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Mar 3, 2026

Union Solidarity with Palestine
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America and the Autonomous Collective of Dockworkers in…
Gaza War, genocide, Israel, labor, solidarity, unions
In Israel, ‘animals in human form’ may be killed
TAMIR SOREK, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 31, 2025
colonialism, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, racism, Zionism
Only 3% Of Jewish Israelis Think Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan For Gaza Is Immoral
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, FEB 05, 2025
apartheid, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Palestinian, racism, Trump
Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
Peter Beaumont and Alice Speri, The Guardian, 1 Sep 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Trump, United States
Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss luxury ‘Gaza riviera’ plan
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian, 24 Jul 2025
Bezalel Smotrich, Daniella Weiss, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, settlers, Trump, United States
The genocide in Gaza is ‘another level of annihilation’
Marah Abdel Jaber, Prism, August 26, 2025
civilians, doctors, Dr. Mimi Syed, Gaza War, genocide, Israel
U.S. halts visitor visas for Palestinian medical evacuees
Neha Madhira, Prism, August 28, 2025
civilians, Gaza War, Israel, United States, wounded
2025.09.04: David Rovics and Kamala Emmanuel in Madison!
Muso, 2040 Winnebago Street, 7 pm
calendar, free speech, Gaza War, human rights, Israel, Madison, Palestine, United States
The keffiyeh and pro-Palestinian campus protests
Aariz Ahmed, Special to the Cap Times, Aug 25, 2025
Cap Times, colleges & universities, free speech, Gaza War, Israel, Palestine, protest, United States, UW-Madison
2025.08.31: Join CODEPINK & World Beyond War in a Madison Flotilla!
James Madison Park, 614 E Gorham St, Madison, 3 PM
aid, blockade, calendar, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Global Sumud Flotilla, Israel, Madison, protest, solidarity
Egypt Isn’t Starving Gaza – Israel Is
MUHAMMAD SHEHADA, ZETEO, AUG 28, 2025
aid, blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, Rafah
Do you know how much a US GHF contractor is getting paid in Gaza?
Umer Bin Ajmal, TRT World, May 27, 2025
aid, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, Israel, starvation, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United States
“This is Eternal Displacement”: Israeli Onslaught on Gaza City Forcing Thousands to Flee With Nowhere to Go
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 27, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, Israel
Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism
The Onion, August 27, 2025
Al Jazeera, Gaza War, Israel, journalists, war crimes
Democratic National Committee Votes Down Weapons Embargo on Israel
Institute for Middle East Understanding, Aug 28, 2025
arms, BDS, boycott, Democratic Party, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Palestine
Democratic National Committee Resolution 18
Barb Olson, Aug 26, 2025
arms, BDS, boycott, Democratic Party, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Palestine
A DNC Member Is Calling for an Arms Embargo on Israel. Will the Party Leadership Listen?
ZOYA ALAM, THE NATION, AUG 26, 2025
arms, BDS, boycott, Democratic Party, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Palestine, United States
Why Can Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League Lie With Impunity?
Peter Beinart, Aug 25, 2025
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, Israel, Israel Lobby, media, Palestine, Peter Beinart, United States
Egyptian Officials In New York Beat Two Gaza Protesters, then Police Arrested the Protesters
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, August 22 2025
blockade, Egypt, Gaza War, Israel, protest, Rafah, United States, violence
“The Other Territory” – The West Bank on NPR
This American Life, NPR, August 22, 2025
Ali Awad, ethnic cleansing, Hebron, Israel, Masafer Yatta, nonprofits, settlers, travel, Tuba, violence, Walid Ahmad, West Bank
Al-Mughayir suffers mass uprooting of 8,000 olive trees and more
eye.on.palestine, Aug 22, 2025
Al-Mughayir, ethnic cleansing, Israel, violence, West Bank
Israeli military uproots thousands of Palestinian olive trees in West Bank
Al Jazeera, 23 Aug 2025
Al-Mughayir, ethnic cleansing, Israel, olive trees, West Bank
Israel Is Forcing Parents in Gaza to Watch Their Children Die of Hunger
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 22, 2025
blockade, children, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, war crimes
Demand Congress stop U.S. military aid to Israel
The Intercept Voices, Aug 22, 2025
arms, Gaza War, Israel, starvation, United States
2025.08.24: Sweet Corn Sale for Gaza Aid!
