The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Posts
Check Home, Calendar, and Posts
❝Random Quotes❞
I think it’s a foreign concept for many Americans, what it’s like to live under military occupation. ― Allegra Pacheco, Israeli human rights lawyer, Occupation 101, 2006
Free Text Search
Multiple Tag Filter
Reload page to clear filter selections.
2023.05.11: Palestine Partners Returns to Madison Night Market
Thursday, May 11 500 Block State Street, Madison 5-9 pm Just in time for Mother’s Day! Come and shop for hand made jewelry, hand embroidered…
Latest Israel onslaught proves the Nakba is ongoing
Jewish Voice for Peace The Wire, 5/9/23 Last night, “a total of 40 fighter jets participated in bombing different locations,” reported Middle East Eye. “Another…
ADC Statement on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC), May 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. | May 9, 2023 – The world must stand united and unequivocally condemn the ongoing brutal…
Sadness, anger in Palestine: Gaza mourns 13 killed in Israel raid
Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera, 9 May 2023
UN World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, May 7, 2023
2023.05.09-25: May Events
Tuesday, May 9: Online: Nakba 75: Exist, Resist, Return (from UK) Monday, May 15: Nelson Mandela’s Grandson at Milwaukee Nakba Event Monday, May 15: WORT…
Jewish doctor denied payment for refusing Israel pledge
ANDREW LAPIN, JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, MAY 3, 2023
Khader Adnan’s Death
A Wake-Up Call for the World’s Conscience May 2, 2023 This morning, Palestinian leader Khader Adnan died in an Israeli dungeon after 86 days of…
Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ by Israel
“These databases and tools exclusively record the data of Palestinians” An Israeli soldier under a surveillance camera at a checkpoint in Hebron in 2021. (Hazem…
May Day Milwaukee: A Day Without Latinx and Immigrants
MONDAY, MAY 1ST IN MILWAUKEE AT 11:00 AM Background May 1st has long been recognized as a day of solidarity and action around immigrant rights.…
2023.05.25: Dr. Don Wagner on Palestinian Rights
Leopold’s Books Bar Caffe 1301 Regent Street, Madison 7 – 9 pm Join us for an intimate interview and book talk about Dr. Wagner’s latest…
2023.05.15: Mandela Nakba Day Tour
NEW: MRSCP is partnering with Building Unity on a “Care-avan” carpool to this event from Madison and Janesville; if you would like to offer a…
Friends of Hebron: New social media links
Just days ago, Israelis demolished several Palestinian shops in the old Hebron vegetable market. These are shops that were forced closed by military order for…
Rising Violence In The West Bank
A Conversation With Cassandra Dixon And Ali Awad A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, APRIL 20, 2023 WORT 89.9FM Madison · Rising Violence in the…
Sierra Club: Stop Supporting Environmental Racism
Adalah Justice Project Why are we asking you to write to the Sierra Club Board candidates? In March 2023, the Sierra Club sponsored a “nature…
A brave humanitarian: Tom Hurndall remembered 20 years on
Tom Hurndall, Youth Of Sumud Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, 11th April 2023 Tom Hurndall was 21-years-old when, twenty years ago today, he was shot…
2023.04.19-28: April Events
Monday, April 17 – Monday, April 24: UW Justice for Palestine Week Wednesday, April 19: Public Forum on F35 Jet Noise vs Children Tuesday, April…
2023.04.16, 20 & 23: Cassandra is Back from Palestine!
MRSCP member and Palestine Partners founder Cassandra Dixon is home safe and (mostly) sound from the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank after being…
Support Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
“We are staying here, herding our sheep and cultivating our land. Nothing will uproot us from our land.” —Jaber Dbabseh, Masafer Yatta Two Hundred Fifteen…
“Escalating Violence in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank”
A letter to President Biden and Secretary Blinken from Bernie Sanders, Jamaal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Summer Lee, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, Betty McCollum,…
Jewish Voice for Peace: What is Zionism?
