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Heather Cox Richardson on Gaza Developments
Letters from an American October 21, 2023 HEATHER COX RICHARDSON OCT 22, 2023 Today,…
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2023.10.24-26 Update: Madison World Beyond War Vigils
Schenk’s Corners Atwood and Winnebago, Madison 5:00 -6:00 pm Madison for World Beyond War continues…
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2023.10.22: Palestine Speaks Webinar
Join us this Sunday for the second webinar of Palestine Speaks, an emergency webinar series…
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Scholar Warns Biden’s “Israel-First Approach” Will Have Lasting Consequences
It’s as if his lines are scripted by the Israeli Defense Ministry, says Palestinian American…
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Foregrounding the political and decolonization after October 7
JEFF HALPER, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 20, 2023
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Rafah crossing opens to 20 aid trucks amid Israeli siege
Al Jazeera, 21 Oct 2023
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‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’
Settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory Herders report violence driving them from their homes…
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Gaza Al-Quds hospital under ‘imminent’ threat’
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Gaza Is a Prison Under Siege. This Is My Letter to the World Outside.
Ahmed Abu Artema, a founder of the Great March of Return, on facing Israel’s genocidal…
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Updates from al Khalil/Hebron
CPT Palestine, October 19, 2023 Since 7 October, our lives have been profoundly disrupted—our daily…
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Hilton Hotel Capitulates to Hate, Cancels Palestinian Voices
Houston, TX | www.uscpr.org | October 18, 2023 – Yesterday, the Hilton Houston Post Oak…
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2023.10.18: World Beyond War Protest
Today, Wednesday 10/18, between 4:30 and 5:30pm, several of us will be at the intersection…
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The facts of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital Bombing
A critical update: Al Ahli Hospital received Israeli orders to evacuate before it was struck…
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‘Every western politician has the blood of these children on their hands’
Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, calls the deadly attack on al-Ahli al-Arab…
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Wisconsin-Based Coalition for Justice in Palestine Resolution
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Hamas Health Ministry Reports 500 Killed in al-Ahli Hospital Strike
Palestinians evacuate wounded from a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp in…
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A Textbook Case of Genocide
Raz Segal, Jewish Currents, October 13, 2023
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‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 11
LEILA WARAH AND MONDOWEISS EDITORS, OCTOBER 17, 2023
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Anti-Arab Hate Rhetoric Leads to Murder of 6-year-old Chicago Boy
October 16, 2023 Washington, D.C. | October 16, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)…
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All eyes on Gaza. We can’t look away now.
October 16, 2023 For the past week, the Israeli military has been making good on…
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