The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Month: June 2025
Jun 24, 2026
In a boost to BDS, UK Co-op divests from Israel
Middle East Monitor, Jun 25, 2025
apartheid, BDS, boycott, divest, Gaza, genocide, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, justice, land, law, Madison, Maersk, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, United Kingdom (UK), United Nations (UN), violations, vote, war, women
More Americans Say Campus Protests Driven by Anger With Israel Than by Antisemitism
Shibley Telhami, Lawfare, Jun 11, 2025
Netanyahu Says It’s Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUN 27, 2025
Israel unleashes massive wave of strikes on south Lebanon
News Desk, The Cradle, JUN 27, 2025
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, AND JAWA AHMAD, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 27, 2025
Haaretz: ‘It’s a Killing Field’
Nir Hasson, Yaniv Kubovich and Bar Peleg, Haaretz, Jun 27, 2025
Abu Shabab, aid, American, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, Donald Trump, drones, Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Haaretz, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, Iran, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, land, law, Madison, Mavi Marmara, military, Netzarim, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, snipers, tech, violations, war, war crimes
Israeli settlers are attacking the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh
orthodoxtruth, Jun 26, 2025
Israel draws condemnation for Gaza aid site killings
Urooba Jamal and Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera Live, 27 Jun 2025
UN calls Gaza aid process ‘an abomination’
aljazeeraenglish, Jun 25, 2025
Madison Weekly Vigil in Support of Palestine
Weekly, UW Memorial Library, 12 pm – 1 pm
The Global March to Gaza ended in violence. Activists remain undeterred
Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
aid, Algeria, artist, blockade, checkpoints, Cisco, delegation, deportation, Egypt, film, Gaza, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, hospitals, human rights, images, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jewish, Jordan, justice, La Crosse, land, law, Madison, media, Meta, military, Muslim, nurses, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, protest, rabbis, Rafah, resistance, resources, solidarity, Spain, terrorism, travel, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), video, war, water, West Bank, women, worldEgypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
Abdel el-Sisi, aid, Algeria, American, Arab, arms, BBC, blockade, Camp David, Canada, checkpoints, Chicago, Congress, delegation, deportation, disinformation, Egypt, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, Hamas, hasbara, hospitals, human rights, hunger strikes, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jewish, justice, labor, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Morocco, Muslim, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, propaganda, protest, Rafah, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, starvation, Syria, Tel Aviv, terrorism, travel, Tunisia, tunnels, Turkey, UC Berkeley, unions, United States, video, volunteer, war, war crimes, water, world
What Zohran’s Victory Means
Peter Beinart, Jun 25, 2025
aid, American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), antisemitism, arms, Bernie Sanders, Congress, democracy, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, donors, encampments, fair trade, Gaza, genocide, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jewish, law, media, New York City, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Peter Beinart, Progressives, protest, public opinion, Rashida Tlaib, Republican Party, secular, United States, video, Vietnam, vote, war, Zohran Mamdani
Israel ‘disappeared’ 377,000 people in Gaza, half of them children: report
The New Arab, Jun 24, 2025
2025.06.29: “The Moral Issue of Our Time: Palestine”
Online, 2:30-4:00 PM CT
Al Jazeera, Arab, calendar, Electronic Intifada, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), human rights, Intifada, Israel, Jerusalem, land, law, Madison, Middle East, nationalism, nonviolence, Nonviolence International, one-state, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, schools, terrorism, two-state, Washington DC, Zionism
The Revolution Will Not Be Digitized: A “No Kings” Debrief
RJ Eskow, The Zero Hour Report, June 17, 2025
Saturday “Vote Against the Money” Action at the Madison Farmers Market
Capitol Square at North Hamilton, 10:30 am – 12 Noon
2025.06.28: Madison Queer Liberation March, including No Pride in Genocide
Assemble at James Madison Park at 10 am, then march to the Capitol
2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Abraham Accords, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Arab, Bertrand Russell, blockade, calendar, colonialism, democracy, digital, doctors, Donald Trump, education, Gaza, Hezbollah, human rights, Iran, Israeli, Issa Amro, Jeff Halper, Madison, Middle East, military, Mouin Rabbani, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, revolutions, Rice University, solidarity, stories, Syria, Tel Aviv, Turkey, United Nations (UN), war, world, Zionism
I’ll fight against this illegal effort to draw America into a war
Rep. Mark Pocan, Jun 23, 2025
U.S. INTEL SAYS IRAN ISN’T A NUCLEAR THREAT
Nick Turse, The Intercept, June 17, 2025
aid, American, arms, assassination, BBC, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Donald Trump, drones, Gaza, healthcare, hospitals, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, land, Madison, media, Middle East, military, nuclear, October 7, Palestine, Rafah, Russia, spying, State Department, United Nations (UN), United States, veto, war, world, WORT 89.9 FM
2025.06.23: Iran war teach-in
Online, 7 PM CT
Easy to start and hard to stop
TIMOTHY SNYDER, JEFF TIEDRICH, AND ANN TELNAES, JUN 22, 2025
Trump Announces U.S. Bombing of Iran
Jun 21, 2025
Israel’s Forever Wars with Mouin Rabbani
The Dig podcast, 20 Jun 2025
Al Haq, American, audio, Gaza, Iran, land, Madison, Middle East, Mouin Rabbani, Palestine, Palestinian, podcast, Rafah, warColumbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
