The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Europe

Jul 27, 2026

Regeni murder: If only Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall had been Italian
Kamel Hawwash, Middle East Eye, 21 April 2016
allies, American, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, BBC, Birmingham, Caterpillar, civilians, closures, Congress, Egypt, Europe, fair trade, Giulio Regeni, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Italy, justice, law, Mavi Marmara, media, Middle East, military, Olympia, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, sister cities, solidarity, Supreme Court, terrorism, Tom Hurndall, torture, Turkiye, two-state, unions, United States, water, world
BDS impact in 2019
Mahmoud Nawajaa, BDSMovement.net The anti-Palestinian Trump Administration and Boris Johnson government are more than ever…
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Why We Sail, Sail, and Sail Again: Freedom Flotilla 2020
Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked:…
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Gaza 2020: How easy it is for the world to delete Palestinian pain
David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 13 December 2019
Abdel el-Sisi, BBC, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, California, Canada, economy, education, Egypt, Electronic Intifada, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Fatah, Gaza, Google, Haaretz, Hamas, healthcare, Hebrew, hospitals, human rights, images, Intifada, Ireland, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israeli, labor, land, law, media, Middle East, military, Nagasaki, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, prison, protest, Rafah, refugees, resistance, Russia, sanction, schools, terrorism, United Arab Emirates (UAE), video, war, water, world
Settlers beat rabbi, 80, during Palestinian olive harvest
JACOB MAGID, The Times of Israel, 16 October 2019
Burin, Europe, Google, Haaretz, Hebrew, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, land, law, media, military, NGOs, occupation, olive trees, Palestinian, police, rabbis, rape, settlers, terrorism, United Nations (UN), video, volunteer, Wall, war, West Bank, WhatsApp, Yitzhar
Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, 17 Oct 2019
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Noura Erakat: West Bank Annexation Is Logical End to Israel’s Apartheid Policy
Democracy Now!, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 GUESTS Noura Erakat Palestinian human rights attorney and an assistant…
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Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them
Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…
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Security forces make deadly use of crowd control weapons in Gaza
B’Tselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on…
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I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
American Bar Association (ABA), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Amnesty International, antisemitism, apartheid, artist, ban, BBC, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, Black, boycott, California, Chicago, Christian, Church of Christ, civil rights, Congress, Donald Trump, environment, equality, ethnic cleansing, Europe, free speech, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Golan Heights, Haaretz, human rights, images, immigration, indigenous, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jared Kushner, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, journalists, justice, land, law, LGBTQ+, media, Middle East, military, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, Progressives, protest, racism, rape, Rashida Tlaib, refugees, resistance, resources, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, spying, students, surgery, Syria, terrorism, travel, two-state, United States, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), video, violations, war, West Bank, women, world
How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism
A crowd celebrates in Tel Aviv on Nov. 29, 1947, after the U.N. votes for…
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How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics
Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019
aid, Ali Abunimah, allies, American, American Bar Association (ABA), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, arms, artist, Barack Obama, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, Black, blockade, books, boycott, California, Camp David, censorship, Chicago, Christian, civil rights, civilians, Congress, delegation, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Donald Trump, donors, economy, education, Edward Said, Electronic Intifada, Elizabeth Warren, embargo, environment, equality, Europe, free speech, George Soros, Haifa, healthcare, Hebrew, Hebron, Hillary Clinton, Hillel, Holocaust, human rights, hurricane, images, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), Intifada, Iran, Islamic, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Issa Amro, Jared Kushner, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jimmy Carter, justice, Kamala Harris, La Crosse, labor, land, law, legislature, Linda Sarsour, literature, Marco Rubio, Martin Luther King, media, Menachem Begin, Middle East, military, Minnesota, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson, mural, music, Muslim, Nakba, Nathan Thrall, nationalism, Native American, negotiations, New York Times, nuclear, occupation, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, Progressives, protest, rabbis, racism, Rashida Tlaib, refugees, religion, Republican Party, resistance, Right to Boycott, Russia, sanction, Saudi Arabia, schools, solidarity, South Africa, State Capitol, State Department, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), teachers, tech, Tel Aviv, terrorism, torture, training, travel, two-state, UC Berkeley, United Nations (UN), United States, US Agency for International Development (USAID), video, violations, vote, Wall, war, water, West Bank, women, world, Yemen, Zionism
2019.03.27: Book talk: Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine
The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT Livestream Online Videos &…
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Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel
A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
American, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Arab, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, civil rights, Congress, Europe, fair trade, free speech, human rights, images, International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, land, law, New York Times, nonprofits, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, protest, Russia, sanction, schools, terrorism, two-state, United Nations (UN), United States, vote, war, West Bank, world
Green Riding Hood . . . Pain Dwells within Her Ribs
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), December 4, 2018
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How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
Sandy Tolan, Al Jazeera, 30 Oct 2018
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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid
I see the parallels with Israel It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism…
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2018.10.08: Indigenous People’s Day & Film: The Eagle & the Condor
Monday, October 8:First Unitarian Society900 University Bay DriveMadison Schedule5:30 pm – Community Potluck6:30 pm –…
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Israel practices ‘apartheid’ — Representative Betty McCollum
Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, October 2, 2018
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Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’
A vote of 62 to 55 with two abstentions Arab lawmakers protesting as Parliament passed…
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Europe

Regeni murder: If only Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall had been Italian

BDS impact in 2019

Why We Sail, Sail, and Sail Again: Freedom Flotilla 2020

Gaza 2020: How easy it is for the world to delete Palestinian pain

Settlers beat rabbi, 80, during Palestinian olive harvest

Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses

Noura Erakat: West Bank Annexation Is Logical End to Israel’s Apartheid Policy

Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them

Security forces make deadly use of crowd control weapons in Gaza

I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?

How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism

How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics

2019.03.27: Book talk: Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine

Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel

Green Riding Hood . . . Pain Dwells within Her Ribs

How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?

My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid

2018.10.08: Indigenous People’s Day & Film: The Eagle & the Condor

Israel practices ‘apartheid’ — Representative Betty McCollum

Israeli Law Declares the Country the ‘Nation-State of the Jewish People’