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2024.12.07: Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Monona Terrace8 am – 3 pm Madison’s 28th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival MRSCP, Palestine…

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What we learned from UW-Madison’s pro-Palestine encampment

How this protest fits into recent history, what to carry moving forward, and what to…

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How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israel’s war for ‘total victory’ in Gaza

A conflict the White House once hoped to moderate has gone from “over the top”…

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Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel

Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis…

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The Deadly US Weapons of Civilian Destruction

By Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service, Sep 13, 2024 UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As the devastating 11-month-old…

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Backing Israeli Apartheid Isn’t Just Immoral — It’s Illegal

Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a damning assessment of Israel’s occupation of…

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2024.04.18: Israel Has Formed a Task Force to Carry Out Covert Campaigns at US Universities

William I. Robinson , TRUTHOUT, March 23, 2024

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“Language Is Inadequate” to Describe the Horror, Part 2

DEMOCRACY NOW!, MARCH 06, 2024

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NETANYAHU’S WAR ON TRUTH

Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept, February 7, 2024

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2023.12.02: Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival Monona Terrace 8 am – 3 pm Madison-Rafah Sister City…

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US has Provided Over 130 Billion Dollars in Aid & Weapons to Israel since 1948

Thalif Deen, IPS – Inter Press Service, November 17, 2023 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II…

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In Gaza, Catastrophic Violence of War and Slow Violence of Oppression Collide

People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on…

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Thousands of Palestinian Workers Have Gone Missing in Israel

‘We Don’t Know if They Are Dead or Alive’ TAJ ALI, Tribune, Oct 23, 2023…

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Madison organizer and dozens of artists raised $54k for Palestine

SCOTT GORDON ● TONE ● OCTOBER 31, 2023 Fawzy Taylor drew on a vast network…

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Madison women concerned for friends living in the West Bank

Cody Taylor, Spectrum News, Oct. 20, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Cassandra Dixon is a Madison…

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2023.10.15: Palestine olive oil harvest celebration transforms into a demonstration of solidarity

Zach Orlowsky, WKOW 27, Oct 16, 2023

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New Masafer Yatta Project: Planting Olive Trees

Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine…

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2023.05.11: Palestine Partners Returns to Madison Night Market

Thursday, May 11 500 Block State Street, Madison 5-9 pm Just in time for Mother’s…

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160 Organizations Demand Congress Stop Funding Israel’s Massacres

160 organizations representing Palestinian communities, Palestinian solidarity organizations, and the racial justice movement have signed…

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President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

(Final version, emphasis added) Dear colleagues and comrades, Thank you so much for signing on…

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2022.06.04: Sidewalk Sale of Olive Oil, Crafts & Jewelry!

1924 East Dayton Street, Madison (First Street between E. Washington and E. Johnson) 8:00 am…

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Inside the Illinois state pension board seeking to promote Israeli control over the West Bank

FRAN ZELL, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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Miriam Adelson picks up where late husband and GOP kingmaker left off

Eli Clifton, RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT, NOVEMBER 8, 2021

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2021.10.16 Update: Palestinian Olive Oil and Crafts Sidewalk Sale

Saturday, Oct 16, 10 am – 4 pm 1924 East Dayton Street, Madison [Map] Off…

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2021.08.28 Update: Sidewalk Sale of Palestinian Crafts!

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Palestine Partners successful yard sale during the Orton-Front Festival…

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Palestine Partners and Women in Hebron

Dear Friends, Last year at this time my friend Laila was visiting the US, bringing…

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2020.11.11: Madison’s Virtual Fair Trade Holiday Festival is Open!

Our online store, Madison-Rafah Marketplace, has added crafts to our olive oil sales. We offer…

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2020.11.11: Virtual Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP, Mark your calendars for the upcoming Madison Fair Trade…

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Palestinian civil society calls for sanctions to stop Israel’s annexation and apartheid

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council renews the call for targeted sanctions Palestinian Human Rights…

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The Madison-Rafah Marketplace is Open!

In keeping with the times, we are now offering Palestinian Olive Oil and Donation and…

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2020.02.29: International Festival

Overture Center 201 State Street Madison 10 am – 5 pm Join MRSCP and many…

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

Kamel Hawwash, Middle East Eye, 21 April 2016

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2019.11.24: Orchard Ridge Fair Trade Fair

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2019.10.27 Update: DREAMING OF FREEDOM

Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, 2-4 pm

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2019.11.24 & 12.07: Mark Your Calendars: 2019 Fair Trade Holiday Festivals

November 24: 9 am – 2 pm Annual Fair Trade Sale at Orchard Ridge United…

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500 Palestinian families in Jerusalem are about to have their homes destroyed

Action is needed to protect them and tens of thousands more who risk losing their…

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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…

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2018.11.18: Orchard Ridge Holiday Fair Trade Fair

November 18, 2018 Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison 9 am…

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2018.12.01: Monona Terrace Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come…

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Take Action: Palestinian leader’s son abducted by Israel

This is how Israel marked Human Rights Day. Please call the following (ask for the…

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2017.12.02: Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 9 am to 4 pm Come…

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Israel and the US are trying to prevent publication of a ‘blacklist’ of companies doing business in the West Bank

Business Insider/Julie Bort Josef Federman, Josh Lederman, Jamey Keaten, Business Insider, November 27, 2017 Israel…

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2017.11.19: Orchard Ridge Fair Trade Fair

Featuring beautiful and unusual holiday gifts and items from around the world. All proceeds go…

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2017.11.09: Global Day of Action: A World without Walls

Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall)

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2017.02.25: International Festival

Overture Center State Street, Madison 10 am – 5 pm Take a trip around the…

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Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy on Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution

Democracy Now!, December 30, 2016

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Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project!

Find out what happened at last night's hearing . . . and join us for…

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2016.12.03: Madison’s Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Gifts with a Story Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 9 am…

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2016.11.20: Orchard Ridge UCC Fair Trade Fair

Sunday, November 20 Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison [Map] Annual…

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Gaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere

Sara Roy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 28, 2016 Palestinians in Gaza are largely…

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2013.02.28: Film 5 Broken Cameras

Trailer “5 Broken Cameras” from Guy Davidi on Vimeo. Hummus and a Movie: Screening…

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Palestinians call for a boycott of Israeli diamonds

Over 50 Palestinian organisations, representing a cross-section of Palestinian civil society, including women’s groups and…

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Loving the Land and It’s People: Palestinian Hospitality

Veena Brekke, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, October 31, 2012 On October 28th we departed the…

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Miko Peled’s Speech for Palestine Awareness Week at San Diego State University

I want to begin by thanking the members of AIPAC the Jewish Zionist community who…

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