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2015.11.19: In Solidarity: From Ferguson to Mexico to Palestine
Thursday, November 19, 2015 7 p.m. Sterling Hall 1310 Ahmed Hamad is a Palestinian activist from Gaza who will be speaking on his personal experiences…
Are You a Progressive for Palestine?
Josh Ruebner, US Campaign to End the Occupation, October 30, 2015 If so, click here to download a template to print out stickers to distribute.…
‘Most-read’ article at Washington Post calls Israel ‘savage, unrepairable society’
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 25, 2015
Two establishment Jews endorse boycott of Israel and “single state”
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 24, 2015
2015.11.01: Room No. 4 Photos and Speaker
Sunday, November 1, 2015 First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 1:00 – 2:30 pm “They left me in the room for 5 hours…
Wisconsin Book Festival’s Leila Abdelrazaq And “Baddawi” on WORT 89.9FM
A Public Affair, October 23, 2015
Fact Check: MSNBC’s Palestinian loss of land map
Institute for Middle East Understanding, Mondoweiss, October 22, 2015
Demanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi
“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the issue of the prisoners is a vital one for the…
Young Palestinian-American Graphic Novelist Speaks at Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison365, Oct 30, 2015
Gaza one year on: Jon Snow finds the wreckage remains
One year on, the children of Gaza still face suffering and trauma. Jon Snow has returned to the territory on the anniversary of the conflict.…
Palestinian activist Haitham Salawdeh on WORT
Karma Chavez, WORT 89.9FM A Public Affair, September 9, 2015 Today Karma Chavez talks with Palestinian activist Haitham Salawdeh. Haitham is a relative of the…
2015.09.18-19: Fighting Bob Fest
Fighting Bob Fest is right around the corner and MRSCP is preparing some fun activities to show Progressive leaders that foreign policy matters and that…
Wisconsin Walk for Peace and Justice: Nine Arrested at Volk Field
Joy First, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, August 26, 2015 Voices for Creative Nonviolence engaged with a number of Wisconsin peace groups to organize an 8-day…
Samira Project Children’s Counseling
Gaza Mental Health Foundation At the request of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) has agreed to raise funds…
Fighting Israel with a camera and a stethoscope
Raymond Deane, The Electronic Intifada, 31 July 2015
THE GAZA STRIP: The Humanitarian Impact of the Blockade
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), July 2015
Gaza patients stranded at Egypt’s border
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 18 June 2015
Ex-U.N. Official John Dugard: Israel’s Crimes are “Infinitely Worse” Than in Apartheid South Africa
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, May 06, 2015
2015.03.15: Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta at First United Methodist Church
(See Funding Campaign for Filmmaker Fida Qishta) Sunday, March 15 First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 203 Wisconsin Avenue Madison [Map] 7:00 pm Join us…
2015.03.12: Norman Finkelstein on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Thursday, March 12 Educational Science Building, Room 204 UW-Madison Campus [Map] 7 pm Dr. Norman Finkelstein, well known speaker and scholar, will address recent events…
2015.03.13: Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta at the Memorial Union
Friday March 13 Memorial Union UW-Madison Campus 6:30 pm [Map] Gaza film-maker Fida Qishta will speak and show her groundbreaking film “Where Should the Birds…
2015.01.28-02.17: Mornings in Jenin Book Group
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison, the Peregrine Forum and the Madison Infoshop Free Skool are partnering to host this book discussion in Madison.…
2014.11.18-23: Book Presentation Committee of One
First presentation and book signing by author Patricia Martin Holt Tuesday, November 18, 7 pm Madison Central Library, Room 301 201 W Mifflin St, Madison,…
Israel bans Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert from Gaza
BBC News, 14 November 2014
2014.10.01-11.26: Book group – Ali Abunimah’s The Battle for Justice in Palestine
UW-Madison Memorial Union, 7-8:30 pm
Michele Bahl: How can we be indifferent to suffering of children in Gaza?
