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SUMMARY:Standout: Hold Israel Accountable
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Nov 1\, noon \nPark Street Station\, Boston \ndate changed due to predicted weather \n \nHundreds of Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the ceasefire agreement was signed. \nThe U.S. must demand that Israel obey the ceasefire immediately \nSeth Moulton\, who is running for Senate\, and our whole congressional delegation must wake up and support the Stop the Bombs legislation and cut off of military and diplomatic support for Israel. \nThe Mass. State legislature must divest the pension plan from the companies providing the weapons being used by Israel to violate the ceasefire. \nThe Famine continues in violation of the agreement. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians continue to starve in violation of the Agreement’s demand that the U.N. and other organizations be allowed to end the famine. \nThe U.S. government and public demand Israel’s compliance with the agreement to end the famine. \nWe must punish Israel’s continued starvation of Palestinians by suspending all aid to Israel and passing the Stop the Bombs legislation.   Members of Congress including Seth Moulton must support the UNRWA Funding Restoration Act. \nThis rally will raise awareness that Israel is continuing the mass murder and starvation of Palestinians in violation of the Agreement they claim to be observing\, and to cut into the assumption that Trump’s agreement has ended the Gaza war and to call for Israel’s isolation as punishment for these violations \nSponsored by Arise & Resist\, MAPA\, Northshore for Palestine\, CD8 for Palestine\, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine\, and Palestine South Shore Alliance. Additional cosponsors welcome.  Bring Palestine flags and wear keffiyehs.  Contact AriseResistCoalition@proton.me
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/standout-hold-israel-accountable/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
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SUMMARY:We are Not Numbers
DESCRIPTION:presenting We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth\, edited by Pam Bailey and Ahmed Alanouq.  Featuring readings by Daniel José Older\, Salma Shawa\, Khury Petersen-Smith\, Autumn Allen\, and George Abraham and a conversation lead by Hannah Moushabeck \nRegistration is required for the event\, but is free.  You have the option to order a “Book-Included” ticket to reserve a copy of We Are Not Numbers and pick it up at the event.  (Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event\, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.) \nProceeds of the book support We Are Not Numbers\, a project providing mentorship and a global platform for young Gazan writers. Pam Bailey will sign books after the presentation. \n \nSponsored by Harvard Bookstore\, Interlink Books\, and MAPA Education Fund \nAbout We Are Not Numbers\nA teenage girl stares at her roof\, hoping it won’t collapse over her head. A young student searches the Internet for photos of libraries around the world\, hoping he’ll be able to visit them one day. Another walks around the city\, taking notes of all the buildings she dreams of repairing. \nThese are the stories of young people from Gaza\, born under Israeli occupation and blockade. They are people who have endured unspeakable struggles and losses\, who keep fighting to be recognized not as numbers\, but as human beings with hopes\, dreams\, and lives worth living. \nWe Are Not Numbers was founded in 2014 to give voice to the youth of Gaza. In this collection—vital\, urgent and full of heart\, spanning over ten years to the present moment—we gain an unparalleled insight into the past\, as well as the current and next generation of Palestinian leaders\, artists\, scientists and scholars and imagine where we might go from here. \nPraise for We Are Not Numbers\n“Essential . . . A project that insists on liberation.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates \n“A rebellion against the singular story. An insightful\, multifaceted glimpse into the besieged Gaza Strip\, where millions of people continue to confront a genocide waged by an Israeli regime.” — Mohammed el-Kurd \n“With lovingly crafted words and stories\, the authors in We Are Not Numbers open portals in Israel’s apartheid wall\, inviting readers into the impossible realities of life under siege in Gaza. The collective commitment to doing whatever it takes to produce this extraordinary symphony of testimony is evident on every page. This book is a jailbreak—and a miracle.” — Naomi Klein \n“We Are Not Numbers is not just a book—it’s my life\, their life\, and our shared story. I know some of these brave writers; I’ve walked the same streets\, felt the same fear\, and shared the same dreams under Gaza’s skies. These pages carry the truth of our struggle and the beauty of our humanity. This is Gaza as it truly is\, written by those who live it every day.” — Motaz Azaiza\, award-winning Palestinian photojournalist \n“Picking up this book may seem hard because of the subject matter; putting it down is even harder. The voices of Gaza’s young writers are so moving and varied and astonishing. You’ll carry We Are Not Numbers in your heart for a very long