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SUMMARY:Sumud: Film Screening & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we view and discuss SUMUD: A Doctor’s Report on Genocide and Survival. The film follows an American anesthesiologist volunteering in Gaza\, with commentary on the genocide by Omar El-Akkad\, Egyptian-Canadian journalist. \nA discussion will follow the 27 min. viewing of the film with the film’s director\, Jan Haaken\, and co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide\, Dr. Karameh Hamash-Kuemmerle. Nancy Murray\, representing the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine and the Gaza Mental Health Foundation\, will facilitate. \nAbout the film: vimeo.com/1140284630 \nIn solidarity\, we will be fundraising for Gaza Mental Health Foundation and Doctors Against Genocide. \nAccessibility & transportation: Masks required. Please see the registration form for more information. \nIn collaboration with JVP Boston\, BWC\, Sawa\, MAPA\, INN Boston\, DAG\, and the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine \nWhen: Monday\, January 5\, 6:45 – 8:30pm\nWhere: Jamaica Plain\, exact location shared following registration\nRegister here: tinyurl.com/sumudboston \n\nCan’t make it? You can still donate.\n– Gaza Mental Health Foundation: gazamentalhealth.org/support\n– Doctors Against Genocide: doctorsagainstgenocide.org/donate
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/sumud-film-screening-discussion/
LOCATION:Jamaica Plain
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T190000
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SUMMARY:What’s going on in Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Trump’s “Peace Proposal”\, the UN Security Council resolution and their significance for the future of Gaza \nPhyllis Bennis and Richard Falk will focus on the developments on the ground in Gaza\, the US role and Trump’s “peace” plan\, the consequences of the latest UN Security Council resolution\, and what the UN has done and failed to do regarding the genocide.  They will also talk about the current situation in the West Bank. \nPhyllis Bennis is Program Director at the Institute for Policy Studies; in 2001 helped found the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights\, served 6 Years on the board of Jewish Voice for Peace.  She is author of the 2025 Understanding Palestine and Israel (Interlink Books). \nRichard Falk is former UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories for the UN Human Rights Council 2008-2014. He is Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University.   \nSponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; cosponsored by the International Peace Bureau and Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security. \n \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/calling-it-what-it-is-whats-going-on-in-palestine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T190000
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SUMMARY:Wajib
DESCRIPTION:To launch our Palestine film series\, we present Wajib (2017).  The film offers a rare\, intimate\, and authentic glimpse into the everyday lives of middle-class Palestinians in Nazareth. It is a humorous family drama about a father and his estranged son forced to spend a day together delivering wedding invitations by hand.  Wajib  artfully weaves the realities of living under occupation into the fabric of everyday interactions\, rather than presenting overt political statements. Snippets of news on the radio\, interactions with Israeli authorities\, and discussions about the choices Palestinians make to survive all serve as a subtle but constant reminder of the political context\, offering a deep\, thoughtful exploration of identity\, exile\, and compromise. \nReleased in 2017\, Wajib was directed by Annemarie Jacir\, and won 36 international film awards.   Jacir’s new film Palestine 36 is the Palestine submission for an international film Oscar.  The main actors are Mohammad and his son\, Saleh Bakri.   \nOur screening honors Mohammad Bakri\, a well known actor and producer  who passed away on December 25.  Bakri also worked as a director\, including directing the 2002 film Jenin\, Jenin in which he interviewed residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank who claimed mass destruction and the killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces during Operation Defensive Shield. The film drew a lot of controversy in Israel and was quickly banned by the Israeli Film Board from being screened. \nSponsored by the MAPA Education Fund.  The screening will be followed by an appreciation of Bakri and a discussion led by a Palestinian who is from Nazareth.  Light refreshments. \nOrder your tickets here. \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/wajib/
LOCATION:St James Place – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T180000
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SUMMARY:Power Hour: Support the Israel Divestment Bill
