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Mar 6, 2026
Progressive U.S. Lawmaker: ‘We Need to Be Able to See What’s Happening in Gaza’
Wisconsin Democrat Rep. Mark Pocan tells Americans for Peace Now that Israeli policies funded by…
Rep. Mark Pocan on Gaza COVID-19 increase
Last month, Gaza experienced an 84% increase in COVID-19 cases. You know what would help…
2020.09.12: UNRWA USA’S Virtual Gaza 5K & Art Auction
Announcing the First-Ever Nationwide Virtual Gaza 5K + Digital Festival Art Auction! Everyone’s mental health…
Children Die in Home Fire During Power Outage
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 85/2020, 02 September 2020
Israel Bans Fuel Entry to Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 75/2020, 17 August 2020
8-month-old baby with heart problems needed to exit Gaza
Celine Jaber, Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), August 16, 2020 Dear friends, A…
IOF Tightens Gaza Strip Closure
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 72/2020, 13 August 2020
COVID-19 and Human Rights – 2013 Laureate Raji Sourani
“Governments must put human rights and dignity at the centre” Raji Sourani, The Right Livelihood…
Myths about Gaza
4/27/20 Since the Coronavirus crisis began, IfNotNow has focused most of our movement’s resources on…
Second Appeal in the COVID-19 Crisis
Ref: 36/2020 Date: 14 April 2020 Time: 10:00 GMT Second Appeal in COVID-19 Crisis…
2020.04.22: Gaza in Context Webinar
Register for this Webinar Here This webinar is part of a series of virtual events…
Tarek Abuata: Human Rights in Palestine During the Pandemic
Recorded on WORT 89.9 FM A Public Affair with host Esty Dinur: WORT website •…
Coronavirus and Gaza
DONATE! Here are three good options for sending medical relief to Palestine and Gaza: Rebuilding…
2020.03.28: Webinar: Film Gaza Fights For Freedom by Abby Martin
Social Justice Event Collective, March 5, 2020 Please join us for a film webinar on…
Palestinians report 1st cases of coronavirus in Gaza Strip
Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, at the main…
Help Palestinians in Gaza survive Coronavirus
If Not Now, March 20,2020 We have an opportunity to save thousands of lives —…
2020.03.29: Cancelled Tribute to Rachel Corrie: Freedom is the Future
This event with Tarek Abuata has been cancelled by coronavirus precautions. You can still listen…
Coronavirus Is a Death Sentence for Palestinians Caged in Gaza
Even a small outbreak among Gaza’s densely-packed, blockaded population would put an impossible strain on…
What Valentine’s Day Means in Gaza, Palestine
Hani and his uncle and daughter in front of an UNRWA school in the Gaza…
Strangers in Our Homeland
Aida Touma-Sliman, JewishCurrents, February 6, 2020 LAST WEEK, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a…
Final 2019 Appeal — Clean Water for Kids
Best Photos of 2019 from MECA We are now more than halfway to providing another…
‘Blinding the truth’: Israeli snipers target Gaza protesters in the eyes
Tareq Hajjaj and Pam Bailey, The New Arab, 20 December, 2019
Why We Sail, Sail, and Sail Again: Freedom Flotilla 2020
Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked:…
Gaza 2020: How easy it is for the world to delete Palestinian pain
David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 13 December 2019
Netanyahu’s Real Crimes
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 After years of investigation and…
Dreams in the Crosshairs
We Are Not Numbers video being shown in Washington, DC When Israeli snipers target people…
Polluted Water is the Leading Cause of Child Mortality in Gaza
With 43 Olympic swimming pools of sewage flowing from Gaza daily, local epidemic is only…
2019.10.27: Rep. Pocan emphasizes progressive caucus’s commitment to Palestine
Helena Cobban, Mondoweiss, November 14, 2019
What you need to know about the bombings in Gaza
Mike Merryman-Lotze, American Friends Service Committee, Nov 13, 2019
IT’S TIME TO END THE ILLEGAL ISRAELI BLOCKADE OF GAZA
US Boats to Gaza, Nov 3, 2019
2019.10.27 Update: DREAMING OF FREEDOM
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, 2-4 pm
Israeli Construction Workers, Soldiers Assault Left-wing Activists on Gaza Border
Activists, who had arranged a joint event along the two sides of the border with…
The Ecological War on Gaza
Rob Goyanes, Jewish Currents, September 9, 2019
Israel pushing Palestinians to leave Gaza
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 19 August 2019
Security forces make deadly use of crowd control weapons in Gaza
B’Tselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on…
On the 69th Great March of Return
66 Civilians Injured by Israeli Forces: 28 Children, 2 Journalists, and 4 Women, Including a…
The Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, July 23, 2019
Gaza’s Little Chef
Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman, We Are Not Numbers, May 20, 2019 “I want to be one…
The five injured Abu Jazar brothers of the Gaza protests
Ahmad Kabariti, Mondoweiss, April 20, 2019
Israeli Authorities Arrest Patient’s Husband While Returning to Gaza Strip
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 64/2019, April 24, 2019 The Palestinian Center for Human…
