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160 Organizations Demand Congress Stop Funding Israel’s Massacres

160 organizations representing Palestinian communities, Palestinian solidarity organizations, and the racial justice movement have signed…

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Extreme Israeli group takes root in US with fundraising bid

Jewish radicals convicted of hate crimes are collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans Yosef Haim Ben…

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Harvard Reverses Course on Advocate Who Criticized Israel

Blocking the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor…

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Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel’s New ‘Fascist, Racist, and Settler’ Government

“The occupation and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories have made Jewish supremacy the de…

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“International pressure is crucial to ending Israel’s rule over Palestinians”

Credit…Illustration by Rebecca Chew/The New York Times; photograph by Dan Balilty for The New York…

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2022.12.18: Playing With Fire — Jerusalem and the Incoming Israeli Government

Online, 11:30 AM CT

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The Mask Is Off

The newly elected Netanyahu government will include bigoted, intolerant, and violence-advocating ministers Dr. James J.…

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Israel’s Far-Right Draw on U.S. Funding Despite Terror Labels

Daniel Boguslaw, The Intercept, November 2 2022

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Pittsburgh Jews decry pro-Israel group’s support for Republican extremists

Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 3 Nov 2022

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World class lineup at this year’s Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival

David Luhrssen, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Oct 14, 2022

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Anti-Palestinianism makes the misuse of antisemitism possible

MONA ABUAMARA, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 20, 2022

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President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

(Final version, emphasis added) Dear colleagues and comrades, Thank you so much for signing on…

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Has the Fight Against Antisemitism Lost Its Way?

In a terrible irony, the campaign against “anti-semitism” has become a threat to freedom Peter…

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President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…

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“Cancel the F-35”: Organizations Sign Letter to President & Congress

Rep. Francesca Hong addresses concerns for the arrival of F-35 jets in Truax Field, surrounded…

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If Not Now Says “#DropAIPAC”

Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist…

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Mr. President, This is Apartheid

B’Tselem welcomes President Biden with billboard campaign B’Tselem, 13 July 2022 Israeli human rights group…

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AIPAC’s new tactic to unseat Rashida Tlaib

A new Super PAC aligned with AIPAC looks to undercut the only Palestinian Democrat ever…

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AIPAC is buying primary elections

Here we go again! Super PACs are trying to buy Democratic elections and taint the…

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Navigating our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine

Ilan Pappe, The Palestine Chronicle, March 4, 2022

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