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78 years ago, over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes, thousands killed and homes and communities destroyed in the Nakba, the great catastrophe that never truly ended. Today, as Gaza faces genocide, siege, starvation, mass displacement and settler colonialist violence displaced and destroys more Palestinian communities in full impunity and protection by our own government, we gather to remember, and to act.
Join us this Nakba Day weekend to honor Palestinian history, resistance, and the ongoing struggle for liberation. From the streets to community spaces, we refuse erasure and we refuse silence.
Friday, May 15 — Protest at Congress & Toole, 5:30 PM
Sunday, May 17 — Screening of “All That’s Left of You” + community Q&A at Splinter Collective, 4 PM
Free Palestine. End U.S. aid to Israel.
From Tucson to Gaza, may all people live free.
Join us this Nakba Day weekend to honor Palestinian history, resistance, and the ongoing struggle for liberation. From the streets to community spaces, we refuse erasure and we refuse silence.
Friday, May 15 — Protest at Congress & Toole, 5:30 PM
Sunday, May 17 — Screening of “All That’s Left of You” + community Q&A at Splinter Collective, 4 PM
Free Palestine. End U.S. aid to Israel.
From Tucson to Gaza, may all people live free.
Past Events
MAY DAY MARCH 2026
Friday, May 1st * 10 am
El Presidio Plaza * 165 W Alameda St, Tucson
El Presidio Plaza * 165 W Alameda St, Tucson
On Friday, May Day, we will join our community to salute our workers, our immigrants here and around the world and declare our solidarity and support with them in their struggle for equality, justice, peace and better health, education, environment for all. This can be achieved, and must be realized, by rejecting the policies of endless war and violence, apartheid, genocide, ethnic cleansing and all sorts of war crimes that the Trump administration, Israel and the Zionist alliance have been waging on the Palestinian, Lebanese and Iranian people. We call on our communities to unite and join people of conscience everywhere to reject these policies and come out on Friday, stand together, work together to defeat fascism, totalitarianism, militarization and defend our democracy, our constitutional rights especially the right to dissent and free speech. Our communities are under attack. Our humanity is under attack. But together, together, together we shall overcome.
No Celebration During Genocide Protest
Our country, in alliance with Israel, is endangering life in many parts of the world especially in Palestine. Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona and its agencies and organizations have made Unconditional support for Israel their mission. This unconditional support of a foreign country is responsible for the continuing genocide, violence and endless war. Our community and our organizations are determined not to remain silent. We recognize that it’s our duty and responsibility to do whatever we can to end all aid to Israel in order to end the continuous war and violence, bring about justice and peace for all and invest in our communities, environment and save humanity.
Please Join Us!
Please Join Us!
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2026
Palestinian Film Series
“Tomorrow’s Freedom”
(about Marwan Barghouthi)
Saturday, April 4, 2026
2:00 pm -4:00pm
Woods Memorial Library
3455 N. 1st Ave
Please join us this Saturday to learn about a Palestinian leader who’s been imprisoned by Israel since 2002. Considered by some as “Palestine’s Mandela”
For information, contact: [email protected]
2:00 pm -4:00pm
Woods Memorial Library
3455 N. 1st Ave
Please join us this Saturday to learn about a Palestinian leader who’s been imprisoned by Israel since 2002. Considered by some as “Palestine’s Mandela”
For information, contact: [email protected]
Plants for Justice
March 28 - 29 2026
Have fun while supporting justice and resistance! To commemorate Palestine Land Day, come get a plant or more, have a garden tour or just chat and have fun and donate to local resistance and justice organizations. For location & more information please scan the QR code in the flyer below or go to https://tinyurl.com/PlantsForJustice
Palestine at Tucson Festival of Books
Book signing, featured books, and the Desert Fleet for Gaza project. Stop by and connect with the community.
March 14-15
on the U of A Mall
Booth 217
March 14-15
on the U of A Mall
Booth 217
Thursday, March 26, 2020
A Conversation with Professor Noam Chomsky
Focusing on Palestine Solidarity – conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, PEPs(Progressive Except on Palestine), campus activism and other related issues.
Commentators
Professor Marcia Klotz, University of Arizona English Department
Brooke Elise Hotez, University of Arizona Graduate Student
Moderator
Professor Maha Nassar, University of Arizona School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Cosponsors
Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Alliance for Global Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace Tucson (JVP), Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Women International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Black Lives Matter, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), JVP UofA Student Chapter, No More Deaths, SplitSeed Productions, Tucson Peace Center, Nuclear Resister, Casa Maria, Veterans for Peace Chapter 13, People’s Defense Initiative, Tucson Samaritans.
Thursday March 26, 2020 at University of Arizona ENR2 #120
The event begins at 5pm with refreshments, snacks, tabling, checking-in, etc. until 6pm.
The program is from 6-8.
Free and open to the public. Donations very much appreciated.