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jewish Voice for Peace (@jewishvoiceforpeace) Jewish Voice for Peace, April 10, 2023 We’re proud anti-Zionists at…
#StopArmingIsrael
Tax Day Action Kit Invite your neighbors to question how the U.S. government uses our tax dollars to fund Israeli violence—and imagine what could happen…
U.S. Senior Citizen Says Her Skull Was Fractured by Israeli Settlers
Mel Frykberg, Daily Beast, March 27, 2023 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Courtesy Cassandra Auren An American senior citizen allegedly suffered a potentially fatal…
Wisconsin volunteer attacked in West Bank
Ed Treleven, Wisconsin State Journal, March 27, 2023
Israelis, welcome to BDS
Amjad Iraqi, +972 Magazine, March 19, 2023
URGENT! Stand with Masafer Yatta today!
MRSCP has decided to join in an emergency campaign sponsored by Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) and Stop the Wall Coalition to provide emergency shelter…
I Witnessed a Shocking Attack on Palestinian Civilians
Rula Salameh, Time, March 18, 2023
“A Closed, Burnt Huwara”
How Israeli Settlers Launched A Pogrom With Israeli politicians constantly fanning the rhetorical flames, last month’s violence—and actual arson—didn’t exactly come as a surprise. Smoke…
2023.03.21-04.01: March & April Events
Tuesday, March 21: No Way to Treat a Child Webinar Tuesday, March 21: Another chance to watch film Boycott online Tuesday, March 21: Ground the F35s Online…
20 years later: Remembering Rachel Corrie
WORT 89.9FM Madison 2023-03-17 WORT 89.9FM Madison · 20 years later: Remembering Rachel Corrie Twenty years ago today, on March 16, 2003, word came to…
‘Who hits a 64-year-old woman with a bat?’
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, March 13, 2023
2023.04.01: International Festival at Overture
International Festival at Overture Saturday, April 1. MRSCP will have a brand-new shipment of Hirbawi Kuffiyehs! You can browse MRSCP crafts at the Marketplace.
The Heartbreak and Defiance of Occupation
WORT 89.9FM Madison 2023-03-12 WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Heartbreak and Defiance of Occupation At a 1979 meeting of Israel’s “Ministerial Committee for Settlement Matters…
Email Congress Now to keep Jubbet Ahd Dhib School Standing
Dear Friend, I am writing to you today with an urgent and time sensitive request for intervention, as yet another Palestinian school in the West…
2023.03.12-16: March Events
Sunday, March 12: WORT interview with Masafer Yatta Activist Thursday, March 16: Cindy and Craig Corrie on WORT Thursday, March 16: Tantura Film and Discussion…
Why there are no two sides to the Huwara pogrom
Haggai Matar, +972 Magazine, March 2, 2023
Celebrating Economic Empowerment of Palestinian Women in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance For International Women’s Day we are honored to share a video highlighting some of the incredible women MECA and our partner…
Film Boycott Now Available to Stream
Watch Trailer More information from Just Vision
D.C. Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Israeli Boycott
Court dismisses claims arising from 2013 Boycott Resolution as a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), siding with Steven Salaita and others March 2, 2023,…
Palestine in Pictures: February 2023
The Electronic Intifada, 3 March 2023
The Huwara pogroms by Israeli settlers and military
Demolition Report Good Shepherd Collective, 3 March 2023 Over $5,000,000 in reported damages after the Huwara pogroms — a collobrative night of violence organized by the…
The State Department Should Deny Smotrich Entry
Please take this action aimed at the State Department. It is outrageous (and against US law) that someone who openly advocates for the genocidal “erasing”…
2023.03.01: Yemen Day of Action: Congress Must End the Yemen War
The death toll from the war in Yemen1 has reached nearly 400,000 and, despite diplomatic progress, 2022 was one of the deadliest years since the…
The illusion of Israeli democracy has been shattered
Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, The Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2023
Between army invasions and settler ‘pogroms,’ the West Bank rises
MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU, FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Rafah Home Project
Rafah Home Construction 2/27/23 Phase 1: $3,080 • Goal: $3,080 Phase 2: $3,555 • Goal: $3,555 Phase 3: $3,429 • Goal: $3,429
Global Day of Online Action #EndEthnicCleansing
Palestine is on fire. Since yesterday night, Palestinian villages of Huwara, Burin, Asira Qabliya, Beita, Beit Furiq and Za’atara in South Nablus district have been…
2023.03.01-04: March Events
Wednesday, March 1: MENA event “Night at the Bazaar” Thursday, March 2: What’s next for the right to boycott in America? Saturday, March 4: AFRICaide &…
What’s Behind the Calls for “Democracy” in Israel?
