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Mar 21, 2026

2025.12.15-19: Threads of Resistance Webinars by Eyewitness Palestine
Online
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2025.11.17: Steadfast on Campus – A Century of Global Palestinian Student Activism
Online, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm CT
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Netanyahu is preparing a way out
Elijah J Magnier, Oct 09, 2025
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2025.09.07: A Celebration of Culture, Resistance and Liberation in Oak Creek
Cherrie Hanson, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Sep 12, 2025
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Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
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Muslim Women’s Coalition Response to Archewell Foundation
Muslim Women’s Coalition, April 17, 2025
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2025.01.29 Update: Nakba Film “Tantura” in Madison
World Beyond War UW-Madison and Veterans for Peace – Madison
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The Gaza Ceasefire: Pharoah is Still Pharoah
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Shalom Rav, Jan 17, 2025
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GAZA IN CONTEXT Series: The Colonial History that Shaped the Modern Middle East
OnlineJan 5, 12, 26 and Feb 2, 2024 2:00 – 3:30 pm CT Massachusetts Peace…
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As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel
The Israeli public long ago became inured to the brutal occupation that has characterised the…
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No, Israel does not have a right to defend itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians do.
CRAIG MOKHIBER, MONDOWEISS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
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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 always sold the occupation as legal. The ICJ now terrifies them’
Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu unpacks the ICJ opinion on Israel’s military regime, and the lessons…
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Israel’s New Air War In The West Bank
NEARLY HALF OF THE DEAD ARE CHILDREN Nearly 20 years after the Second Intifada, the…
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‘Dark Times’: Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI
“The good news is—actions like this by the USA or European countries taken under pressure…
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Journalism out, hasbara in
How Israeli TV news joined the Gaza war effort Tectonic shifts in Israeli broadcasting have…
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The Israeli Settlers Attacking Their Palestinian Neighbors
With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence…
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NETANYAHU’S WAR ON TRUTH
Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, February 7, 2024
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Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count
MAX AJL, IN THESE TIMES, MAY 17, 2016
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In the Shadow of the Holocaust
How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and…
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This Is Not a War Against Hamas
The notion that the war would end if Hamas was overthrown or surrenders is as…
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Netanyahu is prolonging the war to save his life’s mission
While an endless military operation allows the prime minister to cling to power, it also…
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Report: Blinken Urged Qatar to Censor Al Jazeera on Gaza
The outlet has been a crucial source of on-the-ground reporting from Gaza. Sharon Zhang, TRUTHOUT,…
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Unconditional humanitarian aid must enter immediately
In sufficient quantity, and distributed equitably to all civilians across Gaza Al Mezan Centre for…
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Foregrounding the political and decolonization after October 7
JEFF HALPER, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 20, 2023
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Israel’s government has nothing to offer but revenge
Orly Noy, +972 Magazine, October 10, 2023
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Gaza shatters the facade of ‘calm’
Mohammed R. Mhawish, +972 Magazine, October 8, 2023
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The Shift: Oslo at 30
MICHAEL ARRIA, Mondoweiss, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
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The violent lies of Israel’s president
Yuli Novak, +972 Magazine, July 31, 2023
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In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid
Amjad Iraqi, +972 Magazine, June 30, 2023
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Why we are anti-Zionist Jews
JUDITH LAITMAN AND TSELA BARR — GUEST COLUMN, JUNE 14, 2023 This year on April…
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Israel’s protest leaders give the anti-occupation bloc the cold shoulder
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, June 6, 2023
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In First, Palestinian Displacement Commemorated at United Nations
The event, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians when Israel was created,…
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Israelis, welcome to BDS
Amjad Iraqi, +972 Magazine, March 19, 2023
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‘Who hits a 64-year-old woman with a bat?’
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, March 13, 2023
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2023.03.12-16: March Events
Sunday, March 12: WORT interview with Masafer Yatta Activist Thursday, March 16: Cindy and Craig…
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You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State
Protesters in Tel Aviv hold placards that say “Israeli students fighting for democracy” and “Without…
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Israel is Annexing the West Bank
Tamar Megiddo, Ronit Levine-Schnur and Yael Berda, Just Security, February 9, 2023
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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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Farha Vividly Depicts Palestinian History Through The Eyes Of A Teenager
Toronto International Film Festival Review FARHA_Trailer_English subtitle from Picture Tree International on Vimeo. Jared Mobarak,…
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No Government Has the Right to Pass Such Laws
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, October 17, 2022 During the past month Israel…
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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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Israel carried out Gaza strike that killed 5 children
A Palestinian girl lays roses on the grave of one of the children of Nijim…
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Ben & Jerry’s sues parent company over Israeli deal
Complaint says Unilever sale of Israeli business to a local licensee to sell its ice-cream…
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A Word from Jeff Halper on “Jerusalem Day”
Jeff Halper, ICAHD, May 29, 2022 Today, Sunday, May 29, the Jewish state of Israel…
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American Bar Association questions Israel’s designation of six Palestinian organizations
JEFF WRIGHT, Mondoweiss, MAY 5, 2022
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High Court Justices Know Israel Won’t Face Sanctions Over Masafer Yatta Evictions
The decision was released on the eve of Independence Day, when the Jews celebrate the…
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2022.04.09: The Power of Hope: Standing Together in Israel/Palestine
Alon-Lee Green with Hadash MKs Dov Khenin and Ayman Odeh on October 9, 2015 “Jews…
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The US supports illegal annexations by Israel and Morocco. Why the hypocrisy?
