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The Shabak: “We are above the Law”
Life under occupation Yael Barda, Occupation Magazine, July 7 2005 Yesterday I had a fascinating…
free speech, Hebrew, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, law, media, military, nonviolence, occupation, Palestinian, police, prison, protest, Shin Bet, solidarity, terrorism, video, WallThe reflection in the mirror
Two weeks later, I was at the Aaskar refugee camp, near Nablus. That day, the…
Simon Wiesenthal Center Says United Church of Christ’s Resolution Is Immoral
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 4, 2005–A United Church of Christ (UCC) resolution demanding that Israel dismantle its…
United Church of Christ General Synod Resolution: Tear Down the Wall
2005 United Church of Christ Synod Tear Down the Wall – Resolution of Witness Submitted…
aid, annexation, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of Christ, education, Geneva Conventions (1949), ghetto, healthcare, home demolition, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jeff Halper, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, negotiations, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Qalqilya, religion, resources, schools, settlers, students, Supreme Court, teachers, terrorism, travel, two-state, United Nations (UN), Wall, water, West Bank, withdrawal, worldThey Broke the Public’s Heart
For years, the news media ignored the injustices the settlers inflicted on their neighbors. Gideon…
Professor says UC Press must publish Beyond Chutzpa
Two emails from Beshara Doumani June 28, 2005 Dear Friends, I want to alert you…
Pro-Israel Groups: Campuses Improving
But “Never in the modern history of the Jewish state has there been more outspoken…
Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Forces Prisons
Dear all, I received disturbing news about prisoners in IOF prisons in Israel. 30-year-old, Salameh…
Giving Chutzpah New Meaning
Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jon Wiener,…
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Grainger Hall, University of Wisconsin 975 University Avenue Madison, WI 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM…
2005.06.13-07.04: Palestine-Israel Discussion Series
First United Methodist Church Parlor 203 Wisconsin Ave, Madison Sunday mornings at 9:30 am This…
2005.06.24-26: U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Conference
Upper Midwest Regional Organizing Conference Madison, WI Join the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli…
05.06.25: Rebuilding Homes in Rafah, Rebuilding Hope in Palestine
Panel Discussion with Craig and Cindy Corrie and Khaled and Samah Nasrallah Saturday, June 25,…
Mezan Center is Key Partner in Palestine
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, May 9, 2005 Madison — The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)…
Israeli Extremists Lose, as a New Generation of Palestinians Wins
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2005 THEY BREATHE the same air,…
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Ariel Sharon, Caterpillar, Egypt, football, Gaza, hospitals, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Iraq, Israeli, James Miller, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, land, law, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Mohammed Omer, Muslim, Muslims, negotiations, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, resistance, settlers, solidarity, students, terrorism, United States, visas, volunteer, Wall, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, withdrawal, worldA Gift to Rafah
How Madisonians helped create a respite from violence for Palestinian children Kathy Walsh, Isthmus, April…
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On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA) of UW-Madison debated a resolution…
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Know When To Say “No”: A Call For Divestment From The Israeli Occupation
Shamai Leibowitz, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March 2005
Amira Hass: Using the Holocaust to Ward Off Criticism
The pilgrimage to Jerusalem of so many European leaders shows that they are not deterred…
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Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, March 7, 2005 On Saturday I sat with other members of…
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FAYYAD SBAIHAT, Badger Herald, Mar 3, 2005
2005.03.04-05: Yonatan Shapira, Israeli Refusenik
March 4, 6:00 PM, Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society building, 2010 Whenona Drive,…
From churches, a challenge to Israeli policies
Jane Lampman, The Christian Science Monitor, DECEMBER 6, 2004
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Derek Summerfield, British Medical Journal, October 16, 2004
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Israeli troops who killed a Palestinian schoolgirl in the Gaza Strip have come under investigation…
Hilarity from Gaza
9/8/2004 Dear Jennifer, I hope you are fine. I was reading the news on haaretz…
Back in Ramallah
Andrea Becker, 04 July 2004 Relatively easy somehow: went through Israeli security ‘lite’: no body…
US bulldozer firm in Mid-East row
A leading UN official has warned US manufacturer Caterpillar that it may be complicit in…
2004.06.06: Mosaic Communities Program
The Crossing 1127 University Avenue (University and Charter) 7:00 pm The Mosaic Communities group is…
Statement by European Jews for a Just Peace
Paris, 22 May 2004 We, European citizens from ten European countries gathered in Paris for…
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Sleeping on a bus and more
Mazin Qumsiyeh, 5/9/2004 Here is something to inspire you. Read this. It will help you…
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Gila Svirsky, May 18, 2004 Friends, We need your help. There is an emergency situation…
Appeal for Rafah City
Dr. Emad S. Sha’at, Deputy Mayor Rafah City, 18 May 2004 Dear Madam/Sir, I write…
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Julie McCarthy, NPR, May 16, 2004 Israelis gather for a peace march to urge a…
Wake up, world! Hear O Israel, wake up!
