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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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2017.05.06: Amy Goodman Talk and Book Signing

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Madison College – Downtown 211 N Carroll St, Room 240…

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2017.04.27: One Book, Many Communities: “Returning to Haifa”

Thursday, April 27 Alicia Ashman Library [Map] 733 N. High Point Road, Madison 7:00 –…

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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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Mideast Can’t Even Agree on What ‘One-State Solution’ Means

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint news conference at…

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2016.11.29: Palestinian Author Reflects on Life in Gaza

Lupe Salmeron, Madison365, December 5, 2016

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Palestinians Blamed for Forest Fires Across Palestine

But fires are raging across Western Asia Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, November 25, 2016 Middle East…

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2016.11.29 Update: The Gaza Kitchen with Laila El-Haddad in Madison

The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey is a cookbook and a documentary portrait of…

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Mental Health Library Campaign

Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF) We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental…

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2016.05.04: An Evening with Jeff Halper

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:00 pm DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 330 N. Orchard…

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2016.01.26: “One Book, Many Communities” and Suad Amiry’s Sharon and My Mother-in-Law

Central Library 201 W Mifflin St, Madison 7:00 pm The first “One Book, Many Communities”…

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2015.01.28-02.17: Mornings in Jenin Book Group

Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison, the Peregrine Forum and the Madison Infoshop Free…

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2014.11.18-23: Book Presentation Committee of One

First presentation and book signing by author Patricia Martin Holt Tuesday, November 18, 7 pm…

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2014.10.01-11.26: Book group – Ali Abunimah’s The Battle for Justice in Palestine

UW-Madison Memorial Union, 7-8:30 pm

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2014.10.10: Contested Land, Contested Memory with Author Jo Roberts

Israel’s Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of CatastropheFriday, October 10JO ROBERTS will be reading…

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Miko Peled’s Speech for Palestine Awareness Week at San Diego State University

I want to begin by thanking the members of AIPAC the Jewish Zionist community who…

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2010.11.17: Gilbert Achcar on “The Arabs and the Holocaust”

Gilbert Achcar “The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives” Wednesday, November 17…

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2010.11.10: John Mearsheimer to Speak in Madison

Student Progressive Dane and the Middle Eastern Law Student Association present Greater Israel’s Bleak Future…

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