The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: aid
Apr 7, 2026
Palantir’s AI Is Tracking Gaza Aid Deliveries
JONATHAN WHITTALL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 26, 2026
Israeli Soldiers Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 Massacre: Report
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 23, 2026
MECA Food Parcels in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance, February 19, 2026
aid, blockade, donate, Gaza, healthcare, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, land, Madison, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, nurses, online, Palestine, Palestinian, project, Rafah, solidarity, starvation, take action, video, vigil, volunteer, water, winter, women, world
Special End-of-Year Appeal: Help Plant 400 Olive Trees in the West Bank!
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Dec 28, 2025 Update
Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus Briefs Officials in Israel Overseeing “New Gaza”
JONATHAN WHITTALL, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 30, 2026
The world must take heed as Palestinian suffering deepens again
The Guardian editorial, 2 Jan 2026
Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, DEC 31, 2025
Israel Strips U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees of Diplomatic Immunity
Aaron Boxerman and Johnatan Reiss, New York Times, Dec. 29, 2025
2025.12.31: Yoga Therapy Gift Certificate Benefit
Greenroot Yoga LLC, Dec 10, 2025
Freedom Flotilla Coalition Announces Expanded 2026 Sailings to Gaza
Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), Dec 10, 2025
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
aid, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Arab, arms, artist, Aya Ghanameh, banned books, BDS, Ben and Jerry’s, Ben Cohen, books, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, censorship, children, divest, Gaza, genocide, Hannah Moushabeck, Homeland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Interlink Foundation, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, land, literature, Madison, Noura Erakat, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, resources, schools, Sim Kern, solidarity, State Capitol, stories, sumud, take action, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), United States, war, worldIsrael plots to empty Gaza amid media silence
OWEN JONES, DEC 04, 2025
2025.12.11: Film Severed, Sumud, and Disability Justice in Palestine
Online, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
aid, Amazon, American, BBC, blockade, calendar, deaf, disability, documentary, film, Gaza, Gaza War, Grassroots, healthcare, images, Israeli, justice, land, law, Madison, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, Severed, solidarity, spying, stories, sumud, terrorism
Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bethlehem, Board of Peace, ceasefire, closures, Diana Buttu, Donald Trump, drones, education, encampments, Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, journalists, Khan Younis, La Crosse, law, media, military, Nablus, online, Oslo Accords, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, Ramallah, Saudi Arabia, shelters, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), video, war, West Bank, winter, Yellow Line
2025.11.29-30: Snow Update! Bookstore Saturday AND Sunday will raise money for Palestinian families
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Nov 26, 2025
2025.11.29-30: A Call for Artisans & Bakers!!
Donate to the Gift and Sweets Sale
2025.11.29-30: Snow Update! Gift & Sweets Sale for Palestine
Room of One’s Own Annex, 2713 Atwood Ave, Madison, Sat 12 pm-4 pm & Sun…
2025.11.29-30: Snow Update! Gifts & Sweets for November 29 AND 30!
Room of One’s Own Annex, 2713 Atwood Ave, Madison, Sat 12 pm-4 pm & Sun…
Give to the Children of Umm al Khair
Friends of Sabeel North America, Nov 18, 2025
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
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2025.11.01: Rally to Demand Food Benefits! (Bring Donations)
Capitol Square at State St, Forward Statue, 10-11:30 AM
2025.11.08: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
aid, arms, blockade, calendar, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, Church of Christ, Congress, Dane County, Donald Trump, Gaza War, healthcare, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Madison, media, Mennonite Action, military, Ministry of Health, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, solidarity, stories, video, vigil, volunteer, war, West Bank, women, world, World Beyond War
2025.10.31: Boogie Benefit for Palestine
East Side Club, 3735 Monona Drive, 6:30-11:30 pm
🇵🇸 Don’t Forget Gaza
Zeteo First Draft, Oct 28, 2025
Palestine Updates
Drop Site Daily, Oct 28, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, Arab, Australia, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, delegation, detainees, Donald Trump, drones, Egypt, fuel, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Hebrew, hospitals, hostages, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jenin, Khan Younis, Marco Rubio, media, military, Ministry of Health, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, Qatar, racism, Rafah, Ramallah, resistance, resources, snipers, Sudan, terrorism, torture, Tulkarm, volunteer, vote, war, water, West Bank, worldWhat we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, OCTOBER 9, 2025
2025.11.14: Sim Kern & Hannah Moushabeck in Madison!
