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Jul 25, 2026
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
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Dylan Saba, Jewish Currents, May 25, 2023
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New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
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2025.07.17: ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Events
Wisconsin Capitol Square, 12 – 2:30 pm. Cookout at Olin Park, 4 – 7 pm.
Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Masafer Yatta, The Guardian, 7 Jul 2025
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Elijah J Magnier, Jul 3, 2025
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Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State
Chris Lehmann, The Nation, Jul 02, 2025
In a boost to BDS, UK Co-op divests from Israel
Middle East Monitor, Jun 25, 2025
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Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
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Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
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2025.06.29: “The Moral Issue of Our Time: Palestine”
Online, 2:30-4:00 PM CT
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2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
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SOPHIE BATES AND PHILIP MARCELO, AP, June 20, 2025
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2025.06.12-19: Global March to Gaza
Egypt to Gaza
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Israeli Forces Target Journalists’ Tent at Al Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, June 5, 2025
No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign
June 4, 2025
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As Israel Slaughters Gazans, US House Progressives Push ‘Block the Bombs Act’
JESSICA CORBETT, COMMON DREAMS, Jun 05, 2025
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The Village of Khallet al Dabaa in Masafer Yatta Needs Your Help
May 27, 2025
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Gaza Stripped: The Colonial Isolation Of Gaza
Visualizing Palestine, May, 2025
