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Nov 7, 2026

‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield…
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2024.01.24: Webinar: “Israel, South Africa, Genocide, and the International Court of Justice”
A Conversation with Robert Herbst 12 noon CT Register Here South Africa sued…
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Latest from MECA
The situation in Gaza is more than catastrophic as Israel’s genocidal attacks continue. We hope…
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2024.01.11: Josh Ruebner: “Palestinian Nakbas: from Truman to Biden”
Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, Inc. Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne 6:30 PM…
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2024.01.06: Bike Ride Fundraiser
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Native Women Ride: ICC (@native_women_ride) Gaza…
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They’re Calling Ethnic Cleansing “Voluntary Migration” Now
Violently coercing someone to do something and killing them if they don’t is the opposite…
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Solidarity Speaks: Videos Of All Emergency Webinars!
Solidarity Speaks: Recording Of Our 11th & Final Emergency Webinar! Thank you to everyone who…
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Israel-Palestine Scholar Norman Finkelstein’s Long Crusade
A cantankerous Israel critic takes a rare turn in the limelight. Zak Cheney-Rice, Intelligencer, Dec.…
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War on Gaza: Why is Israel losing the public relations war?
Mohamad Elmasry, Middle East Eye, 27 December 2023
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Special End-of-Year Appeal
Palestinian children take shelter at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works…
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‘Hellfire’ and chaos in Rafah tests Biden’s opposition to displacement
Biden administration pushes for ‘low intensity’ conflict as displacement out of desperation becomes a greater…
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‘We have the right to live.’
Starvation, disease, and winter cold threaten the survival of displaced civilians in Gaza Sana Noor…
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This Is Not a War Against Hamas
The notion that the war would end if Hamas was overthrown or surrenders is as…
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FREE EBOOK: From the River to the Sea 🍉
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine An urgent editorial…
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Gaza-Guernica
Over 3,000 people form human mosaic in Spain to support Palestine Middle East Monitor, December…
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2023.12.13: Live Online with Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Join Middle East Children’s Alliance for this special online event with poet Mosab Abu Toha.…
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2023.12.09: Monumental Turnout For All Out For Palestine March In Madison
Cherrie Hanson, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Dec 12, 2023 Photos by Kamal Moon The Wisconsin All…
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MECA colleague and friend Doaa Al-Masri killed in Gaza
Doaa receives a group of schoolgirls at the Edward Said Library in Gaza Israel’s genocidal…
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Israeli politician calls for captured Palestinians to be ‘buried alive’
‘They aren’t human beings and not human animals. They’re subhuman and that’s how they should…
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Madison Common Council members call for ceasefire in Gaza
Evan Bolin, WKOW 27 News, Dec 5, 2023
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