The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Tag: Fatah

Mar 18, 2026

Nightmare: Gaza’s Rafah under siege again as Israeli forces attack
Sally Ibrahim, The New Arab, 24 March, 2025
ambulances, blockade, civilians, detainees, Dr. Abu Safiya, drones, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Gaza War, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), paramedics, Rafah, refugees, Tal-Sultan, war crimes
The Lives Lost in Gaza
Sudev Kiyada, Simon Scarr and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters, March 1, 2025
Christian, civilians, donors, Fatah, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, health, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), war crimes
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory
Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, 26 Jan 2025
arms, Donald Trump, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Gaza War, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Return, United States
This will not end with the last airstrike
Malak Hijazi, The Electronic Intifada, 15 January 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Electronic Intifada, Fatah, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Authority (PA), war crimes
Israeli bombing kills World Central Kitchen workers and aid-seekers
Meanwhile, a former Israeli defence minister says the army is ethnically cleansing northern Gaza By Ahmed…
civilians, delegation, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, health, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), World Central Kitchen
“No Propaganda on Earth Can Hide the Wound That Is Palestine”
“The US and Israel’s unflinching and ongoing televised genocide in Gaza and now Lebanon in defence of…
apartheid, civilians, colonialism, Congress, delegation, disinformation, doctors, donate, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Fatah, free speech, Gaza War, genocide, ghetto, Hamas, hasbara, health, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, propaganda, United States
Israel’s New Air War In The West Bank
NEARLY HALF OF THE DEAD ARE CHILDREN Nearly 20 years after the Second Intifada, the…
checkpoints, civilians, doctors, Doctors Without Borders, donate, drones, economy, Fatah, Gaza War, Geneva Conventions (1949), Haifa, Hamas, health, Hebron, Israel, violence, West Bank
U.S. silent as global condemnation of Israel’s Rafah offensive grows
The Biden administration maintains that Israel’s invasion of the southern Gazan city is “limited,” despite…
Egypt, Europe, Fatah, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Rafah, United Nations (UN), United States
Israel hits landmark residential tower as truce talks stall
Al Jazeera, 9 Mar 2024
Egypt, Fatah, Gaza War, Hamas, health, Israel, Rafah, refugees
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 42
Communications blackout obscures full picture of Israel’s devastation in Gaza Israel’s purported proof of Hamas…
checkpoints, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, doctors, donate, Egypt, Fatah, free speech, Gaza City, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, health, Hebron, Hezbollah, Israel, West Bank
Stream Just Vision Film Library for Free
Just Vision is a non-profit team of filmmakers, journalists, storytellers, and human rights advocates based…
documentary, Fatah, film, Hamas, MRSCP, video
Expel all Palestinians from Gaza, recommends Israeli gov’t ministry
An Intelligence Ministry document revealed by Local Call and +972 shows how the idea of…
Canada, Christian, civilians, donate, Egypt, equality, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Fatah, Gaza War, Hamas, Hebrew, Hezbollah, Israel
In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid
Amjad Iraqi, +972 Magazine, June 30, 2023
apartheid, censorship, checkpoints, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), donate, drones, equality, Fatah, Gaza City, Haifa, Hamas, Israel, Jenin, settlers, violence, West Bank
I Witnessed a Shocking Attack on Palestinian Civilians
Rula Salameh, Time, March 18, 2023
checkpoints, civilians, democracy, education, Fatah, film, Haaretz, Hebrew, Israel, settlers, violence, West Bank
Between army invasions and settler ‘pogroms,’ the West Bank rises
MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU, FEBRUARY 27, 2023
checkpoints, Fatah, Hebron, settlers, violence, West Bank
Gunman kills at least 7 people in occupied East Jerusalem attack
Al Jazeera, 27 Jan 2023
civilians, Fatah, Hamas
What Happens to a Palestinian Who Protects His Land
Home Invasions and False Arrests: Aref Jaber defies settlers’ attempts to take over his plot…
Amira Hass, apartheid, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, democracy, detainees, drones, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, film, Haaretz, health, Hebrew, Hebron, home demolition, settlers
Egypt ‘indefinitely’ opens Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip
Al Jazeera, 10 Feb 2021
blockade, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, health, Rafah
The U.N. once predicted Gaza would be ‘uninhabitable’ by 2020. Two million people still live there.