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, 7 pm, RSVP
Netanyahu is preparing a way out
Elijah J Magnier, Oct 09, 2025
aid, American, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, Congress, Donald Trump, Egypt, freedom, Gaza War, Germany, Hamas, hostages, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, Jared Kushner, Jordan, law, Lebanon, media, military, negotiations, occupation, Oslo Accords, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, public opinion, Qatar, resistance, Steve Witkoff, Syria, tech, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations (UN), United States, war, withdrawal2025.10.11: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
aid, arms, blockade, calendar, ceasefire, Church of Christ, Congress, Dane County, Donald Trump, Gaza War, healthcare, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Madison, media, Mennonite Action, military, Ministry of Health, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, solidarity, stories, video, vigil, volunteer, war, West Bank, women, world, World Beyond War
2025.10.18: Another Craft & Yard Sale for Palestine Aid
1 Judy Circle & Barby Lane, Madison, 8 am – 4 pm
Freedom Flotilla: Thousand Madleens to Gaza Tracker
Freedom Flotilla, Oct 3, 2025
Adalah attorneys meet with Global Sumud Flotilla captives in Israel
Adalah, Oct 3, 2025
As Israeli Forces Seize Final Sumud Boat, Another Flotilla Sails Toward Gaza
JESSICA CORBETT, Common Dreams, Oct 03, 2025
Global Sumud Flotilla Tracker
Monitoring the fleet sailing to break the illegal Israeli siege on Gaza
2025.10.05: Craft & Yard Sale for Masafer Yatta & Gaza Aid
Blue House, 1 Judy Circle & Barby Lane, Madison, 10 am – 4 pm
2025.10.05: Flotilla Solidarity Rally
W Washington & Carroll, 2 pm
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists
IBRAHIM HAZBOUN AND RENATA BRITO, AP, October 2, 2025
2025.10.05: Voices from the West Bank, Mohammed and Majed Sawalha
Online, 3-4 PM CT
Spanish and Italian naval ships to join the Gaza-bound activist flotilla following yesterday’s drone attack
ELENA BECATOROS, AP, September 25, 2025
Explosions and drones targeting Gaza aid flotilla boats
Guardian staff, AFP, Reuters; 23 Sep 2025
What the Wounds are Telling Us
Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra, De Volkskrant (The People’s Newspaper, Amsterdam), 13 September 2025
Global Sumud Flotilla Gaza aid boat hit by drone attack in Tunisia
Lorenzo Tondo and agencies, The Guardian, 9 Sep 2025
2025.09.08: “From Rubble We Dance,” Palestine Dance Troupes in Madison
Add your photos to our album!
Global Sumud Flotilla Set for Latest Attempt to ‘Break Israel’s Illegal Siege on Gaza’
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Aug 29, 2025
2025.08.31: Join CODEPINK & World Beyond War in a Madison Flotilla!
James Madison Park, 614 E Gorham St, Madison, 3 PM
Egypt Isn’t Starving Gaza – Israel Is
MUHAMMAD SHEHADA, ZETEO, AUG 28, 2025
Do you know how much a US GHF contractor is getting paid in Gaza?
Umer Bin Ajmal, TRT World, May 27, 2025
Democratic National Committee Resolution 18
Barb Olson, Aug 26, 2025
Demand Congress stop U.S. military aid to Israel
The Intercept Voices, Aug 22, 2025
2025.08.24: Sweet Corn Sale for Gaza Aid!
Madison Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, 6:30 – 7:15 pm
Mass starvation in Gaza is the great horror of our age
Patrick Cockburn, The i Paper, July 25, 2025
Deprivation By Design
Visualizing Palestine, Aug 19, 2025
2025.08.16: Palestine Partners at Eken Park Fest
2407 Coolidge St, Madison, 11 am up to 5 pm
This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing.
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), August 2025
2025.08.06: Video Exposing the U.S. Role in the Gaza Genocide
Online, 6 PM CT, YouTube
aid, arms, calendar, disinformation, Donald Trump, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, Homeland Security (DHS), International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), law, Madison, Mouin Rabbani, online, Palestinian, propaganda, Rafah, sanction, schools, State Department, video, war, war crimes
July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
aid, American, antisemitism, Arab, assassination, Awdah Hathleen, B’Tselem, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Christian, civil rights, Columbia, democracy, documentary, Donald Trump, donors, education, Edward Said, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, Holocaust, hostages, human rights, hunger strikes, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem Declaration, Jewish, Joel Beinin, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Mohammad Shalabi, No Other Land, October 7, Oscar, Palestinian, protest, rabbis, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Rashid Khalidi, Saif Musallet, sanction, schools, shelters, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sinjil, solidarity, starvation, students, terrorism, travel, video, war, water, West Bank, women, world, Yinon Levi
Top UNICEF Official Says Gaza Children ‘Being Starved’ by Israel
Jon Queally , COMMON DREAMS, August 2, 2025
‘Clearly Emaciated’: Former Green Beret Recounts Horrors at ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ Aid Sites
PREM THAKKER AND TEAM ZETEO, AUG 02, 2025
2025.08.02: Feed Gaza Protest
Capitol Square at State St, 10-11 am
Milwaukee Solidarity Flotilla shows support for letting aid into Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 29, 2025
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic, July 29, 2025
aid, Amazon, American, Black, blockade, Chris Smalls, Christian, democracy, detainees, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Greta Thunberg, Handala, human rights, Huwaida Arraf, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Italy, labor, land, law, Madison, media, Palestinian, police, prison, racism, Rafah, Spain, starvation, terrorism, unions, worldIn a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
aid, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Europe, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, Germany, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, law, Madison, media, military, New York Times, Palestinian, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, Rafah, South Africa, starvation, war, water, worldAdalah Demands Immediate Release of 21 Activists Aboard the ‘Handala’
Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, 27/07/2025
Israeli Forces Intercept Gaza Aid Flotilla and Take 20 Crew Members Captive
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, JUL 26, 2025
Israel Is Now Blaming the UN for Its Famine. Here’s the Reality.
