The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: health
Mar 6, 2026
Help Support Jana, Jehad, and their parents!
February 10, 2026
URGENT: Tell Congress to demand Leqaa Kordia’s release from ICE detention
Adalah Justice Project, February 10, 2026
Israel planning renewed Gaza offensive in March, report says
Middle East Eye, 10 January 2026
Dozens of artists call for end to Israel’s ‘systematic attacks’ on Gaza hospitals
Cate Brown, The Guardian, 12 Jan 2026
2026.01.11: Starvation, Social Death, and Genocide
Online, 12 PM CT
Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, DEC 31, 2025
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 16, 2025
2025.11.28: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on WORT 89.9 FM
A Public Affair, 12-1 pm. Live, streaming, or archived
Dozens Of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared In Israeli Detention
Kavitha Chekuru, The Intercept, November 10 2025
‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza
Abeer Salman and Zeena Saifi, Channel 3000+ News, Nov 12, 2025
The Disappearance of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
AMEL GUETTATFI, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 12, 2025
Detention Designed to Crush Body and Mind
ANDREA UMBRELLO, THE PROGRESSIVE, AUGUST 5, 2025
2025.07.25: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to speak about treating patients in Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 25, 2025
‘You Cannot Destroy a People Without First Destroying Their Healers’
DR. THAER AHMAD, ZETEO, JUL 24, 2025
2025.07.18: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on WORT 89.9 FM
WORT 89.9 FM, 12 – 1 pm
2025.07.27: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Milwaukee
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 631 N 19th St, Milwaukee, 2 PM
2025.07.26: Anti-War Café with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
The Crossing, 1127 University Ave, Noon – 3 pm
2025.07.25 Update: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Madison
First Unitarian Society, 12 noon & Christ Presbyterian Church, 7 pm
Gaza’s Hospitals ARE The Target
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, MAY 29, 2025
2025.05.24: “Under Fire: Israel’s War on Medics”
Online, 11:00 AM CT
2025.04.22: Indigenous Water Defenders Paul DeMain and Gracie Waukechon
Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, 7-9 pm
Court Extends Hussam Abu Safiya’s Detention in Israeli Torture Camp
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, March 26, 2025
U.N. Commission and U.S. Surgeons Accuse Israel of Genocide and Torture
Democracy Now!, March 13, 2025
2025.03.01: The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza
Online, 12 noon – 3 pm CT
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
MECA Statement on the Gaza Ceasefire
Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, Executive Director, Jan 22, 2025
Act Now: Help Free Detained Palestinian Hospital Director
Amnesty International, Jan 23, 2025
Call for the release of medics in Israeli detention!
CODEPINK, Jan 13, 2025
ADC Statement on the Gaza Ceasefire
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Jan 17, 2025
The sun will rise over Gaza again
Adalah Justice Project, Jan 15, 2025. Dear Friends, As news of a ceasefire spread today, Abubaker…
We Can’t Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza
ABDULLAH SHIHIPAR, THE NATION, JANUARY 9, 2025. The very air that Gazans breathe could put…
Where is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, and what is Israel doing to him?
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, JANUARY 3, 2025. It has been one week since the Dr. Hussam…
‘Where the Hell Is Doctor Hussam?’ Israel Gives Mixed Messages on Gaza Hospital Director
“Dr. Abu Safiya’s unlawful detention is emblematic of the broader attacks on the healthcare sector…
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…
What It’s 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…
Israeli forces arrest Gaza hospital chief after ‘burning doctors and patients alive’
Troops beat Hussam Abu Safiya and kidnapped him alongside other doctors, leaving northern Gaza without…
The Last Two Weeks Have Been the Most Dire in the Gaza War: Hospital Director
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza “will turn into a graveyard for everyone inside” amid…
UNRWA: Nearly one million Palestinians at risk this winter
“We are running out of words. Hunger and disease are rampant. This keeps testing our…
Kamal Adwan Hospital under siege; we can’t treat the injured
Hussam Abu Safiya, Director-General of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, confirms the hospital remains…
Gaza hospital ‘last distress call’ as fresh Israeli attack wounds patients
Gaza’s health ministry says it seems a ‘decision has been made to execute’ staff remaining…
2024.11.01: A Gaza Nurse and Israel’s Plans for Northern Gaza on WORT
A Public Affair with Esty Dinur NoonLive at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived Wilhelmi Massay, a critical care and…
Israel claims there’s a secret Hezbollah bunker underneath a Beirut hospital
But no-one else can find it By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran, Cherine Yazbeck, and Orly…
2024.10.30: Gaza: 76 Years and a Genocide Later Online
11 am CT Join Eyewitness Palestine for a special edition webinar featuring a video with…
Israel’s Murderous Ethnic Cleansing in Northern Gaza
Eyewitnesses say the IDF is starving residents, targeting hospitals, bombing shelters, and murdering civilians in…
2024.10.24: Surviving Gaza: Experiences from Al-Shifa Hospital
UW-Madison, Grainger 11856 pm For more information visit Students for Justice in Palestine Madison.
