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Mar 19, 2026
How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israelโs war for โtotal victoryโ in Gaza
A conflict the White House once hoped to moderate has gone from โover the topโ…
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Veterans Call for Criminal Indictment of Anthony Blinkenย
Govt. Agencies Found Israel Blocked Gaza Aid. Blinken Told Congress Otherwise. by Veterans For Peace | Fall 2024…
NOT ANOTHER BOMB! A Year of Genocide in Gaza And Escalating Regional War
CONGRESS: NOT ANOTHER BOMB! A Year of Genocide in Gaza And Escalating Regional War Dear…
Inside the State Departmentโs Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agencyโs top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis…
Senator Bernie Sanders attempts to block a $20 billion arms sale to Israel
More than half a million Democratic voters selected โUncommittedโ on their primary ballots, and the…
2024.10.01: Action to Block Arms Sales to Israel
Library Mall & Tammy Baldwin’s Office10:00 – 11:45 am – Leaflet on Library Mall and invite pedestrians…
Sanders Files to Force First-Ever Vote on Blocking Weapons to Israel
The resolutions are not likely to pass. If they do, they can still be vetoed…
Stop the U.S. from arming Israelโs genocide
Take these steps as Senator Bernie Sanders prepares a Joint Resolution of Disapproval to stop the…
Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Antony Blinken Disagreed.
Blinken told Congress, โWe do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or…
Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi
Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly…
Aysenur Eygi, civilians, Congress, drones, Eken Park, Gaza War, Great March of Return, Haaretz, health, hospitals, human rights, images, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jenin, Joe Biden, Jonathan Pollak, Kamala Harris, labor, land, law, war crimes, West Bank
Universities Act to Silence Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators
September 16, 2024 Dr. James J. Zogby President, Arab American Institute In the 1960s, social critic…
The Deadly US Weapons of Civilian Destruction
By Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service, Sep 13, 2024 UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As the devastating 11-month-old…
2024.09.16: Vigil at Tammy Baldwin’s office
Ask Congress to block weapons to Israel & call off World War III 30 W…
Aysenur Eygiโs Family calls for Independent Investigation
โWe welcome the White Houseโs statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenurโs killing,…
American Human Rights Activist Murdered in the West Bank
This is not the first time Israeli forces have murdered American citizens. Israel has a…
A Response to the Killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
From Cindy and Craig Corrieย The Corries are the parents of Rachel Corrie, a volunteer…
Israeli Forces Shot an American in the West Bank
The U.S. Government Doesnโt Seem to Care โThe money I pay in my taxes as…
2024.09.08: Rejecting AIPAC: the Israel Lobby and the Democratic Party
12 noon CT Online Hear from Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, Palestinian academic Rami G. Khouri,…
Palestine Won at the Democratic Conventionโฏ
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, August 26, 2024 ๏ปฟThe 2024 Democratic National Convention…
DNC Faces Backlash After Organizers Deny Request for Palestinian Speaker
Elected Officials, celebrities, and community leaders speak out against the DNCโs decision to silence Palestinians…
CODEPINK Disrupts “Democratic Majority for Israel” DNC Event
Challenging U.S. Support of Israel The event featured Gov. Tim Walz who is “supposedly” sympathetic…
Wisconsin Palestinians have felt isolated from politics
The upcoming election has made it worse After watching the U.S. fund Israelโs war on…
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Good Trouble, Holy Trouble in Washington
at the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Annual Summit โby VJP board member Rev. Dr. Ron…
US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war
BY TARA COPP, Associated Press, August 13, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) โ The U.S. has approved $20…
Backing Israeli Apartheid Isnโt Just Immoral โ Itโs Illegal
Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a damning assessment of Israelโs occupation of…
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Petitions to Stop Arming Israel
Tell Congress Tell Vice President Kamala Harris
Thousands shut down the D.C. Capitol to protest Israelโs genocide
Thousands of people of conscience from across the country turned out to protest Israeli Prime…
What is Christian Zionism?
Key points in theology, history, and politics by Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Executive Director of Voices…
Pocan to Boycott Netanyahu Congressional Address
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 24, 2024Contact: Matthew Handverger, (508) 561-5226 WASHINGTON, D.C. โ Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released…
UN report: Israel has killed 366 UN staff and family
The confidential report is the first to detail the toll faced by the families of…
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Demonstrators stage mass protest against Netanyahu visit and US military aid to Israel
Protesters held a demonstration inside the Cannon US Capitol office building on Tuesday, one day…
2024.07.23: Press Conference at Tammy Baldwin’s Madison Office
30 W. Mifflin Street, Madison 12:30 pm World Beyond War and other groups will be…
National Mobilization to Arrest Netanyahu in DC
and petition to boycott Netanyahu’s speech July 24, 2024 US Capitol Building 10 am to…
62 Democrats Join 207 Republicans In Vote To Conceal Gaza Death Toll
An amendment blocks the State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministryโs statistics The Gaza…
A Report on the Wisconsin Democratic Convention
The author is Jim Carpenter, a convention delegate from the 4th Congressional District (Milwaukee) Hi, supporters…
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Stop the Genocide!
