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Sheikh Jarrah Explained
Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Middle East Eye, 6 May 2021
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), April 27, 2021
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Ali Harb, Middle East Eye, 11 March 2021
aid, American, apartheid, B’Tselem, Congress, detainees, Donald Trump, Hebron, human rights, images, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Joe Biden, land, law, media, Middle East, military, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestine, Palestinian, protest, settlers, South Africa, Tel Aviv, terrorism, UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations (UN), United States, video, war, war crimes, West BankWelcome to the 12th Annual Open Shuhada Street Campaign
On this page, you will find information about the Open Shuhada Street campaign in 2021.…
2021.02.10: Jim Zogby Talks with Human Rights Advocate Issa Amro
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m CT In the months we…
US Congressman: Respecting Palestinian Rights is Key to Defeating Antisemitism
US Congressman Andy Levin US Congressman Andy Levin has warned that anti-Semitism cannot be properly…
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The Onion, January 27, 2021
I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State
For decades I argued for separation between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, I can imagine a…
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The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council renews the call for targeted sanctions Palestinian Human Rights…
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Israel's annexation of occupied territory would be a disaster for international law, self-determination, freedom and…
Rep. Mark Pocan: Hold U.S. Funding Over Annexation
Congressman, @repmarkpocan just issued a statement on Israeli annexation: "Congress must put conditions on U.S.…
Letter to Biden (and Trump) Campaigns Regarding Israel and Palestinian Rights
This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…
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Saturday, June 27 Local Letter Campaign to End Violence Against Black People 6:00 PM –…
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ICYMI: British politicians are making it clear that there will be consequences for the Israeli…
Gantz-Netanyahu deal legitimizes annexation
The possibility of further Israeli annexation of occupied territories has received legitimacy from the Israeli…
Oppose the Israeli Annexation of Palestinian Land
This is a new group in the LaCrosse area that is becoming more active on…
Netanyahu’s Real Crimes
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 After years of investigation and…
BREAKING: US Disregards International Law On Israeli Settlements
ADC, November 18, 2019
Settlers beat rabbi, 80, during Palestinian olive harvest
JACOB MAGID, The Times of Israel, 16 October 2019
Burin, Europe, Google, Haaretz, Hebrew, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, land, law, media, military, NGOs, occupation, olive trees, Palestinian, police, rabbis, rape, settlers, terrorism, United Nations (UN), video, volunteer, Wall, war, West Bank, WhatsApp, YitzharNoura Erakat: West Bank Annexation Is Logical End to Israel’s Apartheid Policy
Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant…
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Gideon Levy, If Americans Knew, September 12, 2019
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Hebron Freedom Fund
Occupation vacation: Palestine, settlements, and Airbnb
Diala Shamas and Ziad Alwan, The Activist Files, Episode 16 Did you know that in…
Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S. Jews Get an Unflinching View
At Har Gilo, a Jewish settlement overlooking the southern West Bank, American college students get…
Driving While Palestinian
Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians in Nablus and Bethlehem and Wound Another Ref: 44/2019,…
2019.03.18: Israeli Politics Decoded with David Sheen
Online from the Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Time Listen…
Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars
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Expulsion by a thousand cuts Dear Friends, The last weeks have been busy and challenging…
As West Bank Violence Surges, Israel Is Silent on Attacks by Jews
Israel’s right-wing government has remained silent, wary of alienating settlers in an election year The…
aid, Al-Mughayir, Benjamin Netanyahu, detainees, Haaretz, images, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, land, law, Middle East, military, New York Times, Palestinian, police, prison, rabbis, schools, settlers, Severed, Shin Bet, students, terrorism, United Nations (UN), vandalism, war, water, West Bank, world, Yitzhar, ZionismAirbnb Stops Listing in Illegal West Bank Settlements
CodePINK, November 19, 2018 This is a huge victory! Moments ago, Airbnb announced they will…
2018.09.11: United Nations Association Lecture on Palestine
Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Since 2006 the speaker…
She slapped an Israeli soldier and was sent to prison. Now a Palestinian teen is free — and in the limelight
“We can change people’s minds by defending our cause” Noga Tarnopolsky, LA Times, Aug 02,…
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CODEPINK, June 16, 2016 This weekend is the Presbyterian Church’s biannual General Assembly. Among the…
2018.05.02: Memorializing 70 Years of Occupation
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine Rescheduled from April 27. Stop by to see UW…
Statement on the attack on Palestinians of Jerusalem
Friends of Sabeel North America On Sunday, February 25, church leaders from the Greek Orthodox,…
Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of Christ, closures, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), indigenous, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, media, Muslim, Palestinian, protest, refugees, religion, sanction, schools, settlers, taxes, terrorism, travel, vandalism, victims, worldInvitation – JAI-ATG Olive Picking Program 2018
A program for Civil International Solidarity with Palestinians October 13th (arrival) – 22nd (departure), 2018…
apartheid, Bethlehem, Christian, Church of Christ, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), confiscation, economy, film, Hebron, images, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, military, music, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, refugees, settlers, solidarity, terrorism, travel, violations, Wall, West Bank, worldUniversity of Manchester removes Sabra Hummus
The New Arab, 8 February, 2018
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UN takes first step to end Israel’s impunity
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 28 September 2017
Is It True That Not a Single Senator – Including Progressive Dems – Cares About Palestine?
