The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Month: April 2024
Apr 18, 2026
Phone calls needed to support UW-Madison students protesting the Gaza war
Yesterday hundreds of students and faculty at UW Madison and UW-Milwaukee joined the growing campus…
The Israel-US game plan for Gaza is staring us in the face
Jonathan K. Cook, 30 April 2024 The western media is pretending the Westโs efforts to…
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Giant Jones Brewing Co.913 E Main St, MadisonEnter on Brearly5-9 PM
Stop the Rafah massacre, join an encampment
Good Shepherd CollectiveBeit Sahour, Palestine GSC Update This map shows a small snapshot of the…
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Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza
The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is…
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💚🖤💔Hello all, I am heartbroken to pass on the news that our Flotilla will be…
A Room of One’s Own has . . .
. . . books, by, about, and for Palestine!ย Kid’s books, cookbooks, fiction, poetry, photography,…
2024.04.30: Collapse of the Gaza Health Care System
Eyewitness Palestine Free but donations accepted 11 am CT More information and registration
2024.04.29: A Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye and Heather Raffo
5-6 pm CTJoin ADC for an Arab-American Heritage Month conversation on how our community relates…
2024.04.28: Challenging Empire – Israel, USA & Imperialism
Goodman Community Center Hicks Room 149 Waubesa St, Madison 4-5:30 pm Israel’s genocidal invasion of…
Israel Marks 200 Days of Genocide with Plans to Destroy Rafah
24ุ Apr 2024 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, marked the 200th consecutive day of Israel’s large-scale…
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Landmark Center 500 East Jefferson St, Viroqua 6-10 PM
2024.04.26: SJP Palestine Art Build
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Students for Justice in Palestine- UW…
Caitlin Johnstone on Gaza
Caitlin Johnstone is an Australian independent journalist.
Israel says it is โmoving aheadโ with Rafah operation
By Farah Najjar Published On 24 Apr 202424 Apr 2024
Turkiye has not yet given permission to sail
MINA News, 24 April 2024 – 08:28 WIB Istanbul , MINA โ The Freedom Flotilla…
Israeli soldier speaks out on war in Gaza
Channel 4 News, Apr 23, 2024
Will the Freedom Flotilla sail to Gaza?
Tรผrkiye is under significant pressure from the US and Israel to block the flotilla from…
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The U.S. House on Saturday passed a bill including a prohibition on funding the agency,…
aid, allies, Australia, blockade, civilians, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Japan, justice, land, law, media, NGOs, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, refugees, starvation, terrorism, Trita Parsi, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Kingdom, United Nations (UN), United States, Wall, war, world, WORT 89.9 FM‘Obvious Evidence of Genocide’: Mass Grave in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
Palestinian rescue workers said they found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands bound and…
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Format News and Press Release Posted 26 Apr 2024 Originally published 26 Apr 2024 Origin View original GENEVA…
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Muslim Central, YouTube, April 22, 2024 Organise. Act. Now! We often feel helpless, so little…
Google fires 28 over protest of Israel contract
Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday after sit-ins at the company’s offices in protest of its…
‘I can’t find food’: despair in Gaza as children face malnutrition
Majdi Fathi and Monika ฤvorak, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2024 According to the World Food Programme,…
aid, Benjamin Netanyahu, children, Gaza City, Gaza War, healthcare, Israeli, milk, starvation, video, war, water, worldGaza aid flotilla plans to challenge Israeli blockade
By Kareem Fahim and Beril Eski, The Washington Post April 21, 2024 at 3:00 a.m. EDT ISTANBUL โ…
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Israel strikes Iran, Gaza health ministry says Israel destroyed the Stripโs health system Israel targets…
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Freedom Flotilla Coalition (@gazafreedomflotilla) Why the…
Protect the Freedom Flotilla emergency mission
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | April 19, 2024 โ Your help is urgently needed to push Congress to protect…
2024.04.26: Apartheid Wall Rally
Students for Justice in Palestine โ UW-Madison is organizing an Apartheid Wall Rally with details…
2024.04.25: Palestinian Benefit at The Bur Oak
Good people of Madison, are you ready to raise funds for those who are trapped…
2024.04.23: Refaat Alareer — The Power of Telling the Story of Gaza
12-1:30 pm CT In December, Palestinian poet and professor Refaat Alareer was killed in a…
The Freedom Flotillaโs Voyage to Break Israelโs Siege
Peace activists aim to sail through the military blockade of Gaza. BY SAURAV SARKAR APRIL 18,…
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Today the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project delivered postcards written during the recent Rachel Corrie commemoration,…
Gaza Journalists Call Out Media Complicity
On April 27, members of the U.S. media, celebrities, and politicians will wine and dine…
Freedom Flotilla Emergency Gaza Mission
#BreakTheSiege and #EndTheBlockade Apr 14, 2024 ฤฐSTANBUL Retired U.S. Army Colonel & former U.S. diplomat Ann…
Sign to End U.S. complicity in Israelโs genocide
The images of Palestinian children’s bodies hanging from the sides of bombed buildings or the…
Update from Middle East Children’s Alliance
Thank you so much for your support of the Middle East Childrenโs Alliance. At this…
2024.04.12: Gaza Freedom Flotilla & War Tax Resistance
12 noon – 1 pm 89.9 FM or listen live online here. Join host Esty Dinur…
2024.04.16: CODEPINK Online Regional Meeting
6:00pm – 7:00pm (CT) CODEPINK is hosting an interest meeting for people in the Madison area who may…
2024.04.14: Commemorating the Life of Rachel Corrie
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St, Madison 1:30-3:30 pm Free & open to all…
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Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Apr 9, 2024
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Opinion By Peter Maass April 9, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT Palestinians view the…
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“It appears to be a collective punishment of all Palestinians in Gaza.” April 8, 2024…
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โI was surprised to see the intensity on the issue of Gaza coming not from…
justvisionmedia Tribute to Gaza Journalists
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Israelโs war on Gaza
Six relentless months of death and destruction A look at the devastating toll Israelโs war…
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JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, APRIL 6, 2024
The New York Times and The Intercept on Palestinian Lives
Apr 4, 2024, The Daily 26:15 Kim Severson, a food correspondent for The New York…
House Democrats Demanding Biden Halt Weapons to Israel
‘UNJUSTIFIABLE’ In a letter to the president, the lawmakers expressed their “outrage regarding the recent…
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International Civilian Aid Flotilla to Break the Siege of Gaza
zohar, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, April 4, 2024 Media Release The international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC)…
Statement from MECA on the World Central Kitchen Killings
A statement from Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), our partner in the Grassroots to Gaza…
Israel Pays a Political Price for Killing Aid Workers
โ When They’re Not Palestinians The attack that killed seven volunteers from World Central Kitchen…
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The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for…
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