Category: Features
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Friday 3/1: Call-In Day for Arafat Jaradat, Samer Issawi and Palestinian Prisoners
Israel has TORTURED and KILLED another Palestinian in prison! Maan News Agency reported on Sunday that political prisoner Arafat Jaradat was beaten and hanged for many hours while in Israeli custody, this according to his lawyer, Kameel Sabbagh. An autopsy conducted in Israel in the presence of Palestinian officials revealed that the 30-year-old Jaradat had…
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March 6, Chicago: Street Action for Palestinian Prisoners
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 4:30-6:30 pm Israeli Consulate, 500 West Madison, Chicago, IL 60661 Facebook: s://www.facebook.com/events/170685889745774/ On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Chicago activists and people of conscience will gather in support of Samer Issawi, Ayman Sharawna, Tareq Qa’adan, and Ja’far Izzidine, along with other Palestinian prisoners undergoing hunger strikes to protest their inhumane and illegal detainment…
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San Francisco, March 1: Protest Israeli Torture, Killing and Illegal Detention
please circulate widely PROTEST ISRAELI TORTURE, KILLING AND ILLEGAL DETENTION OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE END US AID TO ISRAEL AND DIPLOMATIC COVER UP FRIDAY MARCH 1ST, 4-6 PM ISRAELI CONSULATE, 456 MONTGOMERY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA Endorsed: AROC, PYM, USPCN, PAN- Palestine Action Network Facebook event: s://www.facebook.com/events/492099190854979/ for endorsements, please call: 415-861-7444 —————————————————————————————————- The…
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Chicago protest disrupts speech by Israeli drone war expert
From Fight Back News Chicago, IL – An Israeli legal theorist and former officer in the Israel Defense Forces spoke Feb. 25 at the University of Chicago. Professor Amos Guiora helped provide the justifications for ‘targeted killing’ programs like the one pursued by the Obama administration. 40 protesters, including ten from the campus’ Students for…
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Feb. 25: Call-in Day for Arafat Jaradat, Samer Issawi and all Palestinian prisoners
Israel tortures and kills another Palestinian political prisoner! We are revising our call in day information to ask you to also ask President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry whether they believe Palestinian lives have any value, and demand that they condemn Israel’s murder of Arafat Jaradat. Original call-in announcement follows: Samer Issawi’s battle…
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Feb. 25: Protest former IDF officer and Drone expert at U of Chicago
Israel has TORTURED and KILLED another Palestinian in prison! Do Palestinian lives have any value to the U.S. government? Maan News Agency reports that political prisoner Arafat Jaradat was beaten and hanged for many hours on end in Israeli custody, this according to his lawyer, Kameel Sabbagh. And an autopsy conducted in Israel in the…
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Demand the Release of Samer Issawi – Call-In Day Wed. 2/20/13
Wednesday 2/20/13 9:00AM – 5:00PM EST After 211 days on hunger strike, the Israeli “kangaroo” military court rejected the release of Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi today during his “emergency” hearing. Issawi will remain behind bars until his next scheduled hearing on March 14, 2013. Issawi’s mother Um Ra’fat collapsed after the court decision. The Israelis are clearly…
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Feb. 16: Stand Up for Your RIGHTS: A community conversation in Arabic and English with Hatem Abudayyeh and Mira Nabulsi
Stand Up for Your RIGHTS: A community conversation in Arabic and English with Hatem Abudayyeh and Mira Nabulsi February 16, 2013 7 pm – 9 pm Arab Cultural and Community Center 2 Plaza Street, San Francisco, CA Facebook: s://www.facebook.com/events/243945072408366/ In the wake of last year’s United Nations General Assembly resolution that elevated Palestine’s status from…
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Act now: DEMAND TIAA-CREF Divest from Corporations Profiting from Occupation
Are you a client of TIAA-CREF? THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW DEMAND TIAA-CREF Divest from Corporations Profiting from Occupation DEADLINE FEBRUARY 8 USPCN is proud member of the National Coordinating Committee of the We Divest Campaign. The We Divest Campaign demands that TIAA-CREF, one of the largest retirement systems in the world and one…
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January 24: National Call-In Day to Stop Persecution of Anti-War and International Solidarity Activists
National Call In Day–Thursday, January 24 Call Assistant US Attorney Barry Jonas at 312-353-5300 x 68027 Tell Barry Jonas… “We demand that: 1. Barry Jonas drop the “ongoing investigation” against 23 anti-war and international solidarity activists in the Midwest. 2. Barry Jonas return the personal belongings of Hatem Abudayyeh, a Palestinian-American activist in Chicago. 3. The FBI and other…