Eight actions you can take now As Israel’s deadly attacks and blockade of critical aid…
Gaza Summer School!
This summer, weโre turning up the heat to demand an end to the genocide in…
Army officer resigns in protest of U.S. support for Israel in Gaza
Maj. Harrison Mann said he feels โincredible shame and guiltโ to know his work at…
Echoes of Standing Rock and Climate Change in Backlash to Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus
By Alleen Brown, Center for Media and Democracy, May 3rd, 2024 This story is co-published with Drilled.…
Chicago, civilians, climate, Congress, democracy, divest, education, encampments, environment, FBI, Gaza War, George Floyd, Google, Greta Thunberg, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, indigenous, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Islam, Israel, Joe Biden, justice, labor, land, law, Palestine, protest, solidarity, United StatesADC: Demand Biden, World Leaders Stop Israel Invasion of Rafah
Washington, DC | adc.org | May 11, 2024 โ The ongoing genocide and invasion of Rafah has…
Observations about the Campus Protests
PETER BEINART, MAY 06, 2024 Six Observations about the Campus Protests by Peter Beinart Read…
URGENT: Tell your senators to vote against speech-chilling legislation
Should college students who compare Israeli government policy with that of the Nazis be investigated by…
We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices
Columbia College Student Council Please, listen to us โ not political figures, radical fringes and…
climate, colleges & universities, Columbia, Congress, democracy, discrimination, divest, Donald Trump, education, Elon Musk, encampments, environment, free speech, Gaza War, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), journalists, justice, law, police, protest, United States, violenceTell Congress To Vote No on Four Anti-Palestine Bills
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | May 4, 2024 โ Pro-Palestine protests are continuing to grow, and that…
The lessons from colleges that didnโt call the police
Deescalating conflict around protests was possible, but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead. By Abdallah…
ADC: Congress Passes Dangerous Bill to Silence Criticism of Israel
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | May 1, 2024 โ In response to the student-led, pro-Palestinian movement, the…
Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza
The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is…
Under Israeli Pressure, Guinea Bissau Withdraws Flotilla Flags
💚🖤💔Hello all, I am heartbroken to pass on the news that our Flotilla will be…
Will the Freedom Flotilla sail to Gaza?
Tรผrkiye is under significant pressure from the US and Israel to block the flotilla from…
Update: The Gaza Flotilla still needs your help!
April 24, 2024 From the Flotilla today: We have completed all technical and crewing requirements…
Protect the Freedom Flotilla emergency mission
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | April 19, 2024 โ Your help is urgently needed to push Congress to protect…
The Freedom Flotillaโs Voyage to Break Israelโs Siege
Peace activists aim to sail through the military blockade of Gaza. BY SAURAV SARKAR APRIL 18,…
aid, blockade, Cassandra Dixon, civilians, Congress, Egypt, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Google, Hamas, human rights, Huwaida Arraf, Iran, Iraq, Israel, labor, land, lawBlinken Is Refusing to Sanction Israeli Military Linked to Killings or Rapes
Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The allegations at issue mostly took place in the West…
Can AIPACโs millions oust the Squad?
As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project cannot support or oppose specific…
Sign to End U.S. complicity in Israelโs genocide
The images of Palestinian children’s bodies hanging from the sides of bombed buildings or the…
2024.04.14: Commemorating the Life of Rachel Corrie
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison 1:30-3:30 pm Free & open to all…
Iโm Jewish, and Iโve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them.
Opinion By Peter Maass April 9, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT Palestinians view the…
2024.04.08: Biden visits Wisconsin after primary warning signs
โI was surprised to see the intensity on the issue of Gaza coming not from…
A humanitarian catastrophe
The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for…
Oglala Sioux Tribe Passes Resolution in Support of Palestinians in Gaza
Yahoo News Displaced Palestinians take shelter in a makeshift tent camp by the beach in…
Hot meals. Community. Dignity. Income.
The team at Atfaluna’s Inclusive Kitchen package hot meals to distribute to displaced families in…
Forcing #StopArmingIsrael onto Politiciansโ Agenda
As a Palestinian American, I witness a new horror that Israel commits against my people,…
What will the โuninstructedโ vote say about Wisconsin?
SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, MARCH 15, 2024
Veterans For Peace statement about Aaron Bushnell protesting to the death
February 26, 2024 Madmen Arsonists Strike Again: They as Much as Lit Aaron Bushnellโs Match…
Tell Pocan No More Military Aid to Israel
CALL Pocan’s offices and insist on a pledge not to vote for any further military…
On International Women’s Day We Mourn the 9,000+ Palestinian Women Killed
We suffer from violence, from sadness, from injustice, from humiliation, from the hardest forms of…
โOperation Al-Aqsa Floodโ Day 139
LEILA WARAH, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 22, 2024
checkpoints, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, Congress, doctors, Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Edward Said, environment, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, health, home demolition, hospitals, human rights, images, Islam, Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jerusalem, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Khan Younis, law, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)Dane County Board approves call for ceasefire in Gaza
Madison365 staff, Feb 19, 2024
US Palestinian Organizations Say Biden’s Legacy Is Genocide
February 18, 2024 We, Palestinian-led organizations in the United States, are issuing an urgent call…
2024.02.23: Madison Congressional Office Visits
World BEYOND War 12-2:00 pm Sen Baldwinโs office, 30 W Mifflin Street 2:00 pm walk…
Tammy Baldwin should join Bernie Sanders in questioning military aid to Israel
Cap Times Editorial, Jan 31, 2024
US Court Hears Case on Gaza Genocide
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, JAN 26, 2024
The U.S. Must Act to End the Gaza Disaster
Many of us are watching with horror the severe humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. Unfortunately,…
โDifferent rulesโ: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield…
checkpoints, Chris Van Hollen, civilians, climate, Congress, democracy, Donald Trump, Egypt, Elon Musk, Gaza City, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, human rights, images, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jenin, Jerusalem, Joe Biden, Jordan, journalists, justice, labor, law, Leahy Law, United StatesAn Open Letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin: A Shameful Vote on Gaza
Statistics on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip (07 October – 19 January 2024)…
2024.01.16: Senate Vote on Military Aid to Israel
4:30 pm CT Please contact Senator Tammy Baldwin by phone or online this day As…
2024.01.16: Vigil and Press Conference at Sen. Baldwin’s Office supporting Senate Resolution 504
Calling for a report on Israel’s human rights abuses in Gaza 30 W. Mifflin Street,…
Latest from MECA
The situation in Gaza is more than catastrophic as Israel’s genocidal attacks continue. We hope…
2024.01.11: Josh Ruebner: โPalestinian Nakbas: from Truman to Bidenโ
Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, Inc. Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne 6:30 PM…
2024.01.08: USCPR Phone Zap ⚡
12 noon CT Help make sure Congress’ phones are ringing off the hook on their…
How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs
Nearly three years ago, Congress gave Israel a pass to stockpile precision-guided bombs โwithout regard…
Shawn Fain: โWe Cannot Bomb Our Way to Peaceโ
At a press conference in D.C. on December 14, UAW president Shawn Fain called for…
civil rights, civilians, Congress, donate, Gaza War, Hamas, health, hostages, human rights, images, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, justice, labor, law, solidarity, unionsWho Is Funding Canary Mission?
JAMES BAMFORD, THE NATION, DECEMBER 22, 2023
California, Canary Mission, charities, Cisco, Congress, deportation, divest, Donald Trump, donate, donors, education, Electronic Intifada, FBI, film, free speech, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, Hebrew, human rights, images, Intifada, Islam, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jews, justice, labor, land, law, United States2023.12.19: 🕯️Candlelight Vigil at Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Office
We will host this vigil between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm on Tuesday, December 19th…
Critics say bill targeting anti-Zionism is new McCarthyism
HR 6578 would build a commission with subpoena authority to force Americans to testify and…
Sanders Supports UN Efforts for a Humanitarian Ceasefire
Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for $10.1 Billion in Military Aid to Israel Press…
2023.11.17: Breakfast with a CEO and you are (not) invited
CHRISTINA LIEFFRING, TONE MADISON, DECEMBER 12, 2023
2023.12.08: Join the next USCPR Power Hour for Palestine
THIS FRIDAY, December 8, at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT Sign up at…
Editorial | Local cease-fire resolutions can move Congress
Cap Times editorial, December 6, 2023
Update: Madison Common Council Votes for Gaza Ceasefire
December 5, 2023 Resolution text Public comments, 11/28-11/30/23 Public comments, 11/30-12/04/23 Public comments, 12/04-12/05/23 Public…
Man arrested after three Palestinian American students injured in Vermont shooting
Police are investigating the incident as a potential hate crime Abigail Hauslohner and Hannah…
2023.12.05 Update: Madison Council to Vote on Gaza Ceasefire
December 3, 2023 As Israel once again expands its murderous assault on the people of…
