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human rights
Dec 7, 2025
Amira 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…
Message from Bertrand Russell
to the International Conference of Parlimentarians Cairo, February 1970 The New York Times, February 23,…
The Shabak: “We are above the Law”
Life under occupation Yael Barda, Occupation Magazine, July 7 2005 Yesterday I had a fascinating…
United Church of Christ General Synod Resolution: Tear Down the Wall
2005 United Church of Christ Synod Tear Down the Wall – Resolution of Witness Submitted…
Another US church mulls divestment
Sam Ser, THE JERUSALEM POST, July 1, 2005 The United Church of Christ is to…
Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Forces Prisons
Dear all, I received disturbing news about prisoners in IOF prisons in Israel. 30-year-old, Salameh…
Incitement in Palestinian Textbooks a “Myth”
Palestine Media Center (PMC), June 11, 2005 In a report titled “The Myth of Incitement…
Grandpa’s Battered Radio
Ramzy Baroud, AntiWar.com, June 7, 2005 "Ramzy, I must admit it, it’s so hard being…
Mezan Center is Key Partner in Palestine
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, May 9, 2005 Madison — The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)…
Statewide Academic Union Calls for University of Wisconsin Israel Divestment
Al-Awda, The Electronic Intifada, 27 April 2005
April 30, 2005
Madison Community SederSt. Mark’s Lutheran Chapel 605 Spruce St., Madison 7:00 PM This season of Passover is…
University of Wisconsin Investments and Social Responsibility
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA) of UW-Madison debated a resolution…
Know When To Say “No”: A Call For Divestment From The Israeli Occupation
Shamai Leibowitz, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March 2005
An Israeli Refuser’s Message for Peace
Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, March 7, 2005 On Saturday I sat with other members of…
Board of Regents must support divestment
FAYYAD SBAIHAT, Badger Herald, Mar 3, 2005 The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents…
March 4-5, 2005
Yonatan Shapira, Israeli RefusenikMarch 4, 6:00 PM, Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society building, 2010 Whenona Drive,…
From churches, a challenge to Israeli policies
Some may wield an old financial tool – divestment – to register concern about peace…
November 10, 2004,
Refuseniks Noam Bahat and Shimri ZameretFirst Unitarian Church University Bay Drive 7:00 pm We will be hosting a program with…
Palestine: the Assault on Health and Other War Crimes
PERSONAL VIEWS British Medical Journal, October 16, 2004 Does the death of an Arab weigh…
September 20-24, 2004
WHEELS OF JUSTICE TOURBRINGING THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND PALESTINE TO MADISON On September 20th and 24th, the…
US bulldozer firm in Mid-East row
A leading UN official has warned US manufacturer Caterpillar that it may be complicit in…
Gila Svirsky: Working to break the silence
6/6/2004 Friends, Last week probably set a record for demonstrations in Israel against the…
Statement by European Jews for a Just Peace
Paris, 22 May 2004 We, European citizens from ten European countries gathered in Paris for…
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Sleeping on a bus and more
Mazin Qumsiyeh, 5/9/2004 Here is something to inspire you. Read this. It will help you…
May 25, 2004
SILENT VIGIL & MARCH FOR ATROCITIES IN RAFAH!Please check out this site for the latest news on Rafah: www.palestinemonitor.org The Madison chapter…
April 20, 2004
Muli Linder, Israeli RefusenikThe Crossing 1127 University Ave., Madison 7:00 pm Muli Linder, an Israeli refusenik who is…
Return to Rafah: Journey to a land out of bounds
Jennifer Loewenstein, The Electronic Intifada, 17 February 2004
Where day to day living has had its heart cut out
Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 19 January 2004 Abu Dis — Fatina Zen stayed until the…
And the twins died
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, 1/9/04 The twin girls died one after the other. The first to…
The hope of Shatila
The Geneva accord won’t bring peace because it signs away the rights of Palestinian refugees…
Israel’s New Citizenship Law
Jewish Peace News, 10 Aug 2003 [Israel’s new citizenship law, passed recently by a wide…
Torturing innocent children and women
Mohammed Omer, Rafah Today, 8 Aug 2003 Everyone in Palestine tastes the Occupation crimes, this…
Removing the witnesses
Israel’s crackdown on international peace activists raises grave concerns. Muna Hamzeh, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 May…
