Madison-Rafah Journal

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 04:37:52 -0800
From: manal (manal@gcmhp.net)
Subject: Hello from Gaza

Dear Jennifer,

I hope this message finds you well.

Attached is the proposal for our four centers which cover all Gaza Strip and the proposed budget for the years 2004 and 2005. I hope you will be able to contact or send this proposal to other institutions in your country for fund raising.

Regarding your message you asked us about developing programs to help women and children in Rafah. Please read the proposal - it will give you a good idea about our work and after that I hope to hear your comments.

Thanks in advance,

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Between the Road Map and Unilateral Steps

206 Ingraham Hall, UW-Madison — Noon

On Thursday Khalil Shikaki of the Palestinian Center for Survey and Policy Research will give a talk entitled "The Future of Palestinian-Israeli Peacemaking Between the Road Map and Unilateral Steps." The lecture, sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program, will take place in 206 Ingraham Hall and is free and open to the public.

Shikaki, who was in the news over the summer for his research suggesting that most Palestinian refugees would not take advantage of any right to return to Israel as part of a peace agreement, has written extensively on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in both English and Arabic journals and appeared on talk shows such as NPR's All Things Considered.

See this for some commentary and links to other reactions to Shikaki's work.

Thanks!

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5:30 pm
Wilmar Center, 953 Jenifer St.

Jennifer Loewenstein of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project will be at the Socialist Potluck to discuss MRSCP's first delegation to Rafah and other Project activities.

Contact: RafahSisterCity@Yahoo.com

WITH ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER
A BENEFIT IN PART FOR MAPC

Saturday, March 6, 2004 — 7 pm
First Congregational Church
1609 University Ave (corner of Breese Terrace)
Madison, WI

Don't miss DAVID ROVICS, one of the U.S.'s premier political singer-songwriters! Please join us at the First Congregational Church in Madison. There is a sliding scale of $6 - $15, with donations going to MAPC, Friends of Responsible Energy, and the Four Lakes Green Party.

Tickets are now available at:
B-Side Records (436 State)
Rainbow Bookstore (436 West Gilman)
Lakeside Press (1334 Williamson)

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project will have a literature table at this concert. Rovics is a progressive singer who has a lot of really GREAT songs on Palestine.

Volunteers interested in staffing the table should contact Jody Arafat at RafahSisterCity@Yahoo.com. For more information, contact: RafahSisterCity@Yahoo.com.

Tuesday, March 9, 2004
7 pm (set up starting at 6 pm)
The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue
(University and Charter)

Wednesday, March 10, 2004
7 pm (set up starting at 6 pm)
Morgridge Auditorium, Grainger Hall
(University and Park)

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project is hosting the Madison premiere of The Killing Zone, a 45-minute British documentary about conditions in Rafah and the murders of International Solidarity Movement workers Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall and British TV journalist James Miller. The film was made soon after Corrie's death and during the shootings of Hurndall and Miller.

Laura Gordon will speak at both showings. Laura went to Israel with the "Birthright Israel" program, but wound up spending nearly a year in Rafah with the ISM trying to protect Palestinian civilians.

Admission to these benefit showings is free and open to the public, but a collection will be taken for Rafah relief projects. These projects will be guided by our recent delegation to Rafah, and will address education, medical aid, and emergency assistance to orphans and families.

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