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Israel

Aug 26, 2026

Our Tax Dollars at Work: Destroying a Palestinian Family’s Home and Livelihood
Al Fakheit is one of 12 villages located in the Masafer Yatta area that Israel…
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Omar Assad, a long-time Milwaukee resident, found dead in West Bank after detention by Israeli soldiers
His family wants an investigation Mourners carry the body of Omar Assad during his funeral…
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Palestinian-American man, 80, found dead after Israeli raid in West Bank
BBC News Services, January 13, 2022
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ADC Statement on Sanctioned Israeli Murder of Palestinian American
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | January 13, 2022 – The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)…
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BREAKING: HISHAM WILL BE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY!
Jewish Voice for Peace, January 4, 2022 We are overjoyed that he will return to…
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Human rights defenders targeted by Israel launch joint website
Online Hub Provides Information and Calls to Action Aimed at Reversing Ban on Six Palestinian…
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Beauty pageant boycott
Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, December 9, 2021
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Why US lawmakers should witness the Israeli occupation firsthand
Nasser Nawajah, +972 Magazine, December 8, 2021
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‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Erum Salam, The Guardian, 7 Dec 2021
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Settler attacks on Palestinians more than double in two years
Middle East Eye, 4 October 2021
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2021.12.08: “Reality Under Apartheid” Virtual Tour
10 am Central Time If Not Now and the Palestine Institute of Public Diplomacy (PIPD)…
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More Withdraw from the Miss Universe Pageant in Israel
Miss Universe Greece is not the only contestant who will be a no-show at the…
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New York Times Op-ed on BDS
November 22, 2021 I’m writing to share some news: a few hours ago, The New…
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Tell Justin Bieber to Cancel his Performance in Apartheid Israel
Codepink Petition Pop star Justin Bieber is scheduled to perform in Israel on October 13,…
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Vermonters for Justice in Palestine #StandWithThe6
Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, November 16, 2021 Our own Executive Director, Reverend Mark Davidson,…
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Miriam Adelson picks up where late husband and GOP kingmaker left off
Eli Clifton, RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT, NOVEMBER 8, 2021
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Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source
Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye, 15 November 2021
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Escalating surveillance calls for escalated action: #StandWiththe6
News broke today that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been detected on phones of six Palestinian…
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Israeli NSO’s Pegasus spyware used to hack Palestinian activists’ phones
Wow. @ronenbergman confirms that Israel rushed to classify the 6 Palestinian civil society orgs as…
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Legal victory against Israeli seizure of the Tahrir
Dear friends and supporters, We have some major news! Finally, after 10 years, the Israeli…
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