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Intentionally harming a civilian population is a war crime and I strongly condemn it. ― Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, speaking of Ukraine and not Palestine, Apr 3, 2022
Night guardians of the mountain in the occupied West Bank
Mosab Shawer, Al Jazeera, 15 Dec 2025
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 16, 2025
Freedom Flotilla Coalition Announces Expanded 2026 Sailings to Gaza
Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), Dec 10, 2025
Israel Apologists Hasten To Blame Bondi Shooting On Anti-Genocide Activists
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, DEC 14, 2025
Israel is recycling an old colonial plan in Gaza
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 14, 2025
Top ADL leader quits, accusing group of being ‘useful idiot’ for Trump
RON KAMPEAS, JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, DECEMBER 12, 2025
US presses Israel to fund Gaza rubble removal as Trump pushes for ceasefire’s second phase
The New Arab Staff, 12 December, 2025
Don’t Let “IHRA” Become Law in Wisconsin
ADC National, Dec 12, 2025
Destruction of Evidence: The Struggle to Count the Dead in Gaza
Visualizing Palestine, December 2025
Israeli Settlers Beat US Citizen, Threatened to Burn Palestinian Grandmother and Kids Alive
Prem Thakker, Zeteo, Dec 11, 2025
Lemkin Institute Rebukes Clinton for Blaming Youth Outrage Over Gaza Genocide on TikTok
BRETT WILKINS, Common Dreams, Dec 10, 2025
US Defense Bill Would Fill Israel’s Weapons ‘Gaps’ Caused by Embargoes
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, DEC 08, 2025
2025.12.13: Pottery Sale to Benefit Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
S.S. Morris Community AME Church Annual Holiday Bazaar, 3511 Milwaukee St, Madison, 9 am – 5 pm
2025.12.13: Homemade Holiday Cookies and Crafts Sale
Memorial United Church of Christ, 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg, 9 AM- Noon
Liberation Is Not Integration: On liberal Zionism, one-state fantasies, and what Palestinians actually want
LARA KILANI, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 8, 2025
A Dual Crisis – Palestinian Public Opinion Amidst Occupation and a Leadership Vacuum
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), 28 October 2025
How Israel Organizes and Arms Settler Militias to Terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank
David Schutz, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 10, 2025
How the Jewish Chronicle Whips Up Fear by Conflating Antisemitism With Anti-Zionism
NEVE GORDON, COMMON DREAMS, DEC 07, 2025
UW Police Department’s careless assault on student protest
ROMAN FRITZ, TONE MADISON, DECEMBER 8, 2025
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
Free Marwan Barghouti
Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, wimuslims, Dec 6, 2025
The Israel lobby is melting down before our eyes
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 2, 2025
‘Home truths’ from Melanie Phillips convey one message: Israel will always be at war
David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 25 November 2025
How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
Natan Odenheimer and Fatima AbdulKarim, New York Times, Dec. 4, 2025. Photographs by Daniel Berehulak.
Ms. Rachel Under Fire for Speaking About Palestinian Children in Gaza
Kanza Eemaan, American Muslim Today, Dec 04, 2025
2025.12.07: “Abolish War, Listen to Earth,” a speech by Kathy Kelly
Online, 6:00 PM CT
Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide is Wrong
Kathy Kelly, World Beyond War, December 5, 2025
West Bank, Violence, Destruction and Displacement
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (UN OCHA OPT), 31 July 2024
Israel used bulldozers to bury Palestinians in shallow, unmarked graves
Middle East Monitor, December 3, 2025
Israel plots to empty Gaza amid media silence
OWEN JONES, DEC 04, 2025
How to Think About Boycotts
Peter Beinart, Zackie Achmat, and Mazin Qumsiyeh; Dec 5, 2025
Hillary Clinton Joins in Blaming TikTok for Young Americans’ View That Israel Is Committing Genocide
JULIA CONLEY, Common Dreams, Dec 03, 2025
Clinton Says Young People Oppose Gaza Genocide Due to “Totally Made Up” Videos
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, December 3, 2025
2025.12.11: Film Severed, Sumud, and Disability Justice in Palestine
Online, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
2025.12.06: Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Monona Terrace, 8 am – 3 pm
Tell Microsoft: cut all ties with the Israeli military
Ekō, Dec 3, 2025
2025.12.04: Book Circle – “Land of the Cranes” by Aida Salazar
Online, 6:00 pm social, 6:30 pm program
Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu
JEREMY SCAHILL AND JAWA AHMAD, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 01, 2025
Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025
Nearly 2 Months Into ‘Ceasefire,’ IDF Kills 2 More Palestinian Children as Gaza Death Toll Passes 70,000
JULIA CONLEY, Common Dreams, Nov 30, 2025
2025.12.06: Anti-War Café
The Crossing, 1127 University Ave, 12-4 pm
Grok says translation from Hebrew has been disabled on X
Grok AI on X, Nov 18, 2025
After 9 Months of ‘Israel’s Abuse,’ US Teen Mohammed Ibrahim Freed From Detention
JESSICA CORBETT, Common Dreams, Nov 27, 2025
Support Gaza Sunbirds paracycling team
Eric Kleppe-Montenegro, MKEBKE, Nov 22, 2025
Free Mohammed Ibrahim!
