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Apr 30, 2026
BREAKING: Trump Signs Waiver, But Senate Wants Embassy in Jerusalem
Josh Ruebner, U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 1 June 2017 Breaking news: Donald Trump has…
Is It True That Not a Single Senator – Including Progressive Dems – Cares About Palestine?
The pro-Israel letter 100 U.S. senators sent to the U.N. fails to mention Israel's illegal…
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Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017
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Al Jazeera, 22 March 2017
Al Jazeera, blockade, Gaza, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, images, Israel, Israeli, land, law, military, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, terrorism, trainingFree Issa Amro
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, call on you to strongly oppose David Friedman’s nomination…
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Stop conflating anti-Zionism and criticism of the State of Israel with anti-Semitism Rya Inman /…
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Bill Chappell, NPR, March 3, 2017 A doorman stands at the entrance of The Walled…
Bernie Sanders: On Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Palestinians
Bernie Sanders, Common Dreams, February 28, 2017 Speech to this year’s J Street conference Thank…
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Arab Studies Institute, Feb 22, 2017
Mideast Can’t Even Agree on What ‘One-State Solution’ Means
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint news conference at…
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Steve Almasy, CNN, February 12, 2017
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Ma’an News Agency, Feb. 9, 2017 GAZA (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were killed and five…
blockade, civilians, Egypt, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, Israel, Israeli, land, law, media, military, Ministry of Health, Palestinian, Rafah, terrorism, tunnels, warIsrael passed a controversial law about settlements. Where did its parliament get the support?
Devorah Manekin and Guy Grossman, The Washington Post, February 13, 2017 An Israeli soldier stands…
Israel Bulldozes Democracy
AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the…
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Jordan Fabian, The Hill, 02/02/17
A Dangerous Road to Education
Dear Friends, It is absolutely bizarre to be watching Trump’s policies of hatred unfold from…
2017.02.06: Fighting Islamophobia
A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities…
Palestinians protest moving US embassy to Jerusalem
Israeli forces suppress weekly marches in Bilin, Kafr Qaddum Ma’an News Agency, January 21, 2017…
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Democracy Now!, December 30, 2016
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David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016
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Carol Morello, The Washington Post, December 28, 2016 Secretary of State John F. Kerry on…
How Israel Misuses the Bible
Daniel C. Maguire, Consortiumnews.com, December 27, 2016
Israel rejects ‘shameful’ UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 24 December 2016
What the UN Security Council resolution means for the US and Israel
Oren Liebermann, CNN, December 26, 2016
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Anees Mansour, December 16, 2016 Dear Friends, Assalamu Alaikum & Hello Everyone, I hope you,…
2016.11.29: Palestinian Author Reflects on Life in Gaza
Lupe Salmeron, Madison365, December 5, 2016
New Senate bill threatens free speech
Instead of fighting antisemitism, new Senate bill threatens free speech Jewish Voice for Peace, 06…
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Israa Suliman, WE ARE NOT NUMBERS, November 15, 2016 Dear Native Americans, Although we are…
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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, November 22, 2016
2016.10.23: UNA-USA Luncheon: Madison: A Tale of Two Cities
Update: The Room No. 4 Exhibit advertised previously will not be available at this event.…
Israeli Military Blocks Female Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, October 05, 2016 Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed ‘to…
PHROC Welcomes the Launch of Women’s Boat to Gaza
Al-Haq, 26 September 2016
Arab, blockade, closures, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, human rights, Israeli, Italy, justice, law, occupation, Palestinian, peace, solidarity, violations, war, womenCODEPINK Petition to Veto California Anti-BDS Bill
CODEPINK, August 28, 2016 California’s AB 2844 is an attack on the First Amendment right…
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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Ma’an News Agency, Aug. 18, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fans of the Scottish Celtic Football…
Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S
Palestinian Rights Groups Cheer Berkeley’s Decision to Divest from Private Prisons Friends of Sabeel –…
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Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the…
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Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 7, 2016
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Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
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Khalida Jarrar greets speaks to reporters in her hometown, the West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Amira Hass: I Went to See the Plight of the Dried-out Settlements. I Found a Pool
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Aidan Quigley, The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2016
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Israel Lawfare group plans “massive punishments” for activists
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 June 2016
Amira Hass: Israel Incapable of Telling Truth About Water It Steals From Palestinians
Water is the only issue in which Israel (still) finds it difficult to defend its…
Ramadan 2016: Israel 'cuts off water supply to West Bank' during Muslim holy month
Peter Yeung, The Independent, 17 June 2016
Palestinians can’t #LiveThere, So Don’t Go There
Granate Sossnoff, Jewish Voice for Peace, May 24, 2016 This is easy and important. We…
#RightToBoycott – resisting Israel’s war of repression against BDS
Palestinian BDS National Committee, Jun 6, 2016
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This is a big deal. Senator Patrick Leahy, along with 10 Congressional representatives, has written…
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”…
‘Most-read’ article at Washington Post calls Israel ‘savage, unrepairable society’
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 25, 2015
Two establishment Jews endorse boycott of Israel and “single state”
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 24, 2015
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“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…
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Karma Chavez, WORT 89.9FM A Public Affair, September 9, 2015 Today Karma Chavez talks with…
Ex-U.N. Official John Dugard: Israel’s Crimes are “Infinitely Worse” Than in Apartheid South Africa
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, May 06, 2015
2015.03.15: Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta at First United Methodist Church
(See Funding Campaign for Filmmaker Fida Qishta) Sunday, March 15 First United Methodist Church Fellowship…
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Broadcast on the WORT 89.9 FM program Third World View: Mahmoud Abu Rahma, the Communications…
Al Mezan, blockade, Gaza, human rights, labor, land, law, Palestinian, podcast, terrorism, torture, travel, violations, world, WORT 89.9 FM2014.07.18-24: July Events and Gaza Links on the Israeli Attack
July 18-24, 2014
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Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014
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US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Ramah Kudaimi, March 22nd, 2014
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Anthony “Tony” Joseph Bahl, age 72, of Chicago, died peacefully on August 1st after a…
Palestinians call for a boycott of Israeli diamonds
Over 50 Palestinian organisations, representing a cross-section of Palestinian civil society, including women’s groups and…
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