Today from Jewish Voice for Peace: 500 Jewish New Yorkers and allies just held an emergency sit-in at the Statue of Liberty to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We took over…
Category: Palestine
All our people are in danger
From Stephanie Rugoff: In the midst of the dreadful and continually worsening situation in Israel/Palestine, especially Gaza, there was a beautiful demonstration organized and led by Jewish Voice for Peace in New…
Do not weaponize grief in service of genocide
Debra Sweet, October 17, 2023 With many of you, we join in demanding that governments – most importantly the U.S. which funds Israel’s weapons – stop the siege and impending genocide of…
War Crimes and Selective Outrage in the U.S.
Debra Sweet | October 13, 2023 We are in the midst of madness. While Hamas has seized 150 Israelis and is holding them hostage, attacked noncombatant civilians and killed them or threatened…
Just in on Jenin
Debra Sweet | July 4, 2023 In recent days a pogrom has been carried out by right-wing Zionist settlers in Palestinian villages. Today these on-going attacks took on another form. In the…
Stop Israeli Crimes Financed by the US – Not in Our Name
Barbara Lyons, World Can’t Wait Chicago Chapter | July 3, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} I am here today representing World Can’t Wait. Our nation-wide organization was formed to mobilize to stop the “war OF…
Professor Fired for Tweeting Against the Massacre in Gaza
Chicago Chapter of World Can’t Wait | September 17, 2014 Protests Demand Steven Salaita be Rehired In the first week of August, Steven Salaita was fired from his position as an associate…
Watch #Gazawebcast
August 14, 2014 Stop Israel’s Ongoing War Crimes Against the People of Gaza On August 5, World Can’t Wait put out a call to Stop Israel’s War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity…
Announcing Important Event for Gaza: Next Thursday August 14
Debra Sweet | August 7, 2014 Announcing an important event. We are scheduling it on an urgent basis. Your help is needed to build it, and to be in the house Thursday…
Library Rethinks Decision to Disinvite Noted Palestinian Scholar
World Can’t Wait — Chicago | August 6, 2014 Ali Abunimah’s reading of “The Battle for Justice in Palestine” will occur as planned on Monday, August 11 at 7 pm. Cheers! To…