CODEPINK, Nov 26, 2025
2025.11.29-30: Snow Update! Bookstore Saturday AND Sunday will raise money for Palestinian families
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Nov 26, 2025
Zionists Are Freaking Out About Losing Control Of The Narrative
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, NOV 18, 2025
Israel Moves Gaza’s Yellow Line And Then Shells Palestinians
Drop Site News, Nov 21, 2025
Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post-ceasefire attacks
Jason Burke in Jerusalem, The Guardian, 20 Nov 2025
2025.11.29-30: A Call for Artisans & Bakers!!
Donate to the Gift and Sweets Sale
2025.11.29-30: Snow Update! Gift & Sweets Sale for Palestine
Room of One’s Own Annex, 2713 Atwood Ave, Madison, Sat 12 pm-4 pm & Sun 10 am-12 pm
2025.11.29-30: Snow Update! Gifts & Sweets for November 29 AND 30!
Room of One’s Own Annex, 2713 Atwood Ave, Madison, Sat 12 pm-4 pm & Sun 10 am-12 pm
Give to the Children of Umm al Khair
Friends of Sabeel North America, Nov 18, 2025
Trump’s Plan for Gaza
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 18, 2025
2025.11.20: Report from the West Bank
Online, 6 PM CT
2025.11.24: Films on Nonviolent Resistance, Past & Present
Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin, Room 302, 6 pm
2025.11.25: AIPAC Out of US Politics!
Online, 6 PM CT
2025.11.28: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on WORT 89.9 FM
A Public Affair, 12-1 pm. Live, streaming, or archived
2025.12.07: WORT 50th Birthday Bash!
Atwood Music Hall, 1925 Winnebago Ave, 6-10 pm
2025.12.14: Winter Recital Benefit for MECA
McFarland Lutheran Church, 5529 Marsh Rd, 2:30 pm
2025.11.17: Steadfast on Campus – A Century of Global Palestinian Student Activism
Online, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm CT
A Bloody Month in the West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to the Death of a Boy
David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, Nov. 14, 2025
Dozens Of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared In Israeli Detention
Kavitha Chekuru, The Intercept, November 10 2025
‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza
Abeer Salman and Zeena Saifi, Channel 3000+ News, Nov 12, 2025
2025.11.13: “An Evening for Palestine”: Benefit concert and vigil Thursday will support this year’s olive harvest in Palestine
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Nov 12, 2025
We write / to keep our names alive / to carve our stories into time.
Eman Eid, We Are Not Numbers, November 9, 2025. Artist: Jan Khaled, Flyers for Falastin
‘If, one day, a people will to live, then destiny must surely respond’
Saeda Hamdona, We Are Not Numbers, November 8, 2025
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Oren Ziv and Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, October 24, 2025
No Appetite for Apartheid: Pledge to Boycott Israeli Products
MADISON AREA DSA, Nov 10, 2025
Umm al Kheir
Email Congress Now!
2025.11.12: Deaf Resilience in Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
2025.11.15: Feed Madison Now Food Drive
Fresh Madison Market, 703 University Avenue, 1 pm
2025.11.18: Media Bias and the Gaza Genocide
Online, 6 PM CT
2025.11.19: Madison Veterans Speak – The World Needs to End Wars
UW Madison Memorial Union, 6-8 pm
2025.11.23: Rooted Together – Olive Harvest Delegation Report
Online, 1-2 PM CT
Israel is trying to divide Gaza in half along the ‘Yellow Line.’ What is it, and is it here to stay?
MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU AND QASSAM MUADDI, NOVEMBER 6, 2025
‘A wasteland’: FRANCE 24 journalist given rare glimpse of war-ravaged Gaza
NOGA TARNOPOLSKY, FRANCE 24, 5 NOV 2025
‘Civilians can’t go home’: Gaza faces Israel’s new ‘yellow line’
NATHAN GALLO and LISE KIENNEMANN, FRANCE 24, 31 OCT 2025
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
The Olive Harvest Deportations
Maya Rosen, Jewish Currents, 3 November 2025
2025.11.05: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine
Online, 11:15 am
2025.11.01: Rally to Demand Food Benefits! (Bring Donations)
Capitol Square at State St, Forward Statue, 10-11:30 AM
2025.11.08: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
Umm al-Khair Facing Demolition in the West Bank
Elize Manoukian, KQED, Oct 30, 2025
2025.10.30: Protest US Military Threats to Venezuela, Colombia and Beyond
NE Corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
2025.10.31: Boogie Benefit for Palestine
East Side Club, 3735 Monona Drive, 6:30-11:30 pm
Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations prove it has no desire for peace
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action), Oct 29, 2025
Israel destroys non-existent ceasefire
OWEN JONES, OCT 29, 2025
Israel’s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104
WAFAA SHURAFA AND JOSH BOAK, AP, October 29, 2025
Internal Finding That Israel Killed Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Purpose
Sharon Zhang, TRUTHOUT, October 27, 2025
🇵🇸 Don’t Forget Gaza
Zeteo First Draft, Oct 28, 2025
Palestine Updates
Drop Site Daily, Oct 28, 2025
2025.10.31: Ahmed Abu Artema on WORT
A Public Affair, WORT 89.9 FM, 12 pm, Live at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived
2025.12.06: Muslim Women’s Coalition 15th Annual Gala Dinner
Marcus Performing Arts Center, 929 N Water St, Milwaukee, 5:30 pm
The Abomination of Christian Zionism
MOUIN RABBANI, OCT 27, 2025
2025.10.25-11.07: Fish for the Future Display at the State Capitol
1st Floor Rotunda, Mon-Fri, 8 AM to 6 PM, Sat-Sun 8 AM to 4 PM
