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Tell Pocan No More Military Aid to Israel

CALL Pocan’s offices and insist on a pledge not to vote for any further military…

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Israel’s Measures intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), March 9, 2024

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What is UNRWA, the U.N. agency in Gaza struggling to help Palestinians?

Bryan Pietsch and Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, October 16, 2023 One of the UNRWA schools housing displaced people…

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Israel hits landmark residential tower as truce talks stall

Al Jazeera, 9 Mar 2024

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“Language Is Inadequate” to Describe the Horror, Part 2

DEMOCRACY NOW!, MARCH 06, 2024

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2024.03.02: Poor Peoples’ Campaign Assembly at the Capitol

We are forming a Kuffiyeh Contingent Meet at 10:30 am State Street Entrance steps Please…

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2024.03.01: Emergency Day of Action for Rafah

Rafah Governate is a tiny, 25 square mile area smaller than the west side of…

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The Biden Administration Joins Israel’s War on UNRWA

Following Washington’s lead, key US allies have cut funding for the United Nations Relief Works…

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PCHR Condemns the Killing of Lawyer Nour Abu Nour

and Her Family by an Israeli Airstrike on Rafah 21.02.2024 The Palestinian Centre for Human…

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Rising Malnutrition Puts Children’s Lives at Grave Risk in Gaza

Sarah Ferguson, Unicef, February 20, 2024

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‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 139

LEILA WARAH, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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An update about MECA’s work in Gaza

Children in Deir El-Balah (central Gaza Strip) enjoying hot meals from one of our community…

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Satellite photos show Egypt building Gaza wall as Israel’s Rafah push looms

Despite its opposition to displacement of Palestinians, Cairo appears to be preparing for a scenario…

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CAMPAIGN TO AID SISTER CITY FACING BLOODBATH

Sandra Whitehead, WISCONSIN MUSLIM JOURNAL, Feb 13, 2024 Members of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project…

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‘Unbelievable fear’: Hundreds flee Gaza’s Rafah amid Israeli attacks

Some 1.4 million Palestinians have been sheltering in a 64sq km (25sq miles) area, hoping…

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2024.02.14: Launching a year-long Grassroots for Gaza aid campaign

with a Valentines Day to Leap Year Silent Auction Gaza is now the deadliest place…

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2024.02.14: Show Gaza Some Love

❤️ Our silent online auction ❤️ starts Valentines day at noon and ends February 29…

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30 Bound and ‘Executed’ Palestinians Found at Gaza School After IDF Exit

BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, FEB 01, 2024

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The U.S. Must Act to End the Gaza Disaster

Many of us are watching with horror the severe humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. Unfortunately,…

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A deaf Gazan man explains the current situation in Rafah

Times of Gaza, Jan 25, 2024 A deaf Gazan man explains the current situation in…

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