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Prominent US poets, writers, playwrights and publishers issued statements today in support of imprisoned Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour ahead of her upcoming trial verdict on October 17....
Read MoreA Palestinian citizen of Israel arrested for a poem posted on Youtube has received widespread support from thousands of people around the world, including hundreds of prominent literary figures....
Read MoreWhen a global superstar schedules a concert in Israel (think Carlos Santana, Ms. Lauryn Hill), or when Israel hosts an international film festival (as it is this month), we protest. Because Israel uses...
Read MoreYour child will ask why do we observe this festival? And you will answer...
Read MoreIf Beirut has been a city for 37 centuries and Paris for 20, why doesn’t anyone refer to explosions in Beirut as attacks on music, culture, civilization? This is what I want to...
Read Moreby Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Carolyn Forche and Munir Akash. Full poem can be found here. An excellent source of additional background on Darwish is Fady Joudah's article at the Academy of American Poets website:...
Read MoreTaha Muhammad Ali, "There Was No Farewell." So What: New and Selected Poems, 1971-2005. Trans. Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, Gabriel Levin. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2006. Available online at Narrative Magazine (free log-in...
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Back in the mid-90s, three young Jewish women realized they could no longer keep silent about Israel’s occupation – and decided to do something about it. Watch their story – our story – here.
GET THE DEADLY EXCHANGE REPORT
Researching the American Israeli Alliance and Jewish Voice for Peace’s report reveals the extent of massive training programs between U.S. law enforcement and Israeli police, military, and the Shin Bet.
End the Deadly Exchange
When US law enforcement trade tactics with the Israeli police and military, Israel deepens its military occupation and the US heightens its violence of policing.
Booking.com: Tell the Truth
Days ago, Booking.com bowed to pro-Israel activists and started describing all of Jerusalem as a “city in Israel” – literally erasing Palestinian East Jerusalem. Let’s get Booking.com to tell the truth: East Jerusalem is occupied territory.
Senators: Investigate Israeli Violence!
No one should be killed for taking part in a peaceful protest. It’s up to us to call on progressive Senators to investigate Israel’s massacre in Gaza that killed over 100 Palestinians wounded 12,000 others.