The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Month: February 2025
Jun 24, 2026
MECA Update on the West Bank
Feb 27, 2025
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2025.03.16: Israeli Conscientious Objectors Share Their Stories
11:00 am CT
calendar, Canada, conscientious objectors, Gaza, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Madison, media, military, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, Rafah, refuseniks, solidarity, spying, stories, travel, veterans, Vietnam, war, West Bank, world, World Beyond War
Netanyahu only ever saw the hostages as his path back to genocide
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 26 February 2025
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2025.03.19: “My Name is Rachel Corrie”
Winona State University, Minnesota
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How To Erase a People
uncivilized, Feb 17, 2025
Contact Your Senators Now to Stop More US Weapons to Israel
Peace Action of Wisconsin, February 25, 2025
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The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 24, 2025
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A Letter to Donald Trump From Gaza
ABUBAKER ABED, ZETEO, FEB 23, 2025
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Israel drops genocidal leaflets on Gaza
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, FEB 22, 2025
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Upcoming Andaleeb Cartonera Bookmaking Workshops
Make a book cover for Palestine and Gaza!
Palestinians forced to flee US-armed Israeli military in West Bank
Tamara Nassar, Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2025
Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Voices For Justice in Palestine, Feb 21, 2025
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2025.03.08: AFRICaide and 4W International Women’s Day
Madison, 10am – 4pm CT
2025.03.01: The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza
Online, 12 noon – 3 pm CT
2025.02.25: Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Online, 11 am – 12 Noon CT
Living in the Open
Hossam Shabat and Rasha Abou Jalal, الصحفي حسام شبات, Drop Site News, Feb 20, 2025
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2025.02.24: Rising Violence and the Existential Threat to Palestinians
Online, 10:00 – 11:30 AM CT
Israel releases video of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
CALL 2 ACTION NOW (@call2actionnow), Feb 19, 2025
If You Only Watch One Thing Today
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, FEB 14, 2025
Petition to U.S. for the release of Dr. Abu Safiya
Drop Site News, Feb 16, 2025
Dr. Abu Safiya Reports Torture and Severe Abuses in Israeli Custody
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 11 February 2025
Netanyahu refuses mobile homes and earthmovers for Gaza
The Times of Israel, Feb 16, 2025
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
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The Maia Project, 2010 — 2025
February 14, 2025 Update MECA reports that Israel completely destroyed all but one of their Maia…
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2025.03.21-30: Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), February 10, 2025
2025.02.23: Screening of “Burin Under Fire”
Online 12 PM CT
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2025.02.25: Lessons from Anti-Apartheid Struggles
Online 11 am – 12 pm CT
Hamas Says It Will Release Israeli Captives After Aid Surge
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, February 13, 2025
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‘No to ethnic cleansing’
Maya Yang, The Guardian, 13 Feb 2025
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I’ll Make Them an Offer They Can’t Refuse
CBS News, Feb 11, 2025
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Details Torture in Israeli Detention
The Palestine Chronicle, February 12, 2025
Hamas Accuses Israel of Pervasive Gaza Ceasefire Violations
JEREMY SCAHILL AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 11, 2025
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Israeli army and security confirm Hamas has not violated ceasefire
Ali Abunimah, Feb 11, 2025
2025.04.03: “They Called Me a Lioness” Book Discussion
Online, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Ahed Tamimi, apartheid, books, calendar, Dena Takruri, Israeli, justice, literature, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Nabi Salih, Nakba, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, project, Rafah, Ramallah, Read Palestine!, resistance, sister cities, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world2025.02.23: Global Day of Action to #CloseBases
Truax Field/Dane County Regional Airport, 2002 Pankratz St, 1 pm
After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
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Israel’s secret plan to transfer Palestinians more than 50 years ago
Amer Sultan, Middle East Monitor, February 2, 2025
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Jabaliya Is Now a City of Rubble
ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 05, 2025
Trump’s looking to build another resort
It certainly won’t be a holiday for the Palestinians
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From Greenland to Gaza: The New American Imperialism
Peter Beinart, Feb 5, 2025
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‘We’ll Own It’: Trump Floats US Takeover of Gaza after Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Feb 04, 2025
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Statement from ADC on President Trump’s Remarks on Gaza
Feb 5, 2025
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The United States Has a Moral and Legal Obligation to Rebuild Gaza and Protect Its People
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
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2025.02.14: Voices for Justice in Academia
Online, 10 am CT
2025.02.10: Elastic Empire: Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine
UW Madison Ingraham Hall, Room 206, 12 – 1:15 pm
Trump, in shock announcement, says U.S. wants to take over Gaza Strip
Reuters, February 4, 2025
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The New York Times and Others Respond to Trump
Trump promises to turn Gaza into ‘the Riviera of the Middle East,’ Feb 4, 2025
International Fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu Goes to Washington
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 04, 2025
Deaths from Israel’s attacks on Gaza rise to 62,000
Al Jazeera, 3 Feb 2025
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Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
DEMOCRACY NOW! FEB 04, 2025
Sole Survivor’s Stories, Episode 2: Jamal Shabat
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) on Rabet, Feb 3, 2025
Helping Palestinians in Gaza return home to Rafah
KERRI KENNEDY, American Friends Service Committee, JAN 28, 2025
Pro-Israel AI Bot Goes Off the Rails
Noor Al-Sibai, Futurism, February 1, 2025
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“Operation Wrath of Zion” in New York City
JACK POULSON, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 30, 2025
They’re trying to deport vigils for murdered Palestinian kids
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, JAN 30, 2025
2025.02.06 Update: RSVP for Norm Finkelstein at UW-Madison
RSVP for guaranteed admission
