May 26

May 26 De-Colonial Summer School is ‘prerequisite before individuals come out and speak on Palestine’

The Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) will host a Palestine De-Colonial Summer School in Istanbul, Turkey. The program will be held at Sehir University from August 1-12.

May 24

May 24 Palipalooza lineup released

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Palestine in America, Palipalooza

This year’s lineup will include: Palestinian-American comedian Dylan Fahoome; Palestinian Debke performer Ahmed Hamad, Palestinian singer and musician Hamze Allaham and his band Baeoa; Palestinian-American rapper Waheeb Nassan; Palestinian-American singer Kareem Ibrahim; and Palestinian-American rapper Safi G!

May 23

May 23 Palestinian family detained, denied entry at O’Hare Airport

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Palestine in America, News

Last Friday, airport security officials at Chicago O’Hare International Airport reportedly detained a Palestinian family of three for two days before sending them on a return flight to Palestine through Amman Queen Alia International Airport, according to local immigration lawyer Osamah Odeh.

May 20

May 20 3000 Nights explores life in Israeli prisons

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Palestine in America, entertainment, reviews

3000 Nights opens on a dark, pouring night where we first see the main character, Layal. The film’s hauntingly beautiful and crisp cinematography shines through its immediate construction of the prison’s cruel atmosphere and the air of hostility between the inmates and the prison guards.

May 20

May 20 Rasmea Odeh returns to court next month

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Palestinian community organizer Rasmea Odeh will return to court in Detroit on June 13th, following up on a February ruling that the Chicago-based activist was improperly convicted of immigration naturalization fraud in November 2014.

May 19

May 19 DePaul students mobilize to put a stop to faith-washing

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Palestine in America, student activism

The activists took to the library with posters displaying important queries, key facts, and captioned photographs, that embodied precisely what the university and the Israeli embassy wished to conceal—Israel’s expansionist, exclusivist, male-dominant, white-supremacist, anti-Indigenous, settler-colonial face indiscriminately erasing all things Palestinian.

May 18

May 18 Chicago Palestine Film Festival announces annual scholarship

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Chicago Palestine Film Festival (CPFF) will accept applications for its first annual scholarship.

May 16

May 16 Reflecting on an ongoing Nakba

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It is difficult to decide on a point of departure when discussing the limitless impact of the Nakba (The Catastrophe) of 1948. The extent of its implications may prove to be unknowable, as the extent of its malice unfathomable, but its redirection of Palestinian history is undeniable.

May 13

May 13 University of Indianapolis Student Senate passes divestment resolution

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The University of Indianapolis (UINDY) Student Senate passed a divestment resolution on April 2 with 49 votes for, 12 against, and 11 abstentions.

May 10

May 10 PCRF Chicago fundraiser raises over $200,000

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The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund’s (PCRF) Chicago chapter raised over $200,000 during its 8th annual fundraising dinner in Rosemont, IL.

May 6

May 6 Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation to connect Palestinians in diaspora

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Palestine in America, News

The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation will be hosting three exciting initiatives this summer that aim to connect Palestinians living in the diaspora with their homeland by strengthening their knowledge on Palestinian identity, history, heritage and much more.

May 3

May 3 Boeing faces increased opposition on weapons sales to Israel

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For the fourth year in a row, anti-war activists protested outside the annual Boeing shareholders meeting in Chicago yesterday.

May 2

May 2 Prisoners Day observed worldwide, solidarity deepens following return of US delegation

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A delegation of former Black Panthers and other U.S. political prisoners marked their return from Palestine last month with a statement released on Palestinian Prisoners Day, while people around the world showed their support for Palestinian prisoners with mass demonstrations.

May 1

May 1 Conference highlights Black-Palestinian intersectionality

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The Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary recently held a conference titled “Racialized States and Popular Resistance: From Chicago to Jerusalem.” The three day conference was organized in response to “the increased and continued use of militarized force against civilian Black populations in the United States and against Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories.”

May 1

May 1 University of Minnesota Student Association passes watered-down divestment resolution

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The University of Minnesota (UMN) divestment coalition, initiated by the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), celebrated the success of the resolution, which passed on April 13.

Apr 27

Apr 27 UNRWA hosts races in US to raise money for Gaza’s children

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is raising money for Palestinian children by hosting a Gaza 5k in multiple cities across the U.S.

Apr 26

Apr 26 Slumdog, The Idol, not that different, not that great

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entertainment, Palestine in America, reviews

A reviewer posited Hany Abu-Assad’s new film “The Idol” is something like “Slumdog Millionaire,” suggesting that it was a good thing. It is very much like “Slumdog”—but that’s not a good thing.

Apr 24

Apr 24 Community leader Muhammad Salah passes, legacy lives on

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Palestine in America, News, obituary

Muhammad Salah, Palestinian-American grocer and prominent member of the Palestinian community in Bridgeview, IL, passed away after his battle with cancer, on April 23.

Apr 22

Apr 22 IUPUI SJP harassed, intimidated

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Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) midwest regional conference attendees were shocked to find Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis’ (IUPUI) outside walls and windows covered with defamatory flyers targeting SJP member Haneen* the morning of April 3rd.

Apr 22

Apr 22 US State Department highlights Israel’s human rights violations

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The Obama Administration criticized Israel, as well as the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas, in the 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The State Department’s 40th annual review was released by Secretary of State John Kerry last week.