May 12

May 12 Chicago’s Palestinian community stands firm with political prisoners

The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) hosted a day long encampment and tent in Burbank, IL on May 11. The encampment was hosted in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners hunger striking in Israeli prisons.

May 11

May 11 Second annual Gaza 5K in Chicago raises money for mental health

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Palestine in America, community

The second annual Gaza 5K—hosted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) USA—in Chicago raised more than $67,000 this year for mental health.

May 6

May 6 2017 PYM Summer School applications open

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Education, Palestine in America

The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) Calls on Palestinian/Arab Youth to apply to participate in the second Palestinian/Arab Youth Summer School 2017: Political Education and Transnational Movement Building.

Apr 28

Apr 28 DJ Khaled drops second single from Grateful

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Music, Palestine in America

Palestinian-American music producer DJ Khaled dropped his second single, “I’m the One,” from his forthcoming album, “Grateful.”

Apr 28

Apr 28 Students sue Fordham University for ‘viewpoint discrimination’

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Education, News, Palestine in America, Politics

Students at Fordham University filed a lawsuit against their school, on April 26, for its refusal to grant club status to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in violation of its own policies.

Apr 22

Apr 22 US Attorney drops charges against AMP staffers

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Palestine in America, Politics

“The United States of America, by and through its attorney, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, hereby notifies the court and the defense that the government is entering a nolle prosequi in this case, thereby causing the information to be dismissed without prejudice,” said the letter.

Apr 22

Apr 22 PYM offers second annual Ghassan Kanafani Scholarship

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Education, Palestine in America, Press Release

My political position springs from my being a novelist. Insofar as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case and I can categorically state that I became politically committed because I am a novelist, not the opposite. Ghassan Kanafani

Apr 21

Apr 21 Tufts passes resolution as student activists increase divestment efforts across the US

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Palestine in America, Politics, Education

Tufts University joined the growing list of universities that have passed divestment resolutions targeting organizations with ties to human rights violations, particularly in Palestine. Students in colleges around the country are increasing their divestment efforts, by pushing for student resolutions and beyond.

Apr 19

Apr 19 AMP staffers heading to court

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Palestine in America, Politics, Press Release

Capitol Hill police arrested Herzallah and El-Hosseiny and four white, Jewish activists from Code Pink and IfNotNow in February during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing for David Friedman, who has since been approved as U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Apr 19

Apr 19 AMP staffers face ‘discriminatory charges’

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Palestine in America, Politics

Six protesters were arrested for demanding the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reject the nomination ofDavid Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel on Feb. 16.

Apr 11

Apr 11 Israeli festival canceled after Princess Nokia cancels show

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Music, News, Palestine in America, Politics

Destiny Frasqueri, known as Princess Nokia, canceled her performance at the Israeli Kalamazoo Festival. Advocates for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement had previously called on Frasqueri to cancel her show as part of the cultural boycott against Israel.

Apr 7

Apr 7 Jewish Voice for Peace is ‘All In’ for Palestinian Human Rights

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Palestine in America, News, Politics, Rasmea Odeh, Linda Sarsour

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) held their National Membership Meeting in Chicago this past weekend at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.

Apr 6

Apr 6 Wear the Peace tackles global issues

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community, Palestine in America

Two Palestinian-American business students at Northeastern Illinois University launched a new clothing company to increase awareness of global issues.

Mar 31

Mar 31 2017 Protest Against AIPAC

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Palestine in America, Politics, News

This year’s protest against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was marked by two rallies, one organized by the Jewish-Americans against settlements group “IfNotNow” and the other organized by Abbas Hamideh of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right To Return Coalition which was co-sponsored by ANSWER Coalition. Both protests ended in front of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where the AIPAC conference is held.

Mar 25

Mar 25 A call to immediately suspend security coordination

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Palestine in America, Open Letter, Politics

Today marks an abominable juncture in Palestinian national history, one that forces our hand to write of the betrayal of our national leadership instead of the violence of our occupier. We, Palestinian youth of the Diaspora, feel compelled to register in the historical record our anger, pain and distress caused by both our occupier and by you as its gatekeeper.

Mar 25

Mar 25 Poem for Rasmea Odeh

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Palestine in America, Rasmea Odeh

To my Palestinian women
You are beautiful
You are kind
And you are strong
You are everything of Palestine
You are Palestine in her own very human form

Mar 24

Mar 24 Rasmea Odeh avoids prison by accepting plea deal

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Palestine in America, Politics, Rasmea Odeh

Palestinian community leader, activist, and torture survivor Rasmea Odeh announced through the Rasmea Defense Committee that she would accept a plea deal on her immigration charges, bringing her years-long fight with the U.S. justice system to an end.

Mar 17

Mar 17 Noam Chomsky on the future of US-Israeli relations

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Palestine in America, Q&A

Noam Chomsky, famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, is one of the most prominent and outspoken figures in the Israeli-Palestinian debate and he continues to voice his criticisms against the unfathomable relationship between Israel and the US.

Mar 14

Mar 14 Open letter to my dear cousin

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Palestine in America, Open Letter

This is an open letter written by Izzy Mustafa to a family member in reaction to the Palestinian Authority/PLO betrayal of our people and in reaction to those in the West Bank rising up against the PA’s collaboration with the Israel’s occupation forces.

Mar 10

Mar 10 In response to the Chicago Tribune: Rasmea Odeh is a survivor of sexual torture

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Palestine in America, Open Letter, Rasmea Odeh