The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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May 1, 2026
2022.10.02: Turath Baladna: A Celebration of Palestine’s Olive Harvest
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Victory for Khalil
182-day Palestinian hunger striker to be released madison4pali on Instagram Yesterday, we planned to hold…
Rally for Google and Amazon workers against Israeli military
🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Next Thursday, September 8th at 5pm at the Seattle Google campus (1000 Mercer…
Google’s anti-Palestinian worker retaliation
Huge news just broke. Today, tech worker organizer Ariel Koren, active in our #NoTechForApartheid campaign,…
Khalil Awawdeh Announces End to Hunger Strike
The Palestinian hunger striker, whose images shocked the world amid his more than 170-day strike,…
Israel’s top court rejects 2nd petition to release Awawdeh
A video showing Khalil Awawdeh and the toll his detention has taken on his body…
Khalil Awawdeh’s time is running out
Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 30 Aug 2022 Geneva – Palestinian administrative…
Israeli occupation soldiers close the main gate of Qortoba school in Hebron
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project has helped build playgrounds for both Qortuba Elementary School and…
Photos of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike raise concerns
A protest in solidarity with Khalil Awawdeh, a Palestinian prisoner who is on hunger strike,…
Giant eye murals bear witness to Palestinians in Jerusalem
Murals that are part of the public art project ‘I Witness Silwan’ depicting the eyes…
Seesaws Allow Children To Play Across Border
A “Teeter-Totter Wall” conceived in 2009 to protest the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall has become…
Let’s Build A Playground in the Bordertown of Sásabe
MRSCP is passing along an unusual opportunity to help build a playground for migrant children…
President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…
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We just won a defamation case against a major Israeli newspaper! We made Israel Hayom…
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I’m with the nine countries in the EU on this. The US should condemn this…
Palestinian Rights Organizations Raided & Shut Down
American Friends Service Committee, August 18, 2022 Stand with Palestinian human rights defenders Early this…
Democracies don’t raid human rights offices
Democracies don’t raid human rights offices in the middle of the night. pic.twitter.com/kJZSVCl1Tx — IfNotNow🔥…
Breaking: Six Palestinian NGOs raided & closed
Just Vision, August 18, 2022 Early this morning, Israeli army forces raided the offices of…
“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…
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National Nurses United, August 09, 2022 National Nurses United (NNU) mourns the loss of life…
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A Palestinian girl lays roses on the grave of one of the children of Nijim…
If Not Now Says “#DropAIPAC”
Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist…
aid, American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), apartheid, ban, Christian, climate, democracy, Donald Trump, donors, equality, free speech, healthcare, human rights, images, Israel Lobby, Jewish, Jordan, justice, law, Muslim, Palestinian, Progressives, racism, take action, travel, Veterans for Peace (VFP), womenPain and sorrow is an endless story for Gaza
Pain and sorrow is an endless story for Palestinians in Gaza… pic.twitter.com/A7sXc8PHxq — Sarah Hassan…
Take Action Together for Gaza
Jewish Voice for Peace, August 7, 2022 Just over a year since its last horrific…
🔥 Israel is bombing Gaza
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) condemns Israel’s raids on civilian areas in…
Gaza Is Palestine
As salaamu alaykum. The Gaza Is Palestine campaign, led by us and Adalah Justice Project,…
Senators Call for Report on Shireen Abu Akleh
“The United States must ensure an independent, credible, and transparent investigation into the shooting death…
2022.07.07: Jewelry for Clean Water Campaign
Jewelry Sales for Clean Water is an emergency campaign by Palestine Partners to support members…
Free Ahmad Manasra: Demand his immediate release
For the past seven years, since he was only 13, Ahmad Manasra has been imprisoned…
2022.08.09: Mid-August Virtual Advocacy Summit: Accountability Matters
Dear Friend, We hope you are making plans to join us in mid-August at our…
‘No Tech for Israeli Apartheid’
ICYMI—Human rights activists confronted leaders at #AWSsummit to demand an end to @Amazon's surveillance empire—which…
ADC Welcomes Decision by Montgomery County Council
The Montgomery County Council was initially scheduled to consider a harmful and overly expansive definition…
2022.08.26: Madison Peace Walk: Lisa Masri on Palestine
A Madison Peace Walk on July 15. Peng Her gave a marvelous talk about Laos…
Demolitions in Masafer Yatta
Occupation forces carried out the demolition of homes and agricultural facilities Alliance for Human Rights,…
ACLU Challenges Cancellation of Palestine Mural
Sarah Wright, The San Francisco Standard, July 14, 2022 A new letter from the American…
Joe Biden does Not speak for us on Palestine!
