The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Month: March 2019

Jun 24, 2026

First Anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 50/2019, March 30, 2019
blockade, civilians, closures, encampments, Gaza, Gaza City, Geneva Conventions (1949), Great March of Return, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, Indonesia, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, journalists, Khan Younis, land, law, media, military, Ministry of Health, occupation, Palestinian, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), paramedics, peace, police, protest, refugees, snipers, Switzerland, terrorism, violations, war, war crimes, women
How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics
Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019
aid, Ali Abunimah, allies, American, American Bar Association (ABA), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, arms, artist, Barack Obama, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, Black, blockade, books, boycott, California, Camp David, censorship, Chicago, Christian, civil rights, civilians, Congress, delegation, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Donald Trump, donors, economy, education, Edward Said, Electronic Intifada, Elizabeth Warren, embargo, environment, equality, Europe, free speech, George Soros, Haifa, healthcare, Hebrew, Hebron, Hillary Clinton, Hillel, Holocaust, human rights, hurricane, images, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), Intifada, Iran, Islamic, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Issa Amro, Jared Kushner, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jimmy Carter, justice, Kamala Harris, La Crosse, labor, land, law, legislature, Linda Sarsour, literature, Marco Rubio, Martin Luther King, media, Menachem Begin, Middle East, military, Minnesota, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson, mural, music, Muslim, Nakba, Nathan Thrall, nationalism, Native American, negotiations, New York Times, nuclear, occupation, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, Progressives, protest, rabbis, racism, Rashida Tlaib, refugees, religion, Republican Party, resistance, Right to Boycott, Russia, sanction, Saudi Arabia, schools, solidarity, South Africa, State Capitol, State Department, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), teachers, tech, Tel Aviv, terrorism, torture, training, travel, two-state, UC Berkeley, United Nations (UN), United States, US Agency for International Development (USAID), video, violations, vote, Wall, war, water, West Bank, women, world, Yemen, Zionism
1st Year Anniversary of the Great March of Return
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, March 28, 2019
blockade, economy, Gaza, Great March of Return, healthcare, human rights, Israel, Israeli, land, Palestinian, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), peace, refugees, terrorism, United Nations (UN), war, water, women, world
2019.04.22: North America Nakba Tour
UW-Madison Campus (time & location to follow) MRSCP and UW Students for Justice in Palestine…
benefit, calendar, civil rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, Lebanon, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), media, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, refugees, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), UW-Madison, West Bank
Palestinian peace activist denied entry to U.S. for speaking tour
Edo Konrad, +972, March 4, 2019
American, Bethlehem, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jericho, Jerusalem, Jewish, Memorial Day, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, police, prison, terrorism, travel, United States, vote, war, West Bank
Will Christchurch be our wakeup call??
“Many of those killed in the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque attack were, in fact, Palestinians.…
Christian, Church of Christ, disinformation, documentary, film, Freedom Flotilla, hasbara, hospitals, human rights, Iraq, Islamic, Jordan, La Crosse, land, Mavi Marmara, media, Muslim, Muslims, Palestine, Palestinian, propaganda, protest, religion, shelters, stories, Syria, tech, terrorism, victims, video, war, world, Yemen
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris & Beto O’Rourke skipping AIPAC!
CODEPINK, March 21, 2019 You did it! Just moments after we emailed you that Sen.…
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Benjamin Netanyahu, civil rights, CODEPINK, Democratic Party, Elizabeth Warren, equality, Grassroots, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Kamala Harris, Palestinian, Progressives, protest, war
Driving While Palestinian
Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians in Nablus and Bethlehem and Wound Another Ref: 44/2019,…
Balata, Bethlehem, civilians, Eli Valley, Geneva Conventions (1949), hospitals, human rights, Israeli, law, Madison, media, military, Nablus, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Rafah, rape, settlers, terrorism, video, violations, war, war crimes, West Bank
2019.03.29: Book talk: Cracks in the Wall – Beyond Apartheid in Palestine-Israel
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos &…
Al Jazeera, annexation, apartheid, calendar, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, law, media, Middle East, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, video, Wall, war, world
2019.03.27: Book talk: Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos &…
American, apartheid, BDS, books, boycott, calendar, California, Europe, free speech, human rights, images, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, labor, Muslim, online, Palestine, Palestinian, sanction, solidarity, United States, University of California, video, war, Zionism
Shot Like a Clay Pigeon
Pictured Here: Palestinian killed at random by an Israeli soldier Christian Peacemaker Teams, March 13,…
Christian, Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), Israeli, Madison, media, military, occupation, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, terrorism, video, West Bank, world