Ahmed Abu Artema on the Palestinian Great March of Return
Esty Dinur, The Progressive, April 11, 2019
First Anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 50/2019, March 30, 2019
1st Year Anniversary of the Great March of Return
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, March 28, 2019
2019.03.03: Rachel Corrie & March of Return Event at First Unitarian Society
Hashtag to Headlines: The Gaza Great March of Return The 2019 tribute to Rachel Corrie…
2019.03.01: Hashtag to Headlines Speakers on WORT
Friday, March 1 12 noon to 1 pm The speakers for Madison’s 2019 tribute to…
2019.03.03: Hashtag to Headlines: How the Gaza Great March of Return Challenged the World
Join us for the 2019 tribute to Rachel Corrie with Ahmed Abu Artema, writer, refugee…
Members of ‘Gaza’ documentary crew trapped as film premieres at Sundance
Fady Hanona and Ali Aby Yaseen desperately trying to make it to the U.S. premiere…
On the 39th Friday
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Ref: 138/2018, 21 December 2018
Winning Essay “Dear Blockade”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
Solidarity Shields Human Rights Workers from Bombs
Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 PCHR’s former headquarters, in Gaza City, after the…
Israeli Incursions into Gaza Are the Rule, Not the Exception
Henriette Chacar, +972 Magazine, November 14, 2018
Gaza: Fears of further bloodshed as Israel adopts ‘zero tolerance’ policy
Amnesty International, 19 October 2018
Serious Escalation of Lethal Force in Eastern Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 111/2018, October 12, 2018
Gaza’s economy is not ‘falling.’ It was pushed.
Marilyn Garson, Mondoweiss, September 27, 2018
24th Friday of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 97/2018, September 7, 2018
Medical Personnel Under Fire
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Aug 30, 2018
Israeli Authorities Ban Fuel and Gas into the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), August 2, 2018
Debunking Four Myths Surrounding the Palestinian Protests
The justifications given for the deaths of Palestinian protesters just don’t add up Khan Yunis,…
Bernie Sanders’ Criticism Of Israel Is Radical. And He’s Taking It Mainstream
Aiden Pink, Information Clearing House, June 13, 2018 Not many in the media are noticing,…
Gaza hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed
Gaza Needs Your Help DONATE NOW! I am far from Gaza right now, in the…
Donate for Gaza Now
I know you’re horrified by the news from Gaza—the slaughter of unarmed protesters who are…
Standing with my Muslim neighbors in the wake of Jerusalem and Gaza
Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman, The Cap Times, May 17, 2018
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project/Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison Banner Drop
Members of Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison did a banner drop…
These Members of Congress Are Trying to Visit Gaza — Israel Should Let Them Do So
Representatives Mark Pocan, Dan Kildee, and Hank Johnson Jr. were denied the opportunity to witness…
Gaza: Do Palestinian Lives Matter?
Samir El-Omari and Barbara Olson, Madison365, May 11, 2018
Free Gaza!
Poster by Donna Wallbaum Venue and Installation by Kathy and Kevin Walsh
Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr: On Israel’s 70th anniversary, we remember the Nakba
Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr, Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison, The Cap Times, May…
Anna Baltzer on the Danger of Neutrality
USCPR Director of Organizing and Advocacy, Anna Baltzer, explains in this TEDx talk how neutrality…
Why I March in Gaza
Palestinian demonstrators on a sand plateau during clashes with Israeli forces last Friday east of…
The Palestinian women at the forefront of Gaza’s protests
Mersiha Gadzo & Anas Jnena, Al Jazeera, 20 Apr 2018
“Apartheid, Rogue, Terrorist State”: Glenn Greenwald on Israel
Democracy Now!, April 9, 2018
Palestinian Journalist Fatally Shot While Covering Gaza Protest
Daniel Estrin, NPR, April 7, 2018
CODEPINK | Tell Israel: Stop Shooting Peaceful Protesters!
Right now the Israeli military is firing at peaceful protesters in Gaza. Right now Israeli…
Israeli Forces Target Peaceful Demonstrations in Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), March 30, 2018
Restoring U.S. Aid Crucial to Avoid Gaza Water Catastrophe
Matthias Schmale, IPS – Inter Press Service, March 27, 2018
Between life and death: a permit
PCHR, February 28, 2018
Book talk: “Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom”
with Norman Finkelstein Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00 p.m CDT Livestream Here The Gaza Strip…
PCHR Calls upon Israeli Prosecution to Return the Body of Fisherman
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), February 27, 2018 Ref: 26/2018 The Israeli authorities…
Gaza’s health system close to collapse as electricity crisis threatens total blackout
World Health Organization warns hospitals could be plunged into darkness by end of February without…
Madison’s Sister Cities
A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9FM, OCTOBER 24, 2017 Today we’re talking about Madison’s Sister…
