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Apr 17, 2026
Palestinian civil society calls for sanctions to stop Israel’s annexation and apartheid
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council renews the call for targeted sanctions Palestinian Human Rights…
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This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…
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Meretz MK, Joint List leader says move would create ‘apartheid’; Sanders sends video message; police…
annexation, apartheid, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, democracy, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, Eli Valley, equality, Europe, George Floyd, Haaretz, Hebrew, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, justice, labor, law, Lebanon, media, Middle East, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, protest, Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, victims, video, war, West BankStrangers in Our Homeland
Aida Touma-Sliman, JewishCurrents, February 6, 2020 LAST WEEK, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a…
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Oren Kroll-Zeldin, Truthout, January 10, 2020
annexation, arms, censorship, Cisco, delegation, democracy, diaspora, donate, environment, equality, ethnic cleansing, Haaretz, healthcare, Hebron, images, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, journalists, Judaic, justice, labor, land, law, media, military, nonviolence, occupation, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, resistance, resources, solidarity, terrorism, travel, water, West Bank, women, worldTo Prison, Again, for Protesting Against Israel’s Colonial Rule
Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into…
Trump strategy to stifle campus organizing for Palestinian rights
Josh Ruebner, Mondoweiss, December 12, 2019
antisemitism, apartheid, Barack Obama, BDS, boycott, civil rights, colleges & universities, Congress, democracy, Donald Trump, education, Electronic Intifada, FBI, free speech, Germany, Holocaust, human rights, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Intifada, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, justice, law, media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Sabra, sanction, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, United States, war, world, WORT 89.9 FMNetanyahu’s Real Crimes
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 After years of investigation and…
Israel Is Accused of Torturing a Prisoner Until His Ribs Were Broken
Alex Kane, Vice, October 8, 2019
Addameer, Amazon, Amnesty International, assassination, democracy, detainees, FBI, Haaretz, hospitals, human rights, images, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, media, Middle East, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, police, prison, prisoners, protest, rape, sanction, schools, Shin Bet, Supreme Court, Tel Aviv, terrorism, torture, video, war, West BankNoura Erakat: West Bank Annexation Is Logical End to Israel’s Apartheid Policy
Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant…
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Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…
Al-Aqsa Mosque, allies, American, antisemitism, Arab, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bethlehem, boycott, California, Congress, delegation, democracy, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Europe, free speech, Golan Heights, Hebron, Holocaust, images, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, La Crosse, land, law, Marco Rubio, Middle East, Minnesota, Muslim, New York Times, Palestinian, peace, Ramallah, Rashida Tlaib, sanction, United States, vote, war, West Bank, women, worldLandmark Ruling Strikes Down Ban of Israel Boycott
Arsalan Bukhari, Informed Comment, 04/26/2019
American, ban, BDS, boycott, censorship, civil rights, democracy, free speech, images, Israel, Israel Lobby, justice, land, law, Muslim, Muslims, Palestine, schools, video2019.04.23-25: War Over Peace: Israel in the eyes of a Critical Sociologist
Uri Ben-Eliezer, Sociology, University of Haifa The Havens Center, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison…
IDF puts Palestinians under closure as Israelis go to the polls
Edo Konrad, +972 Magazine, April 8, 2019
Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars
501(c)(3), American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), apartheid, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, democracy, donate, Google, Haaretz, Hebrew, Hebron, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Judea, land, law, New Jersey, New York Times, nonprofits, online, Palestinian, petition, prison, rabbis, racism, Ramallah, Samaria, schools, settlers, State Department, Supreme Court, terrorism, United States, vote, war, womenLawmakers Consider Adding Measure Protecting Israel
Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging…
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Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East…
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A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…
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Just Foreign Policy, July 19, 2018 This morning, Democracy Now had a hard-hitting report on…
2017.12.05: Rabbi Arik Ascherman speaks on “A Torah of Justice for Israel”
First Unitarian Society Landmark Auditorium 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 7:00 pm Rabbi Arik Ascherman…
Walker Order and GOP Bills on BDS Serve Big Donor
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, November 14, 2017
2017.10.17: Farhana Khera Lecture at UW
University of Wisconsin Law School Room 2260, 4:00 pm [Map] Reception to follow The 2017…
Systemic Racism and White Supremacy in America
Those Confederate statues were built on something even bigger. Watch my new video with MoveOn…
Alison Weir: Israel’s New Travel Ban
Alison Weir, Dissident Voice, March 20, 2017
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Alison Weir, Amazon, BBC, BDS, Bethlehem, blockade, boycott, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), democracy, Egypt, free speech, Gaza City, Haaretz, Hebron, Israel, Israeli, Jenin, Jerusalem, Jewish, Khan Younis, land, law, Muslim, Muslims, Nablus, Nakba, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, Rafah, Ramallah, travel, United States, video, Wall, West Bank, women, worldBDS Ban: Interfaith Leaders Denied Entry to Israel
American Muslims for Palestine, July 24, 2017
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Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz, June 05, 2017 Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the U.S. presidency…
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1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Madison College – Downtown 211 N Carroll St, Room 240…
Israel sunk in ‘incremental tyranny’, say former Shin Bet chiefs
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017
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Israel lashes out at Palestine activists
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 15 March 2017
Bernie Sanders: On Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Palestinians
Bernie Sanders, Common Dreams, February 28, 2017 Speech to this year’s J Street conference Thank…
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AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the…
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A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities…
Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy on Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution
Democracy Now!, December 30, 2016
aid, American, apartheid, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Congress, democracy, Democratic Party, Diana Buttu, Donald Trump, education, environment, ethnic cleansing, fair trade, Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Haifa, Hillary Clinton, International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jimmy Carter, Jordan, justice, land, law, Lindsey Graham, Mahmoud Abbas, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, New York Times, occupation, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, public opinion, religion, Republican Party, sanction, settlers, South Africa, State Capitol, Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, United Nations (UN), United States, veto, victims, vote, war, West Bank, worldWill Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?
