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Jul 23, 2026
Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Antony Blinken Disagreed.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or…
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Aysenur Eygi’s Family calls for Independent Investigation
“We welcome the White House’s statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing,…
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Satellite Imagery Shows Vast Destruction in Rafah
Tal as-Sultan was the site of the Rafah Playground project in 2005. It was during…
2024.09.09: Infrastructures of Revolt
Mass Politics and Anti-Colonial Revolutions in the Middle East Ingraham 206UW-Madison12:00 pm – 1:15 pm …
2024.09.02: Madison LaborFest
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace will be tabling at this Labor…
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Israel kills prominent militant in deadliest West Bank raids since Gaza war began
BY MAJDI MOHAMMED AND MELANIE LIDMAN, Associated Press, August 29, 2024 TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli…
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“Trying to Repeat the Nakba”
Israel Launches Largest Military Raids in West Bank in Two Decades DEMOCRACY NOW! AUGUST 28,…
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Israel Using Ceasefire Talks to Expand Colonization of Palestine
Israel’s insistence on controlling two key corridors shows its intention to carry out land grabs,…
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The upcoming election has made it worse After watching the U.S. fund Israel’s war on…
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Nearly 100 killed in Israeli strike on school, Gaza officials say
The Israel Defense Forces said Hamas fighters had been operating in the Gaza City school.…
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The plea finds a ‘discernible missional gap’ between the Western church and the churches of…
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MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, JUL 31, 2024
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Israel Has Lost the Gaza War, and Much Else as Well
Joel Beinin, 7/19/24 Growing numbers of Israeli observers have been saying publicly that Israel cannot…
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The E.U. sanctioned settlers for ‘human rights abuses against Palestinians’
Ephrat Livni, New York Times, July 16, 2024 A surge in Jewish settler violence against…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that “there is still no absolute certainty” that…
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By Omar Waheed, Madison365, Jun 27, 2024 Java Cat Coffee’s Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Silent…
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A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory…
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Longtime international volunteer says she is ‘devastated’ food and medical supplies cannot reach Gaza BY RICHELLE…
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