The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Feb 26, 2026
ISRAELI DIPLOMAT PRESSURED UNC TO REMOVE TEACHER WHO CRITICIZED ISRAEL
An Israeli consul general baselessly accused a graduate student of antisemitism and said she shouldn’t…
When anti-Black and anti-Palestinian racism converge
Sahar F. Aziz, The New Arab, 23 Jul, 2021
Israeli forces raid DCIP office, confiscate computers and client files
Defense for Children Palestine, July 29, 2021
Seattle Port Demonstration Against Apartheid
Aisha Mansour, The Palestine Solidarity Committee – Seattle, June 13, 2021 Thank you for your…
Israeli soldiers killed 16-year-old Mohammad today
Defense for Children Palestine, June 11, 2021 Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Mohammad Said…
Rep. Pocan on Israeli police violence at Sheikh Jarrah
The Israeli police violence against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah is completely unacceptable. The Israeli military…
Cornel West on Palestine
Useful Idiots, Apr 30, 2021 Friend-of-show Dr. Cornel West has been in the news a…
2021.04.14: Webinar: The Movement Will Not Be Censored
On Wednesday, April 14, join us for a powerhouse event on Palestine advocacy and how…
The Eighth Circuit’s Narrow Decision About Arkansas BDS
Eugene Volokh, Reason, 2.14.2021
Illinois faculty rejects efforts to suppress Palestinian freedom
OPEN LETTER, Mondoweiss, DECEMBER 23, 2020
Biden needs to reverse Pompeo on Israel/Palestine
Tsela Barr and Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, The Cap Times, Dec 4, 2020
Pompeo Labels BDS Antisemitic, Threatens Blacklist
This week Pompeo broke with longstanding U.S. policy and visited illegal Israeli settlements. On his…
DNC Delegates Demand Apology from the Biden Campaign
Attacks on Palestinian-American Delegate Linda Sarsour After DNC delegate and Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour spoke…
Breaking! Fordham University is still trying to silence Students for Justice in Palestine
July 27, 2020 July 27, 2020, New York – Students asked New York’s Appellate Court…
Palestinian Rights Organization Challenges Meritless Lawsuit
06 Mar 2020 Case is Part of Broader Assault on Human Rights Defenders March 6,…
Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of 8-year Lawsuit Over Israel Boycott
Case Dismissed Against Former Board Members of Olympia Food Co-op Center for Constitutional Rights, March…
To Prison, Again, for Protesting Against Israel’s Colonial Rule
Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into…
Trump strategy to stifle campus organizing for Palestinian rights
Josh Ruebner, Mondoweiss, December 12, 2019
Tell Donald Trump to Stop Using Jews to Shut Down Free Speech
After a week of antisemitic speech, today Donald Trump is signing an executive order to…
Join us in court and defend the right to boycott in Olympia, Washington
Center for Constitutional Rights, October 21, 2019 Join us in court tomorrow in Olympia, Washington,…
Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, 17 Oct 2019
Palestinians Protest Facebook ‘Bias Favoring Israel’
New campaign exposes double-standard of social media giant in dealing with Israeli and Palestinian incitement…
ESPN Host Panicked by Israel-Palestine Comment
Billy Haisley, Deadspin, 10/8/19
He got into Harvard. And now he finally got into the United States.
Ismail Ajjawi, a Harvard freshman who said he was was denied U.S. entry because of…
He Threatened Us, Now He Goes to Jail
Dr. James J. Zogby, August 17, 2019 Back in May, a jury found Patrick Syring,…
What Is Israel Trying to Hide?