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the last few weeks to rally against the Israeli government’s plans for so-called judicial…
Stop Nora’s Eviction أوقفوا تهجير نورة
Occupied Jerusalem, 2/18/2023 On 6 February 2023, the Israeli occupation’s high court rejected a request from the Ghaith-Sub Laban family to appeal an eviction order…
Victory! ABA removes controversial definition of antisemitism
Proposed resolution targeted Palestinian rights advocacy In January, we sent letters urging the American Bar Association (ABA) to remove its reference to the “International Holocaust…
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Arkansas’ anti-BDS law
MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The theft of Harun Abu Aram’s body, home, and life
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, February 16, 2023
You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State
Protesters in Tel Aviv hold placards that say “Israeli students fighting for democracy” and “Without democracy there is no academy.” (Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty…
2023.02.21-03.02: February & March Events
Tuesday, Feb. 21: Don’t Step on My Feet Again: A Poetic Exploration of Life in Gaza 11 am – 12 Noon CT This is the…
‘Badge of Shame for Israel’
Palestinian Shot and Paralyzed by Israeli Forces Two Years Ago Dies of Wounds Harun Abu Aram with his father, Rasmi, at home this week. Harun…
The Date Boycott spreads like wildfire
Since the launch of our 2023 date boycott campaign two weeks ago, tens of thousands have viewed our materials, and a record number of Americans…
‘It’s our home! Why would we leave?’
Qassam Muaddi, The New Arab, 10 February 2023
Israel is Annexing the West Bank
Tamar Megiddo, Ronit Levine-Schnur and Yael Berda, Just Security, February 9, 2023
2023.02.14: No Way to Treat a Child
Please join the No Way to Treat a Child campaign for a webinar next week on February 14 at 11 a.m. Central. We’ll hear how…
Israel probes legality of US giving artifact to Palestinians
Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press, February 3, 2023
160 Organizations Demand Congress Stop Funding Israel’s Massacres
160 organizations representing Palestinian communities, Palestinian solidarity organizations, and the racial justice movement have signed on to the new joint statement “Stop Funding Israel’s Massacres,”…
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice Spotlight
Dena Eakles, WNPJ Board Member, 1/30/23 This past week, nine Palestinians were murdered in the West Bank city of Jenin by Israeli forces. I went…
Gunman kills at least 7 people in occupied East Jerusalem attack
Al Jazeera, 27 Jan 2023
Jerusalem synagogue attack: Seven killed in shooting
BBC, 27 January 2023
A Massacre Took Place in Jenin
January 26, 2023 This morning, Israeli forces murdered at least 9 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. They bombed homes, tear-gassed a…
Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin
Yolande Knell & David Gritten, BBC News, 26 January 2023 Jenin & London — Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in…
Extreme Israeli group takes root in US with fundraising bid
Jewish radicals convicted of hate crimes are collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans Yosef Haim Ben David, center, arrives at court in Jerusalem on March 22,…
2023.01.26: Virtual Discussion on Corporate BDS Organizing
I am writing to invite you to join Omar Barghouti and me for a virtual discussion on corporate BDS organizing this Thursday, January 26 at…
Harvard Reverses Course on Advocate Who Criticized Israel
Blocking the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor influence Kenneth Roth, the former director of Human Rights Watch,…
2023.01.22: Kuffiyeh Contingent at the National March in Madison
Show your support for Palestinian women during the January 22 National Women’s March in Madison! Join the Kuffiyeh Contingent and stand with us in the…
U.S. Palestinian Rights Group in Federal Appeals Court
Confronts Challenge to Human Rights Advocacy Last week a U.S.-based Palestinian rights organization asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the dismissal of…
Distorted Definition: Redefining Antisemitism to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights
One of the primary tactics opponents of the movement for Palestinian freedom have used to silence political debate is the branding of all support for…
2023.01.12: Zoom: Dilemmas of Rebuilding Gaza
A Conversation between Sara Roy and Salem Al Qudwa Thursday, January 12, 11 a.m. CT AFSC will host regular webinar conversations with Palestinian writers from…
2023.01.09: Masafer Yatta Instagram Live!
