The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: settlers
Apr 10, 2026
Capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so.
The Guardian Editorial, 31 Mar 2026
Israel Is Also Committing Genocide In the West Bank
AHMAD IBSAIS, THE NATION, MARCH 26, 2026
“Erasing the Lines”: How Settlers Are Seizing New Regions of the West Bank
OREN ZIV with ARIEL CAINE, THE NATION, MARCH 24, 2026
Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies, The Guardian, 22 Mar 2026
Amnesty International: Release Ayman Bani Owda
Amnesty International, 13 March 2026
Israel ‘strangles’ West Bank amid war on Iran
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, MARCH 7, 2026
2026.03.15: Beyond Border Walls with Jamal Juma
Online, 12 PM CT
Don’t Forget Gaza and the Palestinians
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, MAR 09, 2026
Senators demand investigation after ninth American killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in West Bank
Joseph Gedeon in Washington, The Guardian, 5 Mar 2026
Eyes On The West Bank
Andrey X, the.andrey.x, Mar 1, 2026
An American Lynched in the West Bank
Jasper Diamond Nathaniel, Infinite Jaz, Feb 22, 2026
Palestinian-American Teenager Killed in West Bank Is Laid to Rest
Adam Rasgon and Fatima AbdulKarim, New York Times, Feb. 20, 2026
2026.02.25: Virtual Visit to Majd al-Krum, Galilee
Online, 11 AM CT
2026.02.19: Protective Presence in the West Bank
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, Madison and Zoom, 7 pm
calendar, Cassandra Dixon, Church of Christ, ethnic cleansing, Google, Homeland Security (DHS), human rights, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), land, Madison, MRSCP, October 7, Palestinian, peace, Presbyterian, Rafah, schools, settlers, terrorism, violations, West Bank
2026.02.19: Unarmed Civilian Defense Report from the West Bank
UW-Madison, 3 pm
Al-Khalil, Amnesty International, calendar, checkpoints, documentary, ethnic cleansing, film, Hebron, human rights, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, settlers, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, travel, UW-Madison, volunteer, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, world, World Beyond War
Abu Ayoub Injuries from Settler-Soldier Pogrom in Masafer Yatta
kivsa_shchora, February 5, 2026
Inside a coordinated, multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 30, 2026
How to cross a road under apartheid
HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, FEB 03, 2026
Israeli settlers launch a pogrom in the West Bank on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Andrey X, the.andrey.x, Jan 27, 2026
The Magic System Of Zionism
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JAN 23, 2026
Israeli Cabinet Approves 19 New Apartheid Colonies in Occupied West Bank
BRETT WILKINS, Common Dreams, Dec 21, 2025
Land Grab: Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Michael D. Shear, Daniel Berehulak, Leanne Abraham and Fatima AbdulKarim, New York Times, Dec. 20, 2025
Al-Mughayir, Bedouin, Bethlehem, Bezalel Smotrich, confiscation, Hebron, home demolition, Huwara, Jericho, Jonathan Pollak, Jordan Valley, land, Mike Huckabee, Mohammad Shalabi, Muarrajat, New York Times, olive trees, Rahaf al-Ashqar, Ramallah, Sayfollah Musallet, settlers, Sinjil, terrorism, travel, Tubas, Tulkarm, Turmus Ayya, two-state, West Bank2025.12.30: Visit to Taybeh
Online, 11 AM CT
A smaller cage: Israel’s ‘two-state solution’ on Gaza’s ruins
Muhammad Shehada, The New Arab, 11 December 2025
Night guardians of the mountain in the occupied West Bank
Mosab Shawer, Al Jazeera, 15 Dec 2025
Israeli Settlers Beat US Citizen, Threatened to Burn Palestinian Grandmother and Kids Alive
Prem Thakker, Zeteo, Dec 11, 2025
How Israel Organizes and Arms Settler Militias to Terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank
David Schutz, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 10, 2025
The Israel lobby is melting down before our eyes
PHILIP WEISS, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 2, 2025
How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
Natan Odenheimer and Fatima AbdulKarim, New York Times, Dec. 4, 2025. Photographs by Daniel Berehulak.
Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide is Wrong
Kathy Kelly, World Beyond War, December 5, 2025
West Bank, Violence, Destruction and Displacement
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (UN…
Give to the Children of Umm al Khair
Friends of Sabeel North America, Nov 18, 2025
A Bloody Month in the West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to the Death of a Boy
David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, Nov. 14, 2025
Abu Falah, Ayssam Ma’ala, Beita, Burin, Eran Maoz, escorts, ethnic cleansing, Ghuroub Hamayel, Hebron, Hekmat Shtewei, Idhna, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jonathan Pollak, journalists, Kufr Qaddum, Mohamed Suleiman, New York Times, Oded Yedaya, olive trees, Ramallah, settlers, Silwad, terrorism, Turmus Ayya, West Bank
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Oren Ziv and Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, October 24, 2025
Umm al Kheir
Email Congress Now!
