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2024.03.30: Palestine Land Day Event
As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project cannot support or oppose specific political parties or candidates. Land Day commemorates the general strike…
2024.03.25: Film Israelism: Screening and Discussion
Madison Central Library, Room 301 6-9 pm When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their…
2024.03.24: Read Palestine! plants seeds of hope and solidarity with Gaza
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024
2024.03.24: Read Palestine! Presents These Olive Trees
Room of One’s Own Bookstore 2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison 1 pm Written and illustrated by Aya Ghanameh, These Olive Trees is the story of a Palestinian…
2024.03.21: Palestinian Mother’s Day Events on Library Mall
Join MRSCP and Students for Justice in Palestine this Thursday on Palestinian Mother’s Day to commemorate the mothers and children martyred in Gaza. We will…
ANTI-WAR PROTEST VOTE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES IN WISCONSIN
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Mar 19, 2024
Opinion: Reject Biden and build a better world
SUSAN ABULHAWA, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 18 MARCH 2024
Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism
DAVE ZIRIN, THE NATION, MARCH 11, 2024
Forcing #StopArmingIsrael onto Politicians’ Agenda
As a Palestinian American, I witness a new horror that Israel commits against my people, with my tax dollars, livestreamed online every day. The only…
One-Third of Children Under 2 in Northern Gaza Now Acutely Malnourished
OLIVIA ROSANE, COMMON DREAMS, MARCH 16, 2024
Illegal Israeli Settler Roads Are Surging Across West Bank Since October 7
A Wall Street Journal investigation found that since Oct. 7, Israeli settlers have been rapidly building illegal roads and outposts across the West Bank. This…
What will the “uninstructed” vote say about Wisconsin?
SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, MARCH 15, 2024
Slideshow: Gaza Geno-Ecocide at its Cruelest
Click to Start The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network — Friends of Earth Palestine (PENGON — FoE Palestine) is a coordinating body for Palestinian environmental NGOs…
21 Years Later Gaza Crushed With Our Tax Dollars
From Craig Corrie – 21 Years Later Gaza Crushed With Our Tax Dollars On March 16, 2003, our daughter Rachel Corrie was killed as she…
Maps: Loss of Land
PalestinePortal.org, March 15, 2024
Veterans For Peace statement about Aaron Bushnell protesting to the death
February 26, 2024 Madmen Arsonists Strike Again: They as Much as Lit Aaron Bushnell’s Match for Him Aaron Bushnell just couldn’t take any more. He…
Tell Pocan No More Military Aid to Israel
CALL Pocan’s offices and insist on a pledge not to vote for any further military aid. He’s still not done that. Here is the link…
Milwaukee Says No to Genocide Joe!
Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement Posted on March 13, 2024 Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine End all…
The Only Barrier to Delivering Gaza Aid Is Israel
Aid Worker in Gaza: The U.S. Must Pressure Its Ally MARCH 12, 2024 This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. DONATE GUESTS…
Israel’s Measures intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), March 9, 2024
2024.03.15-20: Madison Premier of Film Bad River
From 350 Wisconsin: Since long before 1953, when Line 5 was constructed without the consent of Tribal Nations in its path, the Bad River Band…
2024.03.13: Ceasefire Protest at Law Park
Wednesday at 5:00 pm John Nolen and Williamson St, in Law Park close to Machinery Row. Map
Canada, Sweden resume UNRWA funding
CIA chief meets Mossad head for talks Kelsey Ables, Adela Suliman, Cate Brown, and Itay Stern, Washington Post, March 9, 2024 A Palestinian looks at…
What is UNRWA, the U.N. agency in Gaza struggling to help Palestinians?
Bryan Pietsch and Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, October 16, 2023 One of the UNRWA schools housing displaced people in Gaza on Oct. 8. (Loay Ayyoub for The Washington…
Journalism out, hasbara in
How Israeli TV news joined the Gaza war effort Tectonic shifts in Israeli broadcasting have played a key role in shaping the country’s nationalist and…
Israel hits landmark residential tower as truce talks stall
Al Jazeera, 9 Mar 2024
On International Women’s Day We Mourn the 9,000+ Palestinian Women Killed
We suffer from violence, from sadness, from injustice, from humiliation, from the hardest forms of torture at the hands of the occupation. … My wish…
Biden’s pier for Gaza is a hollow gesture that will change almost nothing
Jonathan Cook, 8 March 2024
2024.03.09: International Women’s Day Celebration
Hosted by AFRICaide and 4W Christ Presbyterian Church 944 E. Gorham Street Madison 10:30 am – 4:00 pm For more than a decade, the AFRICaide organization has…
“What I Witnessed in Gaza Is a Holocaust,” Part 1
Democracy Now! Mar 6, 2024
“Language Is Inadequate” to Describe the Horror, Part 2
DEMOCRACY NOW!, MARCH 06, 2024
Good Shepherd Collective Weekly Report
Good Shepherd Collective Weekly Report Intro Since October 7, Israel has killed at least 31,043 people in Gaza, wounding 76,666. The death toll is widely…
2024.03.06: Madison! Tell Kamala Harris!
