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Nov 8, 2026

Caves in the south Hebron Hills bring villages back to life
Ahmad Al-Bazz and Anne Paq, Mondoweiss, February 11, 2019
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South Hebron Hills Update
Expulsion by a thousand cuts Dear Friends, The last weeks have been busy and challenging…
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Winning Essay “30 Minutes . . . A Thousand Times Over”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
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Winning Essay “The Party”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Rahf Hallaq is a…
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2018.11.20: Madison’s Clean Water for the Children of Gaza Day
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2018.11.15: Gaza Water Crisis on WORT
Thursday, Nov 15 12 noon – 1 pm A Public Affair with host Allen Ruff…
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How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 30 Oct 2018
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2018.11.20: Fundraiser: ‘Clean Water for the Children of Gaza’
First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project…
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2018.12.01: Monona Terrace Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come…
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Pocan and Moore on Gaza Humanitarian Aid
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Baldwin Signs Letter on Palestinian Aid Cuts
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Serious Escalation of Lethal Force in Eastern Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 111/2018, October 12, 2018
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2018.10.14: Fundraiser for the Maia Project
Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Sunday, October 14 First…
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24th Friday of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 97/2018, September 7, 2018
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Israel’s Unequal Citizens
Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East…
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2018.07.21: Maia Water Project at the Midwest Waterfest
10 am – 6 pm Common Ground 2644 Branch Street, Middleton MRSCP will be tabling…
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2018.07.22: Community Immigration Law Center Presentation
1:00 pm First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison First Unitarian Society and Congregation…
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2018.07.26: Palestine and Us: Grassroots Mobilization with Rev. Graylan Hagler
ONLINE from The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Pastor and…
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2018.08.07: Annual Lanterns for Peace at Tenney Park
6:00 pm1500 Sherman AvenueMadison Free and open to the public. For more info visit Physicians…
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Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’
A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…
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