The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Category: MRSCP
Jun 12, 2026
2005.06.24: “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, 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
ambulances, Amnesty International, apartheid, Arab, arms, civilians, doctors, Gaza, Geneva Conventions (1949), ghetto, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, killing, land, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, paramedics, prison, Qalqilya, Rafah, refugees, schools, South Africa, suicide bombings, terrorism, travel, United Nations (UN), violations, Wall, war, war crimes, West Bank, women, worldIsraeli troops probed for killing child
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…
UN has stopped emergency food aid in Gaza
UNRWA Press Release 1 April 2004 UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in…
How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories
Tanya Reinhart, Yediot Ahronot, 31 March 2004 — An extensive discussion has already taken place…
Ahmad Yasin, assassination, benefit, civilians, Gaza, Geneva Conventions (1949), Hamas, Hebrew, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, law, military, occupation, Oslo Accords, Palestinian, prison, resistance, Robert Fisk, Tanya Rheinhart, Tel Aviv, terrorism, veterans, Wall, war, West Bank, withdrawal, worldVictory of Brutality
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Mar 14, 2004 A new species of officer is achieving greatness in…
2004.03.09: Madison Premiere of The Killing Zone
Tuesday, March 9The Crossing1127 University Avenue(University and Charter)7:00 pm Wednesday, March 10Grainger HallMorgridge Auditorium(University and…
benefit, Birthright Israel, calendar, Caterpillar, civilians, documentary, education, El Salvador, film, home demolition, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), James Miller, justice, killing, Madison, MRSCP, orphans, Palestinian, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, sister cities, solidarity, terrorism, Tom Hurndall, WORT 89.9 FMSharon is not the Problem
Ghadi Karmi, CounterPunch, February 20, 2004
Amazon, apartheid, Arab, Ariel Sharon, Benny Morris, Black, books, Camp David, Christian, democracy, Dr. Ghada Karmi, education, Egypt, Ehud Olmert, ethnic cleansing, Geneva Accord (2003), Haaretz, Intifada, Iron Wall, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, Middle East, military, Muslim, Muslims, nuclear, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, rape, refugees, resistance, resources, Syria, terrorism, two-state, vigil, Wall, war, war crimes, West Bank, withdrawal, world, WORT 89.9 FM, ZionismReturn to Rafah: Journey to a land out of bounds
Jennifer Loewenstein, The Electronic Intifada, 17 February 2004
Diagnosing Benny Morris: the mind of a European settler
Gabriel Ash, The Electronic Intifada, 27 January 2004
In Gaza, Israeli brutality on display daily
Rana El-Khatib, Arizona Republic, January 25, 2004 “Israel good!” were the last words my husband…
aid, American, arms, blockade, checkpoints, doctors, football, Gaza, home demolition, homeless, hospitals, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, law, literature, maps, media, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, prison, refugees, surgery, terrorism, travel, United Nations (UN), victims, Wall, war, water, West Bank, worldMoral decay and Benny Morris
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 24 January 2004
Where day to day living has had its heart cut out
Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 19 January 2004
annexation, Arab, Ariel Sharon, checkpoints, ghetto, hospitals, human rights, ID, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, law, military, Palestinian, peace, Qalqilya, schools, travel, United Nations (UN), Wall, war, West Bank, worldGetting the hell into Gaza
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 15 January 2004
A Contrast in Media Coverage
MRSCP, Jan 13, 2004
Cap Times, children, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, media, military, MRSCP, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, police, refugees, solidarity, suicide bombings, terrorism, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), volunteer, Wall, West Bank, women19 Left Dead in Failed Hunt for Master Bomber
Chris McGreal in Nablus, The Guardian, January 9, 2004
And the twins died
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, 1/9/04 The twin girls died one after the other. The first to…
Resistance Under Occupation
Ringing In The New Year Kelly Bornshlegel, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), 2 Jan 2004 In…
