The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

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Mar 19, 2026

A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence
Razan al-Najjar, 20, was trying to help an injured protester near the border fence when…
civilians, Egypt, Europe, Gaza, Hamas, health, hospitals, human rights, images, video, violence
These Members of Congress Are Trying to Visit Gaza — Israel Should Let Them Do So
Representatives Mark Pocan, Dan Kildee, and Hank Johnson Jr. were denied the opportunity to witness…
blockade, Congress, delegation, democracy, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, Gaza, Google, Haaretz, Hamas, health, human rights, Mark Pocan, 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, images, 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, hospitals, images, violence
“Apartheid, Rogue, Terrorist State”: Glenn Greenwald on Israel
Democracy Now!, April 9, 2018
apartheid, blockade, democracy, disinformation, Gaza, Glenn Greenwald, Great March of Return, Hamas, hasbara, health, human rights, propaganda, video, violence
Palestinian Journalist Fatally Shot While Covering Gaza Protest
Daniel Estrin, NPR, April 7, 2018
blockade, documentary, drones, Egypt, FBI, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, hospitals, 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, homeless, hospitals, Israel, Obliterated Families, violence
#ObliteratedFamilies – Siyam Family
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 27, 2017
Canada, civilians, deaf, doctors, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Gaza, Gaza City, Golan Heights, Hamas, homeless, hospitals, immigrants, indigenous, Israel, Obliterated Families, violence
#ObliteratedFamilies – Shuheibar Family
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 17, 2017
civilians, doctors, donate, education, Egypt, fast, Gaza, Gaza City, Germany, Hamas, homeless, hospitals, Israel, Obliterated Families, violence
#ObliteratedFamilies – Introduction by Amira Hass
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 7, 2017
Amira Hass, blockade, civilians, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, homeless, Israel, Obliterated Families, violence
Palestinian teen killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
Al Jazeera, 22 March 2017
blockade, Gaza, Hamas, health, hospitals, human rights, images, Rafah, violence
Banksy’s Murals Turn Up In The Gaza Strip
Krishnadev Calamur, NPR, February 26, 2015
Banksy, blockade, Gaza, Hamas, home demolition, images, video, 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, homeless, human rights, MRSCP, project, Rafah, take action, violence
2 Palestinians killed, 5 injured in reported airstrike on southern Gaza tunnel
Ma’an News Agency, Feb. 9, 2017 GAZA (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were killed and five…
civilians, Egypt, Gaza City, Hamas, health, human rights, Rafah, violence
The Two-State Solution: What It Is and Why It Hasn’t Happened
“The two-state solution has for decades been the primary focus of efforts to achieve peace…
Christian, democracy, Hamas, images, independence, Israel, one-state, Palestine, two-state
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, Holocaust, human rights, images, independence, Israel, Palestine, peace, two-state
2016.10.11: Online Panel: Against Israel’s Colonial Tide
Tuesday, October 11 12 noon – 1 pm Central Listen live at http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/livestream Online panel…
calendar, Gaza, Hamas, Hebrew, human rights, Jerusalem, online
Gaza-bound flotilla sails off from Spain’s Barcelona
Al Jazeera, 15 Sep 2016
blockade, economy, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Hamas, human rights, images
2016.07.20: Women’s Boat to Gaza
Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the…
blockade, calendar, California, Canada, Christmas, Egypt, El Salvador, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Germany, Greenland, Hamas, Indonesia, nonviolence
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, homeless, human rights, 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, homeless, hospitals, 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, images, independence, Israel, Palestine, two-state, United States
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders get off Israel bandwagon, for once
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, September 26, 2014
Bernie Sanders, Congress, Egypt, Elizabeth Warren, Hamas, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, United States
40 Holocaust survivors condemn ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, call for BDS against Israel
Alex Kane, Mondoweiss, August 26, 2014
BDS, boycott, education, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, Germany, ghetto, Haaretz, Hamas, Hitler, Holocaust, violence
Strike near UN school in Gaza leaves 10 dead
TAMER ZIARA AND IBRAHIM BARZAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 3, 2014 RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) —…
blockade, civilians, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, health, hospitals, images, violence