Commentators
Professor Marcia Klotz, University of Arizona English Department
Brooke Elise Hotez, University of Arizona Graduate Student
Moderator
Professor Maha Nassar, University of Arizona School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Cosponsors
Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Alliance for Global Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace Tucson (JVP), Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Women International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Black Lives Matter, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), JVP UofA Student Chapter, No More Deaths, SplitSeed Productions, Tucson Peace Center, Nuclear Resister, Casa Maria, Veterans for Peace Chapter 13, People’s Defense Initiative, Tucson Samaritans.
Thursday March 26, 2020 at University of Arizona ENR2 #120
The event begins at 5pm with refreshments, snacks, tabling, checking-in, etc. until 6pm.
The program is from 6-8.
Free and open to the public. Donations very much appreciated.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
The BDS Movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel)
Presented by The International Center for Peace and Justice and Most Holy Trinity Parish
In 2005, Palestinian civil society initiated a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions as a new method in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. BDS is now an international movement with support and opposition everywhere including here in Tucson and Southern Arizona. ICPJ is proud to provide this opportunity to our community to learn about BDS and hear opposing but informative views about it.
Please join us in an educational afternoon in 3 parts:
Part 1 – “Why the time has come for the BDS Movement”
Local experts from the Southern Arizona BDS Network will explain what BDS is all about and why this non-violent resistance is the best way to bring peace and justice to Palestine/Israel. Team includes Rev. John Fife (faith, moral and justice perspective), Laurie Melrood (Jewish perspective), Shachaf Polakow (Israeli BDS from Within), Nellie Jo David (Tohono O’odham), Isabel Garcia (Migrant Justice, Solidarity), Todd Miller (Border Militarization) and Mohyeddin Abdulaziz (Palestine Civil Society call for BDS, moderator)
Part 2 – “Pros &Cons of the BDS Movement and Alternative(s)”
Local experts opposed to BDS will acknowledge the pros, point out the drawbacks of BDS, and propose an alternative way to Palestine/Israel Peace. Presenter: Bob Shatz - President, Congregation Kol Simchah
Part 3 – Q & A and finding Common Ground facilitated by Whit Jones, Center for Emerging Futures
Sunday April 3, 2016 2pm-5:30pm at Most Holy Trinity Parish, 1300 N. Greasewood
Free and open to the public with * snacks and refreshments provided *
MONDOWEISS article by the Southern Arizona BDS Network:
Arizona activists protest Israeli firms militarizing the border
In 2005, Palestinian civil society initiated a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions as a new method in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. BDS is now an international movement with support and opposition everywhere including here in Tucson and Southern Arizona. ICPJ is proud to provide this opportunity to our community to learn about BDS and hear opposing but informative views about it.
Please join us in an educational afternoon in 3 parts:
Part 1 – “Why the time has come for the BDS Movement”
Local experts from the Southern Arizona BDS Network will explain what BDS is all about and why this non-violent resistance is the best way to bring peace and justice to Palestine/Israel. Team includes Rev. John Fife (faith, moral and justice perspective), Laurie Melrood (Jewish perspective), Shachaf Polakow (Israeli BDS from Within), Nellie Jo David (Tohono O’odham), Isabel Garcia (Migrant Justice, Solidarity), Todd Miller (Border Militarization) and Mohyeddin Abdulaziz (Palestine Civil Society call for BDS, moderator)
Part 2 – “Pros &Cons of the BDS Movement and Alternative(s)”
Local experts opposed to BDS will acknowledge the pros, point out the drawbacks of BDS, and propose an alternative way to Palestine/Israel Peace. Presenter: Bob Shatz - President, Congregation Kol Simchah
Part 3 – Q & A and finding Common Ground facilitated by Whit Jones, Center for Emerging Futures
Sunday April 3, 2016 2pm-5:30pm at Most Holy Trinity Parish, 1300 N. Greasewood
Free and open to the public with * snacks and refreshments provided *
MONDOWEISS article by the Southern Arizona BDS Network:
Arizona activists protest Israeli firms militarizing the border
May 2, 2015
Elbit Systems Field Trip
We visited two surveillance towers built by the Israeli company Elbit Systems, close to the Arizona / Mexico border. These are part of a 7-tower trial project. Elbit builds the towers used on the walls and all over the West Bank. The first tower we went to was a bit downhill from a mobile surveillance system mounted on a Border Patrol truck, which we have seen in use in various places. Why it was right next to a surveillance tower was not clear. A Border Patrol agent came riding up on an ATV, he was the "good cop", followed somewhat later by someone who emerged from the surveillance vehicle, and two other BP trucks. The other BP agents were not as friendly as the first one.
Notice the teddy bear on the front of the ATV, he found it in the desert. But he had no idea what had happened to the child it had belonged to.
Also note the jaguar on the big banner: two members of the Tohono Od'ham Nation are part of our coalition, and one of them contributed the jaguar.
Notice the teddy bear on the front of the ATV, he found it in the desert. But he had no idea what had happened to the child it had belonged to.
Also note the jaguar on the big banner: two members of the Tohono Od'ham Nation are part of our coalition, and one of them contributed the jaguar.
Southern Arizona BDS from Bob Torrez on Vimeo.