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Feb 20, 2026
Trump Halts Sanctions On Israeli Settlers
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, January 22 2025
Jared Kushner’s New Investments in Israeli Settlements
FREDDY BREWSTER & KATYA SCHWENK, THE LEVER, JAN 16, 2025
Gaza 2035
A regional business plan proposed by Netanyahu in 2024.
Our heads are being smashed in as the world turns a blind eye
Hamdan Ballal, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, Jan 16, 2025
Today at Tuba in Masafer Yatta
December 22, 2024 Settlers have been in the village of Tuba multiple times in the…
End-of-Year Appeal
Survival in Gaza, Plant an Olive Tree, and Replace the Sheep Your help is needed…
2024.12.13: West Bank Update from Cassandra Dixon on WORT
WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Report from the West Bank, Then an Update on Syria…
East Jerusalem, West Bank Palestinians displaced en masse
Home Demolitions spike to 15 year high Israel, like every other settler-colonial state, is premised…
2024.12.15: Uprooting the Jewish National Fund
Online 1:30 pm CT Join the Green Olive Collective to discuss the central role of…
Report: We Will Return
An analysis of the escalating forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank since…
In Masafer Yatta There’s No P In PTSD
WORT 89.9FM Madison · In Masafer-Yatta there’s no P in PTSD WORLD VIEW, DECEMBER 8,…
25 years of resisting Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera, Nov 21, 2024 Atta Jaber’s family has farmed the Baqa’a Valley in the…
Challenging Israeli ‘Hasbara’ and ‘Conventional Wisdom’ on Palestine
An Anti-Colonial Reframing Jeff Halper, Director, ICAHD, October 30, 2024 Israel’s success in “selling” its…
In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire
Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school…
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence
Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes…
“Ethnic cleansing by a thousand cuts”
An Update from the South Hebron Hills Unsettled Podcast, Dec 3, 2024 In this episode…
Israel Builds Bases in Central Gaza, a Sign It May Be There to Stay
In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area…
Former defense minister accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza
“The IDF is not the most moral army today. It’s hard for me to say…
Israeli Settler Company Specializing in West Bank Outposts Now in Gaza
Israeli Libi Construction Company At Work In Beit Lahia REVEALED: Israeli Settler Company Specializing in…
My Israeli Neighbors Are Rejoicing: Trump Will Make Israel Great(er)
DIARY FROM A PALESTINIAN IN ISRAEL Diana Buttu on how Trump’s ‘Israel first’ Cabinet picks…
2024.12.09-25.01.29: Gaza National Teach-In Series
7 pm Central More info & registration TeachinNetwork.org Toolbox on Gaza, Israel, and the Middle…
Saturday in At Tuwani
This has been a terrible day here with multiple large settler attacks in the area,…
Photo Essay: The silent displacement in the West Bank
As the world has focused on the Gaza genocide, a massive Israeli campaign of violence…
Settlers steal sheep and dreams of a peaceful life in Masafer Yatta
By Hamdan Ballal, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, NOV 10, 2024 Masafer Yatta is living through…
2024.11.10 Update: Ali Awad from Masafer Yatta on WORT
World View5:00 pmLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived Ali Awad is a community organizer and journalist…
Hello from Masafer Yatta
Cassandra Dixon, November 6, 2024
South Africa’s memorial to the ICJ: More evidence on Israel’s genocide
Dr Binoy Kampmark, Middle East Monitor, November 3, 2024 The timing, as with so much…
A Special Appeal for Masafer Yatta
My dear friends, As I return to Masafer-Yatta in the West Bank, I would gratefully…
Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza
Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s…
2024.10.27: Olive Harvest 2024 will honor the resilience of Palestinian families
By Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Oct 15, 2024 A community event to highlight Palestinian resilience…
‘Destructive Impact’ – Israeli War Destroys 75% of Olive Trees in Gaza
Palestine Chronicle Staff, October 20, 2024 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip were only able…
Killing Underscores ‘War-Like’ Israeli Assault on West Bank Olive Growers
“The olive season has turned into a season of killing for the Palestinian people, whether…
Seizing the West Bank: Extremist settlers in power
BBC World Service, Sep 2, 2024 Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel…
West Bank settler expansion: a year on the frontline
Channel 4 News, Feb 26, 2024 In the West Bank tensions between Israelis and Palestinians…
Settler attack near cave home projects
This morning Mohammed Badawi Al-Dababse, one of the shepherds from Khalat al-Dabea in Masafer Yatta,…
New video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of U.S. activist’s killing
The IDF said Aysenur Eygi was shot “unintentionally” during a “violent riot.” A Post analysis…
Blinken says killing of American woman in West Bank ‘unprovoked and unjustified’
“No one should be shot and killed for attending a protest” The Guardian, September 10, 2024…
