The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Re Isthmus article on Camp Shalom
Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, December 5, 2005 Regarding Robert Ablove’s letter about the…
Gaza, Israeli, Kathy Walsh, killing, Madison, MRSCP, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, schools, sister cities, terrorism, war, winterPlayground for Rafah Campaign
19-Nov-05 Playground for Rafah Campaign Give Children a Chance to Be Children Help Rebuild a…
University of Wisconsin Regents Urged To Divest From Israel
Aaron Nathans, The Capital Times, November 11, 2005 Protesters packed a hearing Thursday on the…
Re: Regents urged to divest from Israel
Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, November 11, 2005 In the Capital Times article on…
2005.11.03: Ibdaa Dance Troupe in Madison
IBDAA! We are excited to announce that on Thursday November 3 the world-renowned Ibdaa Children’s…
Tawfiq Nasser: Palestinian Doctor Tells Of Life Under Occupation
Samara Kalk Derby, The Capital Times, October 10, 2005 To get to work each day,…
Augusta Victoria Hospital, Cap Times, Church of Christ, civilians, doctors, Fitchburg, green cards, healthcare, hospitals, ID, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Lutheran, Madison, Middle East, MRSCP, occupation, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, Rafah, sister cities, Tawfiq Nasser, travel, Wall, West Bank, worldAin’t gonna study war no more
Bill Lueders, Isthmus, September 1, 2005 Camp Shalom had children pretend to be Israeli soldiers…
Jobless in Gaza
Mehammed Mack, L.A. Weekly, August 25, 2005 A somber note for many Gazans witnessing the…
Amira Hass, apartheid, Arab, Ariel Sharon, Black, blockade, climate, closures, deaf, documentary, economy, Gaza, Hebrew, images, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, journalists, labor, land, law, Lebanon, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Ramallah, Rami Khouri, resistance, satellite, settlers, South Africa, terrorism, vigil, Wall, war, West Bank, withdrawalThe settlers’ retreat was the theatre of the cynical
There was no ‘sensitivity training’ when bulldozers went into Rafah Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, August…
apartheid, Ariel Sharon, benefit, Caterpillar, Gaza, ghetto, Holocaust, home demolition, homeless, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Islamic, Israeli, James Miller, Jerusalem, justice, land, media, Palestinian, police, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, religion, resistance, South Africa, students, terrorism, Tom Hurndall, training, travel, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Wall, war, West Bank, worldThe Shame of it All
Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, August 17, 2005
apartheid, Ariel Sharon, assassination, Beirut, blockade, civilians, economy, Egypt, Gaza, Haaretz, home demolition, Intifada, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jennifer Loewenstein, Jerusalem, Jewish, journalists, justice, land, media, military, Muslim, Muslims, occupation, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, protest, Rafah, refugees, settlers, shelters, snipers, terrorism, torture, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), unemployment, victims, Wall, war, water, West Bank, worldAmira Hass: Khan Yunis / No Compensation for Arabs Losing Their Jobs in Katif
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 14 Aug 2005 Today is Omar’s last day of work for his…
A Message from Bertrand Russell …
… to the International Conference of Parlimentarians The New York Times, February 23, 1970 “The…
No Aid for Israel’s Gaza “Disengagement”
August “Washington Wednesday” Action Alert Start Date: August 10, 2005 End Date: To be determined…
J’accuse: Finkelstein and Dershowitz
It’s a dispute that involves just about every emotive issue you can think of –…
Alan Dershowitz, American, Amnesty International, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, Arnold Schwarzenegger, B’Tselem, books, California, civilians, democracy, education, free speech, Holocaust, human rights, Intifada, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, land, law, media, Middle East, negotiations, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, torture, United States, University of California, war, world, ZionismBigger Than AIPAC
Robert Dreyfuss, MIFTAH, August 09, 2005 Important new details of the U.S.-Israeli espionage case involving…
The Jerusalem Powder Keg
The International Crisis Group, REPORT No. 44, 2 AUGUST 2005
Arab, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Hamas, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, law, media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, settlers, South Africa, terrorism, two-state, war, West Bank, withdrawal, worldAmira Hass: Fooling the High Court of Justice and the Hague
The legalistic deception of the Israeli Civil Administration: “It is all Israel” Amira Hass, Haaretz,…
Break the Silence’s Rachel Corrie Mural
Thank you Madison/Rafah Sister City Project for your endorsement of the Rachel Corrie Mural Project:…
The Shabak: “We are above the Law”
Life under occupation Yael Barda, Occupation Magazine, July 7 2005 Yesterday I had a fascinating…
free speech, Hebrew, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, law, media, military, nonviolence, occupation, Palestinian, police, prison, protest, Shin Bet, solidarity, terrorism, video, WallThe reflection in the mirror
Two weeks later, I was at the Aaskar refugee camp, near Nablus. That day, the…
Simon Wiesenthal Center Says United Church of Christ’s Resolution Is Immoral
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 4, 2005–A United Church of Christ (UCC) resolution demanding that Israel dismantle its…
United Church of Christ General Synod Resolution: Tear Down the Wall
