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human rights

Jul 26, 2026

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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