Madison activists gathered July 16 on the Campus Drive Overpass to show support for Palestine…
No Path to Justice
Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass Alice Speri, The…
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B’Tselem welcomes President Biden with billboard campaign B’Tselem, 13 July 2022 Israeli human rights group…
Biden Affirms Support for Apartheid, Throws Palestinians Under the Bus
The US will never be on the right side of history, so long as it…
Tell Secretary Mayorkas Israel is Not Eligible for the Visa Waiver Program
The United States cannot grant them a free pass Dear Friend, Americans for Justice in Palestine…
2022.07.23: Madison-Rafah Palestinian Crafts Yard Sale
318 W. Lakeside Street Madison [map] 10 am – 3 pm Mark your calendars… MRSCP…
Updates: WORT Interview on Masafer Yatta with New Links
World View, July 10, 2022 Gil Halsted interviews Sami Huraini of the Youth of Sumud…
2022.07.14: Join Roger Waters for student solidarity with Palestine
Webinar: July 14 at 2 PM CT via ZOOM Register On the eve of…
No evidence from Israel that Palestinian NGOs are ‘terrorist organizations’
“In the absence of such evidence, we will continue our cooperation and strong support for…
17 years of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), July 8, 2022 Today our movement celebrates 17 years. On…
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Complaint says Unilever sale of Israeli business to a local licensee to sell its ice-cream…
Paul Beckett, 1938 – 2022
Legacy.com MADISON – Paul Anthony Hamilton Beckett, 83, a long-time resident of Madison, WI, died…
Palestine Congressional Scorecard
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, July 1, 2022 Wisconsin Senators Representatives Methodology and Other…
Supreme Court Allows Teachers To Lead Students In Crusades
WASHINGTON—In a controversial 6-3 decision regarding religious freedom, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that public…
2022.06.30-07.03: Palestine Partners at the National Women’s Music Festival
The 46th National Women’s Music Festival June 30th – July 3rd, 2022 Marriot Madison West,…
2022.06.28: URGENT CALL TO ACTION
FREE SAMI HURAINI, YOUTH OF SUMUD LEADER ARRESTED BY ISRAEL As Israel threatens the homes…
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Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. (Encyclopedia Britannica) The boycott was…
How a pro-Israel lobby spent millions to sway Democratic primaries
Dark money groups like AIPAC have spent millions of dollars on misinformation ads to take…
2022.06.14: No Way to Treat a Child Webinar
Please join the #nowaytotreatachild campaign co-leaders from Defense for Children International – Palestine and American…
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B’Tselem, 08 May 2022 For 11 days, Israel relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip, one of…
Israeli forces kill two more Palestinians, another dies of wounds
Deceased on Wednesday: Bilal Awad Kabaha and Ayman Mahmoud Mheisin. If Americans Knew, June 2,…
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On Sunday, we saw Jewish supremacists march through the streets of Jerusalem, shouting racist chants…
Act Now: Israel is trying to prevent us from visiting Palestine
Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other progressives are pushing back against Israel’s new procedures Americans for…
2022.06.04: Sidewalk Sale of Olive Oil, Crafts & Jewelry!
1924 East Dayton Street, Madison (First Street between E. Washington and E. Johnson) 8:00 am…
2022.06.03: Rev. Mitri Raheb Speaks in Madison
Rev. Mitri Raheb from Bethlehem speaks about his new book The Politics of Persecution: Middle…
Save Masafer Yatta
change.org, 5 May 2020 Update: Israel’s High Court of Justice dismissed all the petitions against…
Jewish mobs attack Palestinians during Jerusalem rampage
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 30 May 2022
A Word from Jeff Halper on “Jerusalem Day”
Jeff Halper, ICAHD, May 29, 2022 Today, Sunday, May 29, the Jewish state of Israel…
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Here we go again! Super PACs are trying to buy Democratic elections and taint the…
American Bar Association questions Israel’s designation of six Palestinian organizations
JEFF WRIGHT, Mondoweiss, MAY 5, 2022
Addameer, American, American Bar Association (ABA), Antony Blinken, apartheid, arms, equality, Europe, free speech, freedom, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Judiciary, justice, law, media, military, NGOs, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, Ramallah, schools, spying, State Department, Supreme Court, terrorism, United Nations (UN), United States, war, West Bank, women, world2022.05.20: Shireen Abu Akleh on WORT
This will never be unseen. pic.twitter.com/Gtfrjqs6Q3 — Riya Al (@RiyaAlsanah) May 13, 2022 Live Online…
2022.04.21: Madison-Rafah Annual Fundraising Drive: Al Samud Playground Dedication
$9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22 Fundraising for the playground is complete, and Playgrounds for Palestine…
Why Did Israel Execute Shireen Abu-Akleh?
They attacked the mourners because they weren’t in the casket Steve Salaita, May 13, 2022…
Israeli Police at Shireen Abu Akleh’s Funeral
Time, May 13, 2022
The funeral of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
This will never be unseen. pic.twitter.com/Gtfrjqs6Q3 — Riya Al (@RiyaAlsanah) May 13, 2022
Israeli police attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh
TV images show Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh’s coffin falling as police grab Palestinian…
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot while covering an Israeli army raid on the Jenin…
Shireen
Amer Zahr, The Civil Arab, May 11, 2022 Today, Israel assassinated Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu…
Tell NYT: Israel killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
MD2Palestine May 12, 2022 Since Israeli snipers brutally killed renowned Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh…
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This coming weekend marks 74 years since the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948, the ethnic cleansing…
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Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | May 11, 2022 – Early this morning in Jenin, Occupied…
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Heartbreak to happiness: the difference is YOU! I invite you to join a 30-minute Zoom Briefing with…
2022.05.22: Palestinian Crafts at WORTstock
Sunday May 22 11 am – 7 pm Warner Park Our friends at Palestine Partners,…
2022.05.07-09.08: Palestinian Crafts at Madison Night Market
State and Gilman 4-8 pm THURSDAYS September 8 Map and More Info Our friends at…
Speak Out Against Forced Displacement in Masafer Yatta
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) firmly condemns Israel’s plans to ethnically cleanse…
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