The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Arab
Aug 8, 2026
April is Arab American Heritage Month
Read Palestine! March 25, 2026
2026.04.15: Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month: Local Connections
Monona Public Library, Municipal Room, 6 pm
2026.04.01-30: Read Palestine! Arab American Book List for April
National Arab American Heritage Month, April 2026
2026.02.27: Gaza and the US Academy: Scholasticide and Educational Resilience in Palestine
UW-Madison Sewell Social Sciences Building, Room 8108, 12 – 1:30 pm. In-person and Zoom.
URGENT FREE SPEECH ALERT: Wisconsin Senate Moves IHRA Bill Behind Closed Doors
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), February 2, 2026
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US presses Israel to fund Gaza rubble removal as Trump pushes for ceasefire’s second phase
The New Arab Staff, 12 December, 2025
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
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Palestine Updates
Drop Site Daily, Oct 28, 2025
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2025.10.31: Ahmed Abu Artema on WORT
A Public Affair, WORT 89.9 FM, 12 pm, Live at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived
2025.10.01: Support Immigrants & Oppose ICE at the Wisconsin Dairy Expo
Alliant Energy Center, Rimrock Rd and John Nolan, 4-5 pm
The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley, September 11, 2025
Netanyahu’s War Without Borders: The Doha Strike and the End of Arab Illusions
Elijah J Magnier, 10 Sep 2025
July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
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Adalah Demands Immediate Release of 21 Activists Aboard the ‘Handala’
Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, 27/07/2025
Desperate for Fuel in Gaza
MARK HERTSGAARD, THE NATION, JULY 24, 2025
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James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 18, 2025
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“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
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Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Masafer Yatta, The Guardian, 7 Jul 2025
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