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Israel Preparing to Seize Ethnically Cleansed Rafah for Permanent Buffer Zone
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Apr 09, 2025
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Justice for Palestinian-American Omar Mohammed Rabea!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Apr 7, 2025
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The Low-Hanging Fruit of Canceled Student Visas
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, March 30, 2025
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Rubio boasts of canceling more than 300 visas over pro-Palestine protests
Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian, 27 Mar 2025
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Kids Under Fire: An investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children
Al Jazeera, Mar 27, 2025
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Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion
Ben Reiff, +972 Magazine, March 18, 2025
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Tell your Senators: No More Weapons to Israel!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 19, 2025
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ADC Statement on the Collapse of a Ceasefire That Never Was
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 18, 2025
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Israel launches strikes across Gaza Strip, killing more than 100
By Lyndal Rowlands and Erin Hale, Al Jazeera Live, 18 Mar 2025
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Emergency Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s Attack on Free Speech
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mar 16, 2025
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After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
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Day 5 – Mahmoud Khalil News You Need To Know
Arab American Institute, March 13, 2025
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U.N. Commission and U.S. Surgeons Accuse Israel of Genocide and Torture
Democracy Now!, March 13, 2025
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REBECCA SANTANA, AP, March 10, 2025
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Mar 7, 2025
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‘Stop the Ethnic Cleansing’: the Most Powerful Oscars Speech in Years
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, MAR 02, 2025
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‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 2025
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‘No Other Land’ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
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Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
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Families rejoice as hundreds of Palestinian hostages are freed
Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, Feb 27, 2025
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