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Israel’s protest leaders give the anti-occupation bloc the cold shoulder
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, June 6, 2023
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Bowing to BDS pressure
Update: G4S to divest completely from apartheid Israel Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), June 1,…
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Apartheid-Free Communities – Cut Your Ties to Israeli Apartheid
All people are equal and should be treated with dignity and respect But for decades,…
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Israeli agents conducted raid against militants in civilian area, killing a child
Videos from a March 16 raid in Jenin show increasingly deadly tactics by Israeli officers…
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2023.05.15: Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition hosts Mandela’s grandson & Nakba tour
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 23, 2023
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In First, Palestinian Displacement Commemorated at United Nations
The event, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians when Israel was created,…
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ADC Statement on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC), May 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. | May 9, 2023 – The…
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UN World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, May 7, 2023
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2023.05.09-25: May Events
Tuesday, May 9: Online: Nakba 75: Exist, Resist, Return (from UK) Monday, May 15: Nelson…
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Khader Adnan’s Death
A Wake-Up Call for the World’s Conscience May 2, 2023 This morning, Palestinian leader Khader…
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Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ by Israel
“These databases and tools exclusively record the data of Palestinians” An Israeli soldier under a…
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2023.05.15: Mandela Nakba Day Tour
NEW: MRSCP is partnering with Building Unity on a “Care-avan” carpool to this event from…
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Rising Violence In The West Bank
A Conversation With Cassandra Dixon And Ali Awad A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, APRIL…
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A brave humanitarian: Tom Hurndall remembered 20 years on
Tom Hurndall, Youth Of Sumud Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, 11th April 2023 Tom Hurndall…
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In Hebron, a salad needs security coordination
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2023.04.16, 20 & 23: Cassandra is Back from Palestine!
MRSCP member and Palestine Partners founder Cassandra Dixon is home safe and (mostly) sound from…
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U.S. Senior Citizen Says Her Skull Was Fractured by Israeli Settlers
Mel Frykberg, Daily Beast, March 27, 2023 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Courtesy Cassandra…
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Wisconsin volunteer attacked in West Bank
Ed Treleven, Wisconsin State Journal, March 27, 2023
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Israelis, welcome to BDS
Amjad Iraqi, +972 Magazine, March 19, 2023
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I Witnessed a Shocking Attack on Palestinian Civilians
Rula Salameh, Time, March 18, 2023
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