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Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza
MELANIE LIDMAN AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 9, 2025
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‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 2025
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‘No Other Land’ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
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Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
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Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Defence for Children Palestine, Feb 26, 2025
2025.03.16: Israeli Conscientious Objectors Share Their Stories
11:00 am CT
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Netanyahu only ever saw the hostages as his path back to genocide
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 26 February 2025
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Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Voices For Justice in Palestine, Feb 21, 2025
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2025.02.25: Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Online, 11 am – 12 Noon CT
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
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Hamas Says It Will Release Israeli Captives After Aid Surge
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, February 13, 2025
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Deaths from Israel’s attacks on Gaza rise to 62,000
Al Jazeera, 3 Feb 2025
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Sole Survivor’s Stories, Episode 2: Jamal Shabat
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) on Rabet, Feb 3, 2025
Latest Gaza Update from MECA
Jan 30, 2025
2025.01.25: “War Isn’t Over When It’s Over” Online with Kathy Kelly
The stories of lives forever altered by U.S. “forever wars”
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We Can’t Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza
ABDULLAH SHIHIPAR, THE NATION, JANUARY 9, 2025. The very air that Gazans breathe could put…
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2025.01.03-16: Extended! Gaza Film “From Ground Zero” at AMC Fitchburg & Baraboo
From Ground Zero at AMC Fitchburg and Baraboo Arabic with English Subtitles Palestine’s Official Submission…
Group of Quebec doctors suspends non-essential work Monday to protest bloodshed in Gaza
CBC, January 6, 2025 As Israel’s deadly assaults on Gazans and their fragile health-care system…
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The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not.
I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The…
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