The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: children
Apr 8, 2026
Defense for Children International – Palestine has ceased operations
Khaled Quzmar, Defense for Children International – Palestine, Apr 7, 2026
Free the Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons
Visualizing Palestine, April 2025
The US and Israel Are Making Gaza-Style War the New Normal
Branko Marcetic, Jacobin, 04.01.2026
US Killed Children in Iran Using New Missile That Explodes Into Pellets
Sharon Zhang, TRUTHOUT, March 30, 2026
Israeli Forces Torture Gaza Toddler to Force His Father to Confess
TEAM ZETEO, MAR 28, 2026
2026.04.01: Children’s Book event with Angela Medina and Palestinian author Maysa Odeh
Madison Central Library, Room 302, 7 pm
2026.04.04: Letters for Children in ICE Custody, Palestine, Iran, Iraq & Lebanon
Room of One’s Own Annex, 2713 Atwood Ave, Madison, 1-3 pm
Grieving Parents in Iran Spend Every Night at the Graves of Their Children, Killed by U.S. Strike
MAHMOUD ASLAN, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 18, 2026
There are over 400 children being tortured in Israel’s military detention system
#ItsNotOver, Mar 13, 2026
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Watch at Home Now. Available on Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango.
A Small Bloodstained School Bag
Maktoob, @maktoobmedia, Mar 1, 2026
Gaza’s Orphan Crisis: 40,000 Children Growing Up Without Parents
Gaza Herald, Feb 21, 2026
Help Support Jana, Jehad, and their parents!
February 10, 2026
2026.02.12 & 13: Film The Voice of Hind Rajab in Milwaukee
The Downer Theatre, 2589 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, 6:30 pm
A New Booklist from Read Palestine!
More at Read Palestine!
Israel Kills Five Children in Surge of Attacks on Gaza “Safe Zone”
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 08, 2026
2025.12.27: Rescreening of the Film “Hind Under Siege”
Online, 11 AM CT
2025.12.20: World Premiere of Short Film “Hind Under Siege”
Online, 11 AM CT
The Movie I Was Afraid to See
M. GESSEN, New York Times, Dec. 17, 2025
‘I Did Not See a Ceasefire’: American Doctor Back From Gaza
MEHDI HASAN AND TEAM ZETEO, DEC 17, 2025
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
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Ms. Rachel Under Fire for Speaking About Palestinian Children in Gaza
Kanza Eemaan, American Muslim Today, Dec 04, 2025
Israel plots to empty Gaza amid media silence
OWEN JONES, DEC 04, 2025
Nearly 2 Months Into ‘Ceasefire,’ IDF Kills 2 More Palestinian Children as Gaza Death Toll Passes 70,000
JULIA CONLEY, Common Dreams, Nov 30, 2025
After 9 Months of ‘Israel’s Abuse,’ US Teen Mohammed Ibrahim Freed From Detention
JESSICA CORBETT, Common Dreams, Nov 27, 2025
Free Mohammed Ibrahim!
CODEPINK, Nov 26, 2025
‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza
Abeer Salman and Zeena Saifi, Channel 3000+ News, Nov 12, 2025
‘If, one day, a people will to live, then destiny must surely respond’
Saeda Hamdona, We Are Not Numbers, November 8, 2025
2025.10.05: Screening and Discussion of Film “Severed”
Online, 2 PM CT
Kaddish of the New Year
AVRUM BURG, SEP 12, 2025
“Single Shots to the Head”: U.S. Veteran, Volunteer Surgeon Sees “Extermination of a People” in Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
One Sentence in UN Report
Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani), Sep 16, 2025
What the Wounds are Telling Us
Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra, De Volkskrant (The People’s Newspaper, Amsterdam), 13 September 2025
Gaza’s Last Functioning Children’s Hospital
ABDEL QADER SABBAH, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 02, 2025
Israel Is Forcing Parents in Gaza to Watch Their Children Die of Hunger
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, AUG 22, 2025
The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza
Patrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2025
Top UNICEF Official Says Gaza Children ‘Being Starved’ by Israel
Jon Queally , COMMON DREAMS, August 2, 2025
2025.07.25: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to speak about treating patients in Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 25, 2025
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Visualizing Palestine, Jul 24, 2025
2025.07.18: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on WORT 89.9 FM
WORT 89.9 FM, 12 – 1 pm
2025.07.27: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Milwaukee
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 631 N 19th St, Milwaukee, 2 PM
2025.07.26: Anti-War Café with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
The Crossing, 1127 University Ave, Noon – 3 pm
2025.07.25 Update: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Madison
First Unitarian Society, 12 noon & Christ Presbyterian Church, 7 pm
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Israel ‘disappeared’ 377,000 people in Gaza, half of them children: report
The New Arab, Jun 24, 2025
Why Did Burning Girls Matter in Vietnam but Not in Gaza?
