The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

February 2025

Aug 25, 2026

2025.02.25: War and the Economic System
Online, 7 – 8:30 pm CT
arms, calendar, Christian, economy, Gaza, International Court of Justice (ICJ), law, Madison, online, Rafah, schools, war
If You Only Watch One Thing Today
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, FEB 14, 2025
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, film, Gaza, Israeli, journalists, media, Palestinian, refugees, Return, war
Petition to U.S. for the release of Dr. Abu Safiya
Drop Site News, Feb 16, 2025
Al Mezan, detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza, healthcare, hospitals, hostages, human rights, Israeli, law, Madison, media, Palestine, petition, prison, prisoners, Rafah, State Department, torture, war, war crimes
Dr. Abu Safiya Reports Torture and Severe Abuses in Israeli Custody
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 11 February 2025
Al Mezan, civilians, detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza, healthcare, hospitals, hostages, human rights, Israeli, law, Madison, media, military, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, Rafah, starvation, torture, violations, war, war crimes, West Bank
Netanyahu refuses mobile homes and earthmovers for Gaza
The Times of Israel, Feb 16, 2025
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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
apartheid, artist, BDS, calendar, colonialism, culture, discrimination, divest, donate, equality, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, media, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, racism, Rafah, sanction, war, world
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
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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
Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Jordan, Return, video, war
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Details Torture in Israeli Detention
The Palestine Chronicle, February 12, 2025
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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
Ali Abunimah, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Gaza, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, violations, war
2025.02.14: Ilan Pappe on WORT
12 noon – 1 pm
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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, projects, Rafah, Ramallah, Read Palestine!, resistance, sister cities, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world
2025.02.23: Global Day of Action to #CloseBases
Truax Field/Dane County Regional Airport, 2002 Pankratz St, 1 pm
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After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
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