65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza
By Feroze Sidhwa, New York Times, Oct. 9, 2024
UN Report Exposes Systematic Targeting of Gaza’s Health Sector
WASHINGTON D.C., October 11, 2024 – We are deeply saddened to announce the tragic news that…
2024.09.18: Visualizing Palestine Virtual Book Launch
10 am CT This Wednesday, September 18th we hope you’ll join us for a virtual…
2024.09.12: U.S. Gaza Doctors Speak Out
6 pm CENTRAL Online Vermonters for Justice in Palestine present a virtual talk by two…
Gaza’s Stolen Healers
Hundreds of Palestinian Doctors Disappeared Into Israeli Detention Kavitha Chekuru, The Intercept, May 24 2024…
2024.04.30: Collapse of the Gaza Health Care System
Eyewitness Palestine Free but donations accepted 11 am CT More information and registration
‘I can’t find food’: despair in Gaza as children face malnutrition
Majdi Fathi and Monika Čvorak, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2024 According to the World Food Programme,…
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 196
Israel strikes Iran, Gaza health ministry says Israel destroyed the Strip’s health system Israel targets…
One-Third of Children Under 2 in Northern Gaza Now Acutely Malnourished
OLIVIA ROSANE, COMMON DREAMS, MARCH 16, 2024
Slideshow: Gaza Geno-Ecocide at its Cruelest
Click to Start The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network — Friends of Earth Palestine (PENGON —…
Israel’s Measures intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), March 9, 2024
2024.03.15-20: Madison Premier of Film Bad River
From 350 Wisconsin: Since long before 1953, when Line 5 was constructed without the consent…
Dr. Mads Gilbert on Israel’s Hospital Attacks
Mads Gilbert is an anesthesiologist, head of emergency medicine at the University Hospital of North…
MADISON F-35 COMMUNITY CONNECTION PROJECT
A public relations effort by the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Safe Skies Clean Water…
Hunger, disease ‘inevitable’ in Gaza
Israel’s Sustained Bombing Created Massive Disease Risk Overcrowded Shelters, Dirty Water, and Breakdown of…
Palestine Red Crescent Society Urgent Appeal for Al-Quds Hospital
View on Instagram
The facts of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital Bombing
A critical update: Al Ahli Hospital received Israeli orders to evacuate before it was struck…
‘Every western politician has the blood of these children on their hands’
Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, calls the deadly attack on al-Ahli al-Arab…
2023.02.21-03.02: February & March Events
Tuesday, Feb. 21: Don’t Step on My Feet Again: A Poetic Exploration of Life in…
Tragedy in Gaza after 21 people die in fire
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, NOVEMBER 19, 2022
2022.11.27: Rafah Family Guided Home Construction
A fundraiser by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project Our goal is to raise $10,064 to…
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Palestine Is a Climate Justice Issue
Nov 9, 2022 12 PM Central Zoom Registration Join us to learn the environmental reality…
“Cancel the F-35”: Organizations Sign Letter to President & Congress
Rep. Francesca Hong addresses concerns for the arrival of F-35 jets in Truax Field, surrounded…
Gaza is Not a Breaking News Cycle
The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy August 11, 2022 Good Morning, As you might…
Stop the Line 5 Pipeline Expansion
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project supports these efforts by Indigenous Women to end fossil fuel…
Al Samud Playground at Al Shuhada Kindergarten, Hebron
Ramadan Mubarak from our family at Playgrounds for Palestine to you and yours! On behalf…
Due to wars and siege, Gaza infrastructure unprepared for climate disaster
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, MARCH 16, 2022
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN RETRACTED PRO-PALESTINE ARTICLE WITHOUT ANY FACTUAL ERRORS
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept, July 1 2021 After right-wing outrage, the esteemed journal removed an…
How a West Bank Trip Turned This Congressman Into One of Israel’s Strongest Critics
Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan tells Haaretz why he welcomes a new Israeli government, even one…
End Medical Apartheid
Justice for All: To build a world where there is healthcare for all, we must…
Update: Fresh Food for Families in Rafah
Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND…
Dr. Fauci, Please use your Israeli prize money to buy vaccines for Palestine
EWISH VOICE FOR PEACE HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Mondoweiss, MARCH 1, 2021
Israel should be giving Palestinians vaccines
Palestinian people are living under Israeli occupation. Israel should be giving Palestinian people the vaccines…