Madison! Join us at the Capitol Wednesday to send the following message to the Biden administration: • We demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire and resumption…
2024.03.03: A Reading of “The Aida Camp Alphabet”
A bilingual Arabic alphabet book, written & illustrated by kids at the Aida Refugee Camp Communication Madison 2645 Milwaukee Street Madison [Map] 10 am –…
PCHR on the Flour Massacre
‘Flour Massacre’: Impunity Persists as Israeli Forces Open Fire On Starving Palestinians Seeking Vital Aid The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), @AlMezanCenter , and…
Biden Aid Airdrops to Gaza are Too Little Too Late
U.S. Must Change Course This week, after witnessing the Flour Massacre in which over 100 Palestinians were killed at the site of a food aid…
2024.03.02: Madinah Academy Ramadan Show
Reserve your tickets!
2024.03.02: Over 1,000 protest at “Day of Action for Palestine” in Milwaukee
Omar Waheed, Madison365, Mar 4, 2024
2024.03.02: Hundreds March in Madison with the Poor People’s Campaign
Demanding Money for People’s Needs and a U.S.-Israel Ceasefire in Palestine! Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement, March 2, 2024 All photos: Wisconsin Bail Out…
NY Times “investigation” of mass rape by Hamas falls apart
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada, 9 January 2024
We will starve you or kill you
Israel is making it clear to Palestinians in Gaza: We will starve you to death or we will kill you when you try to get…
Mohammad Hureini of Youth of Sumud
Final Straw, Jan 28, 2024 This week, we’re featuring a conversation with Mohammad Hureini (twitter / instagram), a young activist from Masafer Yatta, an area…
Over 100,000 voted Uncommitted in the Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary
Biden’s 2020 margin over Trump in Michigan was 150,000 votes. The Uncommitted vote in the Democratic Presidential Primary was 13% of the total. Michigan’s Arab-American…
2024.03.02: Poor Peoples’ Campaign Assembly at the Capitol
We are forming a Kuffiyeh Contingent Meet at 10:30 am State Street Entrance steps Please join us for a Free Palestine contingent. Wear Kuffiyehs and…
2024.03.02: Existence is Resistance Palestinian Cultural Night
Sponsored by UW Students for Justice in Palestine More information and RSVP
2024.03.01: Save Rafah! – Free Palestine! Banner Drops in Madison
All Day Actions in Madison March 1, 2024. Photos below from banner drops at morning rush hour. Photo: Madison-Rafah Sister City Project Photo: Madison-Rafah Sister City…
2024.03.01: WORT has two guests on Gaza
12 Noon, 89.9 FM or listen live online Host Esty Dinur will interview two guests on Gaza: Shafiq Kassees of UW Students for Justice in…
2024.03.01: Emergency Day of Action for Rafah
Rafah Governate is a tiny, 25 square mile area smaller than the west side of Madison (see map above). With Israel threatening to compound its…
The Israeli Settlers Attacking Their Palestinian Neighbors
With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence and dispossession. Letter from the West Bank Shane Bauer, February…
The Biden Administration Joins Israel’s War on UNRWA
Following Washington’s lead, key US allies have cut funding for the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine—making them all complicit in genocide. PHYLLIS BENNIS,…
The Right to Boycott Film Online
In five minutes, the video sounds the alarm on laws intended to take away Americans’ First Amendment right to boycott Israel. As masses throughout the…
Israel engineers “deep pockets of starvation” across Gaza
Nora Barrows-Friedman, THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA, 14 February 2024
Dr. Mads Gilbert on Israel’s Hospital Attacks
Mads Gilbert is an anesthesiologist, head of emergency medicine at the University Hospital of North Norway, and Professor of emergency medicine at the University of…
Statement on the Violent Arrest at a UW-Madison Israeli Protest
“They got guns, batons, and pepper spray, but I’m dangerous.” On February 13th, police officers brutally suppressed a protest at a career fair that hosted…
Six Days to Go!
Online Auction to Benefit Gaza Relief closes February 29 Plus, an online donation campaign update from MECA Don’t miss your chance to bid on these…
PCHR Condemns the Killing of Lawyer Nour Abu Nour
and Her Family by an Israeli Airstrike on Rafah 21.02.2024 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the killing of…
Rising Malnutrition Puts Children’s Lives at Grave Risk in Gaza
Sarah Ferguson, Unicef, February 20, 2024
Israel to join truce talks in Paris, media says
Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams, February 22, 2024
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 139
LEILA WARAH, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Rafah soon to be renamed for Warsaw Ghetto
Carlos Latuff, 2/22/24
Dane County Board approves call for ceasefire in Gaza
Madison365 staff, Feb 19, 2024
An update about MECA’s work in Gaza
Children in Deir El-Balah (central Gaza Strip) enjoying hot meals from one of our community kitchens It’s been a while since we sent you an…
2024.02.19: Read Palestine! Book Clubs
The Read Palestine! project, supported by Madison Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting book clubs for 4th – 12th graders. Please fill out this form…
Israel must end its occupation of Palestine to stop apartheid and human rights violations
Amnesty International, February 19, 2024
US Palestinian Organizations Say Biden’s Legacy Is Genocide
February 18, 2024 We, Palestinian-led organizations in the United States, are issuing an urgent call and a warning to President Biden. Palestinians in Gaza are…
Is The Pentagon Hiding War Crimes?