2005 United Church of Christ Synod Tear Down the Wall – Resolution of Witness Submitted…
aid, annexation, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of Christ, education, Geneva Conventions (1949), ghetto, healthcare, home demolition, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jeff Halper, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, negotiations, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Qalqilya, religion, resources, schools, settlers, students, Supreme Court, teachers, terrorism, travel, two-state, United Nations (UN), Wall, water, West Bank, withdrawal, worldThey Broke the Public’s Heart
For years, the news media ignored the injustices the settlers inflicted on their neighbors. Gideon…
Professor says UC Press must publish Beyond Chutzpa
Two emails from Beshara Doumani June 28, 2005 Dear Friends, I want to alert you…
Pro-Israel Groups: Campuses Improving
But “Never in the modern history of the Jewish state has there been more outspoken…
Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Forces Prisons
Dear all, I received disturbing news about prisoners in IOF prisons in Israel. 30-year-old, Salameh…
Giving Chutzpah New Meaning
Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jon Wiener,…
Alan Dershowitz, Amnesty International, antisemitism, Arnold Schwarzenegger, assassination, Avi Shlaim, books, California, civilians, colleges & universities, Europe, film, free speech, Gaza City, Hamas, Hebrew, history, Holocaust, human rights, Intifada, Islamic, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, law, media, Middle East, New York Times, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Palestine, Palestinian, public opinion, Sara Roy, torture, UC Berkeley, University of California, violations, vote, war, water, WORT 89.9 FM2005.06.24: “Beyond Chutzpah: The Misuse of Antisemitism and the Abuse of History” by Dr. Norman Finkelstein
Grainger Hall, University of Wisconsin 975 University Avenue Madison, WI 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM…
2005.06.13-07.04: Palestine-Israel Discussion Series
First United Methodist Church Parlor 203 Wisconsin Ave, Madison Sunday mornings at 9:30 am This…
2005.06.24-26: U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Conference
Upper Midwest Regional Organizing Conference Madison, WI Join the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli…
05.06.25: Rebuilding Homes in Rafah, Rebuilding Hope in Palestine
Panel Discussion with Craig and Cindy Corrie and Khaled and Samah Nasrallah Saturday, June 25,…
Mezan Center is Key Partner in Palestine
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, May 9, 2005 Madison — The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)…
Israeli Extremists Lose, as a New Generation of Palestinians Wins
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2005 THEY BREATHE the same air,…
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Ariel Sharon, Caterpillar, Egypt, football, Gaza, hospitals, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Iraq, Israeli, James Miller, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, land, law, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Mohammed Omer, Muslim, Muslims, negotiations, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, resistance, settlers, solidarity, students, terrorism, United States, visas, volunteer, Wall, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, withdrawal, worldA Gift to Rafah
How Madisonians helped create a respite from violence for Palestinian children Kathy Walsh, Isthmus, April…
civilians, delegation, donate, Egypt, football, healthcare, homeless, hospitals, human rights, images, Intifada, Israeli, Kathy Walsh, Madison, Madison Common Council, Middle East, milk, MRSCP, Operation Rainbow, Palestine, Palestinian, Playgrounds for Palestine, project, Rafah, refugees, schools, sister cities, Tel al-Sultan, terrorism, UW-Madison, victims, water, winter, Wisconsin, women
Statewide Academic Union Calls for University of Wisconsin Israel Divestment
Al-Awda, The Electronic Intifada, 27 April 2005
University of Wisconsin Investments and Social Responsibility
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA) of UW-Madison debated a resolution…
aid, American, apartheid, BDS, boycott, Caterpillar, civilians, divest, Gaza War, human rights, Israel, Israeli, law, Lockheed Martin, Madison, military, Oshkosh Corp, Palestine, peace, religion, South Africa, tech, UW-Madison, violations, vote, war, WisconsinKnow When To Say “No”: A Call For Divestment From The Israeli Occupation
Shamai Leibowitz, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March 2005
Amira Hass: Using the Holocaust to Ward Off Criticism
The pilgrimage to Jerusalem of so many European leaders shows that they are not deterred…
Amira Hass, Amsterdam, antisemitism, apartheid, concentration camps, equality, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Germany, ghetto, Haaretz, Holocaust, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, media, occupation, Palestinian, peace, police, protest, sanction, South Africa, victims, war, world, WORT 89.9 FM2005.03.05: An Israeli Refuser’s Message for Peace
Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, March 7, 2005 On Saturday I sat with other members of…
American, Arab, calendar, civilians, conscientious objectors, Europe, Holocaust, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, justice, law, Madison, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, refuseniks, Syria, terrorism, two-state, United States, war, Wisconsin, Yonatan Shapira2005.04.10-11: ‘Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision’
A Partners for Peace presentation Sunday, April 10, 2005 — 4 pm Memorial United Church…
Board of Regents must support divestment
FAYYAD SBAIHAT, Badger Herald, Mar 3, 2005
2005.03.04-05: Yonatan Shapira, Israeli Refusenik