Monday, January 9th 11:00 am Central Join us for an urgent Instagram live! Tune in to learn how you can stand in solidarity with Palestinian…
Rep. Pocan on Israeli demolition in Masafer Yatta
The Israeli government is demolishing homes, schools, farms, water infrastructure, and other basic necessities in Masafer Yatta. This blatant violation of international law is unconscionable,…
California cancels Palestinians
Omar Zahzah, The Electronic Intifada, 21 December 2022
Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel’s New ‘Fascist, Racist, and Settler’ Government
“The occupation and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories have made Jewish supremacy the de facto law of the land and the new government seeks…
231 Palestinians were killed this year. These are their stories.
YUMNA PATEL, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 31, 2022
2023.01.03: CODEPINK Capitol Calling Party
Online, 7 PM CT
End-of-Year Appeal: Help with Rafah Family Home
Dear Friends of MRSCP, We hope you will consider contributing to our year-end fundraising drive to renovate and repair a family home located in the…
The Zionist Cossacks Have Been Released on the Palestinians
What are we – anti-colonial Israelis, Jews of conscience and international supporters of Palestinian rights – going to do about it? Jeff Halper, ICAHD, 16…
ACT NOW: Prevent water cistern demolition in Sfai, South Hebron Hills
December 24, 2022 In this time of Hanukkah, while Jews celebrate the miracle of the oil that lasted 8 days, the Palestinian village of Sfai…
“International pressure is crucial to ending Israel’s rule over Palestinians”
Credit…Illustration by Rebecca Chew/The New York Times; photograph by Dan Balilty for The New York Times Re “The Ideal of Democracy in Israel Is in…
Department of Education to investigate Berkeley Law School
MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 16, 2022
Why Are Palestinian Christians Leaving Jesus’ Birthplace?
Jesus was born here. So where have all the Palestinian Christians gone? Dena Takruri goes to Bethlehem to find out. Dena Takruri is a journalist,…
Palestine has won the World Cup
YUMNA PATEL, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 9, 2022
Salah Hamouri
Salah Hamouri photographed by Alain Bachellier Jonathan Kuttab, Friends of Sabeel North America, December 9, 2022 Salah Hamouri is a Palestinian human rights lawyer, from…
How the Israeli government will turn its Jewish critics into dissidents
Edo Konrad, +972 Magazine, December 16, 2022
Israel has deported Palestinian lawyer to France
Move constitutes a war crime Medjool, 2022-12-18 Ramallah, 18 December 2022 Today, Sunday, 18 December, the Israeli settler-colonial authorities are unlawfully deporting French-Palestinian lawyer and human…
2022 was a record year for settler violence. Next year will be even worse.
YUMNA PATEL, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 15, 2022
2022.12.18: Christmas in Palestine!
Digital Webinar: Christmas in Palestine! December 18, 12 noon Central Green Olive Tours sponsors a panel discussion featuring Christian Palestinian perspectives on liberation and theology.…
Expulsion of Palestinian tests the waters for future deportations
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, December 7, 2022
Rise of Israel’s far right puts focus back on the West Bank occupation
The Israeli-controlled checkpoint in Hebron (Bab al Zawiyah) divides Palestinians in their city. (Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR for The Washington Post) A new weapon on the right…
Shireen Abu Akleh documentary raises pressure on Biden over inquiry
Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 4 Dec 2022
Film Love Under Occupation
I’d like to you to meet Mahmoud and Emily, a Palestinian and foreigner couple who are thinking about taking the next big step in their…