The Pentagon is not retaining comprehensive records of alleged war crimes in its global military operations as required by the Defense Department’s own policies, according…
2024.02.24: Reading of Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine
Kismet Books 101 N. Main Street, Verona 10:30 am
2024.02.23: Madison Congressional Office Visits
World BEYOND War 12-2:00 pm Sen Baldwin’s office, 30 W Mifflin Street 2:00 pm walk to Rep Pocan’s office 2:15 pm Rep Pocan’s office, 10…
2024.02.20: ‘Hands Off Rafah’ Protest
Students for Justice in Palestine UW-Madison
2024.02.20: Baldwin Protest in Beloit
Baldwin in Beloit
2024.02.19-24: Stand for Peace! Free Palestine!
Money for People’s Needs not Endless U.S. Wars! Actions Across Wisconsin Feb. 19-24, 2024 (Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, Viroqua) Madison, Wisconsin Feb.…
Supporting International Solidarity and Sistering
Image: Sacramento to Bethlehem Below is a letter from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) to the US El Salvador Sister City Network, asking them…
Meta: Don’t Censor Palestine!
The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp Washington, DC | www.adc.org | February 15, 2024 – ADC has partnered with a…
Egypt Building Camp in Sinai to Absorb Palestinian Refugees
Israel will likel try to push Palestinians from Rafah into the camp Dave DeCamp, Defend Democracy Press, February 15, 2024 Egypt is building an 8-square-mile…
Satellite photos show Egypt building Gaza wall as Israel’s Rafah push looms
Despite its opposition to displacement of Palestinians, Cairo appears to be preparing for a scenario forced by Israel. A satellite image shows the construction of…
Boycott Chevron/Texaco/Caltex gas stations worldwide!
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian coalition that leads the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, calls for escalating campaigning against fossil…
The History Everyone Refuses to Talk About
Click image to enlarge Wan Hasifi Amin/@drhasifi on Twitter
Meanwhile in the West Bank
The past days have been horrific for the residents of Majaz, one of the villages in Masafer Yatta, and inside the area claimed by Israel…
CAMPAIGN TO AID SISTER CITY FACING BLOODBATH
Sandra Whitehead, WISCONSIN MUSLIM JOURNAL, Feb 13, 2024 Members of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project protested Dec. 23 in Madison. A small group of Madison…
‘Unbelievable fear’: Hundreds flee Gaza’s Rafah amid Israeli attacks
Some 1.4 million Palestinians have been sheltering in a 64sq km (25sq miles) area, hoping for safety that has not materialised. Rights groups have warned…
Killing Palestinians in the West Bank with “near total impunity”
Under the cover of the relentless bombardment and atrocity crimes in Gaza, Israeli forces have simultaneously unleashed a new, brutal wave of unlawful violence against…
2024.02.15: Dane County Board Resolutions
Update February 15, 2024 The substitute Resolution 314 (Miles) on Antisemitism and Resolution 321 on Islamophobia passed unanimously. Resolution 333 Calling for a Ceasefire in…
2024.02.14: Will You Free My Palestine?
Chapters, Madison Chapter, Nonviolent Activism, North America By Madison for a World BEYOND War, February 15, 2024 On Valentine’s Day, Madison for a World BEYOND…
2024.02.14: Vigil, Walk and Valentines Delivery
Sponsored by World Beyond War: Stop Sending Weapons Around the World & Reinstate UNRWA Funding 12 noon – 30 W Mifflin St, 7th floor –…
2024.02.14: Launching a year-long Grassroots for Gaza aid campaign
with a Valentines Day to Leap Year Silent Auction Gaza is now the deadliest place in the world for civilians. The need for massive emergency…
2024.02.14: Show Gaza Some Love
❤️ Our silent online auction ❤️ starts Valentines day at noon and ends February 29 at 5 pm. 100% of the proceeds will go immediately…
2024.02.13: Protest companies aiding Israel’s war crimes
Students for Justice in Palestine – UW Madison
Don’t Let Us Feel Alone
Awdah Hathaleen, Humans of Masafer Yatta, Feb 11, 2024 I stopped posting and updating for a while. I didn’t do this because the situation changed…
Meet the settlers targeted by Biden’s sanctions — and their victims
SUPPORT US Palestinians and Israelis who’ve experienced the settlers’ attacks first-hand see the move as a positive but wholly insufficient step toward accountability. Oren Ziv,…
Islamophobia Will Poison This Country
Alex Skopic and Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs, 07 February 2024
NETANYAHU’S WAR ON TRUTH
Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, February 7, 2024
Video of absolute destruction of northern Gaza
⚡️Absolute destruction of northern Gaza, video from this morning pic.twitter.com/APWiC5KMQp — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) February 2, 2024
Statistics on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 3 Feb 2024
CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’
Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 4 Feb 2024
