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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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2017.01.21: Women’s March on Madison

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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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