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No fires or inciting politicians can destroy our shared society
Samah Salaime, +972, November 26, 2016
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Palestinians Blamed for Forest Fires Across Palestine
But fires are raging across Western Asia Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, November 25, 2016 Middle East…
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Why Israel Still Refuses to Choose
It’s easier to leave Palestinians in limbo waiting for a “peace process” that goes nowhere…
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2016.10.23 Update: Israeli and Palestinian Parents Grieve, Work Together for Justice
A Parents Circle Family Forum Presentation Sunday, October 23 Two families – one Jewish Israeli,…
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CODEPINK Petition to Veto California Anti-BDS Bill
CODEPINK, August 28, 2016 California’s AB 2844 is an attack on the First Amendment right…
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I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel
The country must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director…
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Poll: Small majority of Palestinians and Israelis support two-state solution
Ma’an News Agency, August 22, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an ) — A small majority of both…
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Death threats and detainment: Opposing the Israeli occupation when Palestinian
This article has raised concern about the welfare of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights…
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2016.08.23 Update: Discussion with U.S. Representative Mark Pocan
Following his recent trip to Israel and Palestine Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church 203…
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U.S. criticizes Israeli settlement expansion, demolitions
Ruth Eglash and Carol Morello, The Washington Post, July 28, 2016 JERUSALEM — The Israeli…
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Israeli Defense Minister Compares Beloved Palestinian Poet to Hitler
JAMES GLANZ, The New York Times, JULY 21, 2016 Avigdor Lieberman, an ultranationalist, said that…
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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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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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Unitarian Majority for Divestment; Presbyterians Take it to the Next Level!
Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 25th, 2016 I cannot remember…
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Clinton to Palestine: Drop dead
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, June 27, 2016
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Jeff Halper on Israel Lawfare group
Jeff Halper, Facebook, June 25, 2016
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2016.06.26: Jewish Voice for Peace on WORT
Sunday 6:00 – 6:30 pm Jewish Voice for Peace, national and Madison, will be the…
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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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