The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Gaza

Jul 7, 2026

Stories of people from Gaza
Numbers are impersonal and often numbing. What they don’t convey are the daily personal struggles…
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2024.06.05: Banners Up for Palestine
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2024.06.01: Education Against the Gaza War
Madison Farmer’s Market Capitol Square King Street corner 7 am – 2 pm An action…
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A quick guide to Israel’s PR methods
Check the pattern: 1. We haven’t heard reports of deaths, we’ll check into it;2. The…
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Nurse fired by NYU Langone Health after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
BY KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press, May 29, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse was fired…
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Six Tropes to Look Out for That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage
LARA-NOUR WALTON, FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING, AUGUST 22, 2023 Do Palestinians deserve to be…
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2024.06.04: Palestine Film Screening
worldbeyondwar.uw Antiwar Film Series – Details on this month’s films and others we’ll show this…
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Wisconsin activist frustrated over blocked aid to Palestinians
Longtime international volunteer says she is ‘devastated’ food and medical supplies cannot reach Gaza BY RICHELLE…
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Gaza 2035: Netanyahu unveils regional business plan
“Massive free trade zone” with rail service to Saudi Arabia By Daniel Roche, The Architect’s Newspaper,…
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2024.05.31: Gaza and the West Bank on WORT
Noon CT WORT 89.9 FM Live or archived We will have two guests this Friday…
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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…
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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 230
Israel lashes out at West Bank in wake of ICC request Airstrikes continue across the…
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“Gaza Votes” May Determine November Election
According to Polls in Five Battleground States Today, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) released the…
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More than 30 people killed in strike on refugee camp in central Gaza
Rescue workers continuing to search for those missing under the rubble following attack on Nuseirat…
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2024.05.15: Madison Nakba Protest
View this post on Instagram A post shared by JVP Madison (@jvp_madison)
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“A Racist, Criminal Project”
Palestinian Historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti on the 1948 Nakba, Zionism, and U.S. Policy Democracy Now!,…
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2024.05.25-06.01: Madison Veterans for Peace Annual “Memorial Mile” & Peace Rally
May 25 starting 9 am: Marker installation, Olbrich Park May 27 at 1 pm: Peace…
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2024.05.23:Break the Bonds! Divest from Israel Bonds, Invest in Freedom
7 pm CT OnlineJewish Voice for Peace invites you to join them and partner organizations…
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2024.05.22: Music for Gaza Relief at the Bur Oak
The Bur Oak [Map]2262 Winnebago St, MadisonDoors open at 7 pm, music at 8 Grassroots…
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2024.05.19: American Friends Service Committee’s New Tool for Divestment
Friends Meeting House1704 Roberts Court, Madison12:30 pm CT Brian Blackmore, national Director of Engagement for…
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