RYAN GRIM, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 24, 2025
2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
aid, Black, blockade, books, calendar, checkpoints, deaf, Electronic Intifada, Gaza War, hospitals, hunger strikes, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, literature, Madison, online, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, Ramadan, Samah Zaqout, shelters, starvation, students, travel, war, water, women, WORT 89.9 FM
2025.07.25-26: Neighborhood Small Business Sale for Gaza Aid
2906 Tucson Trail, Madison, 9 am – 4 pm
Israel is Starving Gaza to Death
Visualizing Palestine, Jul 24, 2025
Hudia’s Diary
Dec 2023 – Jul 2025
aid, Al-Mawasi, American, blockade, communications, fuel, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, healthcare, Hudia, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jennifer Loewenstein, Khan Younis, Madison, media, military, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, refugees, schools, shelters, starvation, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), victims, war, water, women, world
Palestinians Are Collapsing in Gaza’s Streets From Israeli-Imposed Starvation Campaign
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 21, 2025
Israel bombs WHO facilities in Gaza as global outcry grows
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, Jul 2025
aid, Amnesty International, Australia, BBC, Canada, civilians, doctors, France, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, hostages, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, journalists, land, Madison, media, military, nurses, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian, Rafah, sanction, shelters, starvation, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Kingdom, war, women, world, World Health Organization (WHO)
“Antisemitism is rising to dangerous levels!”
Caitlin Johnstone, Jul 20, 2025
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
aid, American, Arab, blockade, civilians, democracy, Gaza War, genocide, Germany, healthcare, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, military, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, refugees, sanction, satellite, shelters, snipers, starvation, terrorism, Tufts, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Kingdom, United Nations (UN), United States, video, vote, war, water, women, world
2025.07.20: Madison bike riders raise over $15K for humanitarian aid in Gaza
Sam Swartz, WMTV 15, Jul. 20, 2025
2025.07.20: Big Ride for Palestine
Donations open through August!
aid, BBC, calendar, donate, encampments, Gaza War, Google, Grassroots, healthcare, hospitals, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), land, Madison, maps, media, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, Palestine, peace, project, Rafah, Ride for Palestine, shelters, sister cities, starvation, volunteer, war, water, WORT 89.9 FMIron Dome Is Not a Defensive System
Dylan Saba, Jewish Currents, May 25, 2023
aid, American, arms, BBC, BDS, benefit, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, civil rights, civilians, Congress, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Egypt, ethnicity, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, hospitals, human rights, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jewish, Joe Biden, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Nathan Thrall, negotiations, New York City, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Operation Cast Lead, Operation Pillar of Defense, Palestine, Palestinian, Progressives, protest, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, religion, resistance, resources, sanction, solidarity, tech, Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, United Nations (UN), United States, vote, Wall, war, world
AOC Is A Genocidal Con Artist
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUL 19, 2025
In Gaza, U.S. Mercenaries Advance Israeli War Aims
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, Jul 11, 2025
aid, American, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, checkpoints, civilians, Donald Trump, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, homeless, images, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, Madison, media, Meta, Middle East, military, Netzarim, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, rape, Russia, South Africa, State Department, Syria, training, US Agency for International Development (USAID), veterans, video, war, water, women, world“Zero” Progress in Ceasefire Talks, Hamas Official Says
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, JUL 07, 2025
VFP Signs On to Congressional Letter Opposing the Weaponization of Aid and Starvation in Gaza
Veterans for Peace, July 4, 2025
aid, American, Bernie Sanders, blockade, Congress, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, Israeli, law, Madison, Marco Rubio, Mark Pocan, media, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, starvation, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), veterans, Veterans for Peace (VFP), war, war crimesTrump as Netanyahu’s Spokesman: U.S. Policy in Gaza Mirrors Israeli Ambitions
Elijah J Magnier, Jul 3, 2025
aid, allies, American, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, ceasefire, civilians, Donald Trump, Europe, Gaza War, Golan Heights, Hamas, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, land, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, occupation, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, Rafah, Steve Witkoff, Sudan, Syria, terrorism, United States, vote, war, West Bank, withdrawal, world
Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
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Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, AND JAWA AHMAD, DROP SITE NEWS, JUN 27, 2025
Haaretz: ‘It’s a Killing Field’
Nir Hasson, Yaniv Kubovich and Bar Peleg, Haaretz, Jun 27, 2025
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Israel draws condemnation for Gaza aid site killings
Urooba Jamal and Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera Live, 27 Jun 2025
