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Even the corpse of a single Israeli captive counts for more in Washington than the tens of thousands of slaughtered Palestinian children. ― Mouin Rabbani, Oct 04, 2025
US Dept of Education could stifle criticism of Israel at UW-Madison
ARVIND DILAWAR, TONE MADISON, MARCH 25, 2024 Activists hold a die-in to protest Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Photo by Tsela Barr. A “conservative watchdog” with no ties to campus triggered an investigation over protests of genocide in Gaza. On January 29, the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into allegations…
Christian Leaders Call for Gaza Ceasefire & Halt of Arms Sales
March 27, 2024 WASHINGTON – In a new letter released during Holy Week ahead of Easter, more than 140 Bishops and executive leaders from churches, denominations, and church-based organizations in the US and around the world call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, urge the US and other world powers to halt additional arms sales…
First Recognize Palestinian Humanity
First Recognize Palestinian Humanity Dr. James J. Zogby President, Arab American Institute Guys in white shirts and ties in Washington and their counterparts in Israel are sitting around tables making plans for what they want to see after Israel ends its genocidal assault on Gaza (if they ever end it). From what I’ve read, their…
Update: Grassroots to Gaza Emergency Aid Campaign
We wanted to give you an update on our Grassroots to Gaza campaign for emergency Gaza relief via the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA). The latest from MECA on hunger in Gaza follows. First of all, a huge thank you to the many, many people who have already donated to this campaign. Our campaign of online…
PCHR Report on the West Bank
Report on Israel’s Crimes and Violations of Palestinians’ Rights in the West Bank in January and February 2024 ♦️Since the beginning of 2024, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) and Israeli settlers have escalated their violence against Palestinians and their properties in the… pic.twitter.com/R5rTZoL7Fk — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR (@pchrgaza) March 22, 2024
In Memoriam: Aaron Bushnell, 1999-2024
Radha Surya, Znet, March 22, 2024
March 30, 2024
Palestine Land Day EventAs 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 and marches by Palestinians in 1976 from the Galilee to the Negev in protest of the Israeli government’s expropriation of land. Sponsored by Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine, Students…
March 25, 2024
Film Israelism: Screening and DiscussionMadison 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 lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern…
Read Palestine! plants seeds of hope and solidarity with Gaza
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024 (Photo by Rodlyn-Mae Banting) The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) hosted a Read Palestine! Book Project storytime hour on March 24 for 5-9-year-olds with the book “These Olives Trees” by Aya Ghanameh at A Room of One’s Own. This event, which was the final one in Read Palestine!’s three-part…
March 24, 2024
Read Palestine! Presents These Olive TreesRoom 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 family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye. A read-aloud and activity aimed at 5…
March 21, 2024
Palestinian Mother’s Day Events on Library MallJoin 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 have art installations at Library Mall, handout flyers, and a vigil at 3pm. We are in great need of volunteers, especially for the 2-4pm mobile installation slot, so please consider signing up…
ANTI-WAR PROTEST VOTE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES IN WISCONSIN
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, cannot support or oppose specific political parties or candidates. Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Mar 19, 2024 Protesters at President Joe Biden’s visit to Milwaukee last week carried a 20-foot banner promoting the “Uninstructed Vote.” All Photos by Kamal Moon An anti-war protest vote campaign…
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 Instead of confronting what the director of The Zone of Interestactually said, Zionists distorted his lines. Jonathan Glazer accepts the Best International Feature Film award for The Zone of Interestat the 96th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10. (Rich Polk / Variety…
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 choice for all of us who live here in the belly of the beast—in the U.S. colonial empire that was built on the genocide of Indigenous peoples—is to resist. We…
One-Third of Children Under 2 in Northern Gaza Now Acutely Malnourished
Muhammad, 11-year-old and Reham, 9-year-old, stand in front of one of the food distribution centers in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. (Photo: Abed Zagout/UNICEF) “Malnutrition among children is spreading fast and reaching devastating and unprecedented levels in the Gaza Strip due to the wide-reaching impacts of the war and ongoing restrictions on aid delivery,”…
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 work is sometimes done under armed guard with funding from the Israeli government. Chapters: 0:00 WSJ’s findings: a surge in illegal construction 1:24 How roads become borders 2:35 Farkha: a…
What will the “uninstructed” vote say about Wisconsin?