US State Department declines to Condemn Israel for Shooting American Activist in the Head, Killing Her
JUAN COLE, INFORMED CONSENT, 09/07/2024 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghrebi at the Israeli…
Witness: Israeli troops intentionally killed US activist
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 7 September 2024
On the murder of Ayşenur Eygi
Jeff Halper, ICAHD, September 8, 2024 Yet another courageous person who gave…
Aysenur Eygi’s Family calls for Independent Investigation
“We welcome the White House’s statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing,…
American Human Rights Activist Murdered in the West Bank
This is not the first time Israeli forces have murdered American citizens. Israel has a…
A Response to the Killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
From Cindy and Craig Corrie The Corries are the parents of Rachel Corrie, a volunteer…
How Israel is Arming Israeli Settlers
“It is farcical to suggest a distinction between settler and state violence: They are part…
An American was just shot in the West Bank.
The American press can’t be bothered. As waning global attention is on the war in…
Settler Attack in Tuba
My friends were attacked this morning in Tuba. They got the sheep back, but have…
The West Bank with John Oliver
Content Warning for expletives and sexual humor, like “I know the bar here is incredibly…
Top UN court says Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and should end
BY MIKE CORDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 19, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N.…
Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank, June 2024
Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in June…
2024.06.20: Jeff Halper on WORT
Noon – 1 pm Anthropologist, author and anti-occupation activist Jeff Halper will be interviewed by A…
Visiting Palestinian textile artist has a message for Madisonians
Miquéla V. Thornton, The Cap Times, June 6, 2024 When Laila Hasan thinks back to…
2024.05.31: Gaza and the West Bank on WORT
Noon CT WORT 89.9 FM Live or archived We will have two guests this Friday…
The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel
After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists,…
Settler Colonialisms and Deadly Violence: Algeria and Israel/Palestine
Joel Beinin, Professor of History and Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Apr 17, 2024
Do Palestinians Have Human Rights?
Hamdan Huraini, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 5, 2024 How do we define human rights?…
The Army Has a New Strategy
Awdah Hathaleen, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 4 The occupation army has a new strategy:…
PCHR Report on the West Bank
Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in January…
Illegal Israeli Settler Roads Are Surging Across West Bank Since October 7
A Wall Street Journal investigation found that since Oct. 7, Israeli settlers have been rapidly…
Good Shepherd Collective Weekly Report
Good Shepherd Collective Weekly Report Intro Since October 7, Israel has killed at least 31,043…
Mohammad Hureini of Youth of Sumud
Final Straw, Jan 28, 2024 This week, we’re featuring a conversation with Mohammad Hureini (twitter…
The Israeli Settlers Attacking Their Palestinian Neighbors
With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence…
Meanwhile in the West Bank
The past days have been horrific for the residents of Majaz, one of the villages…
Killing Palestinians in the West Bank with “near total impunity”
Under the cover of the relentless bombardment and atrocity crimes in Gaza, Israeli forces have…
Don’t Let Us Feel Alone
Awdah Hathaleen, Humans of Masafer Yatta, Feb 11, 2024 I stopped posting and updating for…
Meet the settlers targeted by Biden’s sanctions — and their victims
SUPPORT US Palestinians and Israelis who’ve experienced the settlers’ attacks first-hand see the move as…
2024.01.25: Madison Antiwar Film Series Presents Two Films about Israel and Palestine
The Occupation of the American Mind and My Neighborhood Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street, Room…
Palestinian residents of West Bank being driven out by Jewish settlers
NBC News, Dec. 26, 2023 In the village of At-Tuwani in the West Bank, residents…
How Israeli settler violence is forcing Palestinians to flee their homes
Bethan McKernan, Kyri Evangelou, Mariam Dwedar and Temujin Doran, The Guardian, 14 Dec 2023
Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove & Other West Bank Aid
Plant An Olive Tree in the Madison-Masafer Yatta Grove! The planting of these olive trees…
Escalation in Israel’s occupation tactics in West Bank
Nima Elbagir, CNN, December 15, 2023 VIDEO: Eyewitness testimony and footage reveals escalation in Israel’s…
‘They Came in the Dark’: Settler Violence Intensifies in the West Bank
Matthew Cassel, Mark Boyer and Santiago García Muñoz, New York Times, November 30, 2023 Since…
TAA Statement on Palestine: “A Call for Palestinian Liberation”
TAA UW-MADISON, NOVEMBER 22, 2023 The following statement was written and approved by the general…
Three Views of Bernie Sanders and the Palestine-Israel Conflict
The three articles below, Bernie Sanders essay in the New York Times, the letter from…
Many West Bank Palestinians Are Being Forced Out of Their Villages. Is My Family Next?
