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How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics
Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019
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Palestinian peace activist denied entry to U.S. for speaking tour
Edo Konrad, +972, March 4, 2019
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2019.03.27: Book talk: Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos &…
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Call NOW to stop resolution targeting Rep. Omar Ilhan
#StandWithllhan Please consider calling or emailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and your own Representative: Speaker…
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Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars
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This Is How AIPAC Really Works
An AIPAC and Capitol Hill veteran explains the lobby’s tactics of reward and retribution. M.J.…
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Congressmen are trying to stop Rep. Rashida Tlaib from leading a delegation to the West Bank
Daily Kos, January 31, 2019
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Members of ‘Gaza’ documentary crew trapped as film premieres at Sundance
Fady Hanona and Ali Aby Yaseen desperately trying to make it to the U.S. premiere…
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Prominent Democrats Form Pro-Israel Group to Counter Skepticism on the Left
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2019.01.12: #CastLeadPlus10 Facebook Live
Just World Educational, January 6, 2019
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A Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel
A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
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U.S.-Mexico Border: An Israeli Tech Laboratory
Brittany Dawson, PALESTINE SQUARE, December 6, 2018 When hundreds of Central American migrants arrived in…
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In Response to Pittsburgh, We Must Come Together as One
We stand with the victims of every white-supremacist and racist and anti-Semitic assault back through…
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Pittsburgh Shooting Is A Reminder: Jews And Muslims Are In This Together
Alex Kane, The Forward, October 27, 2018
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Israel practices ‘apartheid’ — Representative Betty McCollum
Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, October 2, 2018
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States can’t punish businesses for boycotting Israel, federal judge in Arizona says
Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank,…
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House Democrats Condemn Trump’s Actions Against the Palestinian People
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2018 House Democrats Condemn Trump Administration’s Actions Harming the Palestinian…
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A Vengeful and Shortsighted Act
Palestinians waiting to cross the border to Egypt in May. (Adel Hana/Associated Press) New York…
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She slapped an Israeli soldier and was sent to prison. Now a Palestinian teen is free — and in the limelight
“We can change people’s minds by defending our cause” Noga Tarnopolsky, LA Times, Aug 02,…
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