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Jul 4, 2026

2026.01.28: Homelessness Among Students & Families In Madison
Linden CoHousing Great Room, 107 Sutherland Ct, Madison, 8-9:30 am
calendar, education, homeless, land, law, Madison, peace, Rafah, schools, students, Wisconsin, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Bringing Gaza Home to Middle America
MIKE FERNER, Common Dreams, Jan 25, 2026
arms, Congress, Gaza, genocide, Global Sumud Flotilla, peace, war
2026.01.24: Building Unity for Nonviolent Action: Launching a Campaign
James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E. Johnson St, Madison, 6-9 pm
Building Unity, calendar, environment, human rights, Madison, nonviolence, peace, Rafah, Unitarian
Assembly to vote Thursday on AB672 attacking free speech
Three calls or emails needed ASAP
democracy, free speech, justice, law, legislature, Madison, maps, Milwaukee, peace, protest, Rafah, students, Tony Evers, veto, vote, Wisconsin
Scepticism and hope: Gaza reacts to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Ola Al-Asi, Al Jazeera, 16 Jan 2026
Al Jazeera, Board of Peace, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, Donald Trump, Gaza, Hamas, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, war
What Ceasefire? There Have Been 1,244 Israeli Violations Since the So-Called Peace Deal
TEAM ZETEO, JAN 19, 2026
Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, Gaza, Israeli, peace, violations, war
2026.01.21: Beyond Political Illusions: What This Moment Demands of Us
Online, 9 AM CT
Bethlehem, calendar, equality, genocide, Hebrew, Hosni Mubarak, human rights, Huwaida Arraf, Israeli, Jeff Halper, Jerusalem, justice, law, Madison, nonviolence, Nonviolence International, one-state, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, terrorism, two-state
2026.01.15: Teaching Palestine: Meeting the Moment
Online, 6 PM CT
calendar, education, free speech, Madison, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), online, Palestine, peace, Rafah, students, Teach Palestine, teachers
2026.01.13: What’s Going on in Palestine with Richard Falk and Phyllis Bennis
Online, 6 PM CT
calendar, Donald Trump, education, Gaza, genocide, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), law, Madison, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Phyllis Bennis, Rafah, Richard Falk, West Bank
2026.01.09 Update: ICE OUT Solidarity Vigil & Action
Capitol at State Street, 5pm
calendar, Dane County, human rights, immigrants, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Madison, media, peace, racism, Rafah, solidarity, State Capitol, veterans, Veterans for Peace (VFP), vigil, Voces de la Frontera
2026.01.08: Ta-Nehesi Coates’ “The Message” Book Circle
Online, 6:00 pm social, 6:30 pm program
American, apartheid, calendar, Israel Lobby, justice, Madison, online, Palestine, peace, Rafah, resources, South Africa, stories, Ta-Nehisi Coates, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Palestine Action Hunger Strikers at Imminent Risk of Death in UK Prisons
Jeannie Connerney, Massachusetts Peace Action, January 7, 2026
free speech, Gaza, genocide, hunger strikes, Palestine, peace, Peace Action, prison, prisoners, protest, United Kingdom (UK), war, war crimes
2025.12.07: “Abolish War, Listen to Earth,” a speech by Kathy Kelly
Online, 6:00 PM CT
calendar, Gaza, human rights, Kathy Kelly, Madison, online, peace, Rafah, war
2025.12.04: Book Circle – “Land of the Cranes” by Aida Salazar
Online, 6:00 pm social, 6:30 pm program
calendar, deportation, ethnic cleansing, images, immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), land, literature, Madison, online, peace, petition, poetry, racism, resources, schools, war, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bethlehem, Board of Peace, ceasefire, closures, Diana Buttu, Donald Trump, drones, education, encampments, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, journalists, Khan Younis, La Crosse, law, media, military, Nablus, online, Oslo Accords, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, Ramallah, Saudi Arabia, shelters, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), video, war, West Bank, winter, Yellow Line
Trump’s Plan for Gaza
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 18, 2025
assassination, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Board of Peace, Donald Trump, Egypt, Europe, Gaza, Hamas, images, Indonesia, Israel, Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jared Kushner, Jordan, Madison, Mahmoud Abbas, media, Mike Waltz, New York City, occupation, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, prison, Qatar, Rafah, resistance, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States, vote, war, world
2025.11.24: Films on Nonviolent Resistance, Past & Present
Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin, Room 302, 6 pm
calendar, documentary, film, Global Sumud Flotilla, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Madison, peace, Rafah, resistance, resources, sister cities, sumud, taxes, veterans, video, war, world, World Beyond War
2025.12.14: Winter Recital Benefit for MECA
McFarland Lutheran Church, 5529 Marsh Rd, 2:30 pm
benefit, calendar, Gaza, land, Lutheran, Madison, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), peace, Rafah, Threads, winter
2025.11.19: Madison Veterans Speak – The World Needs to End Wars
UW Madison Memorial Union, 6-8 pm
calendar, Gaza, Madison, peace, UW-Madison, veterans, Veterans for Peace (VFP), war, world, World Beyond War
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, American, Awdah Hathleen, civilians, documentary, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, Hezbollah, homeless, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jerusalem, Khan Younis, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, Madleen, Middle East, military, Mohammed Ibrahim, No Other Land, occupation, Oscar, Palestinian, peace, prison, protest, Rafah, settlers, Steve Witkoff, terrorism, torture, tunnels, Turkey, Umm al-Khair, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Wall, war, water, West Bank, winter, world, Yellow Line