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Federal Court Strikes Down Kansas Anti-BDS Law

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 31 2018 A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a…

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2018.04.08: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration

Mark Your Calendars for Sunday Afternoon Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration Featuring Dessert and a Program…

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Open Letter to Women’s March L.A. from Women for Palestine

Women 4 Palestine L.A., January 17, 2018

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Trump makes a one-state solution more likely

Supporters of Israel hate it when people use the word “apartheid” to describe the country,…

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Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: 20 Groups Will Be Denied Entry

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations:…

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Israeli journalist who called for unspeakable acts against Ahed Tamimi tries, and fails, to backpedal

Jonathan Ofir, Mondoweiss, December 26, 2017

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New Crime of Excessive Use of Force

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Gaza City, Ref: 90/2017, December 16, 2017

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Take Action: Palestinian leader’s son abducted by Israel

This is how Israel marked Human Rights Day. Please call the following (ask for the…

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The Palestinian Right to Jerusalem Is an International Law that Cannot Be Taken Away

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 7, 2017

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Israel and the US are trying to prevent publication of a ‘blacklist’ of companies doing business in the West Bank

Business Insider/Julie Bort Josef Federman, Josh Lederman, Jamey Keaten, Business Insider, November 27, 2017 Israel…

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Protect the right to boycott Israel in Wisconsin

Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr, Wisconsin State Journal, November 11, 2017 Barbara OlsonTsela Barr Gov.…

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2017.11.09: Global Day of Action: A World without Walls

Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall)

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State shouldn’t punish boycott movement — Joel Garb

Wisconsin State Journal, 11/3/17 Many Jews, including myself, as well as many others have been…

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PayPal: Stop Discriminating Against Palestinians

We won’t accept PayPal’s discrimination against Palestinians! PayPal refuses to offer its services to Palestinians…

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2017.10.17: Farhana Khera Lecture at UW

University of Wisconsin Law School Room 2260, 4:00 pm [Map] Reception to follow The 2017…

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The United States Was Responsible for the 1982 Massacre of Palestinians in Beirut

Washington had explicitly guaranteed their safety—and recently declassified documents reveal that US diplomats were told…

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Remembering the Sabra and Shatila massacre 35 years on

Nabil Mohamad, Al Jazeera, 16 Sep 2017

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Ilan Pappe: No, Israel Is Not a Democracy — And Never Was

Israel is not the only democracy in the Middle East. In fact, it’s not a…

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