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The ICC is preparing to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials, Israel nearly started a war with Iran, and the IDF is preparing to commit a horrifying massacre in Rafah, so naturally the mainstream press is very, very interested in “anti-semitism” on college campuses again. — Caitlin Johnstone, 2024
The Reality of the “Geneva Accord”
Al-Awda, 5 December 2003
Wisconsin Bookstore’s Fight for Free Speech Victorious
David Grogan, American Booksellers Association, Nov 12, 2003
Israeli chainsaw massacre
Palestinian farmers seek protection against settlers The Globe and Mail, 12 November 2003 Einabus, West Bank – Men with chainsaws turned Fawzi Hussein’s olive into…
Israeli Roulette
Uri Avnery, CounterPunch, November 7, 2003
EU poll labels Israel world’s biggest threat to world peace
AFP, 04 Nov 2003 BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union scrambled to contain the fallout from a public opinion poll that — to Israel’s fury…
World Food Programme on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
World Food Programme Report, 28 October 2003 . . . Christiane Berthiaume of the World Food Programme said that she had been in the occupied…
Settlers Attack Rabbis
Rabbis for Human Rights delegation physically attacked by settlers while documenting cut trees Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), 27 Oct 2003 This morning a RHR…
A Letter from the Deputy Mayor of Rafah
Dr. Emad Sha’at, Deputy Mayor of Rafah City, October 25, 2003 Thank you for your continuous support and committment towards Rafah City and Rafah People.…
Al Mezan Condemns Israel’s War Crimes in Rafah
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Reference: 45/2003, October 16, 2003 At 11:30pm Wednesday 15 October 2003, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) attacked the…
2003.10.30-11.20: Reporting the Middle East, From the Road Map to Iraq: A Lecture Series
Multiple Madison venues
Eyewitness account of the invasion of Rafah
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 14 Oct 2003
Al Mezan Condemns Israel’s Crimes in Rafah and Calls for International Intervention
Reference: 43/2003 Date: October 13, 2003 Al Mezan Center For Human Rights On Monday 12 October 2003 Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) redeployed their forces around…
Israeli Occupation Forces Withdraw from Rafah Leaving Behind Devastation
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, October 12, 2003 In the early morning hours of Monday 13 October 2003, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF)…
The mirror of fire and tears
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 10 October 2003
Israel’s Assassination Policy Triggers Latest Suicide Bombings
Steve Niva, The Electronic Intifada, 2 September 2003
Eight-year-old Aya Fayad shot dead as she rode her bicycle
The Palestine Monitor, 2 Sep 2003 Aya Fayad was one little girl out of one million eighty-five thousand Palestinian children, who should be having their…
2003.09.14-16: Palestinian Labor Tour
South Central Federation of Labor Meeting Monday, September 15 7 pm Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St. Contact: Ron Blascoe, c/o RafahSisterCity at Yahoo.com…
Children’s author faces Jewish wrath
Fiachra Gibbons, The Guardian, August 23, 2003
2003.09.09: MRSCP Working Meeting
MG&E Innovation Center, 505 S Rosa Rd, Madison, 7:00pm This is a meeting to gear up for our fall plans, which are extensive and growing. SUMMARY…
Fragments of Rafah
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 21 August 2003
Israel’s New Citizenship Law
Jewish Peace News, 10 Aug 2003 [Israel’s new citizenship law, passed recently by a wide margin in the Knesset, denies any Palestinian who is married…
Torturing innocent children and women
Mohammed Omer, Rafah Today, 8 Aug 2003 Everyone in Palestine tastes the Occupation crimes, this occupation which wasn’t kind to children, women, old men, old…
Removing the witnesses
Israel’s crackdown on international peace activists raises grave concerns. Muna Hamzeh, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 May – 4 June 2003 At a time when world attention…