Peter Beinart, The Guardian, 10 Mar 2022
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Inside the Illinois state pension board seeking to promote Israeli control over the West Bank
FRAN ZELL, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 10, 2022
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Life Under Occupation: The Misery at the Heart of the Conflict
An eviction in East Jerusalem lies at the center of a conflict that led to…
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Time’s Up Israel: Get Your Knee Off Palestine’s Neck
SAM BAHOUR, CounterPunch, July 16, 2020
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Strangers in Our Homeland
Aida Touma-Sliman, JewishCurrents, February 6, 2020 LAST WEEK, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a…
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The Ecological War on Gaza
Rob Goyanes, Jewish Currents, September 9, 2019
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Gideon Levy: Let the Annexation Begin
Gideon Levy, If Americans Knew, September 12, 2019
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How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism
A crowd celebrates in Tel Aviv on Nov. 29, 1947, after the U.N. votes for…
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Winning Essay “Dear Blockade”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
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Scars of Freedom
Addameer, 16 October 2018 “Scars of Freedom” describes the Palestinian experience of arrest, interrogation, and…
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Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’
A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…
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As daughter of Holocaust survivors, I decry occupation of Gaza
Jenny Pressman, The Cap Times, May 30, 2018
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Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr: On Israel’s 70th anniversary, we remember the Nakba
Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr, Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison, The Cap Times, May…
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Restoring U.S. Aid Crucial to Avoid Gaza Water Catastrophe
Matthias Schmale, IPS – Inter Press Service, March 27, 2018
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One woman tackles two of Gaza’s toughest challenges
Karama Fadel, The New Arab, 23 February, 2018
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Trump makes a one-state solution more likely
Supporters of Israel hate it when people use the word “apartheid” to describe the country,…
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2017.11.09: Global Day of Action: A World without Walls
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall)
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Israel’s Everlasting Occupation
Palestinians were never presented with what Israel offered every neighboring country: full withdrawal from occupied…
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Israel sunk in ‘incremental tyranny’, say former Shin Bet chiefs
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017
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The Two-State Solution: What It Is and Why It Hasn’t Happened
“The two-state solution has for decades been the primary focus of efforts to achieve peace…
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Why Israel Still Refuses to Choose
It’s easier to leave Palestinians in limbo waiting for a “peace process” that goes nowhere…
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Israeli Defense Minister Compares Beloved Palestinian Poet to Hitler
JAMES GLANZ, The New York Times, JULY 21, 2016 Avigdor Lieberman, an ultranationalist, said that…
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Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression
Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 7, 2016
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Clinton to Palestine: Drop dead
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, June 27, 2016
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The United States should recognize the state of Palestine
Matthew Duss and Michael A. Cohen, The Washington Post, March 27, 2015 Matthew Duss is…
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2013.04.01: WORT Interview about Elias Chacour Play
“A Public Affair” WORT 89.9 FM 12 noon “A Public Affair” will be previewing the…
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Why Gaza Must Suffer Again
JONATHAN COOK, November 19, 2012
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Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal
I am not permitted to live with my wife in the country of my birth…
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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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Did UW-Madison campus Hillel ‘freak out’?
Bill Lueders, Isthmus, May 6, 2010
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2008.05.08: “No Time to Celebrate” protest at UW-Madison
Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison, May 15, 2008 JVP’s Madison Chapter held a very…
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Endless War
Mivtza Nikayon — Operation Cleaning Arab refugees in northern Israel on the road to Lebanon,…
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The Israel Lobby
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, London Review of Books, 23 March 2006 For the past…
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The Gaza Evacuations
Disengagement or Tactical Military Redeployment? SHAMAI K. LEIBOWITZ and KATERINA HELLER, CounterPunch, August 24, 2005…
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No Peaceful Solution
Despite his innocent appearance, Avi Shlaim knows that he is a sort of enemy of…
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Reflections on the killing of Shaikh Ahmad Yasin
William R. Polk, March 28, 2004 Before a few days ago, few people in…
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Checking On The Checkpoints
Linda Grant, The Guardian, 1 February 2004
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The Reality of the “Geneva Accord”
Al-Awda, 5 December 2003
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Israel’s New Citizenship Law
Jewish Peace News, 10 Aug 2003 [Israel’s new citizenship law, passed recently by a wide…
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