Watch EP delegate Tiffany L. speak at the Presidential Inauguration Committee’s We Are One celebration!
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Read EP delegate Diala S.’s co-written op-ed in the Washington Post!
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Chicago, IL I Colorlines
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Kristian D-B wrote a piece featured in Colorlines about the House resolution, passed on July 23, which overwhelmingly condemns the BDS movement for Palestinian rights.
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London, UK I MEMO
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader Noura Erakat is featured at MEMO’s Palestine Book Awards this year and is shortlisted for her book Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine
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Washington, DC I Middle East Institute
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader Noura E. was part of a book talk at the Middle East Institute last week, showcasing Khaled Elgindy’s book “ Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump”.
Chicago, IL I Amnesty Intl.
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Edie G. sat on a panel at the Amnesty Intl. Conference in Chicago this past weekend.
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San Jose, CA I CAIR SF Bay Area
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Zahra Billoo received the Community Builder Award from People Acting in Community Together SJ this past week.
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New York, NY I Center for Constitutional Rights
Eyewitness Palestine delegates from the 2018 Justice Delegation, as well as delegation leaders Huwaida Arraf and Jamil Dakwar, signed onto this letter of over 100 lawyers and advocates to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing concern over Israel's policy of detaining and denying entry to human rights advocates.
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New York, NY I Center for Constitutional Rights
Eyewitness Palestine delegates of the 2018 Justice Delegation are reporting back this Friday in New York City. Sign up for the event HERE: https://www.facebook.com/events/2056092698007278/
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Washington, DC I Capitol Hill
Eyewitness Palestine delegates Kareem El-Hosseiny and Eyewitness Palestine Program Director, Emily Siegel were on Capitol Hill today meeting with DC rep, Eleanor Holmes Norton . . . Also spotted on the hill are delegates Seth Morrison and Karen Akerman as part of Jewish Voice for Peace’s Lobby Day.
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Midland, MI I Midland Daily News
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Emma Johnson wrote an op-ed in the Midland Daily News, calling out her Republican Rep and my Democratic Senator who are both co-sponsoring the Israel Anti-Boycott Act.
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Bnei Brak I Rebecca Pierce Films
Rebecca writes “it’s one of two offices in the whole country where African asylum seekers are allowed to renew their visas and submit Refugee Status Determination forms. Where refugees stand for up to four days in a row, in the hot sun or pouring rain, to get the documents that are the only thing temporarily protecting them from prison and ‘illegality.’
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Washington, DC I Capitol Hill
Eyewitness Palestine board members, delegation leaders & delegates Mark Harrison, Jennifer Bing, Bradley Parker, Josh Ruebner and other partners met with Congresswoman Betty McCollum this morning to endorse her new legislation, H.R. 4391, which promotes the human rights of Palestinian children.
Congresswoman McCollum writes, “Peace can only be achieved by respecting human rights, especially the rights of children. Congress must not turn a blind eye the unjust and ongoing mistreatment of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation.”
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Washington, DC I Huffington Post
Eyewitness delegation leader Philip Farah writes that the Kansas Commission of Education barred a math teacher from a program for training other teachers because she refused to sign a pledge certifying that she is “not engaged in boycotting Israel.”
San Francisco, California I Electronic Intifada
Delegation leader Nora Barrows-Friedman writes about San Francisco State University’s faculty, Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, victory last week over the lawsuit, filed in June, prepared by The Lawfare Project, a group that describes itself as “the legal arm of the pro-Israel community.”
Nora writes, “The decision to dismiss the suit proves that these types of legal attempts by Israel advocacy groups ‘will fail,’ Palestine Legal’s Liz Jackson said. “They have no merit because the facts they allege are untrue and the legal theory they’re based on is an abuse of civil rights law….
"Abdulhadi said the dismissal of the lawsuit sends a strong message to those trying to silence students and faculty and praised activists and organizations that have fought back.
'For me personally, it renews my faith, my determination [to continue teaching],’ Abdulhadi said. 'These campaigns are designed to destroy careers. So this is a wake up call to the Zionists to say, you need to back off, and the people won’t allow you to do this.’
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San Francisco, CA I East Bay Times
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Lara Kiswani writes: “Yes, the Muslim ban is an extreme form of anti-Arab, African and Muslim violence. Yes, our places of worship and organizations are at risk of attack. Our safety and livelihood are under threat, a threat faced by many who call Oakland home”.
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