time.” — Kamila Shamsie \nBios\nPam Bailey is a freelance journalist and social-justice activist. She lived and worked in the Gaza Strip immediately following the 2008/9 Israeli assault. Today\, she is a communications consultant and writer/editor for nonprofits such as ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies. She has also founded More Than Our Crimes\, a nonprofit initiative focused on assuring second chances for individuals convicted of violent crimes in the United States. She is based in Washington DC. \nAhmed Alnaouq grew up in Gaza where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from al-Azher University. Ahmed was the inspiration for\, and original project manager of\, We Are Not Numbers. He later won the UK’s prestigious Chevening scholarship and earned a master’s degree in international journalism from Leeds University. He also serves as advocacy and outreach officer for the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Ahmed’s writings have been published by the Gulf News\, New Arab\, and other websites. He is currently based in London. \nDaniel José Older\, a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic\, is the internationally best-selling author of many comics and twenty books\, including the Young Adult series the Shadowshaper Cypher\, which was named one of the best fantasy books of all time by TIME magazine and one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. He won the International Latino Book Award and has been nominated for numerous others. Find his books and online writing classes here: http://danieljoseolder.net/ \nSalma Shawa is a Palestinian content creator and publishing professional who is originally from Gaza. She uses her social media platforms to advocate and educate people about Palestine. You can find her online @salma.shawa_. \nKhury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow and the Co-Director of the New Internationalism Project at IPS. He researches U.S. empire\, borders\, and migration and strategizes with activists to work against the violence that the U.S. carries out and supports around the world. Khury focuses especially on U.S. militarism in the Middle East and in the Pacific\, and movements that resist it. He graduated from the Clark University Graduate School of Geography in Massachusetts\, after completing a dissertation on U.S. military bases in the Pacific. He is one of the co-authors and organizers of the 2023 Black Voices for Ceasefire statement\, which was signed by over 6\,000 Black activists\, artists\, and scholars. \nAutumn Allen is an educator\, an editor\, an award-winning author\, and a children’s literature specialist. Her debut young adult novel\, All You Have To Do (Kokila/Penguin\, 2023)\, was a People Magazine must-read for fall 2023\, a Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of 2023\, a Black Caucus of the ALA debut honor award winner\, and is long listed for the Massachusetts Book Award. Her picture books\, Step On Board: Sculpting a Memorial to Harriet Tubman\, illustrated by Ekua Holmes\, and Answered Prayers\, illustrated by Charly Palmer\, are forthcoming from Knopf. Autumn is a senior editor at Barefoot Books and she teaches literature\, writing and publishing to students of all ages. Autumn grew up in Boston and lives in Massachusetts with her family. \nGeorge Abraham (they/??) is a Palestinian American poet\, essayist\, critic\, and performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket\, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry\, 2020)\, which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the Editor-at-Large of Mizna\, and co-editor of Heave Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket\, 2025) which was long-listed for the Palestine Book Award. They are a graduate of Northwestern’s Litowitz MFA+MA program\, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence. \nHannah Moushabeck is a second-generation Palestinian American author and book worker who was raised in a family of publishers and booksellers and learned the power of literature at a young age. Hannah has worked in publishing for over a decade at companies such as Chronicle Books\, The Quarto Group\, and Simon & Schuster. She now runs Interlink Publishing\, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the United States\, alongside her family. Her debut picture book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine (Chronicle Books) won The New England Book Award and The Arab American Book Award. She lives in Amherst\, Massachusetts on the homelands of the Pocumtuc and Nipmuc Nations.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/we-are-not-numbers/
LOCATION:Cambridge Public Library\, 449 Broadway\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Testify to Divest Massachusetts from WMDs
DESCRIPTION:The Responsible Investment Bill (S.767 / H.1264) would divest the Massachusetts State Pension Fund from entities tied to weapons of mass destruction WMDs. This bill will be heard at the State House on Tuesday\, 11/18\, starting at 10:30 am.  The hearing has been moved to room B-2.   See directions to the room. \nThe hearing notice is: https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5473  Please notify masscfri@gmail.com if you plan to testify\, as we will seek to organize testifiers into panels and we will register the panel as a whole. \nIf you can’t come to the State House in person\, you can testify virtually.   The committee will also accept written comments.  Enter the State House through the Ashburton Park entrance; our group will meet there at 10:15.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/testify-to-divest-massachusetts-from-wmds/