Michele Bahl, Cap Times, Sep 20, 2014
2014.09.25-11.13: The Joe Deane Memorial Series on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Madison Central Library, Rm. 104 201 W. Mifflin Thurs. Sept. 25th 6:30 pm The Zionist Colonization, The British Colonial Regime, and the 1948 War and…
Palestinians in Gaza are still waiting for the siege to end
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 10 September 2014
2014.09.12-13: Gaza “Wall of Shame” at Fighting BobFest
We will be displaying the Gaza “Wall of Shame” at the entrance to the BobFest events this weekend, both Friday, September 12 at the Barrymore,…
Strike near UN school in Gaza leaves 10 dead
TAMER ZIARA AND IBRAHIM BARZAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 3, 2014 RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A United Nations school sheltering displaced people in the southern…
An open letter for the people in Gaza
The Lancet, Volume 384, No. 9941, p397–398, 2 August 2014
Under Siege: A Report from Gaza on WORT FM
Broadcast on the WORT 89.9 FM program Third World View: Mahmoud Abu Rahma, the Communications and International Relations Director at the Al Mezan Centre for…
2014.07.19: Madison Gaza Protest
International Socialist Organization (ISO) Facebook posts here and here
2014.07.18-24: July Events and Gaza Links on the Israeli Attack
July 18-24, 2014
France’s main Jewish group fined for defaming Palestine charity
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 11 Apr 2014
2014.04.17: Academic Freedom and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
Students for Justice in Palestine – UW-Madison Chapter invites you to a teach-in on Academic Freedom and the Palestinian Popular Call for Boycott, Divestment and…
Call to action: Join Palestinian political prisoner’s day
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014
It’s World Water Day! Say No to Water Apartheid
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Ramah Kudaimi, March 22nd, 2014
2014.05.5-6: Mark Braverman in Madison
Mark Braverman, author of Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land and A Wall in Jerusalem: Hope, Healing and…
2014.03.07-13: Film Omar at Sundance Cinema
The Oscar-nominated Palestinian film Omar is showing at the Sundance Cinema 608 in Hilldale Mall. The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation says: “Omar…
2014.03.31: Rev. Mitri Raheb at Edgewood College
Edgewood College Anderson Auditorium Predolin Humanities Center 3:00 pm [Directions] Rev. Mitri Raheb, pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem and director of the Diyar…
When dreams are arrested: Students stuck in Gaza at the Rafah crossing
Esraa Yaseen, Mondoweiss, November 5, 2013
2013.11.19: Josh Ruebner in Madison
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…
Rafah Prep School Water Filter
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…
2013.10.12: Rachel Corrie Library Benefit
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…
Stephen Zunes On U.S. Involvement In Syria
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…
Anthony Bahl Obituary
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…
A New Google Search Page
Google Palestine
Open Letter Opposing the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act
http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Open-Letter-for-Co-Sponosrs-of-S-462.pdf
2013.04.28: Susan Abulhawa Talk in Madison
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…
2013.04.01: WORT Interview about Elias Chacour Play
“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…
Not Enough Water in the West Bank?
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’,…
2013.02.28: Film 5 Broken Cameras
Trailer “5 Broken Cameras” from Guy Davidi on Vimeo. Hummus and a Movie: Screening of 5 Broken Cameras Our Saviors Lutheran Church 550 Lincoln…
Palestinians call for a boycott of Israeli diamonds
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…
2013.03.17: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemorative Dinner
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…
Tell Obama: Condition aid to Israel on compliance with international law
Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, January 10, 2013
2013.01.19: March and Rally, ‘No Blank Check For Israel!’
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…
The people of Gaza suffer
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…
2012.12.15: Bethlehem Christmas Lutheran Church Benefit
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]…
2012.12.05: Film 5 Broken Cameras
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: Recent visit to Gaza heartbreaking
TSELA BARR AND MICHELE BAHL | members, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Cap Times, Nov 22, 2012
One Jewish Woman’s Fight for Palestine
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…
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Meets with State Department
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…
Democracy Now! Interview with Mohammed Omer in Gaza City
Democracy Now!, November 15, 2012
Israel Attacks the Gaza Strip
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…
An Ongoing Terror
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…
VOICES OF CONSCIENCE: DELEGATION to THE GAZA STRIP
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…
