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Nov 7, 2026

Winning Essay “The Party”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Rahf Hallaq is a…
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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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Solidarity Shields Human Rights Workers from Bombs
Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 PCHR’s former headquarters, in Gaza City, after the…
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The Palestinian Right of Return
War on Want, November 29, 2018 Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the…
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Tell CNN to Reinstate Marc Lamont Hill
On Thursday, November 29, 2018, CNN announced that it had severed ties with Temple University…
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2018.11.15: Updates on Gaza’s Water Crisis
A Public Affair, November 15, 2018 On today’s episode, we take a look at the…
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The health system in Gaza cannot handle another war
Amjad Yaghi, +972 Magazine, November 13, 2018
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Israeli Incursions into Gaza Are the Rule, Not the Exception
Henriette Chacar, +972 Magazine, November 14, 2018
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Gaza’s drinking water spurs blue baby syndrome, serious illnesses
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 29 Oct 2018
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How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 30 Oct 2018
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Emergency demonstrations throughout Israel
Stop the war! Move towards peace! Occupation Magazine, Nov. 13, 2018 Hebrew original forwarded by…
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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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Gaza: Fears of further bloodshed as Israel adopts ‘zero tolerance’ policy
Amnesty International, 19 October 2018
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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid
I see the parallels with Israel It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism…
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Serious Escalation of Lethal Force in Eastern Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 111/2018, October 12, 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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Gaza’s economy is not ‘falling.’ It was pushed.
Marilyn Garson, Mondoweiss, September 27, 2018
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24th Friday of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 97/2018, September 7, 2018
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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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