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Bernie Sanders Statement on Continuing Violence in Israel and Gaza
October 11, 2023 WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday issued the…
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Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Wisconsin
Bob Goonin, CRCPR, October 8, 2023
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Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 8 October 2023
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Israeli Violence is the Root Cause of Violence and Unrest in the Region Washington, DC…
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Washington, D.C. | adc.org | October 7, 2023 The unprecedented and ongoing resistance by Palestinians…
2023.09.13-21: September Events
Wednesday, Sept. 13: Storytelling as Resistance Thursday, Sept. 14: The Legacy of Oslo: Thirty Years…
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Sunday, September 17th 8PM Jerusalem, 7PM Berlin, 6PM London, 1PM NYC, 12PM Central Gaza is…
Dixon Hopes Israeli Settler’s Trial Draws Attention to Attacks on Palestinians
Jerry Windley-Daoust, The Catholic Worker Movement, September 2, 2023 “These settlers act with impunity because…
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Started January 10, 2021 Petition to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and UN High…
Freedom Flotilla 2023 Canadian Boat to Gaza
Dear friends and supporters, The Freedom Flotilla vessel Handala, sailing against the…
2023.06.28-07.05: June & July Events
Wednesday, June 28: No Visa Waiver Program for Israel Wednesday, June 28: First Madison Banner…
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Sunday, May 21: WORT Show Her Turn with Cassandra Dixon Sunday, May 21: Zoom Film…
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American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC), May 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. | May 9, 2023 – The…
Sadness, anger in Palestine: Gaza mourns 13 killed in Israel raid
Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera, 9 May 2023
Khader Adnan’s Death
A Wake-Up Call for the World’s Conscience May 2, 2023 This morning, Palestinian leader Khader…
Rising Violence In The West Bank
A Conversation With Cassandra Dixon And Ali Awad A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, APRIL…
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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Jewish radicals convicted of hate crimes are collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans Yosef Haim Ben…
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Salah Hamouri photographed by Alain Bachellier Jonathan Kuttab, Friends of Sabeel North America, December 9,…
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Edo Konrad, +972 Magazine, December 16, 2022
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Move constitutes a war crime Medjool, 2022-12-18 Ramallah, 18 December 2022 Today, Sunday, 18 December,…
Expulsion of Palestinian tests the waters for future deportations
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, December 7, 2022
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Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 3 Nov 2022
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It is an uprisingGush Shalom, October 18, 2022 The State of Israel is going to general elections, but…
Rising up against Israel’s repression
Today across Palestine, we’re witnessing the Palestinian people rise up united once again. It is…
2022.10.14-23: Global Week of Action
We, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), call upon all supporters of the Palestinian struggle to…
Anti-Palestinianism makes the misuse of antisemitism possible
MONA ABUAMARA, MONDOWEISS, AUGUST 20, 2022
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135 backpacks to Rafah by MECA on our behalf More MECA photos from Gaza …
Khalil Awawdeh Announces End to Hunger Strike
The Palestinian hunger striker, whose images shocked the world amid his more than 170-day strike,…
Israel’s top court rejects 2nd petition to release Awawdeh
A video showing Khalil Awawdeh and the toll his detention has taken on his body…
Khalil Awawdeh’s time is running out
Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 30 Aug 2022 Geneva – Palestinian administrative…
Photos of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike raise concerns
A protest in solidarity with Khalil Awawdeh, a Palestinian prisoner who is on hunger strike,…
President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…
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We just won a defamation case against a major Israeli newspaper! We made Israel Hayom…
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Just Vision, August 18, 2022 Early this morning, Israeli army forces raided the offices of…
🔥 Israel is bombing Gaza
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) condemns Israel’s raids on civilian areas in…
Free Ahmad Manasra: Demand his immediate release
For the past seven years, since he was only 13, Ahmad Manasra has been imprisoned…
Paul Beckett, 1938 – 2022
Legacy.com MADISON – Paul Anthony Hamilton Beckett, 83, a long-time resident of Madison, WI, died…
2022.06.28: URGENT CALL TO ACTION
FREE SAMI HURAINI, YOUTH OF SUMUD LEADER ARRESTED BY ISRAEL As Israel threatens the homes…
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Please join the #nowaytotreatachild campaign co-leaders from Defense for Children International – Palestine and American…
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Deceased on Wednesday: Bilal Awad Kabaha and Ayman Mahmoud Mheisin. If Americans Knew, June 2,…
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JEFF WRIGHT, Mondoweiss, MAY 5, 2022
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$9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22 Fundraising for the playground is complete, and Playgrounds for Palestine…
Palestinian Administrative Detainees Boycotting Court Proceedings
Read B’Tselem’s full paper on boycotting military courts Dear Friends, It’s a show the Israeli…
Carter Center backs six NGOs after ‘baseless’ terrorism ban by Israel
The New Arab, 07 April, 2022
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11 am Central Palestinian Prisoners Day is April 17 and this month’s No Way to…
2022.04.01: March is a month of resilience and bravery for the Palestinian people
As Americans Muslims for Palestine commemorates Land Day on March 30th, we concurrently remember the…
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Judge issues an arrest warrant against Israeli anti-Apartheid activist Neta Golan For Immediate Release For…
Tutu’s courage on Israeli apartheid is played down in U.S. media
JAMES NORTH AND PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 30, 2021
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Palestinian Administrative Detainees Declare Boycott of Israeli Military Courts Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights…
Born of war: How a Palestinian woman responds to trauma through art
Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022
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Jewish Voice for Peace, January 4, 2022 We are overjoyed that he will return to…
Urgent Letter to UN Concerning Detainee Hisham Abu Hawash
Ref: 61/2021 Date: 30 December 2021 Due to the serious deterioration in the health condition…
#HishamAbuHawash #FreeHisham
Health of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash deteriorates as he enters 135th day of hunger…
‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Erum Salam, The Guardian, 7 Dec 2021
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Codepink Petition Pop star Justin Bieber is scheduled to perform in Israel on October 13,…
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Eli Clifton, RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT, NOVEMBER 8, 2021
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News broke today that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been detected on phones of six Palestinian…
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Dear friends and supporters, We have some major news! Finally, after 10 years, the Israeli…
#StandWithThe6: Israel’s Criminalization of Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
On 19 October 2021, Israel’s Minister of Defense signed an executive order further criminalizing and…
Action Guide for Israel’s Assault on Human Rights Defenders
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 22 Oct 2021 Earlier today, the Israeli Ministry of Defense…
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Join the US Boats to Gaza webinar with documentary filmmaker Fida Qishta, who has just…
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Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, September 1, 2021
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Home Invasions and False Arrests: Aref Jaber defies settlers’ attempts to take over his plot…
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YUMNA PATEL, Mondoweiss, JULY 29, 2021
Ben & Jerry’s vows to stop sales in Israeli West Bank settlements
MICHAEL ARRIA, Mondoweiss, JULY 19, 2021
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