Reps. Tlaib & Omar Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank Democracy Now! August 16,…
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…
Fordham University Students Win Landmark Fight to Establish Palestine Club
Judge Orders University to Recognize Students for Justice in Palestine Club Students for Justice in…
Landmark Ruling Strikes Down Ban of Israel Boycott
Arsalan Bukhari, Informed Comment, 04/26/2019
The Director of Human Rights Watch in Israel Is Being Deported
Ilan Ben Zion, Time Magazine, April 17, 2019 (JERUSALEM) — An Israeli court on Tuesday…
I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
How Much Pro-Israel Money Politicians Attacking Ilhan Omar Received
Source: Pro-Israel: Money to Congress, The Center for Responsive Politics
How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics
Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019
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 &…
New York Jewish Voice for Peace Proud to #StandWithIlhan
Dear Rep. Engel and Rep. Lowey, We, members of the Westchester chapter of Jewish Voice…
Call NOW to stop resolution targeting Rep. Omar Ilhan
#StandWithllhan Please consider calling or emailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and your own Representative: Speaker…
ADC Stands With Congresswoman Ilhan Omar!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), February 12, 2019 The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) unequivocally condemns all…
U.S. Senate Defends Israeli Government From Boycotts
First Bipartisan Bill in the Midst of the Shutdown Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald, The…
A Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
Lawmakers Consider Adding Measure Protecting Israel
Senator Richard C. Shelby, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has objected to unrelated bills clinging…
Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel
A Senate bill aims to punish those who boycott Israel over its settlement policy. There…
ADC is Proud to Stand with Marc Lamont Hill
for Defending the Rights of the Palestinian People November 30, 2018 ADC is proud to…
Tell CNN to Reinstate Marc Lamont Hill
On Thursday, November 29, 2018, CNN announced that it had severed ties with Temple University…
Tell CNN: Advocating for Palestinian Rights is not Antisemitic
On Wednesday, Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator on CNN, delivered a speech to the…
The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act Is Back: Free Speech Is at Risk
Dr. James Zogby, Arab American Institute (AAI), June 09, 2018 Back in 2016, without debate…
Dr. Hatem Bazian Under Attack
URGENT: HELP GET DR. HATEM BAZIAN’S PETITION TO 5K SIGNATURES! We need your urgent help…
WA Court Dismisses Seven-Year Lawsuit Over Boycott of Israeli Goods
Center for Constitutional Rights, March 9, 2018
2018.03.05: Stop AIPAC: National Call-In Day
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights CALL CONGRESS ON MONDAY, MARCH 5 – (202) 224-3121 –…
A History of Boycotts: Israel, South Africa and California
Pacifica Radio Letters and Politics, 02.14.18
Wisconsin should reject boycott bill; it is not anti-Semitic
State Sen. Leah Vukmir (Megan Papachristou Photography) Sandy Pasch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 6, 2018…
Kansas Doesn’t Even Try to Defend Its Israel Anti-Boycott Law
Brian Hauss, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, November 30, 2017
Federal Court Strikes Down Kansas Anti-BDS Law
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 31 2018 A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a…
Open Letter to Women’s March L.A. from Women for Palestine
Women 4 Palestine L.A., January 17, 2018
Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: 20 Groups Will Be Denied Entry
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge the list Blacklisted American organizations:…
2017.11.21: In Service of State Violence
“Palestine and the Restrictions on Academic Freedom” Listen live online here Tuesday, November 21 11:30…
Walker Order and GOP Bills on BDS Serve Big Donor
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, November 14, 2017
Protect the right to boycott Israel in Wisconsin
Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr, Wisconsin State Journal, November 11, 2017 Barbara OlsonTsela Barr Gov.…
Protect Free Speech
Twelve leading faith organizations pen an open letter opposing anti-BDS legislation Friends of Sabeel North…
Ask Sen. Tammy Baldwin to Oppose Kenneth Marcus’s Nomination
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
State shouldn’t punish boycott movement — Joel Garb
Wisconsin State Journal, 11/3/17 Many Jews, including myself, as well as many others have been…
Wisconsin 24th State to bar or condemn Israel BDS movement
Jewish News Service, October 29, 2017 (JNS.org) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker issued an executive order…
Trump taps head of anti-Palestinian group for Education Civil Rights
Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada, 27 October 2017
ACLU slams Israel lobby group’s backing for anti-BDS bill
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 11 August 2017
Alison Weir: Israel’s New Travel Ban
Alison Weir, Dissident Voice, March 20, 2017
Senator Gillibrand pulls support for Israel Anti-Boycott Act
Josh Ruebner, The Electronic Intifada, 3 August 2017
Congress’s Anti-Boycott Act Threatens More Than Free Speech
Churches for Middle East Peace, July 28, 2017 In The News Democratic Senators Rethink Bill…
BDS Ban: Interfaith Leaders Denied Entry to Israel
American Muslims for Palestine, July 24, 2017
US Campaign & ACLU on the Israel Anti-Boycott Act
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, July 20, 2017
ADC Stands with Linda Sarsour
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | July 13, 2017 – ADC, the nation’s largest grassroots Arab-American…
MRSCP Supports the UW Associated Students of Madison
MRSCP asks you to contact University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Vice Provost Patrick…
Is It True That Not a Single Senator – Including Progressive Dems – Cares About Palestine?