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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2025.10.09: Meet & Greet with Baz Sundark, Artist of “Lands of Palestine”
Java Cat, 4221 Lien Road, 5-6:30 pm
2025.10.03-13: Baz Sundark “Lands of Palestine” Art Show & Auction
Benefiting Masafer Yatta
Over 38,000 Israeli violations in West Bank since October 7, 2023
Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA), 05 October 2025
UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements
UN Human Rights Office, 26 September 2025
2025.12.04: Palestine on Screen – Stories of Survival and Resistance
UW-Madison Memorial Library, Room 126, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
‘This Place is Ours’
Prime Minister of Israel, Sep 11, 2025
Israel PM vows ‘there will be no Palestinian state’
Agence France-Presse, 11 Sep 2025
Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss luxury ‘Gaza riviera’ plan
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum, The Guardian, 24 Jul 2025
“The Other Territory” – The West Bank on NPR
This American Life, NPR, August 22, 2025
In This Palestinian Christian Village, the Hypocrisy of Christian Zionism is Unmistakable
DELANEY NOLAN, ZETEO, AUG 14, 2025
Israeli settlers are taking over Hebron city!
Friends of Hebron, August 13, 2025
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Petition Ireland to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
Ekō, Aug 6, 2025
Settler Walks Free, As Israel Holds Body of Murdered Palestinian Hostage
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, AUG 06, 2025
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Listen to Awdah Hathaleen’s last message of solidarity
Green Olive Collective, Aug 1, 2025
Support for Umm al-Kheir, the Community of Awdah Hathaleen
Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee, Aug 4, 2025
American Nurse Who Tried To Save “No Other Land” Activist Was Detained And Deported By Israel
Sanya Mansoor, The Intercept, August 1, 2025
Emergency call to action in solidarity with Umm Il-Kheir
The residents of Umm Il-Kheir, Aug 1, 2025
The Killing of Awdah Hathaleen by a West Bank Settler
CAROLINA PEDRAZZI, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 01, 2025
Israeli forces storm Umm Al-Khair and Tuba and arrest 14
Youth of Sumud, July 30, 2025
Palestinian activist who worked on film ‘No Other Land’ killed in occupied West Bank
Middle East Eye staff, 28 July 2025
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2025.07.16-31: Code Pink Madison Brings Free Watermelon + Flyers!
Wednesdays at Madison Capitol Square, 16 N Carroll St. Thursdays at Willy and Blair Streets.…
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
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Father of Slain Palestinian-American’s Message for Trump: ‘Why Aren’t You Putting America First?’
PREM THAKKER AND TEAM ZETEO, ZETEO, JUL 15, 2025
Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
Alana Wise, NPR, JULY 12, 2025
Statement of Youth of Sumud
The villages of Masafer Yatta are now facing daily violent attacks from settlers . .…
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Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Masafer Yatta, The Guardian, 7 Jul 2025
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orthodoxtruth, Jun 26, 2025
Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 12, 2025
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian town and burn homes and vehicles
Middle East Eye, Jun 4, 2025
This Is Israel
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUN 03, 2025
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OCHA: West Bank Settler Violence
UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA), 28 MAY 2025
The Village of Khallet al Dabaa in Masafer Yatta Needs Your Help
May 27, 2025
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Gaza Stripped: The Colonial Isolation Of Gaza
Visualizing Palestine, May, 2025
“No Other Land” centers the resilience of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation
DAVID BOFFA, TONE MADISON, MAY 21, 2025
aid, American, apartheid, Basel Adra, civilians, colonialism, documentary, donate, ethnic cleansing, film, Hamdan Ballal, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, journalists, labor, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, military, No Other Land, occupation, Oscar, Palestine, Palestinian, racism, Rafah, settlers, stories, tech, terrorism, United States, video, vigil, war, West Bank, Wisconsin2025.05.25 & 06.08 Updates: Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” in Madison
May 25: Bartell Theater 5 pm & 7 pm | Jun 8: Christ Presbyterian Church…
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention
Louis Theroux, The Guardian, 10 May 2025
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Watch Online, Support Masafer Yatta!
2025.04.20 Update: Cassandra Dixon on her recent trip to Masafer Yatta
WORT 89.9 FM, World View, 5:30 – 6:00 pm
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A Settler Shooting in Ar Rakiz
mahmoud.photography97, April 17, 2025
Israeli Policies and Settler Violence Are Driving Palestinians from the Jordan Valley
ISSAM, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 14, 2025
In Masafer Yatta, every last joy is being stolen from us
HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, APR 10, 2025
2025.04.14-18: UW Against Apartheid Week
Students for Justice in Palestine UW-Madison
Justice for Palestinian-American Omar Mohammed Rabea!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Apr 7, 2025
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Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians.
JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 28, 2025
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Settler Attack on Jinba School
mahmoud.photography97, Mar 28, 2025
Hard days in Masafer Yatta
Mar 27, 2025
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BY JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 25, 2025
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Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained
Mohammad Hesham, March 24, 2025
The Oscar went to ‘No Other Land,’ but that might not save Masafer Yatta
Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, March 8, 2025
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2025.03.13: A Conversation with Mazin Qumsiyeh
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
2025.03.12: A Conversation with Issa Amro and Jeff Halper
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
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‘Stop the Ethnic Cleansing’: the Most Powerful Oscars Speech in Years
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, MAR 02, 2025
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‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 2025
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