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#ObliteratedFamilies – Foreword by Rajah Shehadeh

#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 11, 2017

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#ObliteratedFamilies – Introduction by Amira Hass

#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 7, 2017

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2017.03.29: Islamophobia in America with Reza Aslan

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Wisconsin Union Theater Cost: Free…

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A message from Cindy & Craig Corrie

Painting by Malak Mattar; read more about her painting at We Are Not Numbers. March…

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What really happened in the Umm Al-Hiran “terrorist attack”

New video deals another blow to Israeli police version of Umm al-Hiran raid Last month…

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2017.01.30 Update: No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance Tour

Monday, January 30Evjue Room, Urban League of Greater Madison2222 South Park Street, Madison [Map]7 –…

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Reversing 2013 decision, Boulder makes Nablus a sister city

Boulder City Council members vote 7-2 in favor of sister city proposal Alex Burness, DailyCamera…

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No fires or inciting politicians can destroy our shared society

Samah Salaime, +972, November 26, 2016

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2016.10.22 Update: Wisconsin Book Festival: The Way to the Spring

C-SPAN video link: c-span.org/video/?416995-3/ben-ehrenreich-discusses-way-spring Wisconsin Book Festival The Way to the Spring Ben Ehrenreich 10/22/2016…

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2016.10.23 Update: Israeli and Palestinian Parents Grieve, Work Together for Justice

A Parents Circle Family Forum Presentation Sunday, October 23 Two families – one Jewish Israeli,…

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Vote for our Gaza photo in Global Giving contest!

Our photo (above), taken by Mohammad Mansour, was selected as a finalist in Global Giving’s…

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Breaking Ground at Cinema Hebron

Rabbi Brant Rosen, Shalom Rav, July 17, 2016 This past Friday, I had the honor…

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Ben Ehrenreich Writes a Love Letter to Palestine

“Next we meet Hani Amer, whose farm lay on the route of the infamous wall.…

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Why Sayed Kashua Is Leaving Jerusalem and Never Coming Back

His Last Column for Haaretz Everything people had told him since he was a teenager…

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Gaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere

Sara Roy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 28, 2016 Palestinians in Gaza are largely…

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Unitarian Majority for Divestment; Presbyterians Take it to the Next Level!

Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 25th, 2016 I cannot remember…

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2016.04.03 Update: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration

Sunday, April 3, 7 pm, Christ Presbyterian Church 944 East Gorham Street, Madison WI You…

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John Quinlan Interviews Sahar Abbasi Baidon

John Quinlan, Forward Forum KSUN Channel 983, November 2, 2015 John Quinlan talks with Sahar…

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