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Our solidarity with Palestinians is not a betrayal of Judaism, then, but a fulfillment of it. When our sages taught that to destroy one life is to destroy an entire world, they did not carve exceptions for Palestinians. We shall not rest until this ceasefire carries forward into an end of occupation and apartheid. ― Jewish figures worldwide call for sanctions against Israel, Arab News, October 22, 2025
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Catherine Capellaro, Isthmus, 01/30/2014
Esraa Yaseen, Mondoweiss, November 5, 2013
Humanities Building, Rm 2650 UW-Madison 7:00 pm Josh Ruebner of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation will speak and sign copies of his…
Mona Chalabi, The Guardian, 14 October 2013
Girls Preparatory School A, Rafah A gift from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and others, Dedicated to Karin Sandvik More on the Maia Project from…
World Bank Report No. AUS2922 October 2, 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i. Restrictions on economic activity in Area C of the West Bank have been particularly…
Saturday, October 12th 2013 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm High Noon Saloon $5 Suggested Donation Music con Brio w/ special guest Yid Vicious, Intemperance Collective…
WORT 89.9FM Madison Regardless of the position taken Syrian involvement, it is important to analyze all of the factors and possible consequences of action or…
Breakthrough! Quakers Spanning 3 States Call For Boycott & Divestment Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation National Organizer, September 4th, 2013 Exciting…
Anthony “Tony” Joseph Bahl, age 72, of Chicago, died peacefully on August 1st after a courageous battle with Mesothelioma surrounded by his daughters, Michele Bahl…
Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods, July 1, 2013 An extensive list of 153 signatories from 24 different countries (below and at http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/150-orgs-stand-french-repression-11117) have signed a…
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem, The Guardian, 27 June 2013
US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, June 26, 2013
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Playgrounds for Palestine Annual Benefit Dinner Nile Restaurant [Map] 5:30 pm-8:00 pm The Madison chapter of Playgrounds for Palestine is pleased to invite you to…
“A Public Affair” WORT 89.9 FM 12 noon “A Public Affair” will be previewing the performance this Thursday, April 4th, of a one man play…
Ramzy Baroud, CounterPunch, March 21, 2013
Visualizing Palestine, March 2013 DESCRIPTION In partnership with EWASH (a coalition working in the water and sanitation sector in Palestine), VP produced ‘West Bank Water’,…
Trailer “5 Broken Cameras” from Guy Davidi on Vimeo. Hummus and a Movie: Screening of 5 Broken Cameras Our Saviors Lutheran Church 550 Lincoln…
Over 50 Palestinian organisations, representing a cross-section of Palestinian civil society, including women’s groups and trade unions, and international organisations in solidarity with the Palestinian…
Sunday, March 17 Nile Restaurant, Madison 5:30 pm, dinner at 6:15 pm March 16, 2013 will mark the tenth anniversary of the killing of Rachel…
Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, January 10, 2013
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, January 9, 2013 Saturday, January 19th 2013, 4-6 pm, Washington, DC Rally at Farragut Square (Conn. Ave., 17th and…
Palestinians warm themselves by a fire inside a house, which witnesses said was damaged in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip last…
Veena Brekke, December 19, 2012 On Sunday afternoon, December 16, citizens of the Madison area were fortunate to hear a presentation by Iyad Burnat, a…
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Craft and Cookie Sale to benefit Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem Saturday, December 15 Memorial Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg [Map]…
Sunday, December 16 Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg 2:00 pm [Map] Trailer "5 Broken Cameras" from Guy Davidi on Vimeo. Iyad…
Memorial Library, Room 126 UW-Madison [Map] 7:00 pm An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand…
TSELA BARR AND MICHELE BAHL | members, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Cap Times, Nov 22, 2012
Yasmin Mogahed, Nov 19, 2012 For Jennifer Loewenstein, April 19, 2002 was a “waking nightmare”. She stood silent at the edge of the camp, in…