DESCRIPTION:Join MAPA’s Power Hour on Jan. 29 at 6pm to make calls in support of the Israel Divestment Bill. \nDespite the supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza\, Israel has continued its genocide of Palestinians through airstrikes\, gunfire\, blocking aid\, and destroying homes. The Israel Divestment Bill is as relevant now as it was before the ceasefire was announced. \nThis bill is currently in the Public Service Committee in the MA House. We will be making calls to the two chairs of the committee to pressure them to vote the bill out favorably. If it does go forward\, it can then eventually be voted on by the full state legislature.  Read more about the bill. \nTake this step to make the State of Massachusetts divest from genocide.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/power-hour/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T123000
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SUMMARY:Violence\, Love and Hope in Israel-Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Sari Bashi\, internationally renowned human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Sari lives in a mixed Israeli-Palestinian family\, which is the subject of her new memoir\, Upside-Down Love. Sari will share her perspective on the ceasefire in Gaza\, the escalating violence in the West Bank\, and the opportunities emerging for transformative change. \nSari is the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and the co-founder and former executive director of Gisha-Legal Center for Freedom of Movement\, the Israeli human rights organization promoting freedom of movement for Palestinians in Gaza. She previously served as program director for Human Rights Watch\, leading the organization’s global research\, and as research director at Democracy for the Arab World Now\, where she’s currently a fellow. She’s an expert in international humanitarian law and writes a blog about raising her children in the West Bank. Her book\, a love story in two voices\, describes how she and her Palestinian spouse met\, fell in love and made it work\, against the odds and against Israeli law. \n \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/violence-love-and-hope-in-israel-palestine/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T150000
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SUMMARY:Say What?? Responding to Israel/Palestine Disinformation – A Practical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:How do you respond to someone who refers to the U.S. and Israel’s continued military rule in Gaza a “peace plan”?\nWhat can you say to someone who describes the continued starvation\, bombing\, and shooting of Palestinians a\n“ceasefire”?\nJoin us for a practical salon/workshop featuring language experts and Palestinian human rights advocates as they share\ntheir tips for recognizing and reframing misleading headlines\, correcting faulty narratives\, highlighting bigoted\nstereotypes\, introducing suppressed truths\, and overcoming apathy. You’ll gain tools to have meaningful conversations\nin which you listen compassionately\, think critically\, and speak truthfully – for maximum impact. \nRegister here: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026 \nView the trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-February2026Trailer\nWatch the curated videos included in the registration confirmation email at your convenience ahead of the discussion.\nJoin the Q&A discussion with:\nAssal Rad: Author\, historian\, commentator\, and Nonresident Fellow at Arab Center\nAseel AlBajeh: Advocacy Officer at the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy\nAlex McDonald (workshop leader): Author\, activist\, educational material developer
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/say-what-responding-to-israel-palestine-disinformation-a-practical-workshop/
LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T183000
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SUMMARY:While Iran Boils\, Trump’s “Peace Plan” Threatens Palestinian Existence
DESCRIPTION:US imperial intervention has denied Iranians and Palestinians self-determination for 75 years. \nCoupled with an examination of the U.S./Israel/Iran crisis\, Jeremy Scahill and Rami Khouri reveal how the president’s “board of peace” promises a new\, dangerous and unaccountable stage of U.S./European/Israeli policy in the Middle East.  \nAt this moment when Palestinian national existence hangs in the balance\, there could be no better opportunity to understand the significance of stunning events now taking place in Gaza and the West Bank than hearing from these two expert journalists. Media coverage of the Palestinian crisis has dramatically shrunk since Trump announced his “Peace Plan” for Gaza\, but every day Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are killed\, driven off their land\, or die in large numbers when denied sufficient food\, medical care and supplies needed to survive malnutrition and the elements. They will explain not just what is happening in Palestine but will examine the frightening realities of Israeli and U.S. policy that lay behind this next phase of the genocide.  \nOf special interest\, they will examine President Trump’s “peace agreement” and the Board of Peace\, headed by Trump himself\, that his plan establishes. If the present is harsh\, the future laid out in this peace agreement is truly ominous. Scahill and Khouri will examine in detail not just how this bizarre Trump agreement came about but the threat it poses to the very possibility of a Palestinian state. But you will also learn of the complex battle the Palestinian resistance is playing to keep Palestinian national rights alive. Jeremy Scahill has conducted extensive interviews for Drop Site News with Hamas officials and we will all benefit from his unique insights on how the Palestinian resistance views the present situation\, what parts of the Trump plan they have agreed to and which they have not\, and their strategies for addressing the threats Palestinians face in the present moment. \nWith the new understanding gained about the U.S./Israeli/Iran crisis\, Palestinian realities\,  and Israeli and U.S. policies \, viewers will become more confident in their understanding of what needs to be done in order to effectively step up the fight to prevent/stop war with Iran and their mobilization against genocide and in support of Palestinian human and national rights.   \nJeremy Scahill\, an award-winning journalist and expert on warfare\, is co-founder of the investigative news organization Drop Site News. His investigative prowess has led to multiple recognitions\, including the George Polk Award and the Izzy Award for Independent Media. Scahill is widely respected for his writing\, particularly in areas related to war\, security\, and U.S. foreign policy. His extensive reporting from conflict zones such as Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Somalia\, and Yemen has provided him with a wealth of real-world insight. These experiences strengthen his standing as one of the most knowledgeable speakers on war\, security\, and journalism in the country.  \nRami George Khouri is a Palestinian-American journalist and editor. He was executive editor of the Beirut Daily Star newspaper from 2003 to 2005\, and before that had been editor-in-chief of the Jordan Times for seven years\, when he also wrote for many years from Amman\, Jordan\, for leading international publications\, including the Financial Times\, the Boston Globe\, and the Washington Post. Rami was the founding director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 2006 to 2014. He has served on the advisory boards of the International Committee of the Red Cross\, Harvard Divinity School\, and Northwestern University in Qatar. His 50 years of journalism in the Arab region include writing books and an internationally syndicated column. He continues to author books and write analyses and op-eds for the international media.  \n \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/iran-palestine-peace-plan/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:State of Passion
DESCRIPTION:We present State of Passion\, a feature-length documentary film by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi. \nAfter 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals\, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon\, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah\, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. \nWith news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world\, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies\, to amputations without anesthetics\, orphaned children with no surviving family\, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities. \nThis was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”.  Why does he do it?  Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine\, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work. \nFilmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi\, close friends of the Abu Sittahs\, share that same passion.  They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza\, following a long and terrifying journey through the night\, to meet him in Amman.  Determined to capture his raw emotions\, they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door.  Following him to Beirut\, Amman\, London\, Kuwait and Dubai\, they and he explore their common State of Passion. \nFollowing the film\, a discussion will be led by Michael Maria\, Director of the Boston Palestinian  Film festival\, and Nadine Bahour\, a researcher at FXB Harvard School of Public Health. \nThe film will be shown in the Parish Hall of St. James Episcopal Church\, three blocks north of Porter Square in Cambridge.  The location can be confusing.  If you have not been to the venue before\, please review these directions and arrive a few minutes early to make sure you find us!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/state-of-passion/
LOCATION:St James Place – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T170000
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SUMMARY:Mobilizing Against the New Face of Genocide and War