The shoreline in Gaza City during strong winds on Christmas Day (Mohammed Abed-AFP-Getty Images) Hazem…
blockade, Christmas, doctors, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, environment, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, health, human rights, poverty, refugees, travel, violence, water
Gaza 2020: How easy it is for the world to delete Palestinian pain
David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 13 December 2019
blockade, California, Canada, economy, education, Egypt, Electronic Intifada, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Fatah, Gaza, Google, Haaretz, Hamas, health, Hebrew, violence, water
The health system in Gaza cannot handle another war
Amjad Yaghi, +972 Magazine, November 13, 2018
doctors, Doctors Without Borders, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, health, violence
Debunking Four Myths Surrounding the Palestinian Protests
The justifications given for the deaths of Palestinian protesters just don’t add up Khan Yunis,…
blockade, civilians, disinformation, drones, education, embargo, encampments, Fatah, Gaza, Google, Haaretz, Hamas, hasbara, health, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), propaganda, Richard Goldstone, violence
Why I March in Gaza
Palestinian demonstrators on a sand plateau during clashes with Israeli forces last Friday east of…
blockade, Christian, confiscation, documentary, economy, encampments, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Fatah, film, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, nonviolence, refugees
The Palestinian women at the forefront of Gaza’s protests
Mersiha Gadzo & Anas Jnena, Al Jazeera, 20 Apr 2018
blockade, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Grassroots, Hamas, images, violence
Gaza City in the spotlight: hesitant hope in a city where everyone still wants out
Miriam Berger, The Guardian, Saturday 25 November 2017
economy, Egypt, Europe, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, human rights, images, poverty, violence
Palestinian Authority arrests human rights activist Issa Amro
Michael Schaeffer and Omer-Man, +972, September 5, 2017
Congress, Fatah, free speech, Hamas, Hebron, human rights, Issa Amro, Palestinian Authority (PA), take action, West Bank
Israel seizes solar panels donated by Dutch government
Bethan McKernan, The Independent, 3 July 2017
donate, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Google, Haaretz, Hamas, home demolition, settlers
#ObliteratedFamilies – Al-Louh Family
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, June 19, 2017
civilians, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Obliterated Families, violence
Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help
Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright)…
education, Egypt, equality, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, health, MRSCP, project, Rafah, take action, violence
Why Israel Still Refuses to Choose
It’s easier to leave Palestinians in limbo waiting for a “peace process” that goes nowhere…
apartheid, Christian, democracy, Donald Trump, equality, Fatah, Hamas, human rights, Israel, Palestine, peace, two-state
Samira Project Children’s Counseling
Gaza Mental Health Foundation At the request of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), the…
blockade, education, Egypt, equality, Fatah, Hamas, health, MRSCP, project, Rafah, Samira, violence
‘Gaza Is Hell’
Desolation and destiny in a land in limbo Banksy artwork on the ruins of a…
blockade, civilians, donors, economy, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, health, Israel, refugees, violence
The United States should recognize the state of Palestine
Matthew Duss and Michael A. Cohen, The Washington Post, March 27, 2015 Matthew Duss is…
Benjamin Netanyahu, Egypt, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, two-state, United States
Egypt partly reopens Rafah border with Gaza
Commercial traffic to pass through border points with Israel Adel Zaanoun, Agence France Presse, 28…
blockade, Egypt, Europe, Fatah, Hamas, Rafah
Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian, 65, in His Bedroom
Afterward they asked for his identity card Subhiya Awad al-Qawasmeh placed a picture of her…
Fatah, Haaretz, Hamas, Hebron, images, violence, West Bank
2010.02.23: Bridging the Divide: Kobi and Aziz
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 7 pm, Room B1B Lowell Center, UW Madison [Map] Aziz Abu-Sarah…
calendar, Fatah, Israel, nonviolence, Palestine, religion
Catastrophe at Rafah Crossing: More Than 35 Dead—and Counting
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, September/October 2007 PERCHED ATOP A suitcase and…
