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	<title>Madison Rafah Journal &#187; Madison</title>
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		<title>If U.S. possessed moral certainty, we would be running a Gaza airlift</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/07/05/if-u-s-possessed-moral-certainty-we-would-be-running-a-gaza-airlift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Alan Bickley, The Capital Times, July 5, 2010
Dear Editor: The 62nd anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift &#8212; June 25, 1948 &#8212; passed with little attention in the media. Nineteen publications, as remote from power as the Desert Valley Times (Mesquite, Nev.) and as imperial as the lordly Washington Post, noted the largely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 17-18, 2010 Madison Children&#039;s Museum American Girls Benefit Sale</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/06/20/july-17-18-2010-madison-childrens-museum-american-girls-benefit-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project will participate in the second annual crafts sale at the Madison Children&#039;s Museum American Girls Benefit sale in Middleton.  NEW THIS YEAR: Doll-size traditional Palestinian embroidered dresses, shawls and scarves made by Palestinian craftswomen from Rafah and refugee camps in Lebanon.


Madison Children&#039;s Museum 
Annual Benefit Sale of American Girl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 22, 2010 Program: The Gaza Blockade and the Attack on the Aid Flotilla</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/06/20/june-22-2010-program-the-gaza-blockade-and-the-attack-on-the-aid-flotilla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Loewenstein]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 22, 6:30 pm
Wilmar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison [Map]
Sponsored by Madison Area Peace Coalition &#124; 
Program:
(1) Presentation by Jennifer Loewenstein on  the current situation in Gaza under the Israeli blockade, what is now known about the May 31st Israeli attack on and hijacking of the ships, and the campaign to compel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pressure Obama to do more for Mideast peace</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/06/15/pressure-obama-to-do-more-for-mideast-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/06/15/pressure-obama-to-do-more-for-mideast-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A just and lasting two-state solution
Editorial, The Capital Times, June 15, 2010
It is not often that a candidate in a tight U.S. Senate race actually says something significant about the Middle East peace process &#8212; or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe Sestak has done so, with a call for the administration to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madison Area Peace Coalition: Flotilla attack shows need to end Gaza siege</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/06/13/madison-area-peace-coalition-flotilla-attack-shows-need-to-end-gaza-siege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madison Area Peace Coalition, The Capital Times, June 13, 2010

The Madison peace community condemns the Israeli murder of nine activists aboard the Mavi Marmara on May 31. Nineteen-year-old U.S. citizen Furkan Dogan was among the slain. Other unarmed activists, including American and Israeli citizens, were illegally arrested in international waters. Though the activists&#039; ship flew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take action: Protest the deadly Israeli assault on the Free Gaza aid flotilla</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/05/31/take-action-protest-deadly-israeli-assault-on-free-gaza-aid-flotilla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you feel like driving to Chicago, a demonstration is planned: Protests in support of the aid convoy have been occurring around the world since Thursday, with Chicagoans scheduled to protest again at 4:30 PM on Tuesday,  June 1 in front of the Israeli consulate at 111 E. Wacker Dr, Chicago.
Here are two quick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 11, 2010 Bright Stars of Bethlehem Benefit</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/04/21/june-11-2010-bright-stars-of-bethlehem-benefit/</link>
		<comments>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/04/21/june-11-2010-bright-stars-of-bethlehem-benefit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bright Stars of Bethlehem Benefit
Friday, June 11, 2010
The Madison Club [Map]
Madison, WI
Bright Stars of Bethlehem local representatives Bonnie Van Overbeke and Nancy Baumgardner invite you to attend a benefit for the children and families of Bethlehem.  Rev. Mitri Raheb, pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church and director of the Diyar Consortium, will be the guest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 21, 2010 Water and Peace: A View from Bethlehem</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/04/20/april-21-2010-water-and-peace-a-view-from-bethlehem/</link>
		<comments>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/04/20/april-21-2010-water-and-peace-a-view-from-bethlehem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[7:00 &#8211; 9:00 pm
1221 Humanities Building
455 N. Park St
UW-Madison [map]
Dr. Jad Isaac will present research on Palestinian agriculture, environment, land use and water, highlighting the problems facing farmers and residents in the occupied West Bank. His presentation will cover current and future water conditions, and options for a more sustainable water management system. 
Dr. Isaac, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil Findley, March 12, 1930 &#8212; April 13, 2010</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/04/18/cecil-findley-march-12-1930-april-13-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/04/18/cecil-findley-march-12-1930-april-13-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Cecil and Helen Findley at Fighting Bobfest
A special tribute to Cecil Findley, who died peacefully in his sleep, April 13, 2010.
His wife Helen writes: “I am so grateful that he went so peacefully and quickly.  We had 55 wonderful years together.”
William Cecil &#034;Cecil&#034; Findley, born March 12, 1930, in Drummond, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 21, 2010 Building Hope for the Children</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/03/10/march-21-2010-building-hope-for-the-children-program/</link>
		<comments>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/03/10/march-21-2010-building-hope-for-the-children-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Commemorating the life of Rachel Corrie
Sunday, March 21
4:30-5:30 pm Silent Auction viewing and bidding
5:30-6:30 pm Vegetarian Dinner by Lulu&#039;s restaurant
6:30-9:00 pm Program
Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church
203 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison [Map]
A benefit dinner and program sponsored by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Madison Playgrounds for Palestine.
Tickets for the dinner and program are $15 for [...]]]></description>
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