Richmond, VA I Other Words
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Tracy R. has a message for us:
“It goes like this: Morally speaking, if you hurt people, and you can’t humble yourself to consider the feelings of those you’ve harmed, you have to step down.
Read MoreBrooklyn, NY I Brooklyn–Inshallah
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Seth M. is part of the team working on “Brooklyn, Inshallah”, the story of how Khader El-Yateem, the first Arab American ever to run in a Democratic primary for an open seat on the NY City Council, registered and mobilized over 3,000 Arab & Muslim voters. The hopes is that his story will mobilize many more Arab and Muslim voters in the future.
Read MoreWashington, DC I Occupation Free DC
Eyewitness Palestine delegates Will Y. and Benjamin D. are a part of the growing “Occupation Free DC” Campaign.
Read MoreWashington, DC I JVP DC Metro
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader Noura E. and Justice Delegation Member Justin H. will be speaking at the "From DC to Palestine: State violence, the law & how we resist" in Washington DC.
Read MoreLexington, KY I ICNC
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Lindsay L. is one of six fellows for the 2018 cohort of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
Read MoreTwin Cities, MN I Prophetic Action
Eyewitness Palestine delegate delegates Lara Kiswani and Sandra Tamari and many others will be part of the Friends of Sabeel North America FOSNA PropheticAction in the Twin Cities, ahead of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Conference.
Register here: https://www.fosna.org/event/prophetic-action-christians-convening-palestine
Read MoreSanta Clara, CA I Muslim Community Association
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Ossama K. is part of the team organizing this interactive panel and community discussion around early Muslim migrations to the Americas, the legacy of African scholarship in the Americas, the legacy of Islam in the Civil Rights movement, and the state sanctioned conditions that exist against our community that hinder our re-imagination beyond the colonial projects vision for political, social, and economic success.
Read MoreGaza City I Daily Interviews
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Micah D. is interviewing people in Gaza City. Here is a short piece of an interview with Farah Abu Obeda, aged 11.
Read MoreSan Francisco I American Conservatory Theater SF Costume Shop
Eyewitness Palestine is co-hosting a talkback after ACT's My Name is Rachel Corrie, this Satruday August 18th in SF. Ashley Malloy revives her award winning national tour of the one person show, My Name is Rachel Corrie, edited from Rachel's emails and journal entries by the late Alan Rickman and editor in chief of The Guardian, Katherine Viner.
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA I CosmoVisiones Ancestros
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Paula Kahn is the co-founder of the recently launched CosmoVisiones Ancestrales who is hosting a caravan to bring her fellow co-founders to educate Californians on the local issues they face as members of indigenous communities in Latin America and how ending the war on drugs is integral to indigenous rights and environmental protection.
Read MoreWashington, DC I MSNBC
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader Noura Erakat says that the US is rewarding Israel by using delusional rhetoric of an ‘honest’ peace process while facilitating apartheid.
Read MorePhiladelphia, PA I Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books Palestine Teach-In
Eyewitness Palestine delegation leaders Ahmad Abuznaid and Noura Erakat spoke on panels at Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books in Philadelphia. The coffee shop is hosting a teach-in on Palestine and the pop-up exhibit “Movements of Oppression, Solidarity and Hope” curated by delegate Tracey Rogers.
Read MoreCollege Park, MD I National Conference for College Women Student Leaders
Eyewitness Palestine delegate Brittany Oliver serves as a steering committee member of the 2018 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders.
Read MoreNew 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/
Read MoreSan 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 MoreNew 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 MoreNew 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 MoreNew 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 MoreSt 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 MoreOlympia, 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!
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