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160 Organizations Demand Congress Stop Funding Israel’s Massacres

160 organizations representing Palestinian communities, Palestinian solidarity organizations, and the racial justice movement have signed…

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World class lineup at this year’s Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival

David Luhrssen, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Oct 14, 2022

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President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

(Final version, emphasis added) Dear colleagues and comrades, Thank you so much for signing on…

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President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…

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Environmental Justice Has No Borders

A Call to the Environmental Justice Movement Sign the Pledge NDN Collective Israel violently forces…

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Inside the Illinois state pension board seeking to promote Israeli control over the West Bank

FRAN ZELL, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism

Introduction The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism Why the oldest hatred needs a new definition Jewish…

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Why Americans Should Support BDS

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I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?

Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019

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How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics

Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Wisconsin should reject boycott bill; it is not anti-Semitic

State Sen. Leah Vukmir (Megan Papachristou Photography) Sandy Pasch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 6, 2018…

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Open Letter to Women’s March L.A. from Women for Palestine

Women 4 Palestine L.A., January 17, 2018

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Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: 20 Groups Will Be Denied Entry

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations:…

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2017.11.09: Global Day of Action: A World without Walls

Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall)

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Ilan Pappe: No, Israel Is Not a Democracy — And Never Was

Israel is not the only democracy in the Middle East. In fact, it’s not a…

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2017.03.29: Islamophobia in America with Reza Aslan

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Wisconsin Union Theater Cost: Free…

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