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Illinois faculty rejects efforts to suppress Palestinian freedom

OPEN LETTER, Mondoweiss, DECEMBER 23, 2020

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2020.12.03 Update: Rep. Mark Pocan Virtual Town Hall on Palestine

Please thank Rep. Pocan for participating in the town hall and for being a champion…

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DNC Delegates Demand Apology from the Biden Campaign

Attacks on Palestinian-American Delegate Linda Sarsour After DNC delegate and Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour spoke…

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Time’s Up Israel: Get Your Knee Off Palestine’s Neck

SAM BAHOUR, CounterPunch, July 16, 2020

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Letter to Biden (and Trump) Campaigns Regarding Israel and Palestinian Rights

This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…

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George K. Shalabi, 1939-2020

George Kamel Shalabi passed away January 31, 2020 from complications due to congestive heart failure.…

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Tell Donald Trump to Stop Using Jews to Shut Down Free Speech

After a week of antisemitic speech, today Donald Trump is signing an executive order to…

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2019.10.27: Rep. Pocan emphasizes progressive caucus’s commitment to Palestine

Helena Cobban, Mondoweiss, November 14, 2019

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Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr: Congress needs to stand against Israeli travel bans

TSELA BARR AND BARB OLSON, The Cap Times, August 23, 2019

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What Is Israel Trying to Hide?

Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank Democracy Now! August 16,…

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Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them

Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…

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Why Americans Should Support BDS

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Gaza’s Little Chef

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman, We Are Not Numbers, May 20, 2019 “I want to be one…

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Milwaukee activist’s beating on West Bank road sheds light on changing Jewish conversation

Milwaukee resident Ari Bloomekatz. (Photo: Jimmy Rothschild) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 25, 2019 It’s just…

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Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together

Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable…

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Rise against Racism! #CounterCUFI

Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA), May 24, 2019 For too long, Palestinians have…

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Landmark Ruling Strikes Down Ban of Israel Boycott

Arsalan Bukhari, Informed Comment, 04/26/2019

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“You married a Palestinian. You cannot enter Israel”

Israel’s family reunion practices are gravely offensive This time; Palestine Updates brings you two powerful…

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How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism

A crowd celebrates in Tel Aviv on Nov. 29, 1947, after the U.N. votes for…

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