SOPHIE BATES AND PHILIP MARCELO, AP, June 20, 2025
American, antisemitism, Badar Khan Suri, civil rights, Congress, deportation, detainees, Donald Trump, free speech, green cards, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), human rights, immigrants, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, justice, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Mohsen Mahdawi, New Jersey, Palestinian, petition, protest, Rafah, Rumeysa Ozturk, students, terrorism, travel, Tufts, war
Israel Turns Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Into Open Killing Fields
HAMZA M.SALHA AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 20, 2025
Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 12, 2025
aid, annexation, Bedouin, confiscation, economy, education, Eli Valley, ethnic cleansing, Hebron, Israel, Israel Hayom, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jordan, land, law, Madison, media, military, Nakba, occupation, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), police, Rafah, Ramallah, resources, settlers, taxes, Taybeh, terrorism, water, West Bank, world, WORT 89.9 FM
Huckabee’s Dangerous and Misguided Post to Trump
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, June 19, 2025
aid, Al-Aqsa Mosque, allies, American, bases, benefit, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, Gaza, healthcare, Hiroshima, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, Judea, justice, land, Madison, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson, Nagasaki, nationalism, nuclear, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, Russia, Samaria, Syria, United States, vote, war, world, Zionism
American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’
ANONYMOUS, ZETEO, JUN 11, 2025
AIPAC Demands Democrats “Stand With Israel” on Iran
DAVID DAYEN AND RYAN GRIM, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 18, 2025
America First or Israel First? Will Trump Join Netanyahu’s War on Iran?
DANIEL LEVY, ZETEO, JUN 17, 2025
‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters can exclude Palestinian citizens
Aseel Mafarjeh, Al Jazeera, 17 Jun 2025
Al Jazeera, apartheid, Arab, Beirut, Benjamin Netanyahu, citizen, discrimination, equality, Galilee, Gaza, Haaretz, Haifa, Hebrew, inequality, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jordan, labor, land, law, Madison, media, Nakba, nurses, online, Palestinian, police, racism, Rafah, shelters, terrorism, vigil, war, water, women, world
Demand NYT Report on Israel’s Crimes! No War With Iran!
CODEPINK, Jun 18, 2025
American, arms, blockade, civilians, CODEPINK, Congress, disinformation, Donald Trump, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, hasbara, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, law, Madison, media, military, negotiations, New York Times, nuclear, propaganda, public opinion, Rafah, self-defense, tech, terrorism, war, water, West Bank, world
Israeli fire kills 140 in Gaza in 24 hours, medics say, as attention shifts to Iran
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, June 18, 2025
U.S. Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran
Peace Action, Jun 16, 2025
Egypt’s Crackdown on the Global March to Gaza
AHMED DAHABY, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 14, 2025
2025.07.20: “Big Ride for Palestine” set for July 20
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jun 12, 2025
Israel Attacks Iran, Promising Full-Scale Military Operation
MURTAZA HUSSAIN, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 12, 2025
Thousands head to Egypt in bid to break Israel’s Gaza blockade
Nadeen Ebrahim and Annoa Abekah-Mensah, CNN, June 12, 2025
Appeal From Fida Qishta
Jun 11, 2025
aid, Black, civilians, democracy, donate, Fida Qishta, film, Gaza, ghetto, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, Meta, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, resistance, starvation, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), UW-Madison, video, war, water, women
The Global March to Gaza advances towards the Rafah Crossing
GAZA, Palestinian Information Center, 9-June-2025
aid, Algeria, Arab, blockade, civilians, Egypt, Europe, Gaza, Global March to Gaza, Greta Thunberg, homeless, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, Madleen, Morocco, Muslim, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, resistance, solidarity, starvation, travel, Tunisia, war, women, world
A Thief with a Ship with a Palestinian Flag
JorgeOMau, Jun 9, 2025
Meta (Facebook, Instagram) is currently spying on people
Linux Is Best @Linux, Jun 6, 2025
Leaked Data From Meta Reveals Israeli Companies Are Struggling To Find Customers
MURTAZA HUSSAIN, WAQAS AHMED, AND RYAN GRIM, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 9, 2025
BREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew Members
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, JUN 08, 2025
Israeli Forces Ram and Board ‘Madleen’
Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Jun 8, 2025
2025.06.12-19: Global March to Gaza
Egypt to Gaza
blockade, calendar, Egypt, Gaza, Global March to Gaza, human rights, Israeli, Madison, nonviolence, peace, Rafah, solidarity, TikTok, travel, unions, war, world
Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
American, American Bar Association (ABA), Andaleeb Cartonera, apartheid, art, artist, authoritarianism, books, Chicago, doctors, documentary, donate, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, education, Esty Dinur, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, genocide, Grassroots, Greta Thunberg, Holocaust, images, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Latin America, law, literature, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Mahmoud Darwish, Mahmoud Khalil, Maia Project, media, Milwaukee, Mosab Abu Toha, music, Muslim, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, poetry, police, Progressives, protest, racism, Rafah, resistance, resources, Right to Boycott, schools, sister cities, solidarity, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), tech, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, volunteer, war, water, West Bank, Wisconsin, women
2025.07.11-20: Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid
Donations still open!
