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May 23, 2026
Oppose the Israeli Annexation of Palestinian Land
This is a new group in the LaCrosse area that is becoming more active on…
Israeli Military Confiscates School in Susiya
Video Link Good Shepherd Collective, February 19, 2020 This morning, the Israeli military entered the…
2020.02.29: International Festival
Overture Center 201 State Street Madison 10 am – 5 pm Join MRSCP and many…
Strangers in Our Homeland
Aida Touma-Sliman, JewishCurrents, February 6, 2020 LAST WEEK, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a…
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February 08, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C. 2/8/20)—Since President Donald Trump released the details of his much-derided…
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February 6, 2020 The newest Israeli killing of Palestinians under its policy of excessive use…
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Operation Dove, January 29, 2020 Tubas, Jordan Valley — Today in response to the “Deal…
THE ANSWER IS PALESTINE
CODEPINK, 1/13/20 On Friday, January 11, 2020, on the Beloved game show Jeopardy, Katie Needle…
Activists Reclaimed a Water Source for Palestinians, Showing Co-Resistance Works
Oren Kroll-Zeldin, Truthout, January 10, 2020
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Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into…
ICC’s Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, December 31, 2019
‘Blinding the truth’: Israeli snipers target Gaza protesters in the eyes
Tareq Hajjaj and Pam Bailey, The New Arab, 20 December, 2019
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Israel Social TV is an independent media organization working to promote social change, human rights…
Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Statement on House Resolution 326
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, December 6, 2019 Today Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib took a principled…
2019.12.15: Laila Hassan from Women in Hebron
Madison, WI 1:00 — 3:00 pm RSVP for directions Please join us as we welcome…
BREAKING: US Disregards International Law On Israeli Settlements
ADC, November 18, 2019
2019.10.27: Rep. Pocan emphasizes progressive caucus’s commitment to Palestine
Helena Cobban, Mondoweiss, November 14, 2019
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Mike Merryman-Lotze, American Friends Service Committee, Nov 13, 2019
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US Boats to Gaza, Nov 3, 2019
Jordan-Israel Ties Strained by Detentions
“We hold the Israeli government responsible for the lives of our citizens whose health conditions…
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JACOB MAGID, The Times of Israel, 16 October 2019
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Alex Kane, Vice, October 8, 2019
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Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant…
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Gideon Levy, If Americans Knew, September 12, 2019
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EyeWitness Palestine still has some openings available for their fall delegation. Scholarships are available. The…
Meet Rashida Tlaib’s grandma: ‘Who wouldn’t be proud of a granddaughter like that?’
Rep. Tlaib’s grandmother says the family had already prepared a lamb Muftiyah Tlaib, the grandmother…
Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them
Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…
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B’Tselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on…
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Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
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Hebron Freedom Fund
Two Congressional Resolutions That Won’t Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Dr. James J. Zogby, July 13, 2019 In the coming week, the House Committee on…
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Diala Shamas and Ziad Alwan, The Activist Files, Episode 16 Did you know that in…
Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S. Jews Get an Unflinching View
At Har Gilo, a Jewish settlement overlooking the southern West Bank, American college students get…
West Bank / Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers kill one Palestinian, injure many in Jerusalem IMEMC 28 June — Israeli soldiers…
Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together
Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable…
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 64/2019, April 24, 2019 The Palestinian Center for Human…
The Director of Human Rights Watch in Israel Is Being Deported
Ilan Ben Zion, Time Magazine, April 17, 2019 (JERUSALEM) — An Israeli court on Tuesday…
I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
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Esty Dinur, The Progressive, April 11, 2019
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Edo Konrad, +972 Magazine, April 8, 2019
2019.04.22: North America Nakba Tour
UW-Madison Campus (time & location to follow) MRSCP and UW Students for Justice in Palestine…
Driving While Palestinian
Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians in Nablus and Bethlehem and Wound Another Ref: 44/2019,…
Shot Like a Clay Pigeon
Pictured Here: Palestinian killed at random by an Israeli soldier Christian Peacemaker Teams, March 13,…
2019.03.18: Israeli Politics Decoded with David Sheen
Online from the Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Time Listen…
Just World Podcasts on Palestine
Story/Backstory, episode 1: The longer arc of U.S.-Palestine relations Helena Cobban, February 22, 2019 This…
Two Palestinian children killed in blaze after Israel blocks fire brigade
Middle East Monitor, March 6, 2019
2019.03.07: Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Goodman Public Library 2222 S Park St, Madison 6:30 pm Peace and Justice Book Club…
Hello from Palestine
Operation Dove, 2/13/19 Facebook video: Israel Destroys South Hebron Hills Water Piping Today Israeli forces…
South Hebron Hills Update
Expulsion by a thousand cuts Dear Friends, The last weeks have been busy and challenging…
As West Bank Violence Surges, Israel Is Silent on Attacks by Jews
Israel’s right-wing government has remained silent, wary of alienating settlers in an election year The…
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Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss, January 23, 2019
U.S. Senate Defends Israeli Government From Boycotts
First Bipartisan Bill in the Midst of the Shutdown Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald, The…
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So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging…
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A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
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PCHR Ref:135-2018, December 15, 2018
2018.12.06: Film 5 Broken Cameras
The Marquee Cinema, Union South 1308 West Dayton Street , Madison 7:00 pm Join UW…
Airbnb Stops Listing in Illegal West Bank Settlements
CodePINK, November 19, 2018 This is a huge victory! Moments ago, Airbnb announced they will…
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…
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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Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Since 2006 the speaker…
UNRWA Crisis: Beyond Dollars and Cents
Zaha Hassan, Palestine Square | Institute for Palestine Studies, August 3, 2018 “Continuing services to…
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Palestinians waiting to cross the border to Egypt in May. (Adel Hana/Associated Press) New York…
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“We can change people’s minds by defending our cause” Noga Tarnopolsky, LA Times, Aug 02,…
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), August 2, 2018
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Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East…
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A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…
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Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee Tuesday, June 5,…
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Israeli lawmaker stands by call to shoot Ahed Tamimi
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 25 April 2018
2018.05.02 Update: Memorializing 70 Years of Occupation
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine
Profile of Um Hassan from Al-Masara Village
Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Apr 12, 2018