JEHAD ABUSALIM, ZETEO, MAY 27, 2025
Video Shows Girl Trying to Escape Inferno
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, May 26, 2025
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Grieving Mothers in Gaza
CODEPINK Madison, May 11, 2025
Netanyahu Promises the “Final Stage” of Gaza Genocide
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 31, 2025
Kids Under Fire: An investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children
Al Jazeera, Mar 27, 2025
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“The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children
AMEL GUETTATFI, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 27, 2025
Stories of children killed in Israel’s attacks in Gaza
Al Jazeera, 19 Mar 2025
“Another Round of Senseless Mass Killing”: Report from Gaza Hospital
DEMOCRACY NOW! MARCH 18, 2025
Massacre at 2 A.M.
ABUBAKER ABED AND JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 18, 2025
Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone
Fabian Steegmann, DailyMotion, February 2025
Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Defence for Children Palestine, Feb 26, 2025
Sole Survivor’s Stories, Episode 2: Jamal Shabat
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) on Rabet, Feb 3, 2025
2025.01.23: Author Talk with Heidi Morrison
Pearl Street Books, 323 Pearl St, LaCrosse, 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Join University of Wisconsin-La Crosse History…
After losing her leg in an Israeli strike, Leyan fights for a new beginning
All That Remains, Al Jazeera, Nov 20, 2024 Leyan Abu Al-Atta, a 13-year-old girl from…
Children Playing in Gaza
View this post on Instagram A post shared by وديع ابو السعود (@wadeaa_.9) Journalist Wadeaa_.9…
Israel has all but ended medical evacuations from Gaza
For the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza AMBA…
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Israeli Snipers Routinely, Deliberately Shoot Palestinian Kids in the Head
The evidence is undeniable, and the sourcing is as solid as it gets. There are…
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65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza
By Feroze Sidhwa, New York Times, Oct. 9, 2024
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Israel’s West Bank Assault Sparks 250% Surge in Killings of Palestinian Kids
“We are seeing frequent allegations of Palestinian children being detained on their way home from…
BBC, children, Hamas, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, justice, law, Madison, media, Nablus, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, Ramallah, schools, South Africa, terrorism, Tulkarm, UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations (UN), war, West Bank, world‘I can’t find food’: despair in Gaza as children face malnutrition
Majdi Fathi and Monika Čvorak, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2024 According to the World Food Programme,…
aid, Benjamin Netanyahu, children, Gaza City, Gaza War, healthcare, Israeli, milk, starvation, video, war, water, world2024.04.05: Palestinian Children’s Day Vigil for Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, Apr 6, 2024
aid, calendar, children, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, hostages, human rights, Israeli, Joe Biden, justice, Madison, Madison 365, media, military, MRSCP, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, Ramadan, sister cities, solidarity, Tammy Baldwin, two-state, uninstructed, United States, UW-Madison, veto, vigil, volunteer, vote, war, West Bank, winter, Wisconsin, women, world26 Groups Supporting McCollum Legislation for Palestinian Children
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 17, 2019
aid, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Amnesty International, Benjamin Netanyahu, children, Christian, Church of Christ, Congress, detainees, education, equality, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Lutheran, Methodist, Middle East, military, Muslim, Muslims, nationalism, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Presbyterian, terrorism, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), Wisconsin, world2018.04.17: Palestinian Child Prisoners Day of Social Media Action
Palestine Solidarity Campaign, April 16, 2018 Join us in campaigning to protect child prisoners on…
Update from Anees in Rafah
November 21, 2016 Dear Friends, Alsalam Alaykum, I hope my email finds you well. I’m…
Michele Bahl: How can we be indifferent to suffering of children in Gaza?
Michele Bahl, Cap Times, Sep 20, 2014
2010.09.19: PALESTINE: DANGEROUS PASSAGE TO SCHOOL
Goodman Community Center 149 Wabesa St, Madison Room Bolz B 5 7 pm [Map] Free…
Re: Regents urged to divest from Israel
Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, November 11, 2005 In the Capital Times article on…
Ain’t gonna study war no more
Bill Lueders, Isthmus, September 1, 2005 Camp Shalom had children pretend to be Israeli soldiers…
Israeli troops probed for killing child
Israeli troops who killed a Palestinian schoolgirl in the Gaza Strip have come under investigation…
A Contrast in Media Coverage
MRSCP, Jan 13, 2004
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Fiachra Gibbons, The Guardian, August 23, 2003
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Fragments of Rafah
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 21 August 2003
Torturing innocent children and women
Mohammed Omer, Rafah Today, 8 Aug 2003 Everyone in Palestine tastes the Occupation crimes, this…
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