsoring a Madison appearance of the 2019 North…