The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Category: MRSCP
May 1, 2026
2019.04.22: North America Nakba Tour
UW-Madison Campus (time & location to follow) MRSCP and UW Students for Justice in Palestine…
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris & Beto O’Rourke skipping AIPAC!
CODEPINK, March 21, 2019 You did it! Just moments after we emailed you that Sen.…
Driving While Palestinian
Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians in Nablus and Bethlehem and Wound Another Ref: 44/2019,…
2019.03.29: Book talk: Cracks in the Wall – Beyond Apartheid in Palestine-Israel
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos &…
2019.03.27: Book talk: Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos &…
Shot Like a Clay Pigeon
Pictured Here: Palestinian killed at random by an Israeli soldier Christian Peacemaker Teams, March 13,…
2019.03.26-04.14: Naila and the Uprising
On Wisconsin Public Television’s Women, War & Peace Tuesday, March 26 8:00 pm on WPT…
2019.03.18: Israeli Politics Decoded with David Sheen
Online from the Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Time Listen…
2019.03.23: David Rovics in Madison
Wil-Mar Community Center 953 Jenifer St, Madison Workshop 3:00 pm The Role of Music in…
Just World Podcasts on Palestine
Story/Backstory, episode 1: The longer arc of U.S.-Palestine relations Helena Cobban, February 22, 2019 This…
2019.04.19: Palestinian Culture Night: Existence is Resistance
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine Memorial Union UW-Madison 800 Langdon St 7:00 PM –…
Ilhan Omar’s Tormentors Are Proving Her Point
Ted Rall, March 11, 2019
Gal Gadot hits out at Netanyahu over ‘Jewish people’ comment
F. Brinley Bruton and Yael Factor, NBC News, March 11, 2019
New York Jewish Voice for Peace Proud to #StandWithIlhan
Dear Rep. Engel and Rep. Lowey, We, members of the Westchester chapter of Jewish Voice…
Two Palestinian children killed in blaze after Israel blocks fire brigade
Middle East Monitor, March 6, 2019
Call NOW to stop resolution targeting Rep. Omar Ilhan
#StandWithllhan Please consider calling or emailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and your own Representative: Speaker…
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Hashtag to Headlines: The Gaza Great March of Return The 2019 tribute to Rachel Corrie…
Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars
501(c)(3), American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), apartheid, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, democracy, donate, Google, Haaretz, Hebrew, Hebron, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Judea, land, law, New Jersey, New York Times, nonprofits, online, Palestinian, petition, prison, rabbis, racism, Ramallah, Samaria, schools, settlers, State Department, Supreme Court, terrorism, United States, vote, war, women2019.02.25: Black Americans and Palestinian Solidarity
UW Multicultural Center 716 Langdon Street Madison 8:15 pm – 9:15 pm General meeting of…
2019.03.07: Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Goodman Public Library 2222 S Park St, Madison 6:30 pm Peace and Justice Book Club…
Death of Detainee Fares Baroud: An Example of Deliberate Negligence
Palestinian Center for Human Rights Ref: 16/2019, February 7, 2019
Honor Dr. Angela Davis
This February, join USCPR and the Dream Defenders by showing solidarity with all the radical…
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Friday, March 1 12 noon to 1 pm The speakers for Madison’s 2019 tribute to…
Hello from Palestine
Operation Dove, 2/13/19 Facebook video: Israel Destroys South Hebron Hills Water Piping Today Israeli forces…
ADC Stands With Congresswoman Ilhan Omar!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), February 12, 2019 The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) unequivocally condemns all…
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201 State Street Madison 10 am – 5 pm Once again Overture celebrates the rich…
2019.03.03: Hashtag to Headlines: How the Gaza Great March of Return Challenged the World
Join us for the 2019 tribute to Rachel Corrie with Ahmed Abu Artema, writer, refugee…
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Expulsion by a thousand cuts Dear Friends, The last weeks have been busy and challenging…
As West Bank Violence Surges, Israel Is Silent on Attacks by Jews
Israel’s right-wing government has remained silent, wary of alienating settlers in an election year The…
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Fady Hanona and Ali Aby Yaseen desperately trying to make it to the U.S. premiere…
‘No to Apartheid’
Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss, January 23, 2019
U.S. Senate Defends Israeli Government From Boycotts
First Bipartisan Bill in the Midst of the Shutdown Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald, The…
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Ref: 138/2018, 21 December 2018
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So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging…
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A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
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PCHR Ref:135-2018, December 15, 2018
