United States

Senators Call for Report on Shireen Abu Akleh

“The United States must ensure an independent, credible, and transparent investigation into the shooting death…

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No Path to Justice

Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass Alice Speri, The…

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Tell Secretary Mayorkas Israel is Not Eligible for the Visa Waiver Program

The United States cannot grant them a free pass Dear Friend, Americans for Justice in Palestine…

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BREAKING: 200+ Palestinians, Israelis, and American Jews protest to #SaveMasaferYatta

Growing up, I was told over and over: “You need to take responsibility for Israel.…

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AIPAC’s new tactic to unseat Rashida Tlaib

A new Super PAC aligned with AIPAC looks to undercut the only Palestinian Democrat ever…

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A Word from Jeff Halper on “Jerusalem Day”

Jeff Halper, ICAHD, May 29, 2022 Today, Sunday, May 29, the Jewish state of Israel…

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ENSURE ISRAEL NO LONGER DISCRIMINATES AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS

AJP Action calls on Secretary Blinken to demand Israel end the disparate treatment of American…

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Stop the Line 5 Pipeline Expansion

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project supports these efforts by Indigenous Women to end fossil fuel…

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Chicago synagogue officially designates itself ‘anti-Zionist’

Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward, March 31, 2022

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On Watching Ukraine Through Palestinian Eyes

The rightful outpouring of support for Ukraine teaches us that the West can condemn occupation…

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The US supports illegal annexations by Israel and Morocco. Why the hypocrisy?

Peter Beinart, The Guardian, 10 Mar 2022

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Inside the Illinois state pension board seeking to promote Israeli control over the West Bank

FRAN ZELL, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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Alison Weir: Essential facts on Israel-Palestine

If Americans Knew, YouTube, Feb 28, 2017

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Israeli soldiers blindfolded and gagged elderly Palestinian American later found dead

Details of an army investigation obtained by Israeli media indicate troops didn’t seek aid for…

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2022.01.21: Just World podcast “The World From Palestine”!

Dear Friends– Happy Martin Luther King Day! I hope it finds you well. This week,…

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Omar Assad, a long-time Milwaukee resident, found dead in West Bank after detention by Israeli soldiers

His family wants an investigation Mourners carry the body of Omar Assad during his funeral…

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Elderly Palestinian-American dies after violent arrest by Israeli forces

Shatha Hammad, Middle East Eye, 12 January 2022

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‘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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