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Mar 3, 2026

Tell Your Senators to Oppose the IHRA Antisemitism Awareness Act
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 4, 2025
antisemitism, free speech, Israel, Israel Lobby, law, United States
2025.03.13: A Conversation with Mazin Qumsiyeh
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
apartheid, calendar, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, human rights, Israel, occupation, online, settlers, West Bank
2025.03.12: A Conversation with Issa Amro and Jeff Halper
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
apartheid, calendar, colonialism, democracy, detainees, equality, ethnic cleansing, Freedom Flotilla, genocide, Hebron, home demolition, human rights, Israel, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), justice, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian Authority (PA), settlers, travel, West Bank, Zionism
Tell your Senators to reject Mike Huckabee for Ambassador to Israel
Action Network, Mar 4, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, United States, West Bank
2025.03.12: #BoycottChevron for Human Rights and Planet Earth
Online, 12 PM Central, 8 PM Palestine
apartheid, BDS, boycott, calendar, Chevron, colonialism, corporations, environment, genocide, Israel, online, Palestine, United States
‘Stop the Ethnic Cleansing’: the Most Powerful Oscars Speech in Years
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, MAR 02, 2025
ethnic cleansing, film, home demolition, Israel, Masafer Yatta, Oscar, Palestine, settlers, violence, West Bank
‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 2025
ethnic cleansing, film, home demolition, Israel, Masafer Yatta, Oscar, Palestine, settlers, violence, West Bank
‘No Other Land’ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
ethnic cleansing, film, home demolition, Israel, Masafer Yatta, Oscar, Palestine, settlers, violence, West Bank
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza to change ceasefire deal
Julian Borger, The Guardian, 2 Mar 2025
aid, blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Egypt, Gaza War, hostages, Israel, United States
Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Egypt, Gaza War, Hamas, Israel, Rafah, Return
The State of the Gaza “Ceasefire” and an Interview with Hezbollah
JEREMY SCAHILL AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 28, 2025
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Netanyahu, Trump
Families rejoice as hundreds of Palestinian hostages are freed
Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, Feb 27, 2025
aid, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza War, hostages, Israel, torture
2025.03.16: March for Peace in the St Patrick’s Day Parade
Madison, 1 pm
calendar, Gaza War, Ireland, Israel, Madison, peace, United States, West Bank
2025.03.15: War Tax Resistance Workshop
Wil-Mar Center, 504 S. Brearly St, Madison, 1-4 pm
arms, calendar, Gaza War, Israel, Madison, protest, taxes
2025.03.08: Anti-War Cafe
Noon – 3 pm
BDS, boycott, calendar, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Madison, Palestine, West Bank
MECA Update on the West Bank
Feb 27, 2025
aid, education, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Jenin, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), settlers, travel, Tulkarem, Tulkarm, West Bank
Netanyahu only ever saw the hostages as his path back to genocide
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 26 February 2025
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, hostages, Israel, Jonathan Cook, prisoners, propaganda
2025.03.19: “My Name is Rachel Corrie”
Winona State University, Minnesota
calendar, colleges & universities, Coulee Region, Gaza, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel, La Crosse, Palestine, Rachel Corrie, solidarity, United States, violence, Winona State University, women
How To Erase a People
uncivilized, Feb 17, 2025
colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, indigenous, Israel, Native American, Palestine, United States, video
Contact Your Senators Now to Stop More US Weapons to Israel
Peace Action of Wisconsin, February 25, 2025
arms, Gaza War, Israel, take action, United States, West Bank
The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 24, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Hamas, Israel, Netanyahu, Trump, United States
A Letter to Donald Trump From Gaza
ABUBAKER ABED, ZETEO, FEB 23, 2025
arms, Biden, blockade, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Jerusalem, Nakba, Trump, United States
Upcoming Andaleeb Cartonera Bookmaking Workshops
Make a book cover for Palestine and Gaza!
Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Palestine, settlers, violence, West Bank
Palestinians forced to flee US-armed Israeli military in West Bank
Tamara Nassar, Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Iron Wall, Israel, Jenin, Nur Shams, settlers, West Bank
Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Voices For Justice in Palestine, Feb 21, 2025
annexation, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Iron Wall, Israel, Jenin, settlers, Tubas, Tulkarem, Tulkarm, West Bank
Living in the Open
Hossam Shabat and Rasha Abou Jalal, الصحفي حسام شبات, Drop Site News, Feb 20, 2025
blockade, Gaza War, Israel, refugees, Return
Israel releases video of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
CALL 2 ACTION NOW (@call2actionnow), Feb 19, 2025
detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza War, Israel, prisoners
If You Only Watch One Thing Today
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, FEB 14, 2025
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel, refugees, Return
Petition to U.S. for the release of Dr. Abu Safiya
Drop Site News, Feb 16, 2025
detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza War, health, hostages, human rights, Israel, prisoners, torture, war crimes
Dr. Abu Safiya Reports Torture and Severe Abuses in Israeli Custody
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 11 February 2025
Al Mezan, detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza War, health, hostages, human rights, Israel, prisoners, torture, war crimes
Netanyahu refuses mobile homes and earthmovers for Gaza
The Times of Israel, Feb 16, 2025
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel, Netanyahu, Return
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
aid, Gaza War, Grassroots, Israel, Maia, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, project, refugees, Return, water
2025.03.21-30: Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), February 10, 2025
apartheid, calendar, colonialism, culture, Israel, justice, Palestine, protest
2025.02.25: Lessons from Anti-Apartheid Struggles
Online 11 am – 12 pm CT
apartheid, calendar, Israel, online, Palestine, solidarity, South Africa, United States
Hamas Says It Will Release Israeli Captives After Aid Surge
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, February 13, 2025
aid, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Hamas, hostages, Israel, violence
‘No to ethnic cleansing’
Maya Yang, The Guardian, 13 Feb 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Jews, Palestine, Peter Beinart, Trump, United States
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Details Torture in Israeli Detention
The Palestine Chronicle, February 12, 2025
detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Free Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, Gaza War, human rights, Israel, sanction
2025.02.14: Ilan Pappe on WORT
12 noon – 1 pm
audio, calendar, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Ilan Pappé, Israel, Israel Lobby, United States, West Bank, WORT 89.9 FM
After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
blockade, Gaza War, Israel, Jenin, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), travel, West Bank
Israel’s secret plan to transfer Palestinians more than 50 years ago
Amer Sultan, Middle East Monitor, February 2, 2025
Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Israel, resistance, Return, United Kingdom, United States
Trump’s looking to build another resort
It certainly won’t be a holiday for the Palestinians
aid, Gaza War, Israel, Palestine, refugees, Return, Trump
From Greenland to Gaza: The New American Imperialism
Peter Beinart, Feb 5, 2025
Canada, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Greenland, imperialism, Israel, Israel Lobby, Netanyahu, Palestine, Panama, Peter Beinart, Sisi, United States
‘We’ll Own It’: Trump Floats US Takeover of Gaza after Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Feb 04, 2025
aid, blockade, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Netanyahu, Palestine, Ramzy Baroud, Return, Trump, United Nations (UN), United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
Statement from ADC on President Trump’s Remarks on Gaza
Feb 5, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, human rights, Israel, Trump
The United States Has a Moral and Legal Obligation to Rebuild Gaza and Protect Its People
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
aid, blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Return, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
2025.01.27 Update: Madison Event to Support a Gaza Family
Students for Justice in Palestine – UW Madison, Jan 25, 2025
calendar, Gaza War, Israel, Madison, online, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
2025.02.14: Voices for Justice in Academia
Online, 10 am CT
calendar, censorship, colleges & universities, education, free speech, Gaza War, Israel, justice, online
2025.02.13: The Other Side of the Wall: West Bank Stories of Colonization and Sumud
Online, 6-7:30 pm CT
annexation, calendar, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Israel, online, settlers, violence, West Bank
Trump, in shock announcement, says U.S. wants to take over Gaza Strip
