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Apr 25, 2026
2023.02.21-03.02: February & March Events
Tuesday, Feb. 21: Don’t Step on My Feet Again: A Poetic Exploration of Life in…
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Jewish radicals convicted of hate crimes are collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans Yosef Haim Ben…
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Online, 7 PM CT
apartheid, B’Tselem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bethlehem, books, calendar, CODEPINK, Congress, environment, Grassroots, Hebron, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, land, Mazin Qumsiyeh, military, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, resistance, State Capitol, take action, tech, Tel Aviv, terrorism, Tufts, West Bank, world2022.10.03: Gaza: The Longest Siege in Modern History
Video recorded October 3, 2022 In 1948, the tiny Gaza Strip was cut off from…
Rally for Google and Amazon workers against Israeli military
🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Next Thursday, September 8th at 5pm at the Seattle Google campus (1000 Mercer…
Google’s anti-Palestinian worker retaliation
Huge news just broke. Today, tech worker organizer Ariel Koren, active in our #NoTechForApartheid campaign,…
‘No Tech for Israeli Apartheid’
ICYMI—Human rights activists confronted leaders at #AWSsummit to demand an end to @Amazon's surveillance empire—which…
Zoom with Congressional Staff to keep Masafer Yatta and Al Aqaba Standing
Heartbreak to happiness: the difference is YOU! I invite you to join a 30-minute Zoom Briefing with…
Google, don’t punish your workers for standing with Palestinians!
Yesterday @latimes reported that @Google is punishing a worker who doesn't want her labor to…
2022.03.16: 19th Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration
Register in advance for this webinar March 16, 2022, 7 pm CT/5 pm PT Join…
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Al-Haq, 22 Feb 2022
Tell Congress No on the Israel Ethnic Cleansing Normalization Act
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Raise your voice to tell Congress to vote NO to…
Israel Uses Military Tech Industry to Spy on Americans
If Americans Knew, YouTube, Oct 6, 2021
Human rights defenders targeted by Israel launch joint website
Online Hub Provides Information and Calls to Action Aimed at Reversing Ban on Six Palestinian…
apartheid, ban, digital, Europe, free speech, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, law, media, military, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Ramallah, resources, solidarity, tech, terrorism, violations, war, war crimes, West Bank, world‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Erum Salam, The Guardian, 7 Dec 2021
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As salaamu alaykum — This is the best time to join in: The number of…
Escalating surveillance calls for escalated action: #StandWiththe6
News broke today that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been detected on phones of six Palestinian…
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Wow. @ronenbergman confirms that Israel rushed to classify the 6 Palestinian civil society orgs as…
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Four Google & Amazon Employees to Speak Out About Historic Campaign on Thursday, October 21st…
Boycotting the Boycotters
ERIKA BOLSTAD, IN THESE TIMES, MARCH 19, 2021
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN RETRACTED PRO-PALESTINE ARTICLE WITHOUT ANY FACTUAL ERRORS
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept, July 1 2021 After right-wing outrage, the esteemed journal removed an…
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Introduction The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism Why the oldest hatred needs a new definition Jewish…
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People run following an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane…
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November 13, 2020 I’m writing with some urgent news from East Jerusalem that hits very…
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Brittany Dawson, PALESTINE SQUARE, December 6, 2018 When hundreds of Central American migrants arrived in…
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Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank,…
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Karama Fadel, The New Arab, 23 February, 2018
University of Manchester removes Sabra Hummus
The New Arab, 8 February, 2018
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Brian Hauss, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, November 30, 2017
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Claire Gilbert, Grassroots International, November 28, 2017
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Israel is so confident of its ability to expel Palestinian communities that it no longer…
PayPal: Stop Discriminating Against Palestinians
We won’t accept PayPal’s discrimination against Palestinians! PayPal refuses to offer its services to Palestinians…
Israel passed a controversial law about settlements. Where did its parliament get the support?
Devorah Manekin and Guy Grossman, The Washington Post, February 13, 2017 An Israeli soldier stands…
Will Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?
David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016
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Water is the only issue in which Israel (still) finds it difficult to defend its…
Mental Health Library Campaign
Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF) We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental…
Identity Crisis: the Israeli ID System
Visualizing Palestine creates data-driven tools to advance a factual, rights-based narrative of the Palestinian-Israeli issue.…
U.S. Boat to Gaza Seized by Greek Authorities and Captain Jailed
Passengers Determined to Free Captain and Set Sail Again U.S. to Gaza, July 2, 2011…
2009.04.05-07: Israel-Palestine from Bush to Obama: Health, Human Rights and Foreign Policy
The University of Wisconsin – Madison Middle East Studies Program April Lecture Series Prof. Noam…
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Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, November 15, 2006
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On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA) of UW-Madison debated a resolution…
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Gwen Evans, UW News, February 8, 2005 For filmmaker Saul Landau, who has interviewed the…
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, 5/9/2004 Here is something to inspire you. Read this. It will help you…
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Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio Monday May 10, 2004 (EAU CLAIRE) New Homeland Security rules…
Wisconsin Bookstore’s Fight for Free Speech Victorious
David Grogan, American Booksellers Association, Nov 12, 2003
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Multiple Madison venues
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