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What’s Behind the Calls for “Democracy” in Israel?

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the last few weeks…

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Stop Nora’s Eviction أوقفوا تهجير نورة

Occupied Jerusalem, 2/18/2023 On 6 February 2023, the Israeli occupation’s high court rejected a request…

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2023.02.21-03.02: February & March Events

Tuesday, Feb. 21: Don’t Step on My Feet Again: A Poetic Exploration of Life in…

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‘It’s our home! Why would we leave?’

Qassam Muaddi, The New Arab, 10 February 2023

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Israel is Annexing the West Bank

Tamar Megiddo, Ronit Levine-Schnur and Yael Berda, Just Security, February 9, 2023

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160 Organizations Demand Congress Stop Funding Israel’s Massacres

160 organizations representing Palestinian communities, Palestinian solidarity organizations, and the racial justice movement have signed…

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Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice Spotlight

Dena Eakles, WNPJ Board Member, 1/30/23 This past week, nine Palestinians were murdered in the…

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Harvard Reverses Course on Advocate Who Criticized Israel

Blocking the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor…

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Distorted Definition: Redefining Antisemitism to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights

Palestine Legal, Jan 18, 2023

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2023.01.12: Zoom: Dilemmas of Rebuilding Gaza

A Conversation between Sara Roy and Salem Al Qudwa Thursday, January 12, 11 a.m. CT…

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Rep. Pocan on Israeli demolition in Masafer Yatta

The Israeli government is demolishing homes, schools, farms, water infrastructure, and other basic necessities in…

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Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel’s New ‘Fascist, Racist, and Settler’ Government

“The occupation and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories have made Jewish supremacy the de…

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“International pressure is crucial to ending Israel’s rule over Palestinians”

Credit…Illustration by Rebecca Chew/The New York Times; photograph by Dan Balilty for The New York…

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Palestine has won the World Cup

YUMNA PATEL, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 9, 2022

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Israel has deported Palestinian lawyer to France

Move constitutes a war crime Medjool, 2022-12-18 Ramallah, 18 December 2022 Today, Sunday, 18 December,…

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2022.12.18: Playing With Fire — Jerusalem and the Incoming Israeli Government

Online, 11:30 AM CT

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Rise of Israel’s far right puts focus back on the West Bank occupation

The Israeli-controlled checkpoint in Hebron (Bab al Zawiyah) divides Palestinians in their city. (Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR…

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Kick Out Apartheid Campaign

Palestinian Artist, Poet, and Filmmaker Lina Abojaradeh asks “What country in the world intentionally…

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Tragedy in Gaza after 21 people die in fire

TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, NOVEMBER 19, 2022

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