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Andrew Cuomo’s Anti-Free Speech Move on BDS

Alex Nabaum As a Jew who has lived in Israel and has many relatives there,…

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Palestinians can’t #LiveThere, So Don’t Go There

Granate Sossnoff, Jewish Voice for Peace, May 24, 2016 This is easy and important. We…

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#RightToBoycott – resisting Israel’s war of repression against BDS

Palestinian BDS National Committee, Jun 6, 2016

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Congressional representatives urge investigation of human rights violations by Israel and Egypt

This is a big deal. Senator Patrick Leahy, along with 10 Congressional representatives, has written…

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2016.04.03 Update: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration

Sunday, April 3, 7 pm, Christ Presbyterian Church 944 East Gorham Street, Madison WI You…

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2016.01.26: Sharon and My Mother-in-Law Report

Participants at the Madison Central Library Librarians and Archivists with Palestine In January 2016—and beyond!—readers…

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#CancelPinkwashing: Creating Change Conference 2016 Statement

Tarab NYC, January 19, 2016 We know that military occupation, ethnic cleansing, racism, and colonialism…

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

Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 25, 2015

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Two establishment Jews endorse boycott of Israel and “single state”

Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 24, 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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Palestinian activist Haitham Salawdeh on WORT

Karma Chavez, WORT 89.9FM A Public Affair, September 9, 2015 Today Karma Chavez talks with…

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‘Gaza Is Hell’

Desolation and destiny in a land in limbo Banksy artwork on the ruins of a…

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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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Judith Laitman: A Jewish grandmother’s plea to Barack Obama

UDITH LAITMAN, Cap Times, Jul 25, 2014

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Under Siege: A Report from Gaza on WORT FM

Broadcast on the WORT 89.9 FM program Third World View: Mahmoud Abu Rahma, the Communications…

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Call to action: Join Palestinian political prisoner’s day

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014

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It’s World Water Day! Say No to Water Apartheid

US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Ramah Kudaimi, March 22nd, 2014

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