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When crises erupt, we protect civilians from mass atrocities, promote accountability for those responsible for human rights violations and abuses, seek to free political prisoners, and create space for civilian dialogue. ― Joseph R. Biden in A Proclamation on Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week, Dec 9, 2024. Except for Palestine.
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
Large-scale Israeli war on Lebanon ‘a matter of time’
News Desk, The Cradle, Oct 24, 2025
2025.10.22: Testimonies on AB446, a Definition of Antisemitism
Rep. Ryan Clancy, ryanclancywi, Oct 22, 2025
2025.10.27: Anti-Semitism as a Smokescreen
Online, 6 PM CT
2025.10.29: Palestinian Chai & Chnafa (or Knafeh) Kickoff
UW-Madison Red Gym, BCC Classroom, 7 pm
Don’t Mistake The Gaza Ceasefire For A Peace Plan
MOUIN RABBANI, WORT 89.9 FM, OCT 24, 2025
2025.10.18: Letter writer shows anti-Palestinian bias
Kathy Walsh, Nov 19, 2025
2025.10.18: No Kings rally was not ‘hijacked’
Omar bin Mohamad, Nov 7, 2025
Israeli Knesset Advances Bill to Annex West Bank as JD Vance Visits Israel
Sharon Zhang, Truthout, October 22, 2025
2025.10.18: No Kings October 2025
A photo album
2025.10.25 Update: Anti-War Café
The Crossing, 1127 University Ave, 12-4:30 pm
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 4 NO. 8 : MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2025
Israeli bulldozer running over unexploded ordnance, not Hamas
Ryan Grim, @ryangrim, Oct 19, 2025
Israel Launches Wave of Heavy Airstrikes Across Gaza, Killing at Least 45
Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com, October 19, 2025
Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, October 15, 2025
Israel extends detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya for six months without charges or trial
The Cradle, Oct 16, 2025
A WI bill aims to stop antisemitism. It outlaws valid criticism of Israel instead.
Annie Kraus, Sandy Pasch and Rachel Buff, Special to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct 16, 2025
2025.10.30: National Teach-In on Opposing War with Iran
Online, 7:30 PM CT
2025.10.20-23: Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice Fall Assembly
Online, 6:30 – 7:30 pm daily
2025.10.19: “Severed” – Film and Discussion
Online, 12-1 PM CT
Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
CHRIS HEDGES, OCT 10, 2025
Ilan Pappé: Palestinians Still Face “Elimination, Genocide”
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 13, 2025
Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Deal Absent Meaningful UN Action to Halt Israel’s Genocide
NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES, Common Dreams, Oct 09, 2025
What we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 9, 2025
Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home
Owen Jones, The Guardian, 14 Oct 2025
Gaza war in maps and satellite images
Visual Journalism team, BBC News, 13 October 2025
Israel wants to hire Chris Pratt and Steph Curry
NICK CLEVELAND-STOUT, Responsible Statecraft, OCT 07, 2025
VIDEO: Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 13, 2025
The Jewish People After Gaza
AVRUM BURG, OCT 12, 2025
Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and Sewage Treatment Plant after Ceasefire
YOUNIS TIRAWI AND YANIV COGAN, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 12, 2025
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 11, 2025
2025.11.14: Sim Kern & Hannah Moushabeck in Madison!
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, 7 pm, RSVP
Two Years of Genocidal War & Gaza Still Bleeds
Palestinian Health Information Center (PHIC), 7 October 2025
Thoughts On The Ceasefire News
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, OCT 09, 2025
With a Ceasefire Struck, Gazans Ask ‘Who Will Be in Charge’
Mouin Rabbani, Ethan Bronner, Fadwa Hodali, Krishna Karra, Tom Fevrier and Dina Esfandiary, Bloomberg Politics, Oct 10, 2025
Netanyahu is preparing a way out
Elijah J Magnier, Oct 09, 2025
2025.11.13: An Evening for Palestine – Lights Up Vigil
S Blair & Willy St, 3:30-5:30 pm
2025.11.13: An Evening for Palestine – Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band Benefit
Cardinal Bar, 418 E Wilson, 5:30-7:30 pm for Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
2025.10.15: Understanding Palestine & Israel with Phyllis Bennis
Online, 12 PM CT
Key Points and Prospects of the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
MOUIN RABBANI, OCT 09, 2025
1st Phase of Gaza Peace Deal Reached
Barak Ravid & Dave Lawler, Axios, Oct 8, 2025
Two Years After October 7: Israel’s War, Gaza’s Ashes, and the Collapse of Moral Authority
Elijah J Magnier, Asia Pacific Report, Oct 9, 2025
2025.10.07: Vigil for Gaza
UW-Madison Library Mall, 6:30 pm
2025.10.08: Webinar – Genocide Resistance Grows
Online, 9 AM CT
2025.10.08: Hands Off Chicago Protest in Madison
Capitol Square at King St, 5:30 pm
2025.10.08 Update: Parents Bearing Witness to Israel’s Crimes
ISM Community Center, 815 W Layton Ave, Milwaukee, 7 pm
2025.10.09: Meet & Greet with Baz Sundark, Artist of “Lands of Palestine”
Java Cat, 4221 Lien Road, 5-6:30 pm
2025.10.11: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
2025.10.03-13: Baz Sundark “Lands of Palestine” Art Show & Auction
Benefiting Masafer Yatta
2025.10.14: Mennonite Action Training – To Build Our Courage
Madison Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison, 5:45 PM
