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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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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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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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2018.09.11: United Nations Association Lecture on Palestine
Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Since 2006 the speaker…
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UNRWA Crisis: Beyond Dollars and Cents
Zaha Hassan, Palestine Square | Institute for Palestine Studies, August 3, 2018 “Continuing services to…
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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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Israeli Authorities Ban Fuel and Gas into the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), August 2, 2018
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Israel’s Unequal Citizens
Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East…
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Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’
A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…
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Cities for Palestine
Image via Sacramento to Bethlehem Cities for Palestine, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Others,…
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2018.06.05: Protest Israel’s Ambassador in Milwaukee
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
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Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr: On Israel’s 70th anniversary, we remember the Nakba
Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr, Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison, The Cap Times, May…
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2018.05.02 Update: Memorializing 70 Years of Occupation
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine
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Profile of Um Hassan from Al-Masara Village
Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Apr 12, 2018
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2018.04.09: Voices of the Palestinian Resistance
UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center, 716 Langdon Street, 7–9 pm
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2018.04.08: Radiance of Resistance, a Tribute to Rachel Corrie
PLUS hummus and tabbouleh; desserts including baklawa; and the ever-popular DOOR PRIZES. Palestinian olive…
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