Madison Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, 6:30 – 7:15 pm
aid, blockade, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, starvation
A genocide, manufactured in Wisconsin
JULIAN COOPER, TONE MADISON, AUGUST 18, 2025
arms, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Oshkosh Corp, United States, Wisconsin
Mass starvation in Gaza is the great horror of our age
Patrick Cockburn, The i Paper, July 25, 2025
aid, blockade, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, war crimes
Fears in Gaza City over planned Israeli invasion
CNN, August 18, 2025
Gaza City, Gaza War, Israel
Deprivation By Design
Visualizing Palestine, Aug 19, 2025
aid, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, Israel, starvation, United States, war crimes
Cisco: sever ties with genocide
Ekō, Aug 18, 2025
AI, BDS, boycott, Cisco, Gaza War, genocide, Israel
Israel plots slow motion genocide in West Bank
OWEN JONES, AUG 18, 2025
annexation, ethnic cleansing, Israel, West Bank
New U.S. Report On Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91% Shorter
Nick Turse, The Intercept, August 13 2025
Gaza War, genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Lobby, journalists, violence, West Bank
On Anas al-Sharif: An examination of the pretexts to justify murder
MOUIN RABBANI, AUG 16, 2025
Al Jazeera, Anas al-Sharif, Gaza War, Israel, journalists, Mouin Rabbani, war crimes
Journalists Facing Hunger Tell Gaza’s Story of Starvation
Nour Abu Rokba, Institute for Palestine Studies, July 31 2025
civilians, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, journalists, starvation, war crimes
House Democrats take summer vacation with AIPAC in Israel
MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 14, 2025
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Congress, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, United States, West Bank
‘Legitimization Cell’: Israeli unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, August 14, 2025
Gaza War, Hamas, hasbara, Israel, journalists, propaganda
2025.08.17: Guilt Not Required: Palestinian Prisoners, Hostages, and Detainees
Online, 2 PM CT
calendar, detainees, Gaza, hostages, Israel, online, Palestine, prisoners, West Bank
2025.08.16: Testimony by British Surgeon of Starving and Shooting Gaza Children
Online, 11 AM CT
calendar, children, doctors, Dr. Nick Maynard, Gaza War, health, Israel, online, war crimes
In This Palestinian Christian Village, the Hypocrisy of Christian Zionism is Unmistakable
DELANEY NOLAN, ZETEO, AUG 14, 2025
apartheid, Christianity, Huckabee, Israel, Israel Lobby, settlers, United States, violence, West Bank, Zionism
Lindsey Graham on Why America Should Support Israel
Republican Party of South Carolina, Aug 13, 2025
Christianity, Gaza War, genocide, GOP, Hamas, Islam, Israel, Israel Lobby, Lindsey Graham, religion, Trump, United States
Hundreds of Former Israeli Spies Are Working in Big Tech
MURTAZA HUSSAIN, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 13, 2025
Israel, Palestine, surveillance, tech, United States
2025.08.07-28: Free Watermelon & Flyers from CODEPINK
Weekly through August, Willy St & Blair St, 4:30 pm, RSVP
calendar, Gaza War, Israel, Madison, Palestine, protest, United States
Israeli settlers are taking over Hebron city!
Friends of Hebron, August 13, 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, Hebron, Israel, settlers, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, August 6, 2025
civilians, Gaza War, Israel, Microsoft, surveillance, war crimes
2025.08.14: How Anti-Palestinian Repression is Building Authoritarianism in America
WORT 89.9 FM, 12-1 pm. Call in at 608-256-2001.