blockade, Egypt, Europe, Fatah, film, Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, health, poverty, Rafah, travel, violence
Beneath the Hideous Veneer of ‘Security’
Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, 23 september, 2007
civilians, confiscation, democracy, detainees, documentary, Egypt, Europe, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, Hebron, Israel, Jennifer Loewenstein, violence, West Bank
Brothers in Arms: The Triumph of U.S.-Israeli Policy in Palestine
Jennifer Loewenstein, The Progressive, June 26, 2007
blockade, democracy, Egypt, Ehud Olmert, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Jennifer Loewenstein, United States, violence, West Bank
Bush badly botches Mideast conflict [the progressive view]
John Nichols, Capital Times, June 20, 2007 The tragedy of Washington’s narrow “debate” about the…
blockade, Cap Times, Congress, Fatah, Gaza, George W. Bush, Hamas, human rights, Israel, Palestinian Authority (PA), United States
Nightmares – How Gaza offends us all
Jennifer Loewenstein, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 06 June 2007 Jennifer Loewenstein brilliantly illustrates the horrors…
disinformation, doctors, drones, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, film, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, hasbara, Israel, Jennifer Loewenstein, Palestine, propaganda, violence, West Bank
Soros and Media Heavyweights Attack Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on U.S. Policy
Nathan Guttman, Forward, March 23, 2007 Washington – The simmering debate over American policy toward…
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Arabs, climate, donors, Europe, fair trade, Fatah, George W. Bush, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jews, Obama, Palestine, Soros, United States
The Gaza Strip Situation Report, 30 Jan 2007
Ceasefire between Palestinian factions enters into force after five days of intense inter-factional fighting United…
education, Egypt, fair trade, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, health, violence
Elliott Abram’s Uncivil War
Is the Bush administration violating the law to provoke a Palestinian civil war? Conflicts Forum,…
Congress, democracy, Egypt, Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert, Fatah, Haaretz, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel, Jordan, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, Palestinian Authority (PA), Saudi Arabia
Worse Than Apartheid
Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Dec 18, 2006
apartheid, Chris Hedges, civilians, confiscation, economy, education, Ehud Olmert, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, ghetto, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, violence
Amira Hass: Strangled in Gaza
1.5 million Arabs under Israeli siege Amira Hass, Haaretz, Mar 22, 2006 In the elections,…
Amira Hass, blockade, economy, education, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, health, prison
The Jerusalem Powder Keg
The International Crisis Group, REPORT No. 44, 2 AUGUST 2005
ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, settlers
Palestine: the economy of despair
The West Bank city of Nablus is relatively calm at present. Anyone who can raise…
Camp David, economy, Ehud Barak, Electronic Intifada, Eli Valley, Europe, fair trade, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, military, Nablus, Palestine, poverty, refugees, travel, violence, West Bank
Mustafa Barghouti: The liberation of the Israeli and Palestinian people
Israel must understand that the liberation of the Israeli people depends on the liberation of…
apartheid, blockade, confiscation, economy, education, Edward Said, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, health, Hebrew, Israel, Mustafa Barghouti, Palestine, settlers, travel, violence, West Bank
Avi Shlaim: Withdrawal is a prelude to annexation
Avi Shlaim, The Guardian, 21 June 2005
annexation, democracy, Egypt, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, land, Palestine, settlers, West Bank
Reflections on the killing of Shaikh Ahmad Yasin
William R. Polk, March 28, 2004 Before a few days ago, few people in…
Ahmad Yasin, assassination, Christian, Christians, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), deaf, Europe, Fatah, Gaza, Geneva Conventions (1949), Hamas, Irgun, Israel, Palestinian Authority (PA), terrorism, violence
19 Left Dead in Failed Hunt for Master Bomber
Chris McGreal in Nablus, The Guardian, January 9, 2004
Balata, Christmas, Fatah, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Nablus, occupation, Palestine, Tom Hurndall, violence, West Bank

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