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Palestinian artist brings Japanese origami to Gaza
In this January 16, 2019 photo Palestinian artist Ahmed Humaid, 29, works on one of…
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2019.01.12: #CastLeadPlus10 Facebook Live
Just World Educational, January 6, 2019
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A Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel
A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
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Green Riding Hood . . . Pain Dwells within Her Ribs
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 4, 2018
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Winning Essay “Dear Blockade”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
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Winning Essay “The Party”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018 Rahf Hallaq is a…
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Solidarity Shields Human Rights Workers from Bombs
Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 PCHR’s former headquarters, in Gaza City, after the…
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The Palestinian Right of Return
War on Want, November 29, 2018 Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the…
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Israeli Incursions into Gaza Are the Rule, Not the Exception
Henriette Chacar, +972 Magazine, November 14, 2018
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Gaza’s drinking water spurs blue baby syndrome, serious illnesses
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 29 Oct 2018
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How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 30 Oct 2018
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ADC Condemns Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) | November 13, 2018 | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) condemns…
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2018.11.18: Orchard Ridge Holiday Fair Trade Fair
November 18, 2018 Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 9 am…
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2018.12.01: Monona Terrace Fair Trade Holiday Festival
Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come…
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In Response to Pittsburgh, We Must Come Together as One
We stand with the victims of every white-supremacist and racist and anti-Semitic assault back through…
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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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