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2017.04.02 Update: Rachel Corrie Commemoration: Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost

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A message from Cindy & Craig Corrie

Painting by Malak Mattar; read more about her painting at We Are Not Numbers. March…

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New Israel Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country

“It’s going to be a giant sign up by the door of the Jewish state:…

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Banksy Customizes A West Bank Hotel, Offering Rooms With A View Of The Wall

Bill Chappell, NPR, March 3, 2017 A doorman stands at the entrance of The Walled…

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Banksy’s Murals Turn Up In The Gaza Strip

Krishnadev Calamur, NPR, February 26, 2015

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Bernie Sanders: On Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Palestinians

Bernie Sanders, Common Dreams, February 28, 2017 Speech to this year’s J Street conference Thank…

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Israeli forces raid At Tuwani after women and children’s nonviolent action

Operation Dove, February 12, 2017 More information on Operation Dove This Saturday morning residents of…

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Michael Bennett boycotts trip, says he won’t be used by Israel

Steve Almasy, CNN, February 12, 2017

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Israel passed a controversial law about settlements. Where did its parliament get the support?

Devorah Manekin and Guy Grossman, The Washington Post, February 13, 2017 An Israeli soldier stands…

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Israel Bulldozes Democracy

AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the…

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Israel passes bill to seize private Palestinian land for Jewish settlements

William Booth, The Washington Post, February 6, 2017 JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament passed a contentious…

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White House warns Israel on settlements

Jordan Fabian, The Hill, 02/02/17

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David Friedman Is Unfit to Be Ambassador to Israel

Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days…

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A Dangerous Road to Education

Dear Friends, It is absolutely bizarre to be watching Trump’s policies of hatred unfold from…

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Palestinians protest moving US embassy to Jerusalem

Israeli forces suppress weekly marches in Bilin, Kafr Qaddum Ma’an News Agency, January 21, 2017…

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Israel as the Lights Go Out

In America there is always a domestic political reason for not doing the right thing…

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2017.01.30 Update: No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance Tour

Monday, January 30Evjue Room, Urban League of Greater Madison2222 South Park Street, Madison [Map]7 –…

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The Two-State Solution: What It Is and Why It Hasn’t Happened

“The two-state solution has for decades been the primary focus of efforts to achieve peace…

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