DESCRIPTION:A Strategy Conference\nSaturday\, March 7\, 2026\, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm \nCambridge Friends Meeting\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 \n \nThe very existence of Palestinians as a viable national community is existentially threatened by the Trump-Netanyahu Gaza agreement\, now officially adopted by the United Nations Security Council as official U.N. policy. After repeated US vetoes of ceasefire proposals throughout the genocide\, the Security Council placed its imprimatur on a Trump/Netanyahu deal that basically threw 70 years of UN resolutions about Israel/Palestine out the window. \nMeanwhile\, Trump’s regime change war on Iran\, supported by many in Congress but not by the American people\, has brought war to the entire region and thrown international law out the window. \nIn these new\, difficult circumstances it is time for the anti-genocide\, anti-war\, and Palestinian solidarity movements to come together to consider how best to organize collectively to achieve policy changes in the US and more justice for all in Palestine and the Middle East. Our past focus on ceasefire and humanitarian aid violations are not enough. Instead we must consolidate around attacking or modifying the present agreement itself in ways supportive of Palestinian self-determination; condemning Israel’s continuing depredations; raising high the banner of Paletinian national rights; and demanding an immediate end to the attack on Iran. \nPanel 1 – Situation in Gaza and West Bank\, impact of Trump Agreement\, Board of Peace\, attack on Iran\, and related Mideast crises \nNancy Murray\, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine and Gaza Mental Health Foundation \nLeila Farsakh\, professor of political science and leading Palestinian rights advocate\, UMass Boston \nAmira Hass\, Haaretz correspondent\, columnist\, and activist \nSusan Akram\, Boston University\, clinical professor of law and director of the International Human Rights Clinic \nPanel 2 – What do we do?  Our new message – Our strategy – Breaking the hold of the weaponization of anti-semitism  \nRami G. Khouri\, Palestinian-American journalist\, author\, and public policy expert with over six decades of experience covering the Middle East \nLea Kayali\, organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement based out of Boston\, steering committee member of the People’s Embargo for Palestine \nPaul Shannon\, Mass. Peace Action\, co-chair Gaza Israel Mideast peace campaign \nBreakout Topics – Session 1 \n\nRefuting the false anti-semitism arguments – Merrie Najimy\nIntegrating our messaging and our public actions and events – Paul Shannon\nThe Future of Boycott and Divest – Raisa/ Sheba out of MA\, Malick/ Cambridge for Palestine\, Nancy Aykanian/ BDS Boston\nPolitical action – the Palestine issue in Congressional elections 2026 – Elizabeth Baldwin and Jeff Klein\n\nBreakout Topics – Session 2 \n\nLegislative action – organizing to pass Federal and state bills on Palestine and the Middle East – Elizabeth Baldwin and Jeff Klein\nThe struggle over suppression of free speech about Palestine in Massachusetts – Sana Fadel\, Paul Shannon\, Sara Roy\nPublic Education and Action to Further the Palestine Movement – Jill El-Ashkar and Julie Jolin\nIran – ending the US initiated war – Bahar Sharafi\, Rami G. Khouri\n\nSchedule \n8:30 Coffee and registration – Friends Room \n9:30 Welcome and Introduction – Meeting House.  NO Food and Drink in the Meeting House \n10:00 Panel 1 – Meeting House \n11:30 Panel 2 – Meeting House \n12:45 Lunch – Friends Room \n1:45 Breakout session 1 \n3:00 Breakout session 2 \n4:15 Brainstorm – Building the movement to end the Iran war – Meeting House \n5:15 Adjourn \nRegistration (includes lunch): regular $25\, student/low income $10\, supporter $75\, tabling group $50. \nLogistics: There is ample free parking on Longfellow Park on Saturday.  Longfellow Park is a 10 minute walk out Brattle Street from Harvard Square.  By bus\, take the 73 bus from Harvard station and get off at the second stop\, Mt. Auburn and Ash Streets.   The Meeting House and Friends Room are fully accessible.  Some of the breakout spaces are in the basement and there is an elevator near the Friends Room. \nLunch will consist of roll-ups with a choice of chicken or beef/lamb sharawma\, or falafel\, plus tabouleh\, hummus\, dessert\, and soft drink. \nSponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund.  Cosponsored by Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine; CD8 for Palestine; Watertown Citizens for Peace\, Justice and the Environment – Palestine/Gaza committee; Cambridge Friends Meeting – Peace and Social Justice committee; Needham for Palestine; Palestinian Youth Movement; Arlington for Palestine; MTA Rank and File for Palestine; Sawa: Newton-Area Alliance for Peace and Justice.   Cosponsors welcome; must publicize the event.  Contact info@masspeaceaction.org or call 617 354 2169.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/mobilizing-against-the-new-face-of-genocide-and-war/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting at Cambridge\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T170000
