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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fight back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 6 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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By Meredith Aby

University of MN police handcuffing pro Palestine protester

Minneapolis, MN – Over 50 supporters of Palestine shut down a Nov. 3 lecture by Hebrew University professor Moshe Halbertal, a co-author of the Israeli military code of ethics, entitled “Protecting Civilians: Moral Challenges of Asymmetric Warfare.” Organized by the MN Anti-War Committee and endorsed by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP UMN), the protesters prevented Halbertal from presenting his defense of IDF conduct in last summer’s Gaza War. Three of the protesters were arrested, as police tried to maintain what they called “decorum.”

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By Jessica Wichmann

Milwaukee students stand in solidarity with Palestine

Milwaukee. WI – About 50 students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee rallied in solidarity with Palestine, Oct. 28. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized the rally in response to the increase in violence by Israeli occupation forces in which over 50 Palestinians have been killed just this month.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine (PFLP)

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 21 statement by the Progressive Palestinian Youth Union and the Progressive Student Labor Front on imprisoned Arab internationalist freedom fighter Georges Abdallah.

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By staff

“Hey, Israel, waddya say? How many kids did you kill today?”

More than 4000 march for Palestine in Chicago

Chicago. IL -Over 4000 people, mainly Palestinians, marched here today to condemn recent Israeli ag-gression against Palestinians. Since Oct. 1, after right-wing Israelis stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the Zionist violence has killed 43 people, including eight children, with over 1300 Palestinians injured.

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By staff

Protest in front of the Los Angeles federal building demands justice for Rasmea

Los Angeles, CA – During rush hour, Oct. 13, two dozen people gathered in front of the Los Angeles federal building to demand justice for Rasmea Odeh. Odeh appeared before an appeals court in Cincinnati, Ohio on the morning of Oct. 14. People traveled from across the country to support her.

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 15 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

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By Rasmea Defense Committee

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 14 statement from the Rasmea Defense Committee.

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By Tom Burke

Rasmea Odeh in front of Federal Appeals Court, Oct. 14, In Cincinnati, Ohio.

Cincinnati, OH – Supporters of Rasmea Odeh could be heard chanting from blocks away in downtown Cincinnati, Oct. 14. Bus riders on their way to morning shifts crossed the street to take leaflets, while curious business people were drawn to watch the protesters chant, “Justice for Rasmea! Justice for Rasmea!” and “DOJ, let’s be clear, Rasmea is welcome here!”

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By Fern

Jacksonville protest against the the visit of Israeli war criminal Ehud  Barak.

Jacksonville, FL – About 25 people gathered in front of the Florida Times Union Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 5 to protest the visit of Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel. Barak is a war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands of Palestinians.

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By mick

Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Florida supporters of the prominent Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh are mobilizing people to attend her Oct. 14 appeal hearing in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the hearing in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Odeh’s lawyers will challenge her conviction on a trumped-up immigration charge. Odeh is facing jail and deportation.

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 4 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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By Kent Mori

Minneapolis, MN – Dear Gaza, an open air concert and block party drew hundreds of people here, , Sept. 26, and raised $20,000 in medical relief for Gaza.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Sept. 22 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Sept. 16 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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By staff

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San José, CA – On Sept. 10, supporters of Rasmea Odeh held signs and passed out hundreds of flyers in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. main library here. The event was organized by the South Bay Committee Against Political Repression and endorsed by BAYAN USA, Justice for Palestinians, and Anakbayan Silicon Valley.

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By Fabian Van Onzin

Protest in Houston, TX demands justice for Rasmea Odeh.

Houston, TX – Activists organized a number of activities to show solidarity with Rasmea Odeh, the unjustly convicted Palestinian activist. On Sept. 8, an information session was held, in which her case was discussed, with a turnout of over 20 people.

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By Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following September 6 statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

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