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Jul 29, 2026

Breaking Ground at Cinema Hebron
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Shalom Rav, July 17, 2016 This past Friday, I had the honor…
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Poetry is not a Crime
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Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression
Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 7, 2016
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Why Sayed Kashua Is Leaving Jerusalem and Never Coming Back
His Last Column for Haaretz Everything people had told him since he was a teenager…
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Second Class Citizens
Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
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Gaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere
Sara Roy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 28, 2016 Palestinians in Gaza are largely…
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Gaza’s plight matters to the world
At Erez, the Israeli-controlled crossing into Gaza, I passed through chutes that resembled the herding…
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Clinton to Palestine: Drop dead
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, June 27, 2016
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Amira Hass: I Went to See the Plight of the Dried-out Settlements. I Found a Pool
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Israel Adds $20 Million in Funding for Settlements in the West Bank
While strengthening the settlements, Israel has continued to demolish unlicensed Palestinian homes and livestock pens…
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Jennifer Loewenstein: Zionism Is ‘A Particularly Pernicious Form Of Nationalism’
Dr. Milena Rampoldi, MintPress News, June 2, 2016 A boy carries a wreath with posters…
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2016.04.05: Noga Kadman on Erased from Space and Consciousness
Noga Kadman speaks about her book Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated…
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2016.01.08: Live Webcast – “Uncivil Rites”
Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom Dr. Steven Salaita, Author & Professor The Palestine…
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2016.01.26: “One Book, Many Communities” and Suad Amiry’s Sharon and My Mother-in-Law
Central Library 201 W Mifflin St, Madison 7:00 pm The first “One Book, Many Communities”…
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John Quinlan Interviews Sahar Abbasi Baidon
John Quinlan, Forward Forum KSUN Channel 983, November 2, 2015 John Quinlan talks with Sahar…
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‘Most-read’ article at Washington Post calls Israel ‘savage, unrepairable society’
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 25, 2015
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2015.11.01: Room No. 4 Photos and Speaker
Sunday, November 1, 2015 First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 1:00 – 2:30…
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Fact Check: MSNBC’s Palestinian loss of land map
Institute for Middle East Understanding, Mondoweiss, October 22, 2015
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Demanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi
“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…
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The United States should recognize the state of Palestine
Matthew Duss and Michael A. Cohen, The Washington Post, March 27, 2015 Matthew Duss is…
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Jerusalem

Breaking Ground at Cinema Hebron

Poetry is not a Crime

Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression

Why Sayed Kashua Is Leaving Jerusalem and Never Coming Back

Second Class Citizens

Gaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere

Gaza’s plight matters to the world

Clinton to Palestine: Drop dead

Amira Hass: I Went to See the Plight of the Dried-out Settlements. I Found a Pool

Israel Adds $20 Million in Funding for Settlements in the West Bank

Jennifer Loewenstein: Zionism Is ‘A Particularly Pernicious Form Of Nationalism’

2016.04.05: Noga Kadman on Erased from Space and Consciousness

2016.01.08: Live Webcast – “Uncivil Rites”

2016.01.26: “One Book, Many Communities” and Suad Amiry’s Sharon and My Mother-in-Law

John Quinlan Interviews Sahar Abbasi Baidon

‘Most-read’ article at Washington Post calls Israel ‘savage, unrepairable society’

2015.11.01: Room No. 4 Photos and Speaker

Fact Check: MSNBC’s Palestinian loss of land map

Demanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi

The United States should recognize the state of Palestine