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		<title>March 21, 2010 Building Hope for the Children</title>
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		<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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		<title>March 18, 2010 Momentum for Gaza: A report on the Gaza Freedom March</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/03/09/march-18-2010-momentum-for-gaza-a-report-on-the-gaza-freedom-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: Laura Durkay
Edgewood College
Predolin Humanities Center [Map], Room 307
Madison
7:00 pm
Josh Brollier, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Non-Violence, will give a talk with slides about this historic January 2010 march where 1300 delegates from 43 countries tried to break the siege of Gaza from Egypt. 
Sponsored by Pax Christi, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, and Wisconsin Network [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/03/09/biden-condemns-new-israeli-settlement-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARON HELLER, Associated Press, March 9, 2010
JERUSALEM – Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, casting a cloud over a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.
Israel&#039;s Interior Ministry said late Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A city that should be shared</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/03/06/a-city-that-should-be-shared/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel builds still more facts on Palestinian ground, while stalemate persists
The Economist &#124; Mar 4th 2010 &#124; JERUSALEM

EVEN as the Americans strive to jump-start fresh talks between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli government has been using the hiatus to intensify the refashioning of East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians see as their future capital. This week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rachel Corrie&#039;s family bring civil suit over human shield&#039;s death in Gaza</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/02/23/rachel-corries-family-bring-civil-suit-over-human-shields-death-in-gaza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents want case to highlight events that led to American activist&#039;s death under Israeli army bulldozer
Rory McCarthy,  guardian.co.uk, 23 February 2010
Peace activist Rachel Corrie died while protesting in front of a bulldozer trying to destroy a Palestinian home in Rafah in March 2003. Photograph: Denny Sternstein/AP
 Jerusalem &#8212; The family of the American activist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 23- June 5, 2010 Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation to Israel and Palestine</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/02/21/may-23-june-5-2010-interfaith-peace-builders-delegation-to-israel-and-palestine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voices of the Peacemakers: From Roots to Reconciliation 
May 23- June 5, 2010
Delegation Leaders: Anna Baltzer and Cathy Sultan
Co-Sponsored with the National Peace Foundation

This delegation will explore Palestinian and  Israeli efforts to achieve peace and a resolution to their conflict based on  justice.  The delegation will feature  meetings with Palestinian and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 6, 2010 Overture Center/International Festival</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/02/21/march-6-2010-overture-centerinternational-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overture Center/International Festival
Saturday, March 6, 11 am &#8211; 6 pm
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project crafts committee is looking for volunteers to sell Palestinian crafts, olive oil soap, and olive oil at the Festival. These sales provide crucial support to the producers, especially to women in Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza. We would also like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 24, 2010 &quot;The Return of Talk&quot;: Film screening and discussion with Adam Shapiro</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/02/21/february-24-2010-the-return-of-talk-film-screening-and-discussion-with-adam-shapiro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, Feb. 24
6:30 p.m. EST (5:30 pm CST)
The Palestine Center
Washington, DC
&#034;The Return of Talk&#034; is the final part of a six part documentary series entitled Chronicles of a Refugee. It explores the relationship of leadership and representation among Palestinians, notably Palestinian refugees worldwide. Giving both historical context and debate over future strategy the film is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 23, 2010 Bridging the Divide: Kobi and Aziz</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/02/21/february-23-2010-bridging-the-divide-kobi-and-aziz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
7 pm, Room B1B
Lowell Center, UW Madison [Map]
Aziz Abu-Sarah is a former Fatah Youth Member and now a veteran Palestinian peacebuilder. Kobi Skolnick is an ex-Kahana settler turned Israeli peacemaker.  Together they talk about their path-breaking peace work across enemy lines. 
National tour sponsored by The Center for World Religions, Diplomacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel Continues Enforcing Security Buffer Zone inside Gaza</title>
		<link>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/02/21/israel-continues-enforcing-security-buffer-zone-inside-gaza/</link>
		<comments>http://madisonrafah.org/blog1/2010/02/21/israel-continues-enforcing-security-buffer-zone-inside-gaza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Al Mezan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bulldozes Agricultural Lands, Destroys Palestinian Houses
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 21 February 2010
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has increased its attacks on Palestinians near the Gaza Strip&#039;s eastern and northern borders with Israel; an area inside Gaza that the IOF has declared as a security &#039;buffer zone&#039;. Al Mezan&#039;s investigations indicate that the IOF [...]]]></description>
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