David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016
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Ma’an News Agency, August 22, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an ) — A small majority of both…
Second Class Citizens
Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Bedouin, Black, corporations, democracy, discrimination, education, ethnicity, Haaretz, Hebrew, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Ireland, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), land, law, Middle East, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peter Beinart, refugees, religion, resources, secular, South Africa, Supreme Court, United States, vote, war, West BankAre state boycotts of the anti-Israel BDS movement constitutional?
Aidan Quigley, The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2016
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Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 24, 2015
aid, American, BDS, boycott, democracy, economy, Google, Holocaust, human rights, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jim Crow, La Crosse, land, law, Microsoft, occupation, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peter Beinart, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, Syria, travel, two-state, vote, war, West Bank, withdrawal, world, ZionismEx-U.N. Official John Dugard: Israel’s Crimes are “Infinitely Worse” Than in Apartheid South Africa
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, May 06, 2015
Democracy Now! Interview with Mohammed Omer in Gaza City
Democracy Now!, November 15, 2012
aid, ambulances, assassination, Barack Obama, civilians, democracy, drones, Egypt, Europe, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israeli, journalists, Khan Younis, media, military, Mohammed Omer, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, schools, secular, terrorism, United Kingdom, United States, war, women, world, Yasser ArafatFreedom Flotilla 2 and The Audacity of Hope
Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP, Here is a special request regarding the upcoming Freedom…
Israel as the only Democracy
Mr. Netanyahu Explains, Jeff Danziger, May 22, 2011
2010.11.03: Glenn Greenwald to Speak in Madison
Glenn Greenwald will be on A Public Affair WORT-FM 89.9 with host Esty Dinur on…
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Sunday, February 8 Dardanelles Restaurant 1851 Monroe Street, Madison (Directions) 6:30 pm: Snack bar reception,…
Kathy Kelly on Gaza
Voices for Creative Nonviolence, January 6, 2009 Rafah — Traffic on Sea Street, a major…
Beneath the Hideous Veneer of ‘Security’
Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, 23 september, 2007
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Jennifer Loewenstein, The Progressive, June 26, 2007
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Palestine, Israel and Lebanon 40 Years after 1967 “Hizbullah, Israel and Lebanon: The Summer War,…
Beirut, calendar, Christian, democracy, education, Fawwaz Trabulsi, film, Grassroots, Hamas, Holocaust, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jonathan Cook, Laila el-Haddad, Lebanon, literature, Madison, media, Middle East, MRSCP, Muslim, nonviolence, nurses, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, project, Rafah, Sara Roy, schools, sister cities, terrorism, United States, UW-Madison, war, Wisconsin, womenAmira Hass: Khan Yunis / No Compensation for Arabs Losing Their Jobs in Katif
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 14 Aug 2005 Today is Omar’s last day of work for his…
J’accuse: Finkelstein and Dershowitz
It’s a dispute that involves just about every emotive issue you can think of –…
Alan Dershowitz, American, Amnesty International, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, Arnold Schwarzenegger, B’Tselem, books, California, civilians, democracy, education, free speech, Holocaust, human rights, Intifada, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, land, law, media, Middle East, negotiations, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, torture, United States, University of California, war, world, ZionismMazin Qumsiyeh: Sleeping on a bus and more
Mazin Qumsiyeh, 5/9/2004 Here is something to inspire you. Read this. It will help you…
American, artist, BBC, books, Church of England, democracy, donors, education, film, Geneva Conventions (1949), Google, human rights, images, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jennifer Loewenstein, Jerusalem, justice, land, literature, Mazin Qumsiyeh, media, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, poetry, public opinion, schools, students, tech, terrorism, torture, training, travel, United States, volunteer, vote, war, West Bank, WORT 89.9 FMSharon is not the Problem
Ghadi Karmi, CounterPunch, February 20, 2004
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Multiple Madison venues
Ali Abunimah, American, Amira Hass, As’ad Abukhalil, Beirut, calendar, California, democracy, education, Electronic Intifada, Intifada, Iraq, Israeli, journalists, justice, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, MRSCP, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, project, Rafah, Ramallah, Robert Fisk, Saudi Arabia, sister cities, tech, terrorism, UW-Madison, war, Wisconsin, world, WORT 89.9 FM
