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2019.10.27 Update: DREAMING OF FREEDOM
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, 2-4 pm
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Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, 17 Oct 2019
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Palestinians Protest Facebook ‘Bias Favoring Israel’
New campaign exposes double-standard of social media giant in dealing with Israeli and Palestinian incitement…
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ESPN Host Panicked by Israel-Palestine Comment
Billy Haisley, Deadspin, 10/8/19
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Harvard freshman denied entry at Logan Airport by immigration officials
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He Threatened Us, Now He Goes to Jail
Dr. James J. Zogby, August 17, 2019 Back in May, a jury found Patrick Syring,…
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What Is Israel Trying to Hide?
Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank Democracy Now! August 16,…
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Meet Rashida Tlaib’s grandma: ‘Who wouldn’t be proud of a granddaughter like that?’
Rep. Tlaib’s grandmother says the family had already prepared a lamb Muftiyah Tlaib, the grandmother…
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Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them
Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…
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Why Americans Should Support BDS
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Israeli house demolitions are the true crime — not BDS
Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
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2019.07.24-25: Gaza Freedom Flotilla Comes to Madison!
Photos: Jim Maas/FUS Social Justice Ministry, Tsela Barr/MRSCP, and Kit Kittredge/NA Boat to Gaza Campaign…
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The Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, July 23, 2019
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Two Congressional Resolutions That Won’t Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Dr. James J. Zogby, July 13, 2019 In the coming week, the House Committee on…
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Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S. Jews Get an Unflinching View
At Har Gilo, a Jewish settlement overlooking the southern West Bank, American college students get…
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Democratic candidates on Israel/Palestine – a guide
If Americans Knew, June 26, 2019
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Milwaukee activist’s beating on West Bank road sheds light on changing Jewish conversation
Milwaukee resident Ari Bloomekatz. (Photo: Jimmy Rothschild) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 25, 2019 It’s just…
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US dollars for abuse of children: THIS. MUST. STOP.
In 2018, Americans were horrified to learn that migrant children were being cruelly separated from…
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Why some Palestinians are backing Trump’s peace push
A growing number of Palestinians want a ‘one state, equal rights’ model and think Trump…
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26 Groups Supporting McCollum Legislation for Palestinian Children
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 17, 2019
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