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:30:43 +0200 From: “Gila Svirsky” (gsvirsky@netvision.net.il) Subject: Anarchy in our…
Yes, Alice, it does do some good
Gila Svirsky, www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org, 4/21/2004 Dear Alice, You were signature number 2,750 on the petition “Open…
2004.04.23: International Day of Action Against Caterpillar in Peoria
STOP CATERPILLAR CAMPAIGN — PROTEST IN PEORIA APRIL 23 — BUS INFO BELOW stopcat.org, April…
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Grainger Hall Morgridge Auditorium UW-Madison 7:00 pm Situated midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Neve…
How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories
Tanya Reinhart, Yediot Ahronot, 31 March 2004 — An extensive discussion has already taken place…
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Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Mar 14, 2004 A new species of officer is achieving greatness in…
Sharon is not the Problem
Ghadi Karmi, CounterPunch, February 20, 2004
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Rana El-Khatib, Arizona Republic, January 25, 2004 “Israel good!” were the last words my husband…
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Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 19 January 2004
annexation, Arab, Ariel Sharon, checkpoints, ghetto, hospitals, human rights, ID, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, law, military, Palestinian, peace, Qalqilya, schools, travel, United Nations (UN), Wall, war, West Bank, worldA Contrast in Media Coverage
MRSCP, Jan 13, 2004
Cap Times, children, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, media, military, MRSCP, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, police, refugees, solidarity, suicide bombings, terrorism, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), volunteer, Wall, West Bank, women19 Left Dead in Failed Hunt for Master Bomber
Chris McGreal in Nablus, The Guardian, January 9, 2004
Resistance Under Occupation
Ringing In The New Year Kelly Bornshlegel, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), 2 Jan 2004 In…
The Reality of the “Geneva Accord”
Al-Awda, 5 December 2003
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Palestinian farmers seek protection against settlers The Globe and Mail, 12 November 2003 Einabus, West…
Israeli Roulette
Uri Avnery, CounterPunch, November 7, 2003
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AFP, 04 Nov 2003 BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union scrambled to contain the fallout…
Al Mezan Condemns Israel’s War Crimes in Rafah
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Reference: 45/2003, October 16, 2003 At 11:30pm Wednesday…
2003.10.30-11.20: Reporting the Middle East, From the Road Map to Iraq: A Lecture Series
Multiple Madison venues
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Reference: 43/2003 Date: October 13, 2003 Al Mezan Center For Human Rights On Monday 12…
Israeli Occupation Forces Withdraw from Rafah Leaving Behind Devastation
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, October 12, 2003 In the early morning hours…
Eight-year-old Aya Fayad shot dead as she rode her bicycle
The Palestine Monitor, 2 Sep 2003 Aya Fayad was one little girl out of one…
2003.09.14-16: Palestinian Labor Tour
South Central Federation of Labor Meeting Monday, September 15 7 pm Madison Labor Temple, 1602…
Children’s author faces Jewish wrath
Fiachra Gibbons, The Guardian, August 23, 2003
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Jewish Peace News, 10 Aug 2003 [Israel’s new citizenship law, passed recently by a wide…
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Mohammed Omer, Rafah Today, 8 Aug 2003 Everyone in Palestine tastes the Occupation crimes, this…
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Israel’s crackdown on international peace activists raises grave concerns. Muna Hamzeh, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 May…
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