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The Spoils of War
Alex Kane, The Indypendent, Jun 3, 2017
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Israeli police kill 16-year old Palestinian girl in Jerusalem
International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) News, May 8, 2017
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2017.05.04: Film “Tickling Giants”
Free speech is not settled law, and democracy is not easily won Elvehjem Building L150…
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#ObliteratedFamilies – Siyam Family
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 27, 2017
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2017.04.21-24 Update: Juan Cole Programs
April 21, 2017 WORT 89.9 FM A Public Affair: Juan Cole On The Middle East…
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Update: Feds Drop Charges against AMP staffers
American Muslims for Palestine, April 22, 2017 (WASHINGTON DC 04.21.2017) — The federal government has…
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2017.04.02 Update: Rachel Corrie Commemoration: Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost
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2017.03.29: Islamophobia in America with Reza Aslan
Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Wisconsin Union Theater Cost: Free…
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A message from Cindy & Craig Corrie
Painting by Malak Mattar; read more about her painting at We Are Not Numbers. March…
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U.N. Report: Israel Imposes ‘Apartheid Regime’ on Palestinians
Reuters, Newsweek, 3/15/17
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Unlearning apartheid apologism: A Jewish response to Israeli Apartheid Week
Stop conflating anti-Zionism and criticism of the State of Israel with anti-Semitism Rya Inman /…
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2017.03.13: The impact of UN recognition on Palestinian public opinion
206 Ingraham Hall UW-Madison [Map] 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. UW Middle East Studies Program presents…
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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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Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help
Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright)…
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Film: Gaza in Context
Arab Studies Institute, Feb 22, 2017
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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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Israel passes bill to seize private Palestinian land for Jewish settlements
William Booth, The Washington Post, February 6, 2017 JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament passed a contentious…
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White House warns Israel on settlements
Jordan Fabian, The Hill, 02/02/17
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2017.02.07: Trump’s Policy on Palestine and the Middle East
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12-1 pm CST As we begin 2017 with a new…
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2017.02.06: Fighting Islamophobia
A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities…
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Middle East

The Spoils of War

Israeli police kill 16-year old Palestinian girl in Jerusalem

2017.05.04: Film “Tickling Giants”

#ObliteratedFamilies – Siyam Family

2017.04.21-24 Update: Juan Cole Programs

Update: Feds Drop Charges against AMP staffers

2017.04.02 Update: Rachel Corrie Commemoration: Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost

2017.03.29: Islamophobia in America with Reza Aslan

A message from Cindy & Craig Corrie

U.N. Report: Israel Imposes ‘Apartheid Regime’ on Palestinians

Unlearning apartheid apologism: A Jewish response to Israeli Apartheid Week

2017.03.13: The impact of UN recognition on Palestinian public opinion

Bernie Sanders: On Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Palestinians

Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help

Film: Gaza in Context

Mideast Can’t Even Agree on What ‘One-State Solution’ Means

Israel passes bill to seize private Palestinian land for Jewish settlements

White House warns Israel on settlements

2017.02.07: Trump’s Policy on Palestine and the Middle East

2017.02.06: Fighting Islamophobia