The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Apr 26, 2026
MECA Food Parcels in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance, February 19, 2026
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Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025
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2025.12.14: Winter Recital Benefit for MECA
McFarland Lutheran Church, 5529 Marsh Rd, 2:30 pm
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
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22 Years Later: A Message From Rachel’s Parents
Craig and Cindy Corrie, March 16, 2025
โNo Other Landโ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza to change ceasefire deal
Julian Borger, The Guardian, 2 Mar 2025
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Living in the Open
Hossam Shabat and Rasha Abou Jalal, ุงูุตุญูู ุญุณุงู ุดุจุงุช, Drop Site News, Feb 20, 2025
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MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israelย destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
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Helping Palestinians in Gaza return home to Rafah
KERRI KENNEDY, American Friends Service Committee, JAN 28, 2025
After the destruction of Gaza, Israel turns to West Bank
WEEKLY REPORT, Good Shepherd Collective, Jan 21, 2025
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The sun will rise over Gaza again
Adalah Justice Project, Jan 15, 2025. Dear Friends, As news of a ceasefire spread today, Abubaker…
The Scramble To Find The Gaza Doctor In The White Coat
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is one of six medical workers with the Chicago-based organization MedGlobal…
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What Itโs Truly Like to Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Tent: A Report From Gaza
Five newborns have died of hypothermia amid the cold in Gaza. Doctors tell Drop Site…
2024.12.21 Update:ย Interfaith “Longest Night” Gaza Vigil
Around 75 people braved the cold weather and joined the longest night vigil and service…
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End-of-Year Appeal
Survival in Gaza, Plant an Olive Tree, and Replace the Sheep Your help is needed…
UNRWA: Nearly one million Palestinians at risk this winter
“We are running out of words. Hunger and disease are rampant. This keeps testing our…
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In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire
Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school…
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Spreads misery for displaced Palestinians Palestinians in Gaza continue to suffer from hunger, disease, and bitter…
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Agence France-Presse via Al-Monitor, Nov 26, 2024 At a crowded camp in Gaza for those…
As winter begins in Gaza, will we survive in tents?
As temperatures drop and rains begin, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians confront life in…
2024.04.05: Palestinian Childrenโs Day Vigil for Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, Apr 6, 2024
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Image: Sacramento to Bethlehem Below is a letter from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)…
The U.S. Must Act to End the Gaza Disaster
Many of us are watching with horror the severe humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. Unfortunately,…
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Palestinian children take shelter at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works…
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Madison365 staff, Dec 6, 2023
Many West Bank Palestinians Are Being Forced Out of Their Villages. Is My Family Next?
Zuhour Muhammad Awad, the authorโs grandmother, walking in the village of Tuba in May 2021.…
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TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, NOVEMBER 19, 2022
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135 backpacks to Rafah by MECA on our behalf More MECA photos from Gaza …
Due to wars and siege, Gaza infrastructure unprepared for climate disaster
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, MARCH 16, 2022
Update: Fresh Food for Families in Rafah
Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Childrenโs Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND…
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Help Harun Abu Aram Heal Rebuilding Alliance is organizing this fundraiser and will be working…
2018.10.08: Indigenous People’s Day & Film: The Eagle & the Condor
Monday, October 8:First Unitarian Society900 University Bay DriveMadison Schedule5:30 pm โ Community Potluck6:30 pm –…
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Anees Mansour, December 16, 2016 Dear Friends, Assalamu Alaikum & Hello Everyone, I hope you,…
Keep Gaza Children Warm
Anees Mansour, gofundme, November 5, 2016ย We are about to enter the winter season in…
2015.01.28-02.17: Mornings in Jenin Book Group
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison, the Peregrine Forum and the Madison Infoshop Free…
Local Protesters Criticize U.S. Lawmakers For Silence On Military Aggression
Steve Elbow, The Capital Times, January 6, 2009 Violence in Gaza prompted local activists Tuesday…
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All showings will be 7 pm at Escape Java Joint, 916 Williamson Street, Madison January…
The Gaza Strip Situation Report, 30 Jan 2007
Ceasefire between Palestinian factions enters into force after five days of intense inter-factional fighting United…
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Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, December 5, 2005 Regarding Robert Ablove’s letter about the…
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How Madisonians helped create a respite from violence for Palestinian children Kathy Walsh, Isthmus, April…
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MG&E Innovation Center, 505 S Rosa Rd, Madison, 7:00pm This is a meeting to gear up…
