The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Cap Times

Jul 20, 2026

Editorial | ICE’s detention of Milwaukee Muslim leader is inexcusable
Cap Times Editorial, Apr 8, 2026
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Salah Sarsour and GOP Bigotry
Steve Elbow, Cap Times Opinion Newsletter, April 12, 2026
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2025.10.18: Letter writer shows anti-Palestinian bias
Kathy Walsh, Nov 19, 2025
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2025.10.18: No Kings rally was not ‘hijacked’
Omar bin Mohamad, Nov 7, 2025
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URGENT: Contact legislators, show up Thursday to stop a bad “anti-semitism” bill
MRSCP, Sep 23, 2025
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The keffiyeh and pro-Palestinian campus protests
Aariz Ahmed, Special to the Cap Times, Aug 25, 2025
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Opinion | Stop the bloodshed in Gaza; divest now
By Miriam Hasan et al. | guest column The Cap Times, Sep 12, 2024 The…
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Protesters disrupt Wisconsin Democratic convention
Call for defunding Gaza war Erin McGroarty, The Cap Times, Jun 8, 2024 Protests calling…
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Visiting Palestinian textile artist has a message for Madisonians
Miquéla V. Thornton, The Cap Times, June 6, 2024 When Laila Hasan thinks back to…
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Editorial | UW-Madison should rely on negotiations, not police raids
May 3, 2024 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin erred when she authorized a police raid Wednesday…
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Tammy Baldwin should join Bernie Sanders in questioning military aid to Israel
Cap Times Editorial, Jan 31, 2024
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C’mon Madison, take a stand against the slaughter
Tariq Saqqaf, The Cap Times, 12/15/23 Members of international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders hold…
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2023.11.17: Breakfast with a CEO and you are (not) invited
CHRISTINA LIEFFRING, TONE MADISON, DECEMBER 12, 2023
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Editorial | Local cease-fire resolutions can move Congress
Cap Times editorial, December 6, 2023
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2023.11.17: No Profit from Gaza Genocide
Can’t come? Contact The Capital Times and object to their sponsoring this talk. Submit a…
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2023.06.28-07.05: June & July Events
Wednesday, June 28: No Visa Waiver Program for Israel Wednesday, June 28: First Madison Banner…
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An open letter to UW-Madison regarding anti-Zionist chalking
Stepha Velednitsky, Ri J. Turner, Joshua Garoon, Tsela Barr, and Annie Sommer Kaufman, The Daily Cardinal,…
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Emergency Aid Appeal
MRSCP, May 15, 2021
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Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr: Let’s stop funding Israel’s campaign of oppression
TSELA BARR AND BARB OLSON, The Cap Times, May 15, 2021
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Biden should end support for bombing and starvation of Yemen
People run following an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane…
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