The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

May 2018

Oct 24, 2026

As daughter of Holocaust survivors, I decry occupation of Gaza
Jenny Pressman, The Cap Times, May 30, 2018
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2018.06.05: Protest Israel’s Ambassador in Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee Tuesday, June 5,…
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2018.05.29: Poor People’s Campaign, Madison, WI
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Gaza hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed
Gaza Needs Your Help DONATE NOW! I am far from Gaza right now, in the…
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WPR and a Pro-Palestinian Take On The Israel-Gaza Violence
On Thursday, May 17, Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” program featured an interview with Playgrounds…
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MRSCP at the WORT Block Party
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Donate for Gaza Now
I know you’re horrified by the news from Gaza—the slaughter of unarmed protesters who are…
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Standing with my Muslim neighbors in the wake of Jerusalem and Gaza
Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman, The Cap Times, May 17, 2018
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The Red Nation in Solidarity with Palestinians
Facebook, 5/15/18 Video Link
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Madison-Rafah Sister City Project/Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison Banner Drop
Members of Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison did a banner drop…
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These Members of Congress Are Trying to Visit Gaza — Israel Should Let Them Do So
Representatives Mark Pocan, Dan Kildee, and Hank Johnson Jr. were denied the opportunity to witness…
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#RightofReturn
War on Want, May 14, 2018 Palestinians in Gaza are gathering to demand their collective…
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Gaza: Do Palestinian Lives Matter?
Samir El-Omari and Barbara Olson, Madison365, May 11, 2018
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Israeli lawmaker stands by call to shoot Ahed Tamimi
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 25 April 2018
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Dr. Hatem Bazian Under Attack
URGENT: HELP GET DR. HATEM BAZIAN’S PETITION TO 5K SIGNATURES! We need your urgent help…
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Free Gaza!
Poster by Donna Wallbaum Venue and Installation by Kathy and Kevin Walsh
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Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr: On Israel’s 70th anniversary, we remember the Nakba
Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr, Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison, The Cap Times, May…
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Anna Baltzer on the Danger of Neutrality
USCPR Director of Organizing and Advocacy, Anna Baltzer, explains in this TEDx talk how neutrality…
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2018.05.02 Update: Memorializing 70 Years of Occupation
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine
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Why I March in Gaza
Palestinian demonstrators on a sand plateau during clashes with Israeli forces last Friday east of…
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