aid, artist, auction, Barb Olson, calendar, Cassandra Dixon, civilians, donate, embroidery, encampments, Gaza, Grassroots, healthcare, hospitals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Java Cat, land, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), media, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), olive oil, online, Palestinian, project, Rafah, shelters, sister cities, solidarity, starvation, war, waterThe Gaza Debate is Over
PETER BEINART, JUN 01, 2025
Israeli ex-PM admits Israel committing genocide
OWEN JONES, MAY 28, 2025
Israel launches several attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs
Al Jazeera, 5 Jun 2025
Al Jazeera, Arab, assassination, Beirut, Gaza, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli, Lebanon, Madison, Muslim, Palestinian, Rafah, United States, war
Israeli Forces Target Journalists’ Tent at Al Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, June 5, 2025
‘Death and hunger’: Evidence points to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting
Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Madalena Araújo, CNN, June 5, 2025
aid, audio, Australia, blockade, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, disinformation, doctors, Egypt, film, Gaza, Hamas, hasbara, healthcare, hospitals, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, labor, land, Madison, Madison Common Council, maps, media, military, Ministry of Health, Nasser Hospital, occupation, Oscar, Palestinian, propaganda, Rafah, resources, satellite, starvation, tech, Tel al-Sultan, terrorism, TikTok, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), victims, video, war, war crimes
No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign
June 4, 2025
allies, arms, ban, Black, Christian, Cisco, Congress, discrimination, Donald Trump, healthcare, human rights, immigrants, immigration, law, Madison, Middle East, Muslim, Progressives, racism, Rafah, religion, resources, schools, solidarity, South Africa, students, terrorism, travel, United States, visas
As Israel Slaughters Gazans, US House Progressives Push ‘Block the Bombs Act’
JESSICA CORBETT, COMMON DREAMS, Jun 05, 2025
American, Amnesty International, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, blockade, civilians, Congress, Donald Trump, Gaza, Hamas, hospitals, hostages, human rights, images, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joe Biden, justice, law, Madison, Madison Common Council, Mark Pocan, military, negotiations, October 7, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, prison, Progressives, rabbis, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, schools, starvation, taxes, United States, violations, vote, war, war crimes
Block the Bombs Act
(608) 258-9800 | (202) 225-2906
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian town and burn homes and vehicles
Middle East Eye, Jun 4, 2025
Drones are hovering over the ‘Madleen’ now – Track her!
Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Jun 4, 2025
Israel Has Killed & Injured 592 People At US-Backed “Aid” Sites
Humanti Project, Jun 4, 2025
2025.06.05-11.13: Thursday Vigils for Palestine & Beyond
SE corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
2025.06.08 Update: Film “Sarura”, “No Other Land” Postponed.
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, 5 pm, RSVP Required
This Is Israel
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUN 03, 2025
Amazon, apartheid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Caitlin Johnstone, civilians, colonialism, Gaza, hospitals, images, immigrants, indigenous, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, journalists, land, media, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, settlers, terrorism, two-state, video, war, West Bank, world, Zionism
Understanding the genocidal actions and intent of the Israeli state
ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN, JUN 01, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu, censorship, Deir Yassin, Gaza, genocide, Haaretz, Israel, Israeli, Jericho, Jewish, land, Madison, media, military, Palestine, Palestinian, racism, Rafah, terrorism, war
OCHA: West Bank Settler Violence
UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA), 28 MAY 2025
Your Voice and Action Can Help Safeguard the ‘Madleen’
Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Jun 2,, 2025
2025.06.08: Anti-War Cafe with Beni Daiko
Christ Presbyterian, 944 E Gorham, 2-5 pm