Zuhour Muhammad Awad, the author’s grandmother, walking in the village of Tuba in May 2021.…
Rainwater is the property of Israel
Rainwater is the property of Israel byu/temporary_staying inlostgeneration “Israel even controls the collection of rain…
2023.11.20: Preserving Palestine Under Settler Colonialism
11 am CT In support of our colleagues in Palestine, in support of the…
U.S. Officials Fear American Guns Ordered by Israel Could Fuel West Bank Violence
Edward Wong and Patrick Kingsley, November 6, 2023 Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir…
“We Need Eyes on Us for Protection”
Unhinged, Murderous Settlers Terrorize Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills As Gaza faces genocide, extremist…
2023.11.08: Emergency West Bank Online Fundraiser
Join us this Wednesday for our next webinar of Solidarity Speaks, an emergency series giving people…
‘A new Nakba’: settler violence forces Palestinians out of West Bank villages
Communities who have clung on for decades are leaving their homes in the face of…
Cigarette Burns, Beatings, Attempted Sexual Assault
Settlers and Soldiers Abused Palestinians A week after being assaulted in Wadi as-Seeq, Palestinians and…
West Bank ‘Abu Ghraib 2.0’
IDF Torture Videos Spark Renewed Calls to End US Military Aid to Israel Bound, blindfolded,…
Settler Violence Against Palestinians in the West Bank Is Rising
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed, more than 2,000 injured and nearly 1,000 forcibly…
Wisconsin Democrats’ silence on Gaza is predictable and unconscionable
SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, OCTOBER 18, 2023 After condemning the killing of Israeli civilians, Tammy…
Foregrounding the political and decolonization after October 7
JEFF HALPER, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 20, 2023
‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’
Settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory Herders report violence driving them from their homes…
Madison women concerned for friends living in the West Bank
Cody Taylor, Spectrum News, Oct. 20, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Cassandra Dixon is a Madison…
Updates from al Khalil/Hebron
CPT Palestine, October 19, 2023 Since 7 October, our lives have been profoundly disrupted—our daily…
Jewish extremists plan to “lynch” Palestinians in chat apps
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 18 October 2023
Events in South Hebron Since the Outbreak of the War
Good Shepherd Collective October 14, 2023 At the request of supporters from abroad, we applied…
Settlers go on killing spree in West Bank
Tamara Nassar, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 13 October 2023
Support Sami Huraini
On October 30th, Palestinian Human Rights Defender Sami Huraini will be sentenced by the Israeli…
Thank You from Palestine!
Hello friends, Thank you all so much for helping me to come back to Palestine,…
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…
Cassandra Dixon Interview on WORT
Sunday, August 27 on WORT’s World View The interview begins at 33:00. Cassandra talks with…
New Masafer Yatta Project: Planting Olive Trees
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine…
The violent lies of Israel’s president
Yuli Novak, +972 Magazine, July 31, 2023