The pro-Israel letter 100 U.S. senators sent to the U.N. fails to mention Israel's illegal…
2017.06.02-03: Havens Center FORWARD 2017: Where Do We Go from Here?
Understanding the Current Crisis & Building Social Justice in the Midwest FORWARD is an annual…
2017.05.06: Amy Goodman Talk and Book Signing
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Madison College – Downtown 211 N Carroll St, Room 240…
2017.05.04: Film “Tickling Giants”
Free speech is not settled law, and democracy is not easily won Elvehjem Building L150…
Netanyahu Cancels Meeting After German Official Visits Protest Group
Israel has come under increasing criticism for seeking to silence groups that are critical of…
Update: Feds Drop Charges against AMP staffers
American Muslims for Palestine, April 22, 2017 (WASHINGTON DC 04.21.2017) — The federal government has…
Israel sunk in ‘incremental tyranny’, say former Shin Bet chiefs
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017
2017.02.11: Madison Resistance March
Madison Resistance March on Facebook Channel3000.com Madison-Rafah Sister City Project The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project…
New Senate bill threatens free speech
Instead of fighting antisemitism, new Senate bill threatens free speech Jewish Voice for Peace, 06…
EU recognizes right to boycott Israel
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 28 October 2016
Free speech triumphs over pro-Israel bullies in US universities
Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada, 20 October 2016
Black Lives Matter Benefit Is Canceled Over Stand on Israel
The owners of the club have canceled a concert, citing a platform of groups affiliated…
CODEPINK Petition to Veto California Anti-BDS Bill
CODEPINK, August 28, 2016 California’s AB 2844 is an attack on the First Amendment right…
I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel
The country must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director…
US labor board affirms union’s right to boycott Israel
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 July 2016
Are state boycotts of the anti-Israel BDS movement constitutional?
Aidan Quigley, The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2016
Andrew Cuomo’s Anti-Free Speech Move on BDS
Alex Nabaum As a Jew who has lived in Israel and has many relatives there,…
AIPAC Anti-BDS Legislation
AIPAC and their right-wing allies are coming for our right to boycott — and they’re…
2016.02.22: Panel: Does Free Speech Apply to the Conversation on Israel?
Jewish Voice for Peace members in the Madison area are hosting an exciting event which…
2016.01.08: Live Webcast – “Uncivil Rites”
Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom Dr. Steven Salaita, Author & Professor The Palestine…
WORT 89.9FM: “Uncivil Rites” With Steven Salaita
October 21, 2015 by A Public Affair Pledge Edition: Karma Chavez talks with Steven Salaita about…
2014.04.17: Academic Freedom and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
Students for Justice in Palestine – UW-Madison Chapter invites you to a teach-in on Academic…
2011.05.14: Dissent is Not a Crime: Two Subpoenaed Activists Speak Out
Sat, May 14, 2011 1:00 – 3:00 pm St. John’s Lutheran Church 322 East Washington…
Did UW-Madison campus Hillel ‘freak out’?
Bill Lueders, Isthmus, May 6, 2010
2006.04.06: DISCORDIA: When Netanyahu Came to Town
Humanities Building, Room 1111 455 N. Park St UW-Madison Thursday, 7:00 pm Al-Awda, the Madison-Rafah…
