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Why is the Anti-BDS Lobby Celebrating Their Non-Victory in Illinois?
If you read the self-congratulatory messages from the anti-BDS lobby, you would think that they won a major victory against what they call “anti-Israel hate.” Here is a message that The Israel Project...
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Congressional Briefing on Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Child Prisoners
On Tuesday, June 2 at 9:30AM, there will be a Congressional Briefing sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) with opening remarks by US Representative Keith Ellison focusing on a...
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Thousands March for a Just Chicago and a Fair Contract for Teachers
On Tuesday, about four thousand Chicago teachers, parents, and their supporters rallied at the Thompson Center and marched down LaSalle Street to the Chicago Board of Trade. They demanded not only a...
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Chicago Arab Community Leader Rasmea Odeh Appeals Conviction
Attorneys for Rasmea Odeh, Arab community leader in Chicago, have filed an appeal of her November 2014 conviction for “unlawful procurement of naturalization.” Her defense team states “justice...
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Al-Quds Day Commemorated in Chicago
On Friday in Chicago, a diverse crowd of 250 people commemorated Al-Quds Day that takes place annually in multiple cities around the world. This year’s event was held on the one-year anniversary of...
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Chicagoans Protest Attacks on Freedom to Worship at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
Along with similar protests in New York, Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramalah, and Gaza City, 300 Chicagoans protested the escalating Israeli security forces and extremist settler attacks on Muslim worshippers...
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Chicagoans Commemorate World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel 2015
From September 21th through the 27th, The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) called for a “World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel.” The PIEF was launched by the World Council of Churches in...
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Is the UK Mandated Reporter for “Extremists” Program Coming to the US?
PREVENT, a UK government counter-terrorism strategy that “aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism” focused on British Muslims was first introduced in 2006. Not surprisingly,...
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Islamic Medical Relief Missions to Sudan, Jordan, and Haiti Focus on the...
The Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) has conducted medical relief missions around the world and provided funds for hospital projects in over 20 countries for over fifteen years....
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Boeing Faces Increased Opposition on Weapons Sales to Israel
For the fourth year in a row, anti-war activists protested outside the annual Boeing shareholders meeting in Chicago yesterday. For the first time this year, Boeing shareholders who oppose weapons...
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Illinois Lawmakers Vote To Divest from Companies that Support Palestinian...
Activists in Illinois and nationally are part of a growing movement to divest from companies that support human rights violations by Israel. Meanwhile Illinois lawmakers are busy voting to force state...
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Illinois Designates May 19 as Malcolm X Day
On this day when Malcolm X would have been 90 years old, the State of Illinois has designated “May 19, 2015 and every May 19 thereafter as “Malcolm X Day.” The Senate passed unanimously a resolution...
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