The Reality of the “Geneva Accord”
Al-Awda, 5 December 2003
Al-Awda, Ali Abunimah, American, American Bar Association (ABA), American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), annexation, Arab, California, Canada, Cisco, colonialism, Congress, economy, Egypt, Electronic Intifada, ethnic cleansing, Europe, freedom, Geneva Accord (2003), Intifada, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jennifer Loewenstein, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, justice, land, law, Madison, Mazin Qumsiyeh, media, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, refugees, religion, resources, Return, schools, settlers, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, United Kingdom (UK), United Nations (UN), University of California, victims, war, water, Wisconsin, world
Wisconsin Bookstore’s Fight for Free Speech Victorious
David Grogan, American Booksellers Association, Nov 12, 2003
Ali Abunimah, Allen Ruff, American, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ban, books, censorship, colleges & universities, free speech, Israel Lobby, Jewish, Jewish Community Council, law, literature, Madison, Madison College, media, Middle East, online, Palestinian, Patriot Act, protest, Rafah, schools, Steve Morrison, tech, WisconsinIsraeli chainsaw massacre
Palestinian farmers seek protection against settlers The Globe and Mail, 12 November 2003 Einabus, West…
Israeli Roulette
Uri Avnery, CounterPunch, November 7, 2003
Algeria, Amazon, antisemitism, civilians, Ein Yabroud, Gaza, ghetto, Golan Heights, Hebrew, Hebron, Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, Lebanon, military, Netzarim, nuclear, occupation, Palestinian, peace, public opinion, Ramallah, refugees, resistance, settlers, spying, terrorism, Uri Avnery, war, water, West Bank, WORT 89.9 FMEU poll labels Israel world’s biggest threat to world peace
AFP, 04 Nov 2003 BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union scrambled to contain the fallout…
World Food Programme on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
World Food Programme Report, 28 October 2003 . . . Christiane Berthiaume of the World…
Settlers Attack Rabbis
Rabbis for Human Rights delegation physically attacked by settlers while documenting cut trees Rabbis for…
A Letter from the Deputy Mayor of Rafah
Dr. Emad Sha’at, Deputy Mayor of Rafah City, October 25, 2003 Thank you for your…
Al Mezan Condemns Israel’s War Crimes in Rafah
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Reference: 45/2003, October 16, 2003 At 11:30pm Wednesday…
2003.10.30-11.20: Reporting the Middle East, From the Road Map to Iraq: A Lecture Series
Multiple Madison venues
Ali Abunimah, American, Amira Hass, As’ad Abukhalil, Beirut, calendar, California, democracy, education, Electronic Intifada, Intifada, Iraq, Israeli, journalists, justice, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, MRSCP, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, project, Rafah, Ramallah, Robert Fisk, Saudi Arabia, sister cities, tech, terrorism, UW-Madison, war, Wisconsin, world, WORT 89.9 FMEyewitness account of the invasion of Rafah
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 14 Oct 2003
Al Mezan Condemns Israel’s Crimes in Rafah and Calls for International Intervention
Reference: 43/2003 Date: October 13, 2003 Al Mezan Center For Human Rights On Monday 12…
Israeli Occupation Forces Withdraw from Rafah Leaving Behind Devastation
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, October 12, 2003 In the early morning hours…
The mirror of fire and tears
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 10 October 2003
Israel’s Assassination Policy Triggers Latest Suicide Bombings
Steve Niva, The Electronic Intifada, 2 September 2003
Eight-year-old Aya Fayad shot dead as she rode her bicycle
The Palestine Monitor, 2 Sep 2003 Aya Fayad was one little girl out of one…
2003.09.14-16: Palestinian Labor Tour
South Central Federation of Labor Meeting Monday, September 15 7 pm Madison Labor Temple, 1602…
Children’s author faces Jewish wrath
Fiachra Gibbons, The Guardian, August 23, 2003
arms, Beirut, books, children, football, human rights, Intifada, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, justice, labor, land, Middle East, military, occupation, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Ramallah, settlers, suicide bombings, terrorism, United Kingdom (UK), war, West Bank, withdrawal, world2003.09.09: MRSCP Working Meeting
MG&E Innovation Center, 505 S Rosa Rd, Madison, 7:00pm This is a meeting to gear up…
Fragments of Rafah
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 21 August 2003