The pro-Israel letter 100 U.S. senators sent to the U.N. fails to mention Israel's illegal…
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AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the…
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Jordan Fabian, The Hill, 02/02/17
David Friedman Is Unfit to Be Ambassador to Israel
Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days…
annexation, antisemitism, Barack Obama, Congress, Donald Trump, human rights, immigrants, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Judea, land, media, Muslim, Palestinian, protest, refugees, resources, Samaria, settlers, take action, Tel Aviv, terrorism, United States, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), vote, Wall, war, West Bank, worldA Dangerous Road to Education
Dear Friends, It is absolutely bizarre to be watching Trump’s policies of hatred unfold from…
Violence: the language of a Jewish state
Jonathan Cook Blog, January 19, 2017
Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy on Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution
Democracy Now!, December 30, 2016
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Carol Morello, The Washington Post, December 28, 2016 Secretary of State John F. Kerry on…
Israel rejects ‘shameful’ UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 24 December 2016
What the UN Security Council resolution means for the US and Israel
Oren Liebermann, CNN, December 26, 2016
American, Arab, arms, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bill Clinton, Christmas, Donald Trump, Geneva Conventions (1949), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, law, Lindsey Graham, media, negotiations, Palestinian, peace, refugees, Russia, sanction, settlers, terrorism, travel, two-state, United Nations (UN), United States, veto, vote, war, West BankClinton to Palestine: Drop dead
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, June 27, 2016
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Amira Hass, BDS, Bezalel Smotrich, ethnic cleansing, Haaretz, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Judea, land, law, media, Mekorot, Nablus, Palestinian, Samaria, settlers, solidarity, terrorism, travel, war, water, West Bank, YitzharUrge the Democratic Platform Committee to call for ending the occupation of the West Bank
Just Foreign Policy, 6/16/16 The Forward reports that former Congressman Robert Wexler is putting pressure…
Palestinians can’t #LiveThere, So Don’t Go There
Granate Sossnoff, Jewish Voice for Peace, May 24, 2016 This is easy and important. We…
2016.05.04: An Evening with Jeff Halper
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:00 pm DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 330 N. Orchard…
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Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2016
Fact Check: MSNBC’s Palestinian loss of land map
Institute for Middle East Understanding, Mondoweiss, October 22, 2015
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Karma Chavez, WORT 89.9FM A Public Affair, September 9, 2015 Today Karma Chavez talks with…
2013.04.28: Susan Abulhawa Talk in Madison
Playgrounds for Palestine Annual Benefit Dinner Nile Restaurant [Map] 5:30 pm-8:00 pm The Madison chapter…
Loving the Land and It’s People: Palestinian Hospitality
Veena Brekke, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, October 31, 2012 On October 28th we departed the…
2012.11.05: Daoud Nassar speaks in Madison
Daoud Nassar: “The most effective way to reach peace is meeting people face-to-face. It’s possible…
Israeli Intransigence Lets BDS Into the Mainstream
Alex Kane, December 21, 2010 The world is fed up with Israel, with its continued…
2010.09.19: PALESTINE: DANGEROUS PASSAGE TO SCHOOL
Goodman Community Center 149 Wabesa St, Madison Room Bolz B 5 7 pm [Map] Free…
Netanyahu defies U.S. over Jerusalem settlement
Jeffrey Heller, Reuters, 15 March 2010 JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected…
Israel Supreme Court: Open 'apartheid' road to Palestinians
Ilene R. Prusher, The Christian Science Monitor, Oct 23, 2009 Jerusalem – In the first…
2009.01.26: Live from Bethlehem Lecture and Film
Monday, January 26, 7:30 pm Wisconsin Union Theater UW-Madison Reception to follow Amira Hanania is…
2008.04.06-27: O-LIVE! O-LIVE! Events to benefit Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem
O-LIVE! O-LIVE! Silent art auction and other events to benefit Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem. Location:…
Israeli army orders confiscation of Palestinian land in West Bank
· Seizure would allow huge expansion of settlements · Move seen as rush to make…
Apartheid Reigns In Israel, Activist-author Says
He Claims Nation Is Hurting Self With Its Policies SAMARA KALK DERBY, The Capital Times,…
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MIKE MURRAY, Cap Times, Jun 9, 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the…
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Former president stands by new book despite criticism, says it is meant to stimulate debate…
Jimmy Carter’s Roadmap
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, CounterPunch, NOVEMBER 13, 2006
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