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Bernie Sanders: On Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Palestinians

Bernie Sanders, Common Dreams, February 28, 2017 Speech to this year’s J Street conference Thank…

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Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help

Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright)…

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Film: Gaza in Context

Arab Studies Institute, Feb 22, 2017

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Israeli forces raid At Tuwani after women and children’s nonviolent action

Operation Dove, February 12, 2017 More information on Operation Dove This Saturday morning residents of…

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2 Palestinians killed, 5 injured in reported airstrike on southern Gaza tunnel

Ma’an News Agency, Feb. 9, 2017 GAZA (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were killed and five…

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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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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…

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Israel Bulldozes Democracy

AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the…

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Israel passes bill to seize private Palestinian land for Jewish settlements

William Booth, The Washington Post, February 6, 2017 JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament passed a contentious…

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White House warns Israel on settlements

Jordan Fabian, The Hill, 02/02/17

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David Friedman Is Unfit to Be Ambassador to Israel

Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days…

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A Dangerous Road to Education

Dear Friends, It is absolutely bizarre to be watching Trump’s policies of hatred unfold from…

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2017.02.06: Fighting Islamophobia

A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities…

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Palestinians protest moving US embassy to Jerusalem

Israeli forces suppress weekly marches in Bilin, Kafr Qaddum Ma’an News Agency, January 21, 2017…

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Violence: the language of a Jewish state

Jonathan Cook Blog, January 19, 2017

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Israel as the Lights Go Out

In America there is always a domestic political reason for not doing the right thing…

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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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Will Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?

David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016

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