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Apr 30, 2026

2017.05.06: Amy Goodman Talk and Book Signing
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Madison College – Downtown 211 N Carroll St, Room 240…
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2017.05.06: WNPJ’s Spring Assembly – La Farge
9 AM – 4:30 PM Kickapoo Valley Reserve 3661 State Hwy 131 La Farge, WI…
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ASM unanimously approves contentious divestment proposal to mixed reactions from campus
Peyton David, The Badger Herald, Apr 27, 2017
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University of Wisconsin – Madison Divestment Resolution
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Leaked report highlights Israel lobby’s failures
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 28 April 2017
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Netanyahu Cancels Meeting After German Official Visits Protest Group
Israel has come under increasing criticism for seeking to silence groups that are critical of…
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2017.04.22: Peace Contingent in the Madison Climate March
Saturday, April 22 1 pm Lisa Link Peace Park, 452 State St, Madison 2 pm…
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Update: Feds Drop Charges against AMP staffers
American Muslims for Palestine, April 22, 2017 (WASHINGTON DC 04.21.2017) — The federal government has…
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#ObliteratedFamilies – Foreword by Rajah Shehadeh
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 11, 2017
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2017.04.27: One Book, Many Communities: “Returning to Haifa”
Thursday, April 27 Alicia Ashman Library [Map] 733 N. High Point Road, Madison 7:00 –…
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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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2017.04.02 Update: Rachel Corrie Commemoration: Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost
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2017.03.29: Islamophobia in America with Reza Aslan
Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Wisconsin Union Theater Cost: Free…
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2017.03.27: Confronting Antisemitism and Islamophobia : From the Middle Ages to Today
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Palestinian teen killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
Al Jazeera, 22 March 2017
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Free Issa Amro
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, call on you to strongly oppose David Friedman’s nomination…
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UN official resigns after pressure to withdraw Israel apartheid report
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 17 March 2017
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A message from Cindy & Craig Corrie
Painting by Malak Mattar; read more about her painting at We Are Not Numbers. March…
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U.N. Report: Israel Imposes ‘Apartheid Regime’ on Palestinians
Reuters, Newsweek, 3/15/17
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Israel lashes out at Palestine activists
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 15 March 2017
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Unlearning apartheid apologism: A Jewish response to Israeli Apartheid Week
Stop conflating anti-Zionism and criticism of the State of Israel with anti-Semitism Rya Inman /…
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Activists pull out of Chicago LGBTQ conference over Israel pinkwashing
Jimmy Johnson, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 22 January 2016
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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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Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help
Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright)…
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Film: Gaza in Context
Arab Studies Institute, Feb 22, 2017
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Israeli forces raid At Tuwani after women and children’s nonviolent action
Operation Dove, February 12, 2017 More information on Operation Dove This Saturday morning residents of…
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Michael Bennett boycotts trip, says he won’t be used by Israel
Steve Almasy, CNN, February 12, 2017
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2 Palestinians killed, 5 injured in reported airstrike on southern Gaza tunnel
Ma’an News Agency, Feb. 9, 2017 GAZA (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were killed and five…
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2017.02.11: Madison Resistance March
Madison Resistance March on Facebook Channel3000.com Madison-Rafah Sister City Project The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project…
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Israel passes bill to seize private Palestinian land for Jewish settlements
William Booth, The Washington Post, February 6, 2017 JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament passed a contentious…
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2017.01.29: Winning — Small Town
From the Isthmus Madison Matrix for Feb. 2, 2017: “More than 2,500 people pack into…
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David Friedman Is Unfit to Be Ambassador to Israel
Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days…
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Open Doors for Refugees Response to Trump’s Ban
Today President Trump signed an executive order banning all refugees from entering the U.S. for…
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2017.02.06: Fighting Islamophobia
A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities…
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2017.01.27: “No Child Behind Bars” speakers on WORT
A Public Affair 12:00 – 1:00 PM No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the…
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2017.01.29: Citywide Forum to Bring Marginalized Communities Together
David Dahmer, Madison365, January 19, 2017
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2017.01.21: Women’s March on Madison
calendar, human rights, Madison, Rafah, women
Israel as the Lights Go Out
In America there is always a domestic political reason for not doing the right thing…
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2017.01.30 Update: No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance Tour
Monday, January 30Evjue Room, Urban League of Greater Madison2222 South Park Street, Madison [Map]7 –…
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Delegation on Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAY 2017 DELEGATION! May 13 – 26, 2017 Incarceration, Detention, and…
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Will Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?
