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Apartheid Arms: Why Israel Sells Military Equipment to Human Rights Violators
Mohamed Mohamed, The Palestine Chronicle, May 21, 2019
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I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
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How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics
Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019
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A Teenage War Resister in Israel
An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East He is a rarity in his own…
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Call NOW to stop resolution targeting Rep. Omar Ilhan
#StandWithllhan Please consider calling or emailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and your own Representative: Speaker…
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Honor Dr. Angela Davis
This February, join USCPR and the Dream Defenders by showing solidarity with all the radical…
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A Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Gaza: Fears of further bloodshed as Israel adopts ‘zero tolerance’ policy
Amnesty International, 19 October 2018
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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid
I see the parallels with Israel It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism…
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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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Cities for Palestine
Image via Sacramento to Bethlehem Cities for Palestine, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Others,…
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“Apartheid, Rogue, Terrorist State”: Glenn Greenwald on Israel
Democracy Now!, April 9, 2018
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Students for Justice in Palestine call for Univ. of California to divest!
Anna Baltzer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 14 March 2018
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New billboard campaign raises awareness about child prisoners held by Israel
Palestine Advocacy Project, Mondoweiss, March 8, 2018
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A History of Boycotts: Israel, South Africa and California
Pacifica Radio Letters and Politics, 02.14.18
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Wisconsin should reject boycott bill; it is not anti-Semitic
State Sen. Leah Vukmir (Megan Papachristou Photography) Sandy Pasch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 6, 2018…
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Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: 20 Groups Will Be Denied Entry
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations:…
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2017.11.09: Global Day of Action: A World without Walls
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall)
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State shouldn’t punish boycott movement — Joel Garb
Wisconsin State Journal, 11/3/17 Many Jews, including myself, as well as many others have been…
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Tell Radiohead: “You Don’t Belong” in Apartheid Israel
Stand up for Palestinian rights and cancel your concert in Tel Aviv The British…
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