In this week’s Action for Peace, we focus on efforts to:
🛑 Challenge media consolidation and propaganda
⚖️ Protect human rights defenders and demand accountability
🔓 Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
📚 Defend free speech and resist censorship
✈️ Stop weapons shipments fueling violence in Gaza
Take Action
🛑 OPPOSE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION & PROPAGANDA POWER
Major media mergers risk further silencing criticism of Israel and consolidating narrative control in the hands of powerful interests. "Bari Weiss’ latest CBS move shows the Ellisons’ drive to create Israeli state TV. Larry Ellison, the largest donor to Friends of the Israel Defense Force, has been buying the largest and most influential American entertainment, news and social media corporations, purging them of Israel criticisms." Glenn Greenwald.
👉 Tell your state Attorney General to oppose the merger
⚖️ DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES
International human rights leaders are facing increasing attacks for speaking out. Protecting them is essential to preserving accountability. The US has sanctioned UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, 8 ICC judges, 3 court officials, and Palestinian human rights organisations Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and PCHR. The message is chilling: investigate genocide, speak up for international law, and we will destroy your life.
👉 Demand justice for Francesca Albanese
🔓 FREE DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA
Israeli authorities have extended the detention of Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, without charge and without setting a time limit, as his health deteriorates in Israeli custody, the doctor’s family announced after a hearing on Tuesday. Dr. Abu Safiya has been denied access to a lawyer for more than two months since being transferred to Ketziot Prison in the Negev Desert. His family warns his health is seriously deteriorating due to physical violence inflicted on him, ongoing significant weight loss, and systematic medical neglect. Dr. Abu Safiya was arrested in December 2024 after refusing to evacuate Kamal Adwan Hospital despite repeated Israeli strikes on the facility.
👉 Take action for his release: Sign the petition
🧠 Learn more here
Take Action - California
📚 DEFEND FREE SPEECH IN CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS
Educators and students are facing increasing pressure and censorship around discussions of Palestine and justice. AB 2159 helps address three major concerns with AB 715, which was signed into law by Governor Newsom in October 2025 and would have a chilling impact on classroom teachers and censor their ability to facilitate critical discussion and education on Palestine.
👉 Say NO to censorship in schools and YES to AB 2159
✈️ STOP WEAPONS SHIPMENTS
Weapons components continue to move through the Port of Oakland to Israel, directly contributing genocide of Palestinians. Local organizing is building real pressure to stop these shipments. Email FedEx, the Port Board, sign the petition, and demand NO MORE KILLER CARGO!
👉 Join the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo
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🧒 The Closure of a Palestinian Children’s Rights Organization
Years of political pressure have forced the shutdown of a key group advocating for Palestinian children.
From the article:
Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) has ended its extraordinary work with the children of Palestine as a result of unending threats from the State of Israel. Despite having been designated by Israel as a terrorist organization in 2023, DCI-P had continued its groundbreaking work of investigating, documenting and exposing human rights violations against Palestinian children as well as providing legal services to children and holding both Israeli and Palestinian authorities accountable to principles of human rights as described in international law. But in an announcement earlier this week, DCI-P’s General Director Khaled Quzmar said, "After 35 years of defending Palestinian children’s rights, we are not able to overcome operational challenges resulting from Israel’s targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations."
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🕍 Israel's Bombing of an Iranian Synagogue
An analysis of the bombing of a synagogue in Iran and broader questions about ideology and the value of Jewish life.
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