David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016
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New Senate bill threatens free speech
Instead of fighting antisemitism, new Senate bill threatens free speech Jewish Voice for Peace, 06…
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A letter from Gaza to the Natives of Standing Rock
Israa Suliman, WE ARE NOT NUMBERS, November 15, 2016 Dear Native Americans, Although we are…
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Third Palestinian Submission to the International Criminal Court on Gaza Closure
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, November 22, 2016
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A Musical Message from the Children of Gaza to the World
Wael Yazji’s 2007 operetta Ehna, with lyrics by the poet Jamal Darimli Wael Yazji, YouTube,…
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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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2016.10.22 Update: Wisconsin Book Festival: The Way to the Spring
C-SPAN video link: c-span.org/video/?416995-3/ben-ehrenreich-discusses-way-spring Wisconsin Book Festival The Way to the Spring Ben Ehrenreich 10/22/2016…
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2016.10.20: Novelist Ben Ehrenreich on WORT
Thursday, October 20 “A Public Affair” 12:00 – 1:00 pm Allen Ruff’s Thursday guest…
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2016.10.23: UNA-USA Luncheon: Madison: A Tale of Two Cities
Update: The Room No. 4 Exhibit advertised previously will not be available at this event.…
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Israeli Military Blocks Female Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, October 05, 2016 Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed ‘to…
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SOS Women’s Boat to Gaza – Contact Lost
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2016.10.11: Online Panel: Against Israel’s Colonial Tide
Tuesday, October 11 12 noon – 1 pm Central Listen live at http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/livestream Online panel…
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2016.10.06: Film Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!
UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center Red Gym – 2nd Floor 716 Langdon St, Madison, Wisconsin 7:30…
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PHROC Welcomes the Launch of Women’s Boat to Gaza
Al-Haq, 26 September 2016
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Zaytouna-Oliva departs for Gaza
Amal-Hope II to follow soon Women’s Boat to Gaza, Messina, Italy, September 27, 2016 This…
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Zaytouna-Oliva leaves Corsica for Italy
Women’s Boat to Gaza, September 20, 2016
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Gaza-bound flotilla sails off from Spain’s Barcelona
Al Jazeera, 15 Sep 2016
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Barcelona Hosts Women’s Boat to Gaza for their inaugural journey
Women’s Boat to Gaza, September 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain – From September 12-14, the sailing…
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2016.10.15: WNPJ’s 25th Anniversary Fall Assembly Celebration
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice Saturday, October 15, 2016 11:30am to 5pm TBA, Madison,…
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CODEPINK Petition to Veto California Anti-BDS Bill
CODEPINK, August 28, 2016 California’s AB 2844 is an attack on the First Amendment right…
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I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel
The country must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director…
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Poll: Small majority of Palestinians and Israelis support two-state solution
Ma’an News Agency, August 22, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an ) — A small majority of both…
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Dr. Mads Gilbert Has A Prescription For Gaza
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Death threats and detainment: Opposing the Israeli occupation when Palestinian
This article has raised concern about the welfare of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights…
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Israel to crack down further on foreign pro-Palestinian activists
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 8 August 2016
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U.S. criticizes Israeli settlement expansion, demolitions
Ruth Eglash and Carol Morello, The Washington Post, July 28, 2016 JERUSALEM — The Israeli…
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Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S
Palestinian Rights Groups Cheer Berkeley’s Decision to Divest from Private Prisons Friends of Sabeel –…
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Poetry is not a Crime
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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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Second Class Citizens
Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
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Gaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere
Sara Roy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 28, 2016 Palestinians in Gaza are largely…
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Israel releases Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar after imprisonment of 15 months
Khalida Jarrar greets speaks to reporters in her hometown, the West Bank city of Ramallah,…
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Unitarian Majority for Divestment; Presbyterians Take it to the Next Level!
Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 25th, 2016 I cannot remember…
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Israel Lawfare group plans “massive punishments” for activists
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 June 2016
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Jeff Halper on Israel Lawfare group
Jeff Halper, Facebook, June 25, 2016
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Thank Rep. Mark Pocan for Speaking Up for Palestinian Children
Just Foreign Policy, June 21, 2016 Your Representative, Mark Pocan, was one of 20 signers…
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“We’re at a Turning Point”
Josh Ruebner & Tamar Ghabin, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 16th, 2016…
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UW-Madison Graduate Teaching Assistants Call for Divestment from Israel
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Palestinians can’t #LiveThere, So Don’t Go There
Granate Sossnoff, Jewish Voice for Peace, May 24, 2016 This is easy and important. We…
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#RightToBoycott – resisting Israel’s war of repression against BDS
Palestinian BDS National Committee, Jun 6, 2016
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FREEDOM TO MOVE, FREEDOM TO BOYCOTT
Jewish Voice for Peace On May 9th, 2016 the Israeli government confirmed that it has…
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We’ve Reached a Milestone
Dear Friend, This is very exciting! We are witnessing a benchmark moment in the fight…
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Jennifer Loewenstein: Zionism Is ‘A Particularly Pernicious Form Of Nationalism’
Dr. Milena Rampoldi, MintPress News, June 2, 2016 A boy carries a wreath with posters…
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Israel’s Global War Web and a One-State Solution
Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, The Progressive, May 10, 2016 Jeff Halper, anthropologist and Israeli peace activist, does…
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2016.05.04: An Evening with Jeff Halper
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:00 pm DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 330 N. Orchard…
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Congressional representatives urge investigation of human rights violations by Israel and Egypt
This is a big deal. Senator Patrick Leahy, along with 10 Congressional representatives, has written…
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2016.04.07: Linda Sarsour on Racial Justice & Interfaith Cooperation
7:00 – 9:00 pm The Crossing 1127 University Ave. Madison, WI Linda Sarsour is a…
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2016.04.05: Noga Kadman on Erased from Space and Consciousness
Noga Kadman speaks about her book Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated…
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Remembering Rachel Corrie
March 16 marked 13 years since 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to…
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AIPAC Anti-BDS Legislation
AIPAC and their right-wing allies are coming for our right to boycott — and they’re…
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Landmark G4S Boycott Victory
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2016
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Identity Crisis: the Israeli ID System
Visualizing Palestine creates data-driven tools to advance a factual, rights-based narrative of the Palestinian-Israeli issue.…
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2016.02.22: Panel: Does Free Speech Apply to the Conversation on Israel?
Jewish Voice for Peace members in the Madison area are hosting an exciting event which…
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#CancelPinkwashing: Creating Change Conference 2016 Statement
Tarab NYC, January 19, 2016 We know that military occupation, ethnic cleansing, racism, and colonialism…
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NYC Cultural Boycott Pledge
Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, November 17, 2015 Adalah-NY is…
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2015.11.19: In Solidarity: From Ferguson to Mexico to Palestine
Thursday, November 19, 2015 7 p.m. Sterling Hall 1310 Ahmed Hamad is a Palestinian activist…
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Are You a Progressive for Palestine?
Josh Ruebner, US Campaign to End the Occupation, October 30, 2015 If so, click here…
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Two establishment Jews endorse boycott of Israel and “single state”
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 24, 2015
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Demanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi
“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…
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2015.09.18-19: Fighting Bob Fest
Fighting Bob Fest is right around the corner and MRSCP is preparing some fun activities…
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