Reuters, February 4, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Netanyahu, Return, Trump, United States
The New York Times and Others Respond to Trump
Trump promises to turn Gaza into ‘the Riviera of the Middle East,’ Feb 4, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, media, Return, Trump, United States
International Fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu Goes to Washington
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 04, 2025
Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Israel, Jordan, Mouin Rabbani, Netanyahu, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Trump, United States, West Bank
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
DEMOCRACY NOW! FEB 04, 2025
Basel Adra, Israel, Masafer Yatta, settlers, violence, West Bank
Pro-Israel AI Bot Goes Off the Rails
Noor Al-Sibai, Futurism, February 1, 2025
AI, bot, Gaza War, hasbara, Israel, Palestine, propaganda
“Operation Wrath of Zion” in New York City
JACK POULSON, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 30, 2025
free speech, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, protest, students, United States, visas
They’re trying to deport vigils for murdered Palestinian kids
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, JAN 30, 2025
colleges & universities, free speech, Gaza War, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, protest, students, United States, visas
2025.02.06 Update: RSVP for Norm Finkelstein at UW-Madison
RSVP for guaranteed admission
apartheid, calendar, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Norman Finkelstein, video
Israel Escalates West Bank Assault, Invading Across the North
MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 31, 2025
blockade, Gaza War, Israel, Jenin, Jericho, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tamoun, Tubas, Tulkarem, Tulkarm, West Bank
Holy Redemption: Stealing Palestinian Land
TRT World, Sep 18, 2024
ethnic cleansing, Israel, settlers, video, violence, West Bank
Situation across West Bank ‘really catastrophic’: Palestinian activist
Al Jazeera English, Jan 23, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, Jenin, settlers, West Bank
Update: Replace Palestinian Families’ Sheep
Jan 30, 2025 Update
aid, ethnic cleansing, Grassroots, Israel, Madison, Masafer Yatta, MRSCP, project, settlers, sheep, take action, violence, West Bank
Replace Tuba Property Destroyed by Settlers
Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), Jan 30, 2025
Israel, Masafer Yatta, project, settlers, Tuba, violence, West Bank
‘$50m condoms for Gaza’: the US promotes deranged lie
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, JAN 29, 2025
aid, blockade, Gaza War, genocide, Hind Rajab, Israel, media, paramedics, Trump, United States, war crimes
“A City of Ghosts” — Returning to Rafah to Find Death and Destruction
ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 29, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, Return
Occupied West Bank: Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing
Mohammad Hureini, Jan 28, 2025
ethnic cleansing, Israel, Masafer Yatta, settlers, Tuba, violence, West Bank
’Colossal Failure:’ Israel Made Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worse
TEAM ZETEO, JAN 28, 2025
aid, Gaza War, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, starvation
The Beginning of the Great Return
Good Shepherd Collective, Jan 27, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, refugees, Return
Thousands Return to Gaza City
The Scottish Sun, Jan 27, 2025
Gaza City, Gaza War, Israel, refugees, Return
Thousands Head North
On Demand News, Jan 27, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, refugees, Return
A day of glory, a day of pride
Middle East Eye, Jan 27, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, refugees, Return
Thousands returning to the north of Gaza
ITV News, Jan 27, 2025
Gaza War, Israel, refugees, Return
2025.01.29 Update: Nakba Film “Tantura” in Madison
World Beyond War UW-Madison and Veterans for Peace – Madison
calendar, ethnic cleansing, film, Gaza War, Israel, Madison, Nakba, Palestine, West Bank
Wisconsin Coalition For Justice In Palestine Looks Beyond The Ceasefire
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jan 24, 2025
arms, Biden, Blinken, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, freedom, Gaza War, genocide, human rights, Israel, United States
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory
Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, 26 Jan 2025
arms, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Return, Trump, United States
MRSCP Statement On Gaza Ceasefire
Jan 25, 2025
aid, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, news, settlers, West Bank
Israel Is Blocking 11 American Doctors and Nurses From Leaving Gaza
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, JAN 25, 2025
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, doctors, Gaza War, hostages, Israel, United States
The New York Times Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide
JOYCE AJLOUNY, THE NATION, JANUARY 24, 2025
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Gaza War, genocide, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, New York Times