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SUMMARY:Observations from Gaza
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/2ujkeavb
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/observations-from-gaza/
LOCATION:Porter Sq Cambridge – details TBA
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T210000
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SUMMARY:From Ground Zero
DESCRIPTION:We present From Ground Zero\, a powerful collection of short films by 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war and genocide in Gaza. \nThe stories in Palestine’s Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards\, From Ground Zero\, capture the unyielding steadfastness of the human spirit and enduring creativity that thrives even in the face of relentless devastation through a unique blend of animation\, documentary\, and fiction. \nFrom Ground Zero was created by filmmaker Rashid Masharawi and designed to give a voice to the people of Gaza and to document their day-to-day experiences\, many of which often go unheard by the outside world. In a war-torn society\, where artistic creation is extremely complex\, the project sought to capture the diversity of perspectives of Gazans through slice-of-life short films\, ranging anywhere from three to six minutes in length. Filmmakers were allowed to tell their story through any genre and cinematic storytelling platform\, from fiction to documentary to animation. \nAfter the film we will hear from Zohaib Qureshi\, a doctor in physical therapy. Dr. Qureshi works  in Neuro-Oncology Amputee Rehab in Dallas\, Texas.  He volunteered in Gaza  and came back in March 2026. \nThe film will be shown in the Parish Hall of St. James Episcopal Church\, three blocks north of Porter Square in Cambridge.  The location can be confusing.  If you have not been to the venue before\, please review these directions and arrive a few minutes early to make sure you find us!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/from-ground-zero/
LOCATION:St James Place – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T183000
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SUMMARY:Don't Say Palestine; Repression and Resistance in Higher Ed
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/dsp41526 This will be in Cambridge\, MA – location coming soon \nJewish Voice for Peace Boston invites you to hear from academic workers who have been harmed by the weaponization of antisemitism in Massachusetts. This panel will situate local attacks on education about Palestine within the broader landscape of national attacks as well as strategies to resist this repression. \nPANELISTS WILL INCLUDE: \nThomas Abowd: Former Tufts University faculty member; now Sociology faculty member\, Bentley University \nAnna Feder: Former Emerson College staff and part-time faculty member \nMichel DeGraff: Former MIT Professor of Linguistics; now “Faculty at Large” at MIT \nKatherine Franke: Former Professor of Law\, Columbia University \nSponsored by JVP Boston\, cosponsored by MAPA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/dont-say-palestine/
LOCATION:Cambridge TBA
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T180000
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SUMMARY:Standout for Palestinian Political Prisoners
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/standout-for-palestinian-political-prisoners/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
DTSTAMP:20260610T044127
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SUMMARY:Organizing meeting to protest at Harvard Commencement
DESCRIPTION:A call for a solemn mass protest at the 2026 Harvard Commencement on May 28. \nIt is time to make both the genocide and raging ethnic cleansing of Palestine and our support for Palestinian self-determination visible once again. It’s time to pressure our educational\, medical\, cultural\, corporate and elected leaders who are collaborating with the genocide to end that support. \nThe biggest single event over the upcoming period that gives us the best chance to call much needed attention to this crisis is the Harvard Commencement on May 28. Harvard stands at the center of our universities’ strategy to help Israel and undermine opposition to Israeli criminal violence and dispossession of Palestinians. The commencement gives us the opportunity to reach the thousands and thousands of people coming to Harvard Square that day from all over the country and all over the world with our message and our demands. \nThis is a proposal for our third annual solemn vigil surrounding the outside walls of Harvard with our bodies\, signs and banners. Many of you participated in our commencement actions at the 2024 and 2025 commencements when 200 of us surrounded Harvard Yard with our solemn vigil in the morning as thousands started to pour through the gates. Our action received much support from those attending the festivities to whom we presented a powerful witness and provided important information about Harvard and the genocide. The press was swarming around the commencement and a number of us were interviewed and pictures were taken. We were part of the