Year: 2025

by Allie Cislo The Multifaith Coalition decries the Mayor’s choice to deny an overflowing room of Pro-Ceasefire constituents a vote on the record   In a 6-5 vote, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty opted Jan. 7 to ignore the calls of the 1500+ petition signatories, Muslim, Jewish, […]

by Paul Shannon Harvard’s Jan. 21 decision to impose the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’ (IHRA) definition of antisemitism on its campus underscores the University’s complete failure to rise to the occasion of opposing Israel’s crimes against humanity, its subservience to the Israeli lobby, and […]

Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) welcomes the 6-week ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas which went into effect on January 19.  The agreement brings a pause in the devastating carnage in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of deadly Israeli attacks that killed at least 50,000 […]

On the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) today welcomes the news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to end the devastating carnage in the Gaza Strip after 15 months of deadly Israeli attacks that killed tens of thousands of […]

By Lila Li On December 31, 2024, the U.N. Human Rights Office (OHCHR) released its fourth thematic report, titled “Attacks on Hospitals During the Escalation of Hostilities in Gaza.” The 23-page document challenges prevailing Israeli narratives used to justify Israeli military operations against Gazan hospitals. […]