Demands End to Siege in Gaza and Justice for Rachel Corrie Ongoing Attacks in Gaza Underscore Urgent Need for Human Rights Defenders in Occupied Palestine…
JONATHAN COOK, November 19, 2012
John Quinlan, WORT 89.9 FM – A Public Affair, November 19, 2012 On Monday November 19th, host John Quinlan was joined in conversation with visitors…
Democracy Now!, November 15, 2012
On the day that the Interfaith Peace Builders delegation (with four women from Wisconsin) safely left Gaza, Israel’s attacks began … please read the following…
Michele Bahl, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, November 14, 2012 Yesterday we visited the Gaza Community Mental Health Program. Since the siege, which started in 2006…
Michele Bahl and Tsela (Carol) Barr of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project entered Gaza through the Rafah Crossing on November 5, 2012 as part of…
Interfaith Peace-Builders, November 5, 2012 November 5, 2012 – Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB) is pleased to announce that our 21 member delegation to the Gaza Strip…
Veena Brekke, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, October 31, 2012 On October 28th we departed the beautiful city of Nazareth to visit Palestinian towns, villages, farms…
Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation Arrives in Israel/Palestine Interfaith Peace-Builders, October 23, 2012 October 23, 2012 – Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB) is pleased to announce that our 32…
Daoud Nassar: “The most effective way to reach peace is meeting people face-to-face. It’s possible to resolve grievances in a nonviolent way.” Palestinian farmer and…
Miko Peled, activist and author of The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine The Pyle Center 702 Langdon Street University of Wisconsin-Madison [Map]…
Arab Voices, KPFT 90.1 FM, September 26, 2012 mp3 audio file Jennifer Loewenstein Political activist and Faculty Associate in Middle East Studies at the University…
BARB OLSON, Cap Times, Aug 31, 2012
WORT 89.9 fm | Madison WI, 30 August 2012 On Thursday August 30th, Allen Ruff interviewed Craig Corrie about the recent verdict from an Israeli…
I am not permitted to live with my wife in the country of my birth YOUSEF MUNAYYER, New York Times, May 23, 2012 Washington I’m…
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project has a library of films about Palestine available for free public showings or household viewing. We can also help introduce…
Anderson Auditorium Edgewood College 7:00 pm Diyar Dance Theatre of Bethlehem: 40 talented, enthusiastic and committed dancers, male and female, of different age groups and…
ABEL KERSHNER and FARES AKRAM, New York Times, April 1, 2012 The woman, Hana Shalabi, 30, from the northern West Bank, was the second…
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project invites you to the Third Annual Rachel Corrie Commemorative Benefit Dinner Sunday, March 18, 5:00 pm The Nile Restaurant [Map]…
“What We Saw, What We Can Do” April 12, 2012, 7:00 pm 180 Science Hall, UW-Madison Campus Book signing to follow Dr. Mads Gilbert, one…
Children at the Tuyar Al-Jena Kindergarten in Rafah turn on the tap Here in Wisconsin we’ve hardly been hibernating. So much is happening at the…
Please do this today. Atfaluna Society for the Deaf is one of our crafts suppliers as well. Middle East Children’s Alliance, 19 November 2011 Every…
Supporting the Next Generation of Unarmed Resisters Sunday, Nov. 20 at 5 pm in Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Hall, Edgewood College Monday, Nov. 21 at 7:30…
Palestine: Past, Present and Future Ilan Pappé Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, 1948-1967” Tuesday, November 15,…
You are invited to view the photo exhibit “Windows into Gaza” at Edgewood College’s Sonderegger Hall in Madison from Sept. 24 to October 6. A…
As part of the annual World Music Festival sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Directorate and others, an innovative, exciting new film will have its Madison…
Passengers Determined to Free Captain and Set Sail Again U.S. to Gaza, July 2, 2011 Contacts: In Athens 30-694-266-3852 In New York Leslie Cagan, 347-581-1782…
I want to begin by thanking the members of AIPAC the Jewish Zionist community who are here tonight. I am glad that they decided to…
Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP, Here is a special request regarding the upcoming Freedom Flotilla 2, the second effort to break the siege of…
Progressive Radio News Hour, Jun 12th, 2011 Jennifer Loewenstein teaches at the University of Wisconsin and is Associate Director of its Middle East Studies Program.…