authoritarianism, calendar, censorship, free speech, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, United States
The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City
ABDEL QADER SABBAH and SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 11, 2025
Anas al-Sharif, Gaza War, Israel, journalists, war crimes
Only 1.5% of Gaza cropland left for starving Palestinians due to Israel’s war, UN says
Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, 6 Aug 2025
blockade, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, United Nations (UN), war crimes
Genocide and Genocide Denial
MOUIN RABBANI, AUG 10, 2025: A Tale of Two Genocides
Gaza War, genocide, Holocaust, Israel, Jews, Mouin Rabbani, Palestine, Palestinians
2025.08.12: Join Gaza phone bank with Cynthia Nixon, Denée Benton, and Morgan Spector
Online, 9 AM CT
aid, arms, blockade, calendar, Congress, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, United States, war crimes
Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, Netanyahu says
Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, and Christian Edwards, CNN, Aug 7, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, occupation
US speaker Mike Johnson says West Bank belongs to Jews ‘by right’
JEREMY SHARON, Times Of Israel, 4 August 2025
ethnic cleansing, Israel, Israel Lobby, Judea, religion, Samaria, United States, West Bank
Zionists on Israeli Genocide
Corey Robin, Aug 4, 2025
Gaza War, genocide, Israel
Petition Ireland to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Ekō, Aug 6, 2025
apartheid, BDS, boycott, Ireland, Israel, occupation, petition, settlers, take action, West Bank
Detention Designed to Crush Body and Mind
ANDREA UMBRELLO, THE PROGRESSIVE, AUGUST 5, 2025
detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza, health, hostages, human rights, Israel, prisoners, torture, war crimes
2025.08.06: Video Exposing the U.S. Role in the Gaza Genocide
Online, 6 PM CT, YouTube
arms, calendar, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Mouin Rabbani, online, propaganda, United Nations (UN), United States, video
Settler Walks Free, As Israel Holds Body of Murdered Palestinian Hostage
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, AUG 06, 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, online, settlers, take action, Umm Al Kheir, United States, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
2025.08.07-10.30 Thursdays: No War/No Genocide Vigils
Weekly through October, NE Corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
calendar, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Madison
July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
antisemitism, Awdah Hathleen, B’Tselem, blockade, Columbia, donors, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem Declaration, Mohammad Shalabi, Netanyahu, Rachel Corrie, Rashid Khalidi, Saif Musallet, Shireen Abu Akleh, starvation, West Bank, Yinon Levi
Top UNICEF Official Says Gaza Children ‘Being Starved’ by Israel
Jon Queally , COMMON DREAMS, August 2, 2025
aid, blockade, children, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, United Nations (UN), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United States
2025.08.05: Emergency Webinar and Call to Action for Umm Il-Kheir!
Online, 12 PM CT
Awdah Hathleen, calendar, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, online, settlers, take action, Umm Al Kheir, United States, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
Listen to Awdah Hathaleen’s last message of solidarity
Green Olive Collective, Aug 1, 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, settlers, take action, Umm Al Kheir, United States, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
Support for Umm al-Kheir, the Community of Awdah Hathaleen
Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee, Aug 4, 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, settlers, take action, Umm Al Kheir, United States, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
Is Israel’s Depravity the Response or the Cause?
Caitlin Johnstone, Aug 4, 2025
Caitlin Johnstone, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, Israel, October 7, Piers Morgan
American Nurse Who Tried To Save “No Other Land” Activist Was Detained And Deported By Israel
Sanya Mansoor, The Intercept, August 1, 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, settlers, Umm Al Kheir, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
In Gaza, Hunger Has Overtaken Bombs as Israel’s Cruelest Weapon
Heba Almaqadma, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 30, 2025
civilians, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation
Emergency call to action in solidarity with Umm Il-Kheir
The residents of Umm Il-Kheir, Aug 1, 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, settlers, take action, Umm Al Kheir, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
The Killing of Awdah Hathaleen by a West Bank Settler
CAROLINA PEDRAZZI, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 01, 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, settlers, Umm Al Kheir, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
2025.08.12: The Judaization of the Holy City
Online, 12 Noon CT
annexation, calendar, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Israel, Jerusalem
Update: Senate votes on weapons to Israel
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), July 30, 2025
arms, Congress, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, United States, war crimes
2025.08.02: Feed Gaza Protest
Capitol Square at State St, 10-11 am
aid, calendar, colonialism, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Madison, protest, Socialist Horizon, starvation
Israeli forces storm Umm Al-Khair and Tuba and arrest 14
Youth of Sumud, July 30, 2025
Ali Awad, Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Khirbet al-Tuba, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, settlers, Umm Al Kheir, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi, Youth of Sumud
The One Word That Can Get You Banned on Social Media
THE FEED, JUL 29, 2025
censorship, free speech, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Israel Lobby, media, tech
Milwaukee Solidarity Flotilla shows support for letting aid into Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 29, 2025
aid, blockade, CODEPINK, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Handala, Israel, starvation
OUR GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING NOW
B’Tselem, July 2025
B’Tselem, blockade, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, war crimes
Israeli Human Rights Group Says Israel Is Committing Genocide. Why Did It Take 22 Months?