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, cannot support or oppose specific political parties or candidates. SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, MARCH 15, 2024 Illustration by Tone Madison. Source photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. A disconnect written in blood. I don’t know what will come of the effort to encourage Wisconsin voters…
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 in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PENGON looks to resist and highlight Israel’s violations of Palestine’s environment and its control of Palestinian natural resources. PENGON sees international advocacy…
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 stood to protect the home of a Palestinian family in Rafah in Gaza. Rachel was crushed to death by the Israeli military under a militarized, Caterpillar, Inc. D9R bulldozer, supplied…
Maps: Loss of Land
Above: One of the best teaching tools to convey succinctly what has happened to the Palestinian people, this postcard-size Loss of Land map card (sometimes called “Shrinking Palestine”) can be ordered online with several options for information on the back of the card. To order them, see FOSNA’s website. Above: A more detailed Loss of…
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 couldn’t bear to see any more people eviscerated and incinerated by American bombs dropped by Israelis on innocent Palestinians. So, in his Air Force uniform, he walked determinedly to the…
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 to the Democratic discharge petition. Pocan in Madison (608) 258-9800 Pocan in DC (202) 225-2906 Right now, the Israeli military is preparing to invade Rafah, where over 1.7 million Palestinians are sheltering…
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 U.S. Aid to Apartheid Israel! Money for People’s Needs not Endless U.S. Wars! Reparations for Palestine! Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine
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 Yousef Hammash advocacy officer in Gaza for the Norwegian Refugee Council Francesca Albanese United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory. LINKS Norwegian Refugee Council Palestinians in Gaza marked…
Israel’s Measures intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip
PCHR, March 9, 2024 On Saturday, 9 March 2024, The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) issued a new report titled, “Israel’s measures Intended to Prevent Births within Gaza Strip.” The report sheds light on Israel’s commission of one of the genocidal acts that is preventing births within a group. The report lays out the…
March 15-20, 2024
Madison Premier of Film Bad RiverFrom 350 Wisconsin: Since long before 1953, when Line 5 was constructed without the consent of Tribal Nations in its path, the Bad River Band has been fighting for their rights, culture, land, water, sovereignty, and so much more. This is a battle that we at 350 Wisconsin continue to witness every day, led by…
March 13, 2024
Ceasefire Protest at Law ParkWednesday 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 a damaged al-Masry Tower on Saturday after an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post) Sweden and Canada are resuming funding to…
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 Post) Amid a spiraling crisis in Gaza, where deadly Israeli strikes have forced more than 1 million residents from their homes, one key U.N. agency in the enclave has been…
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 militaristic discourse, with Oct. 7 marking their apex. Eyal Lurie-Pardes, +972, March 6, 2024 Bezalel Smotrich speaks with Channel 12 News anchor Dana Weiss during the conference of Channel 12/the…
Israel hits landmark residential tower as truce talks stall
Israel hits one of the largest residential towers in Rafah with air raid, displacing hundreds who fled the building. A Palestinian boy sits outside the building residential building, which was hit by an Israeli attack in Rafah, Gaza Strip, early on Saturday [Hatem Ali/AP Photo] Al Jazeera, 9 Mar 2024 Israeli forces have struck one…
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 on International Women’s Day is for this war not to get repeated. — Aya, refugee camp, Rafah, Gaza, Palestine Women in Gaza living and dying under Israel’s genocidal attacks are…
Biden’s pier for Gaza is a hollow gesture that will change almost nothing
Jonathan Cook, 8 March 2024 The US President and the Democratic party are betting voters are dumb enough to fall for this charade. Please don’t prove them right. A few observations on President Biden’s building of a “temporary pier” – or what his officials are grandly calling a “port” – to get aid into Gaza:…
March 9, 2024
International Women’s Day CelebrationHosted 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 been bringing together women and girls from all backgrounds to celebrate International Women’s Day here in Madison. 2024 marks the 10th year of the collaboration between AFRICaide and 4W (Women &…
“What I Witnessed in Gaza Is a Holocaust,” Part 1
Democracy Now! Mar 6, 2024
“Language Is Inadequate” to Describe the Horror, Part 2
Back from Gaza, Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa MARCH 06, 2024 GUESTS Susan Abulhawa Palestinian novelist, poet and activist. Palestinian novelist, poet and activist Susan Abulhawa joins us for Part 2 of her interview from Cairo after two weeks in Gaza. She discusses the impact of “unlimited weaponry” supplied by the United States for Israel to…
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 understood to be a massive underestimate, as thousands remain under the rubble or on streets, with family members unable to rescue or retrieve them. The state’s targeted destruction of entire…
March 6, 2024
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 of all aid to Gaza. • Resume funding UNRWA. • Use the $14 billion to immediately rebuild the Gaza Strip. • Fund construction, not destruction. • Use the $14 billion…
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 @alhaq_org condemn in the strongest terms the “flour massacre” committed by the #Israeli… pic.twitter.com/fvXWYUYqqz — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR (@pchrgaza) March 1, 2024 Full Statement
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 shipment and over 750 more starving Palestinians were injured, the Biden Administration has announced its intention to conduct air drops of humanitarian aid to Gaza. This act is too…
March 2, 2024
Madinah Academy Ramadan ShowReserve your tickets!
Over 1,000 protest at “Day of Action for Palestine” in Milwaukee
Omar Waheed, Madison365, Mar 4, 2024 “Day of Action for Palestine” in Milwaukee March 2 (Photo by Omar Waheed) More protests in Wisconsin calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict drew out the largest crowd yet in the state for a “Day of Action for Palestine” in Milwaukee March 2. Over 1,000 people…
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 More All photos: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement The Wisconsin Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival
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 food. At dawn this morning, as hundreds of desperately hungry people gathered in Gaza City in hopes of getting a sack of flour from the few aid trucks that Israel…
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 in the hills south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank in Palestine. Mohammad is a member of a non-violent group called Youth of Sumud that struggles to hold on…
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 population is 2%. Dearborn, MI | www.adc.org | February 28, 2024 – Over 100,000 people voted for uncommitted in the Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary yesterday. This record breaking total for…