MECA Statement on the Gaza Ceasefire
Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, Executive Director, Jan 22, 2025
aid, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, health, Israel, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), refugees, shelter, starvation, take action
2025.01.29: “Student Protest and Freedom of Expression” at UW-Madison
A panel discussion
calendar, colleges & universities, free speech, Gaza War, Israel, protest, UW-Madison
2025.01.25: “War Isn’t Over When It’s Over” Online with Kathy Kelly
The stories of lives forever altered by U.S. “forever wars”
calendar, Gaza War, Israel, Jenin, Lebanon, online, Pillar of Defense, West Bank
Act Now: Help Free Detained Palestinian Hospital Director
Amnesty International, Jan 23, 2025
detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza War, health, human rights, Israel, prisoners, war crimes
After the destruction of Gaza, Israel turns to West Bank
WEEKLY REPORT, Good Shepherd Collective, Jan 21, 2025
Iron Wall, Israel, Jenin, Masafer Yatta, Ramallah, West Bank
Israel Invades Jenin Days After Signing Gaza “Ceasefire”
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS AND MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 21, 2025
blockade, civilians, Gaza War, Iron Wall, Israel, Jenin, Palestinian Authority (PA), paramedics, refugees, West Bank
Jared Kushner’s New Investments in Israeli Settlements
FREDDY BREWSTER & KATYA SCHWENK, THE LEVER, JAN 16, 2025
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, colonialism, Gaza War, Golan Heights, Israel, Jared Kushner, Jerusalem, settlers, Trump, United States, West Bank
Trump Comments on Gaza’s Future
Newsweek, Jan 21, 20225
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel, Trump
Call for the release of medics in Israeli detention!
CODEPINK, Jan 13, 2025
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza War, health, Israel, nurses, paramedics, war crimes
A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine
TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA, THE NATION, JANUARY 16, 2025. The Best Analysis of the Gaza Ceasefire.
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Trump, West Bank
First hostages freed as long-awaited Gaza ceasefire takes force
CNN, January 19, 2025 12:44 PM EST
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, hostages, Israel, refugees, withdrawal
ADC Statement on the Gaza Ceasefire
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Jan 17, 2025
aid, Biden, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, genocide, health, Israel, starvation, United States
This is a fragile ceasefire. We must ensure it holds.
Jewish Voice for Peace, January 17, 2025
aid, blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), war crimes, withdrawal
What you need to know about the Gaza cease-fire deal
MICHAEL MERRYMAN-LOTZE, AFSC, JAN 17, 2025
aid, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Palestine, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), war crimes
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning, Denouncing the Merchants of Death
Kathy Kelly, ZNetwork, January 13, 2025
arms, blockade, corporations, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Martin Luther King, United States, war crimes
Biden worked ‘tirelessly around the clock’ — to prevent a ceasefire
TRITA PARSI, Responsible Statecraft, JAN 16, 2025
arms, Biden, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Netanyahu, United States, war crimes
Israeli cabinet ratifies ceasefire deal with Hamas
Lorenzo Tondo and Bethan McKernan, The Guardian, 17 Jan 2025 1:30 am local
Ben-Gvir, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel, Netanyahu
A Deal Too Late
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, January 15 2025
arms, Biden, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, Netanyahu, United States, war crimes
The Gaza Ceasefire: Pharoah is Still Pharoah
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Shalom Rav, Jan 17, 2025
arms, Biden, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, liberation, Netanyahu, Oslo Accords, Trump, United States, Zionism
This will not end with the last airstrike
Malak Hijazi, The Electronic Intifada, 15 January 2025
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Fatah, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, Israel, Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority (PA), war crimes
2025.01.25: Taxpayers Against Genocide Class Action Webinar
RootsAction Team, Jan 17, 2025
arms, calendar, Gaza War, genocide, Israel, Israel Lobby, Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG), United States
Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal signed in Doha
Barak Ravid, Axios, Jan 16, 2025. The Israeli government will vote on it Saturday night,…
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel
Israeli cabinet to meet on deal Friday
Jordana Miller, ABC News, Jan 16, 2025. The Israeli cabinet will meet on Friday to…
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel
Qatar: Ceasefire deal to take effect on Sunday, January 19
Al Jazeera, Jan 15, 2025. Both parties agreed to timeline of deal, according to Qatar…
Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza War, Israel, Qatar