Pal Dot Nebraska
This election season, we are planting seeds of solidarity with Palestine. Whether you vote blue, red, green, or none of the above, we invite you to join us and add a Pal(estine) Dot sign to your yard.
Our message is simple: No matter which presidential candidate wins Nebraska’s second congressional district, we demand they stop sending arms to Israel and take material steps to end the genocide and occupation in Palestine. As watermelons are the symbol of Palestinian resistance and solidarity, a Pal Dot watermelon yard sign indicates commitment to the struggle for a free and liberated Palestine.
Where Can I Get a Pal Dot Sign?
There will be signs available for pick up in OMAHA outside Blue Line Coffee in Dundee (4924 Underwood Ave) on Wednesday 10/30 from 9-11am.
There will be signs available for pick up in LINCOLN starting on 11/02 during store hours at The Hot Mess 408 S 11th St and Sower Bookstore 914 N 70th St.
Suggested donation is $5-10 per sign (each sign costs ~$7 to print).
Anyone is welcome to make their own sign! We welcome creativity.
If you would like a printed sign but can not attend the above distribution dates, please fill out this form.
Donate
You can donate to the campaign through venmo or by check or cash. Funds raised will be used to create signs. Any leftover funds will be used to support the work of Nebraskans for Palestine.
Venmo: @Palestinian-Rights-Task-Force
Include “Palestine Dot” in the memo line.
Checks can be made out to Grace Lutheran Church, with “Palestine dot” in the memo.
Checks and cash can be mailed to:
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Nebraska Palestinian Rights Task Force – Pal Dot
1326 South 26th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68105-2380
Nebraska Palestinian Rights Task Force is a project of Grace Lutheran Church, a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. All donations are tax deductible.
About the Pal Dot Campaign
What is the meaning of the watermelon yard signs that are emerging around Omaha, Nebraska?
The Pal Dot (short for Palestinian Dot) is a quartered watermelon that serves as the central image of the Pal Dot Campaign, a Nebraskans for Palestine project in Omaha, Nebraska.
Since 1967, when the State of Israel criminalized public displays of the Palestinian flag, the watermelon has served as a symbol of Palestinian pride, solidarity, and resistance. Incorporating the colors of the flag (red, green, black, and white), watermelon iconography became a creative way to fly the colors without flying the flag, therefore subverting Israeli state suppression.
The Pal Dot watermelon is our expression of solidarity with Palestine, a declaration that we will not look away—not during an election season, not ever—until Palestine is free. It also represents our demand that all elected officials who are complicit in Israel’s genocide be held to account.
Is the Pal Dot a partisan symbol, like the blue and red dots that represent political parties?
The blue and red dots are partisan symbols representing the two major political parties. While their platforms on certain issues are distinct, when it comes to Palestine, unconditional support for Israel is overwhelmingly bipartisan among elected officials.
The Pal Dot Campaign is nonpartisan. It is an invitation to all Nebraskans willing to organize and struggle in good faith for a free Palestine, a struggle that will necessarily extend beyond this election, no matter which presidential candidate wins Nebraska’s second congressional district.
Why would Nebraskans put a Pal Dot sign in their yard? Why participate in this campaign?
However high the stakes of this presidential election, the Pal Dot Campaign puts the next set of elected officials, including the future president, on notice that people in the heartland continue to stand with Palestine and condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza, along with the settler colonialism, occupation, and apartheid that constitute the Israeli state. A Pal Dot sign signals that Nebraskans refuse to accept empty rhetoric and false promises; instead, it is a clear call for decisive action.