Green Riding Hood . . . Pain Dwells within Her Ribs
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 4, 2018
ambulances, civilians, doctors, Europe, Gaza, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, Khan Younis, media, Nasser Hospital, Palestinian, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), paramedics, protest, snipers, surgery, terrorism, United Nations (UN), victims, volunteer, Wall, war, women, worldWinning Essay “30 Minutes . . . A Thousand Times Over”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
U.S.-Mexico Border: An Israeli Tech Laboratory
Brittany Dawson, PALESTINE SQUARE, December 6, 2018 When hundreds of Central American migrants arrived in…
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The Marquee Cinema, Union South 1308 West Dayton Street , Madison 7:00 pm Join UW…
Solidarity Shields Human Rights Workers from Bombs
Chris Morrill, Grassroots International, November 20, 2018 PCHR’s former headquarters, in Gaza City, after the…
The Palestinian Right of Return
War on Want, November 29, 2018 Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the…
ADC is Proud to Stand with Marc Lamont Hill
for Defending the Rights of the Palestinian People November 30, 2018 ADC is proud to…
Tell CNN to Reinstate Marc Lamont Hill
On Thursday, November 29, 2018, CNN announced that it had severed ties with Temple University…
Tell CNN: Advocating for Palestinian Rights is not Antisemitic
On Wednesday, Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator on CNN, delivered a speech to the…
Airbnb Stops Listing in Illegal West Bank Settlements
CodePINK, November 19, 2018 This is a huge victory! Moments ago, Airbnb announced they will…
2018.11.15: Updates on Gaza’s Water Crisis
A Public Affair, November 15, 2018 On today’s episode, we take a look at the…
Israel kills Gaza fisher despite ceasefire
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 14 November 2018
Israeli Incursions into Gaza Are the Rule, Not the Exception
Henriette Chacar, +972 Magazine, November 14, 2018
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Thursday, Nov 15 12 noon – 1 pm A Public Affair with host Allen Ruff…
Gaza’s drinking water spurs blue baby syndrome, serious illnesses
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 29 Oct 2018
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Addameer, 16 October 2018 “Scars of Freedom” describes the Palestinian experience of arrest, interrogation, and…
ADC Condemns Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) | November 13, 2018 | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) condemns…
Israeli Cabinet decides to continue airstrikes on Gaza ‘as necessary’
Ma’an News, Nov. 13, 2018 BETHLEHEM — The Israeli Cabinet reportedly decided on Tuesday afternoon…
Emergency demonstrations throughout Israel
Stop the war! Move towards peace! Occupation Magazine, Nov. 13, 2018 Hebrew original forwarded by…
film, Gaza, Haifa, healthcare, Hebrew, Israel, Jerusalem, media, occupation, Palestinian, peace, Tel Aviv, terrorism, war2018.11.18: Orchard Ridge Holiday Fair Trade Fair
November 18, 2018 Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 9 am…
2018.11.20: Fundraiser: ‘Clean Water for the Children of Gaza’
First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project…
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Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come…
In Response to Pittsburgh, We Must Come Together as One
We stand with the victims of every white-supremacist and racist and anti-Semitic assault back through…
Pittsburgh Shooting Is A Reminder: Jews And Muslims Are In This Together
Alex Kane, The Forward, October 27, 2018
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Amnesty International, 19 October 2018
Serious Escalation of Lethal Force in Eastern Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 111/2018, October 12, 2018
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Monday, October 8:First Unitarian Society900 University Bay DriveMadison Schedule5:30 pm – Community Potluck6:30 pm –…
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Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank,…
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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 97/2018, September 7, 2018
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Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St 7:00 pm, 3rd Floor Since 2006 the speaker…
2018.09.27-28: Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) National Conference
You are invited to FOSNA’s national meeting in Minneapolis: Prophetic Action. This event is on…
UNRWA Crisis: Beyond Dollars and Cents
Zaha Hassan, Palestine Square | Institute for Palestine Studies, August 3, 2018 “Continuing services to…
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“Visiting Israel in 2018 and not talking about Israel’s military occupation of Palestinians is like…
A Vengeful and Shortsighted Act
Palestinians waiting to cross the border to Egypt in May. (Adel Hana/Associated Press) New York…
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‘Doomsday scenario’ could unfold unless Palestinian agency replaces US funding within 30 days, spokesperson says.…
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