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, JUL 28, 2025
B’Tselem, blockade, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation, war crimes
Call on UW-Madison to Revoke the Suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine!
Students for Justice in Palestine at UW-Madison, July 25, 2025
colleges & universities, free speech, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), take action, United States, UW-Madison
Palestinian activist who worked on film ‘No Other Land’ killed in occupied West Bank
Middle East Eye staff, 28 July 2025
Awdah Hathleen, ethnic cleansing, film, Israel, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, settlers, Umm Al Kheir, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
Palestine coverage scares off nonprofit news funders
Nicole Froio, Prism, July 23, 2025
donors, free speech, Gaza War, Israel, journalists, media, United States, West Bank
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
B’Tselem, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Physicans for Human Rights – Israel
Adalah Demands Immediate Release of 21 Activists Aboard the ‘Handala’
Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, 27/07/2025
aid, blockade, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Handala, Israel, starvation
The End of Hasbara?
MOUIN RABBANI, JUL 26, 2025
Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, Israel, Mouin Rabbani, propaganda
Desperate for Fuel in Gaza
MARK HERTSGAARD, THE NATION, JULY 24, 2025
blockade, fuel, Gaza War, health, hospitals, Israel
2025.07.25-26: Neighborhood Small Business Sale for Gaza Aid
2906 Tucson Trail, Madison, 9 am – 4 pm
aid, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison
James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 18, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, United States
“Antisemitism is rising to dangerous levels!”
Caitlin Johnstone, Jul 20, 2025
aid, antisemitism, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Israel Lobby
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
aid, blockade, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, starvation
More deaths than Kishinev, Sharpeville or Bloody Sunday. Every Day.
Peter Beinart, JUL 21, 2025
Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Peter Beinart
2025.07.20: Madison bike riders raise over $15K for humanitarian aid in Gaza
Sam Swartz, WMTV 15, Jul. 20, 2025
aid, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), Palestine, Ride for Palestine
2025.07.20: Big Ride for Palestine
Donations open through August!
aid, calendar, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), Palestine, project, Ride for Palestine
AOC Is A Genocidal Con Artist
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUL 19, 2025
arms, Congress, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, United States
Israel Imposes No-Build Zone in Southern Lebanon
JEREMY LOFFREDO, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 18, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, home demolition, Israel, Lebanon
2025.07.22: Education in a Time of Genocide
Online, 11 am CT
calendar, colleges & universities, free speech, Gaza, genocide, Israel, Palestine, United States
2025.07.16-31: Code Pink Madison Brings Free Watermelon + Flyers!
Wednesdays at Madison Capitol Square, 16 N Carroll St. Thursdays at Willy and Blair Streets.…
calendar, CODEPINK, Gaza War, Israel, Madison, settlers
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
citizen, Israel, murder, settlers, United States, violence, West Bank
Father of Slain Palestinian-American’s Message for Trump: ‘Why Aren’t You Putting America First?’
PREM THAKKER AND TEAM ZETEO, ZETEO, JUL 15, 2025
citizen, Israel, murder, settlers, United States, violence, West Bank
New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
Airbnb, Amazon, Blackrock, BP, Caterpillar, Chevron, economy, Elbit Systems, FANUC Inc, Gaza War, genocide, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Hyundai, IBM, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Maersk, Microsoft, MIT, Palantir, Vanguard, Volvo
Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
Alana Wise, NPR, JULY 12, 2025
blockade, citizen, Israel, murder, settlers, United States, violence, West Bank
Statement of Youth of Sumud
The villages of Masafer Yatta are now facing daily violent attacks from settlers . .…
Cassandra Dixon, ethnic cleansing, Israel, Masafer Yatta, Palestine, settlers, violence, West Bank
2025.07.17: ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Events
Wisconsin Capitol Square, 12 – 2:30 pm. Cookout at Olin Park, 4 – 7 pm.
calendar, democracy, free speech, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Madison, Palestine, protest
Jewish Council of Australia Rejects Special Envoy’s Antisemitism Plan
10 July, 2025
antisemitism, free speech, Gaza War, genocide, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, racism