The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
colleges & universities
Aug 15, 2026
2025.05.05 Update: Film “The Encampments” at The Crossing
1127 University Avenue, Madison, 6:30-8:30 pm
Liberal militarism and Zionism started the latest McCarthyism
Jeet Heer, The Nation, April 2025
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First they came for Mahmoud Khalil…
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Mar 11, 2025
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Zionist organizations are taking down names
The Intercept, Apr 14, 2025
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In For Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested By ICE
Akela Lacy, The Intercept, April 14 2025
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2025.04.23: Film “The Palestine Exception” on Campus Protests
UW Memorial Union, 6-8 pm
2025.04.21: Campus Speech, Antisemitism and Islamophobia
UW-Madison Pyle Center, Wisconsin Idea Lounge, 5:00 pm
The Low-Hanging Fruit of Canceled Student Visas
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, March 30, 2025
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Rubio boasts of canceling more than 300 visas over pro-Palestine protests
Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian, 27 Mar 2025
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Does Columbia still merit the name of a university?
Rashid Khalidi, The Guardian, 25 Mar 2025
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WATCH: Masked ICE Agents Arrest Tufts Graduate Student
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, MAR 26, 2025
“First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil”
MEGHNAD BOSE, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 23, 2025
Georgetown Postdoc Detained by ICE as Crackdown on Campus Speech Widens
ARCHIT AND MURTAZA HUSSAIN, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 19, 2025
Emergency Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s Attack on Free Speech
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mar 16, 2025
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After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
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Day 5 – Mahmoud Khalil News You Need To Know
Arab American Institute, March 13, 2025
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Trump’s Disappearing Of Mahmoud Khalil Should Be A Warning For Us All
THE BIG PICTURE AND TODD BEETON, MAR 13, 2025
Almost 100 arrested during protest occupying Trump Tower over Mahmoud Khalil
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 13 Mar 2025
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