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Jun 6, 2026
How the Iran War is Changing the Middle East
JUAN COLE, Informed Comment, 05/09/2026
Trump’s Plan for Gaza
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 18, 2025
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Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
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Netanyahu is preparing a way out
Elijah J Magnier, Oct 09, 2025
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UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
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Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
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Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
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2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
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Louis Theroux, The Guardian, 10 May 2025
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WATCH: Masked ICE Agents Arrest Tufts Graduate Student
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, MAR 26, 2025
Israeli bombing kills World Central Kitchen workers and aid-seekers
Meanwhile, a former Israeli defence minister says the army is ethnically cleansing northern Gaza By Ahmed…
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Turkish anti-genocide protesters prevent container shipment to Israel
In Turkey, anti-genocide protesters seized a container set to be shipped from Istanbul to Israel’s…
Israel has all but ended medical evacuations from Gaza
For the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza AMBA…
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Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 21 October 2024
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Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Antony Blinken Disagreed.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or…
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Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi
Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly…
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Aysenur Eygi’s Family calls for Independent Investigation
“We welcome the White House’s statement of condolences, but given the circumstances of Aysenur’s killing,…
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Listen to Laila Hasan and Esty Dinur on WORT 89.9 FM’s A Public Affair, 5/31/24…
Wisconsin activist frustrated over blocked aid to Palestinians
Longtime international volunteer says she is ‘devastated’ food and medical supplies cannot reach Gaza BY RICHELLE…
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Noon CT WORT 89.9 FM Live or archived We will have two guests this Friday…
Prominent Palestinian doctor tortured and killed in Israeli detention
Adnan al-Bursh was a Palestinian surgeon and the head of orthopaedic medicine at al-Shifa hospital…
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In the first such divestment action by a major Christian denomination, the General Conference of…
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By Kareem Fahim and Beril Eski, The Washington Post April 21, 2024 at 3:00 a.m. EDT ISTANBUL —…
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Peace activists aim to sail through the military blockade of Gaza. BY SAURAV SARKAR APRIL 18,…
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12 Noon, 89.9 FM or listen live online Host Esty Dinur will interview two guests…
2024.01.24: Webinar: “Israel, South Africa, Genocide, and the International Court of Justice”
A Conversation with Robert Herbst 12 noon CT Register Here South Africa sued…
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: Urgent Gaza Relief Updates
Urgent Gaza Relief Our “Gaza Relief and Recovery” campaign aims to address urgent humanitarian needs…
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‘They aren’t human beings and not human animals. They’re subhuman and that’s how they should…
Norman Finkelstein Responds to Bernie Sanders Opposing Gaza Ceasefire
A Response to Bernie Sanders NORMAN FINKELSTEIN NOV 6, 2023 After seeing Senator Sanders’ appearance…
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OHCHR foreign employees left in limbo amid Israeli crackdown on rights monitors The UN’s…
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Western states have provided cover for Israel’s lawless extremism and possible end goal of massive…
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Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, calls the deadly attack on al-Ahli al-Arab…
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Human Rights Watch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, OCT 12, 2023
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Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022
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Anadolu Agency, May 11, 2021
Regeni murder: If only Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall had been Italian
Kamel Hawwash, Middle East Eye, 21 April 2016
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Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked:…
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“We can change people’s minds by defending our cause” Noga Tarnopolsky, LA Times, Aug 02,…
Ahed Tamimi, detainees, film, football, Germany, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, law, media, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, protest, resistance, settlers, South Africa, terrorism, Turkey, United States, video, war, West Bank, women, worldThe Anti-Semitism Awareness Act Is Back: Free Speech Is at Risk
Dr. James Zogby, Arab American Institute (AAI), June 09, 2018 Back in 2016, without debate…
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Asa Winstanley, Middle East Monitor, February 28, 2018
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On December 18, 2017, in the middle of the night the Israeli army burst into…
#TalkAboutYemem
Donna Smith, Progressive Democrats of America, Nov 22, 2017 Yemen Is Suffering. Please Help. While…
Will Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?
David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016
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Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the…
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Khalida Jarrar greets speaks to reporters in her hometown, the West Bank city of Ramallah,…
ADL explains why Foxman lobbied against imams Auschwitz trip
Justin Elliott, Salon, Aug 23, 2010
Madison Area Peace Coalition: Flotilla attack shows need to end Gaza siege
Madison Area Peace Coalition, Cap Times, Jun 13, 2010
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