Joe Klein, Time, May 26, 2011 Of all the petty annoyances, misdemeanors and felonies of public life, there is none that Barack Obama detests more…
Commercial traffic to pass through border points with Israel Adel Zaanoun, Agence France Presse, 28 May 2011 RAFAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Egypt on Saturday…
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) was started in 2003 by a group of concerned citizens in Madison, Wisconsin and Rafah, Palestine. The goals of…
‘I can continue defending you to the hilt, but if you give me nothing to work with, even America can’t save you.’ HELENE COOPER, The…
Mr. Netanyahu Explains, Jeff Danziger, May 22, 2011
Sat, May 14, 2011 1:00 – 3:00 pm St. John’s Lutheran Church 322 East Washington Ave Madison, WI Background: On September 24, the FBI raided…
Anderson Auditorium Edgewood College Madison 7:00 pm A one-person drama based on the writings of Father Elias Chacour. You who live in the United States,…
MATC Downtown Education Center 211 N. Carroll Street, Room D240 Madison [Map] 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Ziad Abbas will speak on Water and Solidarity…
National Lawyers’ Guild Regional Conference Panels University of Wisconsin Law School 975 Bascom Mall, Madison 3:00 – 4:15 pm: Piecing Together Peace: Countering Israeli Apartheid…
4 – 5:30 pm Room 336, Ingraham Hall UW-Madison [Map] Ziad Abbas will speak on “Palestine amid the Arab World Uprising: Facts on the Ground…
Bunky’s Cafe 2425 Atwood Avenue Madison [Map] Cash bar/socializing 5:30 pm Dinner 6:00 pm Program 7 – 9 pm Film: One Family in Gaza Speaker:…
Cindy & Craig Corrie: March 16, 2011 Statement
122 State St, Room 407 6:30 pm Palestine History Series continues: “1948 and Its Aftermath: the Palestinian Refugees, the Early Years of Israel, and the…
Thursday, March 17 Noon Ziad Abbas will be the guest on WORT radio’s A Public Affair call-in show with host Allen Ruff. A Palestinian whose…
Amy Goodman in Madison Democracy Now! Executive Producer Amy Goodman and Senior Producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous will speak on “Uprisings: from the Middle East to…
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 29 January 2011
1:30 – 3:30 pm RSVP to dwallbaum (at) gmail.com Afternoon dessert reception with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink. Come and help us raise funds for…
Gal Lugossi will also be a guest on WORT Radio’s A Public Affair with host Esty Dinur, beginning at 12 noon on Wednesday, January 12.…
Afterward they asked for his identity card Subhiya Awad al-Qawasmeh placed a picture of her husband, Omar, where he was killed. (Rina Castelnuovo for The…
We ask you to help us give the gift of Clean WATER for Rafah’s Children Children at the Tuyar Al-Jena Kindergarten in Rafah were excited…
Alex Kane, December 21, 2010 The world is fed up with Israel, with its continued colonization of the West Bank, its continued ethnic cleansing of…
Hello everyone, Thought you might like to see these pictures of the first water filter installed in the kindergarten in Rafah….from the funds raised…
Thursday November 11 Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St. [Map] 6:30 pm Film screening and discussion of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty…
Gilbert Achcar “The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives” Wednesday, November 17 UW-Madison (Room to be announced — see “Today in the…
Student Progressive Dane and the Middle Eastern Law Student Association present Greater Israel’s Bleak Future Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3650 Humanities, UW-Madison 7:00-9:00 PM University…
Glenn Greenwald will be on A Public Affair WORT-FM 89.9 with host Esty Dinur on Wednesday, November 3rd, from noon to one. Student Progressive Dane…
From Afghanistan to Gaza: Obama’s Middle East Policy in Crisis 180 Science Hall UW-Madison 550 N. Park Street [Map] 7:00 pm The Madison-Rafah Sister…
Life in Occupied Palestine provides an excellent introduction — in a down-to-earth, non-alienating way — to the occupation in Palestine and the nonviolent movement for…
Gareth Porter, Truthout, 27 September 2010 Furkan Dogan, a 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent, was aboard the Mavi Marmara when he was killed by…
Israel and Palestine: A Progressive View This workshop, sponsored by a large number of Wisconsin groups including the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and the United…
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice 122 State St, Rm 407, Madison 6:30 pm Organized by the Peregrine Forum and supported by the Wisconsin Network…