LOCATION:Massachusetts State House – Room A-2\, 24 Beacon St\, Boston\, MA\, 02133
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Nuclear Disarmament,Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Media Bias and the Gaza Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Since October 2023\, historian Assal Rad and journalist Sana Saeed have closely tracked media coverage of the war in Gaza\, highlighting how much of it aligns with the Israeli narrative and distorts key facts — contributing to widespread misinformation and disinformation. \nOur speakers will present examples of headlines that obscure the facts\, and we will have some time to practice our media literacy skills! \n\nDr. Assal Rad is a historian of the modern Middle East. She works on research and writing related to U.S. foreign policy issues\, the Middle East\, contemporary Iran\, and Israel/Palestine. Her writing can be seen in Newsweek\, The National Interest\, The Independent\, Foreign Policy and more\, and she has appeared as a commentator on BBC World\, Al Jazeera\, CNN\, and NPR. Assal completed a PhD in History from the University of California\, Irvine in 2018 and is the author of The State of Resistance: Politics\, Culture\, and Identity in Modern Iran (Cambridge University Press\, 2022). \nSana Saeed is an award-winning journalist and media critic known for her sharp analysis of how media shapes public perception. She previously hosted the shows Backspace and The Occupation Style Guide at AJ+ that illuminated the ways mainstream news frames narratives around war\, colonialism\, and resistance. Since October 2023\, she has been at the forefront of critically exposing how U.S. media propaganda is used to justify war crimes and shape public discourse around the genocide in Gaza. \n  \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/media-bias-and-the-gaza-genocide/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Report from the West Bank
DESCRIPTION:Benny Davidovitch recently returned from the West Bank as part of a Protective Presence for Palestinian shepherds and their families. This presentation is based on his personal experience in the 2 weeks he spent with families in the West Bank (northern Jordan valley). He has put together an excellent presentation on his time there\, including photos and videos taken by himself and other volunteers. It is approximately 25-30 mins\, and consists mainly of photos and short films of events that he and others with the group Jordan Valley Activists (JVA) witnessed during their stays in West Bank communities. \nDavidovitch is an American-Israeli who is a volunteer with JVA\, a group comprised of mostly Jewish Israelis who provide a “protective presence” between Palestinian shepherds and the settlers who target them. They document law violations and other abuses committed by the settlers and fund-raise to help shepherds access water when sources are restricted by the Israeli army. Since the Hamas attack of October 2023\, the settler movement has used Israel’s siege in Gaza as an opportunity to intensify their established campaign of violent harassment of Palestinian shepherds and their families– including arbitrary arrests\, home demolitions\, land grabs\, and murders. \n\nBenjamin Davidovitch\, an American-Israeli resident of Amherst MA since 2007\, works as a Physics Professor at UMass Amherst. In the summer of 2025\, he joined the Jordan Valley Activists – Israeli volunteers who stay 24/7 with Palestinian communities at risk\, and provide them with “protective presence” against their harassment and displacement by violent settler groups. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/report-from-the-west-bank/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Projections in Solidarity
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URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/projections-in-solidarity/
LOCATION:Brattle Square Plaza\, One Brattle Square\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Palestine Mapped
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by MAPA. \nThe presentation will be livestreamed.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/palestine-mapped/
LOCATION:Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\, Boston\, 02116
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:No Israeli AI in Massachusetts Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Sheba Campaign Teach-in\nCome learn about some Palestine history\, the Boycott\, Divestment\, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement\, and the Sheba Out of MA Campaign with Boston DSA’s Palestine Working Group! This event is hybrid\, please RSVP for location near Copley Square and zoom link!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-israeli-ai-in-massachusetts-healthcare/
LOCATION:Copley Square\, Boylston St and Dartmouth St\, Boston\, MA\, 02115
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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