A Teenage War Resister in Israel
An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East He is a rarity in his own…
Ahmed Abu Artema, Amazon, American, antisemitism, apartheid, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, books, Chicago, civilians, conscientious objectors, Donald Trump, Egypt, equality, Gaza, Great March of Return, Haaretz, Hebrew, human rights, images, Iran, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, justice, land, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, nonviolence, occupation, orphans, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, Progressives, protest, racism, Rafah, refuseniks, resistance, sanction, schools, South Africa, stories, Tel Aviv, travel, veterans, video, war, world, WORT 89.9 FM
2019.03.26-04.14: Naila and the Uprising
On Wisconsin Public Television’s Women, War & Peace Tuesday, March 26 8:00 pm on WPT…
calendar, Gaza, Grassroots, human rights, Intifada, land, nonviolence, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, resistance, resources, video, war, Wisconsin, women
2019.03.18: Israeli Politics Decoded with David Sheen
Online from the Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Time Listen…
apartheid, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, calendar, Donald Trump, healthcare, human rights, Israeli, Jerusalem, Madison, online, Palestine, Rafah, settlers, terrorism, war, West Bank
2019.03.23: David Rovics in Madison
Wil-Mar Community Center 953 Jenifer St, Madison Workshop 3:00 pm The Role of Music in…
calendar, education, human rights, labor, Madison, music, Rafah, world
Just World Podcasts on Palestine
Story/Backstory, episode 1: The longer arc of U.S.-Palestine relations Helena Cobban, February 22, 2019 This…
education, Gaza, human rights, Israel Lobby, Middle East, Palestine, podcast, West Bank, world
2019.04.19: Palestinian Culture Night: Existence is Resistance
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine‎ Memorial Union UW-Madison 800 Langdon St 7:00 PM –…
auction, BDS, calendar, culture, diaspora, education, justice, literature, Madison, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, resistance, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), UW-Madison
An inciting post against Palestinians every 66 seconds
7amleh, March 11, 2019 In 2018, 474,250 inciting posts against Palestinians were written. Legislation about…
7amleh, apartheid, Arab, Google, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, law, maps, media, online, Palestinian, racism, terrorism
Ilhan Omar’s Tormentors Are Proving Her Point
Ted Rall, March 11, 2019
Congress, free speech, Israel, Israel Lobby
Gal Gadot hits out at Netanyahu over ‘Jewish people’ comment
F. Brinley Bruton and Yael Factor, NBC News, March 11, 2019
allies, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, land, law, Madison, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, secular, vote, world
New York Jewish Voice for Peace Proud to #StandWithIlhan
Dear Rep. Engel and Rep. Lowey, We, members of the Westchester chapter of Jewish Voice…
allies, antisemitism, Congress, free speech, human rights, Iran, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, law, nuclear, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, racism, violations, vote, war, world
Two Palestinian children killed in blaze after Israel blocks fire brigade
Middle East Monitor, March 6, 2019
aid, ambulances, film, Geneva Conventions (1949), healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, Israel, Israeli, law, Middle East, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, police, protest, Ramallah, resources, travel, video, West Bank
Call NOW to stop resolution targeting Rep. Omar Ilhan
#StandWithllhan Please consider calling or emailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and your own Representative: Speaker…
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), antisemitism, Black, Congress, Democratic Party, environment, ethnicity, free speech, human rights, images, Islamophobia, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), law, Madison, Mark Pocan, Minnesota, Muslim, Muslims, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Phyllis Bennis, racism, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, South Africa, State Capitol, take action, terrorism, United States, video, violations, vote, women, world
2019.03.03: Rachel Corrie & March of Return Event at First Unitarian Society
Hashtag to Headlines: The Gaza Great March of Return The 2019 tribute to Rachel Corrie…
Ahmed Abu Artema, blockade, calendar, Gaza, Great March of Return, images, Madison, Rachel Corrie, refugees, terrorism, travel, Unitarian

Month: March 2019

First Anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege

How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics

1st Year Anniversary of the Great March of Return

2019.04.22: North America Nakba Tour

Palestinian peace activist denied entry to U.S. for speaking tour

Will Christchurch be our wakeup call??

Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris & Beto O’Rourke skipping AIPAC!

Driving While Palestinian

2019.03.29: Book talk: Cracks in the Wall – Beyond Apartheid in Palestine-Israel

2019.03.27: Book talk: Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine

Shot Like a Clay Pigeon

A Teenage War Resister in Israel

2019.03.26-04.14: Naila and the Uprising

2019.03.18: Israeli Politics Decoded with David Sheen

2019.03.23: David Rovics in Madison

Just World Podcasts on Palestine

2019.04.19: Palestinian Culture Night: Existence is Resistance

An inciting post against Palestinians every 66 seconds

Ilhan Omar’s Tormentors Are Proving Her Point

Gal Gadot hits out at Netanyahu over ‘Jewish people’ comment

New York Jewish Voice for Peace Proud to #StandWithIlhan

Two Palestinian children killed in blaze after Israel blocks fire brigade

Call NOW to stop resolution targeting Rep. Omar Ilhan

2019.03.03: Rachel Corrie & March of Return Event at First Unitarian Society