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Nov 7, 2026

Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin
Yolande Knell & David Gritten, BBC News, 26 January 2023 Jenin & London — Nine…
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Extreme Israeli group takes root in US with fundraising bid
Jewish radicals convicted of hate crimes are collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans Yosef Haim Ben…
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Distorted Definition: Redefining Antisemitism to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights
Palestine Legal, Jan 18, 2023
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Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel’s New ‘Fascist, Racist, and Settler’ Government
“The occupation and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories have made Jewish supremacy the de…
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231 Palestinians were killed this year. These are their stories.
YUMNA PATEL, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 31, 2022
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2023.01.03: CODEPINK Capitol Calling Party
Online, 7 PM CT
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Salah Hamouri
Salah Hamouri photographed by Alain Bachellier Jonathan Kuttab, Friends of Sabeel North America, December 9,…
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How the Israeli government will turn its Jewish critics into dissidents
Edo Konrad, +972 Magazine, December 16, 2022
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Israel has deported Palestinian lawyer to France
Move constitutes a war crime Medjool, 2022-12-18 Ramallah, 18 December 2022 Today, Sunday, 18 December,…
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2022 was a record year for settler violence. Next year will be even worse.
YUMNA PATEL, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 15, 2022
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2022.12.18: Playing With Fire — Jerusalem and the Incoming Israeli Government
Online, 11:30 AM CT
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2022.12.18: Christmas in Palestine!
Digital Webinar: Christmas in Palestine! December 18, 12 noon Central Green Olive Tours sponsors a…
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Expulsion of Palestinian tests the waters for future deportations
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, December 7, 2022
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The Mask Is Off
The newly elected Netanyahu government will include bigoted, intolerant, and violence-advocating ministers Dr. James J.…
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An open letter to UW-Madison regarding anti-Zionist chalking
Stepha Velednitsky, Ri J. Turner, Joshua Garoon, Tsela Barr, and Annie Sommer Kaufman, The Daily Cardinal,…
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Israel’s Far-Right Draw on U.S. Funding Despite Terror Labels
Daniel Boguslaw, The Intercept, November 2 2022
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Palestine: Where Manufactured Water Scarcity Meets Climate Change
Anna Abraham, Currently, October 12, 2022 The Israeli-occupied territory of Palestine faces both natural and…
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2022.10.29: “You Can Be the Last Leaf” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Maya Abu Al-Hayyat directs the Palestine Writing Workshop on the West Bank. She’ll read poems…
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2022.10.03: Gaza: The Longest Siege in Modern History
Video recorded October 3, 2022 In 1948, the tiny Gaza Strip was cut off from…
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This is no “terrorist wave”
It is an uprising
Gush Shalom, October 18, 2022 The State of Israel is going to general elections, but…
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