The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

March 2017

Sep 20, 2026

2017.04.02 Update: Rachel Corrie Commemoration: Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost
Al Jazeera, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), artist, benefit, Bethlehem, calendar, Church of Christ, civilians, documentary, donate, Europe, film, Fitchburg, Gaza, Google, hospitals, human rights, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), maps, media, Middle East, military, Obliterated Families, olive oil, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, projects, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, refugees, resistance, Samira, shelters, sister cities, stories, terrorism, video, war, West Bank, women, world
2017.03.29: Islamophobia in America with Reza Aslan
Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Wisconsin Union Theater Cost: Free…
American, American Bar Association (ABA), books, calendar, California, Chicago, documentary, film, Grassroots, human rights, Iran, Islamophobia, land, literature, media, Middle East, Muslim, Muslims, New Jersey, New York Times, Oscar, peace, religion, stories, University of California, Wall, war, water, Wisconsin, world
2017.03.27: Confronting Antisemitism and Islamophobia : From the Middle Ages to Today
antisemitism, calendar, human rights, Islamophobia, Madison, media, Rafah, religion
Palestinian teen killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
Al Jazeera, 22 March 2017
Al Jazeera, blockade, Gaza, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, images, Israel, Israeli, land, law, military, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, terrorism, training
Free Issa Amro
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, call on you to strongly oppose David Friedman’s nomination…
Australia, Canada, CODEPINK, Europe, human rights, Israeli, Issa Amro, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, law, military, nonviolence, Palestinian, peace, petition, prison, rabbis, schools, solidarity, South Africa, take action, terrorism, United Nations (UN), US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), women
UN official resigns after pressure to withdraw Israel apartheid report
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 17 March 2017
Ali Abunimah, apartheid, Electronic Intifada, human rights, Intifada, Israel, Rima Khalaf
A message from Cindy & Craig Corrie
Painting by Malak Mattar; read more about her painting at We Are Not Numbers. March…
artist, benefit, civil rights, confiscation, Craig and Cindy Corrie, doctors, donate, education, Gaza, Grassroots, human rights, Israeli, Jewish, journalists, justice, land, law, media, Middle East, military, Olympia, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinian, Rachel Corrie, resistance, stories, terrorism, war, West Bank, women, world
U.N. Report: Israel Imposes ‘Apartheid Regime’ on Palestinians
Reuters, Newsweek, 3/15/17
apartheid, Arab, Beirut, democracy, disinformation, ethnic cleansing, hasbara, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, law, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian, propaganda, refugees, Richard Falk, Rima Khalaf, United Nations (UN), United States (US), West Bank
Israel lashes out at Palestine activists
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 15 March 2017
apartheid, BDS, boycott, democracy, Electronic Intifada, human rights, Intifada, Jeff Halper, Jerusalem, Palestine
Unlearning apartheid apologism: A Jewish response to Israeli Apartheid Week
Stop conflating anti-Zionism and criticism of the State of Israel with anti-Semitism Rya Inman /…
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Activists pull out of Chicago LGBTQ conference over Israel pinkwashing
Jimmy Johnson, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 22 January 2016
BDS, boycott, Chicago, Electronic Intifada, human rights, Intifada, Israel, Israel Lobby, LGBTQ+
New Israel Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country
“It’s going to be a giant sign up by the door of the Jewish state:…
American, apartheid, arms, artist, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, boycott, democracy, diaspora, Donald Trump, education, Europe, images, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, law, Meta, military, New York Times, occupation, Palestinian, peace, Presbyterian, protest, rabbis, sanction, South Africa, Tel Aviv, travel, two-state, United States (US), vote, war, West Bank, world
Banksy Customizes A West Bank Hotel, Offering Rooms With A View Of The Wall
Bill Chappell, NPR, March 3, 2017 A doorman stands at the entrance of The Walled…
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Banksy’s Murals Turn Up In The Gaza Strip
Krishnadev Calamur, NPR, February 26, 2015
artist, Banksy, BBC, blockade, Gaza, Hamas, home demolition, images, Israel, Israeli, land, media, mural, New York Times, Palestinian, prison, terrorism, video, Wall, war, water, West Bank, world
2017.03.13: The impact of UN recognition on Palestinian public opinion
206 Ingraham Hall UW-Madison [Map] 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. UW Middle East Studies Program presents…
calendar, Madison, Middle East, nonviolence, Palestine, Palestinian, public opinion, terrorism, United Nations (UN), UW-Madison, war