story those big commencement days in Cambridge. \nThere is a lot going on right now\, but not enough concerning Palestine. This is our opportunity to make a big deal out of what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank. \nWould you or your organization be willing to participate in the organizing committee for this Commencement action? The first organizing meeting will be held next Wednesday\, April 29 at 5:30pm at the Mass. Peace Action office in the St. James building complex at 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, north of Porter Square. Please sign up here or just show up next Wednesday. If you cannot attend\, but are interested in helping to organize this event\, please contact the Public Education and Action Team of Mass. Peace Action’s Gaza Committee at 617-623-5288 (landline\, no texts). Based on the response we will make a decision whether to proceed with putting together this year’s commencement protest. \nSign up if you can attend the organizing meeting or if you can help out to organize this effort. \nSee these directions to our office.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/organizing-meeting-to-protest-at-harvard-commencement/
LOCATION:MAPA office – within St James Place office building\, St James Church Office Building\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T213000
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SUMMARY:Ghost Hunting: Palestine Film Series
DESCRIPTION:In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him\, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex prisoners to recreate the Al-Moskobiya\, Israel’s main interrogation centre\, where he was himself jailed at age 18. Day after day\, these construction workers\, a blacksmith\, an architect\, an assistant director give shape to their memories of how they survived with grit and a sense of humor. As the walls of the cells rise\, the tongues and the emotions loosen. \nGhost Hunting is a 2017 Palestinian documentary film directed by Raed Andoni and starring Ramzi Maqdisi. It was awarded the best documentary at the Berlinale 2017. Also\, it was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.   The film runs 94 minutes and will be followed by discussion. \nDirections: The film will be shown in the Parish Hall of St. James Episcopal Church\, three blocks north of Porter Square in Cambridge. The location can be confusing. If you have not been to the venue before\, please review these directions and arrive a few minutes early to make sure you find us!  When you arrive\, call 617-466-9274 to get in the building.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ghost-hunting-palestine-film-series/
LOCATION:St James Place – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T073000
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SUMMARY:Stand up for Palestine at Harvard Commencement
DESCRIPTION:Gather in front of the Harvard Red Line entrance \nJoin us to be present as people from all over the world arrive! \n\nBring signs consistent with our message to Harvard: \n• End Harvard’s complicity in the Palestine Genocide\n• Divest Harvard from weapons for Israel\n• Support Palestinian self-determination\n• Stop erasing Palestine\n• Stop crushing dissent on campus\n• Opposing genocide is NOT antisemitism! \nSign up at masspeace.us/harvard-comm to let us know you’ll be there! \nSponsors: MAPA; Community Encampments for Palestine; Vahavtah: A Judaism Beyond Zionism Synagogue; Watertown Citizens for Peace\, Justice and the Environment; Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine; Cambridge for Palestine; Somerville for Palestine; Jewish Voice for Peace Boston; Diana’s List/ Theodore Parker Church\, Southeast MA for free Palestine\, Palestinian Youth Movement
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stand-up-for-palestine-at-harvard-commencement/
LOCATION:Harvard Square T Entrance\, Harvard Square\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T190000
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SUMMARY:Palestine 36: Palestine Film Series
DESCRIPTION:Palestine 36 is an internationally acclaimed 2025 historical drama and epic written and directed by Annemarie Jacir. The film interweaves fictional narratives with archival footage and historical recreation to tell its story. It centers on the character Yusuf\, who navigates between his quiet rural village and the fraught\, bustling environment of Jerusalem. As the British Empire tightens its grip and tensions surrounding European Jewish immigration escalate\, everyday Palestinians are forced to decide whether to live under an unjust system or rise up in revolt. \nThe film will be screened in the Parish Hall of St. James Place\, a modern condo/ office building which is located next to St. James Episcopal Church.   If you have not been to the location before\, please print out these directions before you go!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/palestine-36-palestine-film-series/
LOCATION:St James Place – Parish Hall\, 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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