March 4, 6:00 PM, Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society building, 2010 Whenona Drive,…
2005.02.24-26: Festival celebrates political filmmakers
Gwen Evans, UW News, February 8, 2005 For filmmaker Saul Landau, who has interviewed the…
American Bar Association (ABA), assassination, benefit, calendar, California, Cap Times, digital, documentary, film, human rights, land, Latin America, Madison, media, military, MRSCP, music, Oscar, police, prison, prisoners, Progressives, Rafah, sister cities, solidarity, tech, torture, United States, video, war, Wisconsin, WORT 89.9 FMFrom churches, a challenge to Israeli policies
Jane Lampman, The Christian Science Monitor, DECEMBER 6, 2004
American, Arab, BDS, boycott, Caterpillar, Christian, Church of Christ, civilians, Congress, divest, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, labor, land, law, Methodist, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestinian, peace, Presbyterian, protest, religion, resources, sanction, terrorism, travel, two-state, vote, Wall, war, West Bank2004.11.10: IDF Refuseniks Noam Bahat and Shimri Zameret
First Unitarian Church University Bay Drive 7:00 pm We will be hosting a program with…
Palestine: the Assault on Health and Other War Crimes
Derek Summerfield, British Medical Journal, October 16, 2004
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Israeli troops who killed a Palestinian schoolgirl in the Gaza Strip have come under investigation…
Hilarity from Gaza
9/8/2004 Dear Jennifer, I hope you are fine. I was reading the news on haaretz…
2004.09.20-24: WHEELS OF JUSTICE TOUR
BRINGING THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND PALESTINE TO MADISON On September 20th and 24th, the…
Al-Awda, Birmingham, calendar, Edgewood University, human rights, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Iraq, justice, land, Madison, Mazin Qumsiyeh, media, Middle East, military, MRSCP, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, schools, sister cities, solidarity, terrorism, travel, United States, war2004.08.18: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
ICB sculpture The Segregation Wall, 09-Nov-03 Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 W. Lacy…
Back in Ramallah
Andrea Becker, 04 July 2004 Relatively easy somehow: went through Israeli security ‘lite’: no body…
US bulldozer firm in Mid-East row
A leading UN official has warned US manufacturer Caterpillar that it may be complicit in…
2004.06.06: Mosaic Communities Program
The Crossing 1127 University Avenue (University and Charter) 7:00 pm The Mosaic Communities group is…
Statement by European Jews for a Just Peace
Paris, 22 May 2004 We, European citizens from ten European countries gathered in Paris for…
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Sleeping on a bus and more
Mazin Qumsiyeh, 5/9/2004 Here is something to inspire you. Read this. It will help you…
American, artist, BBC, books, Church of England, democracy, donors, education, film, Geneva Conventions (1949), Google, human rights, images, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jennifer Loewenstein, Jerusalem, justice, land, literature, Mazin Qumsiyeh, media, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, poetry, public opinion, schools, students, tech, terrorism, torture, training, travel, United States, volunteer, vote, war, West Bank, WORT 89.9 FMPhotos of Rafah Damage
Rika Fujiya, Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC), May 25, 2004 Rika Fujiya is an Assistant…
RAFAH DAILY UPDATE (Volume 5) during Operation Rainbow
May 20, 2004 Attached is the Rafah Update Volume 5. The situation is worsenning so…
Some of the bodies were put two to a box
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 5/20/04 RAFAH — Suddenly there was a shout from outside: “Leave…
Rafah and Gaza emergency
Gila Svirsky, May 18, 2004 Friends, We need your help. There is an emergency situation…
Appeal for Rafah City
Dr. Emad S. Sha’at, Deputy Mayor Rafah City, 18 May 2004 Dear Madam/Sir, I write…
aid, economy, Emad Sha’at, environment, ethnic cleansing, healthcare, hospitals, Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, media, milk, Ministry of Health, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, Rafah, Rafah Deputy Mayor, shelters, terrorism, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), war, water, worldIsraelis Call for Gaza Pullout at Peace March
Julie McCarthy, NPR, May 16, 2004 Israelis gather for a peace march to urge a…
Rules Prevent Scholar From Researching
Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio Monday May 10, 2004 (EAU CLAIRE) New Homeland Security rules…
Wake up, world! Hear O Israel, wake up!
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:30:43 +0200 From: “Gila Svirsky” (gsvirsky@netvision.net.il) Subject: Anarchy in our…
Yes, Alice, it does do some good
Gila Svirsky, www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org, 4/21/2004 Dear Alice, You were signature number 2,750 on the petition “Open…
2004.04.23: International Day of Action Against Caterpillar in Peoria
STOP CATERPILLAR CAMPAIGN — PROTEST IN PEORIA APRIL 23 — BUS INFO BELOW stopcat.org, April…
Al-Awda, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Atlanta, BDS, boycott, calendar, California, Caterpillar, Craig and Cindy Corrie, home demolition, human rights, Israeli, justice, labor, law, Madison, media, Middle East, MRSCP, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, protest, Rachel Corrie, racism, Rafah, sister cities, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), take action, terrorism, volunteer, war, Wisconsin, world2004.04.19: Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam: Jews and Palestinians Can Live Together
Grainger Hall Morgridge Auditorium UW-Madison 7:00 pm Situated midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Neve…
