San Francisco, CA I AROC
Eyewitness Palestine delegates Lara Kiswani and Sharif Zakout are planning the Arab Resource and Organizing Center Community Potluck Iftar in San Francisco, Friday June 8th.
Read More
New York, NY I In These Times
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Rahul Saksena writes about how Israeli airport officials confiscated his notebook, details what was written inside of it, and some of his reflections on Israel's mass-expelled Palestinians from their lands 70 years ago and on-going Nakba.
Read More
New York, NY I El Diario NY
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Natasha Bannan, on the 70th anniversary of Nakba, writes about the US support of Israel financially, militarily and ideologically. Link: https://eldiariony.com/2018/05/15/masacres-en-nuestro-nombre/
Read More
New York, NY I Center for Constitutional Rights
Eyewitness Palestine delegates of the 2018 Justice Delegation published their statement as human rights defenders, calling "on our communities, our allies, our representatives, and the international community to hold Israel accountable for its violent response to Palestinians’ call and march for freedom.”
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
St Louis, MO I St Louis Post-Dispatch
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Lea Koesterer was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today, writing about the US condoning the actions of the Israeli military against Palestinian protestors on the #GreatMarchofReturn.
Read More
Gaza, Palestine & Sacramento, CA I Black Agenda Report
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Ajamu Baraka writes a condemnation of the murder of Palestinians by Israeli Forces during The Great March of Return and a condemnation of the violence of Sacramento Police against Stephon Clark, highlighting the broader March for Our Lives.
Read More
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.’
Read More
Detroit, MI I Palestinians Podcast
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader Ahmad Abuznaid is featured on the most recent episode of Palestinians Podcast, reflecting on growing up between the US and Palestine and reminding us of the integral struggle for justice as communities resisting oppression and necessary unity in our liberation movements.
Read More
Olympia, Washington I Electronic Intifada
Interfaith Peace-Builders delegation leader Nora Barrows-Friedman writes a crucial piece on the welcome legal victor for supporters of the Olympia Food Co-Op!
Read More
Cambridge, Massachusetts I Cambridge Day
Interfaith Peace-Builders delegation leader Noura Erakat is featured on Jadaliyya, discussing the Myths of the Two State Solution.
Read More
Middletown, CT I The Amal Foundation
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Fer E-J is given honorable mention in the recent Wesleyan Refugee Project's fundraiser to the Amal Foundation.
Read More
Cambridge, Massachusetts I Cambridge Day
Eyewitness Palestine delegates William Ruhm and Elizabeth Rucker speak up at a Massachusetts Against Hewlett-Packard organizing event in Cambridge.
“Today, we have a chance to resist a modern Polaroid…
Read More
Worldwide I Its What We Do , A Play
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Pamela Nice’s play, “It’s What We Do” has launched its video production online and on DVD.
After twice performing in the Capital Fringe Festival and winning Best Drama in the Fringe Audience Awards in both 2015 and 2017, they are excited to take the play to audiences worldwide!
Read More
Cape Cod, MA I Cape Cod Times
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Melissa Nussbaum wrote a letter to the editor, published in the Cape Code Times, signed by 15 other Cape Cod residents.
Read More
Houston, TX I Houston Chronicle
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Bridget Jensen’s letter to the editor has been published in the Houston Chronicle, in response to the article “Trump puts Mideast on edge:”
She writes,
“since dropping the pretense of the location of Israel’s capital being other than Jerusalem was one factor in Trump’s recent decision, the discussion of dropping pretenses should be widened, starting with the pretense that there is any peace process.
Read More
Ocala, FL I TEDxOcala
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader and partner, Anna Baltzer explains that staying neutral in controversial situations is NOT the moral high ground and that neutrality is a dangerous trap – and an illusion. Taking a side, Baltzer explains, not impartiality, is what really helps resolve conflicts.
Read More
Washington DC I Middle East Eye
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader Noura Erakat in her new article in Middle East Eye writes,
“Thank you President Trump, you have finally ended US double-speak on Middle East ‘peace’…Far from signalling a doomsday scenario, Trump has removed the emperor’s clothes to reveal the farce of the peace process. Now what next for the Palestinians?”
Read More
Washington DC I America's Islamic Heritage Museum
Eyewitness Palestine delegates, Brittany Oliver and E&A Coordinator Nadya Tannous spoke on a larger panel, including speakers like Sahar Francis of Addameer, titled “Resisting State Violence: Lessons on Liberation and Abolition”.
Read More