Judith Laitman: A Jewish grandmother’s plea to Barack Obama
UDITH LAITMAN, Cap Times, Jul 25, 2014
blockade, Cap Times, civilians, Democratic Party, detainees, disinformation, Gaza, Hamas, hasbara, Holocaust, home demolition, Israel, Palestine, propaganda, violence, West Bank
2012.12.16: Palestinian non-violent resistance leader speaks in Madison
Veena Brekke, December 19, 2012 On Sunday afternoon, December 16, citizens of the Madison area…
calendar, confiscation, film, Fitchburg, Grassroots, Hamas, human rights, Madison, nonviolence, settlers, travel, violence, water, West Bank
2012.12.16: MRSCP Gaza Visit on WORT
Live on 89.9 FM, 6:00-6:30 pm
audio, blockade, calendar, detainees, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, Hamas, human rights, hunger strikes, Madison, MRSCP, WORT 89.9 FM
Tsela Barr and Michele Bahl: Recent visit to Gaza heartbreaking
TSELA BARR AND MICHELE BAHL | members, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Cap Times, Nov 22,…
blockade, Cap Times, civilians, delegation, Gaza, Hamas, human rights, MRSCP, project, travel, violence
Why Gaza Must Suffer Again
JONATHAN COOK, November 19, 2012
civilians, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert, football, Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, imperialism, independence, Israel, Jonathan Cook, violence
Democracy Now! Interview with Mohammed Omer in Gaza City
Democracy Now!, November 15, 2012
civilians, democracy, drones, Egypt, Europe, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, Israel, violence
Israel Attacks the Gaza Strip
On the day that the Interfaith Peace Builders delegation (with four women from Wisconsin) safely…
civilians, delegation, Gaza, Hamas, human rights, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), violence
An Ongoing Terror
Michele Bahl, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, November 14, 2012 Yesterday we visited the Gaza Community…
blockade, civilians, delegation, Gaza, Hamas, health, hospitals, human rights, violence
What Bibi Gains by Misrepresenting Obamas Middle East Policy
Joe Klein, Time, May 26, 2011 Of all the petty annoyances, misdemeanors and felonies of…
Congress, Ehud Olmert, Eli Valley, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, Israel Lobby
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, Hosni Mubarak, 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, hospitals, hunger strikes, images, violence, West Bank
UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis Executed US Citizen Furkan Dogan
Gareth Porter, Truthout, 27 September 2010 Furkan Dogan, a 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent,…
blockade, Ehud Barak, film, Gaza, Hamas, human rights, violence
Hamas, the IRA and Us
ALI ABUNIMAH, The New York Times, August 28, 2010 (Chicago) GEORGE J. MITCHELL, the United…
Ali Abunimah, civilians, Gaza, Hamas, Israel Lobby
Opening Rafah crossing as lifeline for Gaza poses dilemma for Egypt
Jack Shenker, The Guardian, 2 June 2010
blockade, Egypt, Hamas, Hosni Mubarak, hospitals, images, Israel, Rafah, travel
Israeli attack on Gaza flotilla sparks international outrage
Robert Booth, The Guardian, 31 May 2010
blockade, Europe, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Haifa, Hamas, images, Israel, Mavi Marmara, violence
Activists embrace nonviolence in world’s hot spots
Phil Haslanger, Cap Times, Apr 1, 2010
blockade, Cap Times, Dane County, Edgewood College, Egypt, El Salvador, Fitchburg, Gaza, Gaza Freedom March, Hamas, images, Israel, nonviolence, Rafah
Mike Murray: Baldwin displays compassion for Gaza
Mike Murray, Capital Times, Jan 8, 2010
blockade, Cap Times, civilians, Congress, education, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, Richard Goldstone, Tammy Baldwin, violence
Israel accused of rationing water to Palestinians
Patrick Moser, Agence France Presse, Oct 27, 2009 JERUSALEM (AFP) – Amnesty International on Tuesday…
apartheid, donate, Egypt, equality, Hamas, health, human rights, inequality, water, West Bank
An Interview with Simone Bitton on Her New Movie Rachel
“I think they had a pro-Palestinian agenda, and I don’t think that having a pro-Palestinian…
Caterpillar, civilians, documentary, Egypt, film, Hamas, Hebrew, Hezbollah, hospitals, human rights, podcast, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, violence
Local Protesters Criticize U.S. Lawmakers For Silence On Military Aggression
Steve Elbow, The Capital Times, January 6, 2009 Violence in Gaza prompted local activists Tuesday…
Cap Times, civilians, Congress, Gaza, Hamas, Madison, protest, United States, violence
2009.01.24: Emergency Fund-Raising/March of the Dead Protest
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: MRSCP WILL HOLD AN EMERGENCY FUND-RAISING EVENT AND MEETING ON SATURDAY, JANUARY…
calendar, Congress, doctors, Gaza, Hamas, hospitals, Israel, Israel Lobby, Madison, Mads Gilbert, MRSCP, Operation Cast Lead, peace, protest, Rafah, video, violence
2008.12.28: Take Action to End Israeli Attacks on Gaza – Radio Show Sunday
MRSCP, Dec 28, 2008
calendar, Congress, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, hospitals, Israel, Operation Cast Lead, take action, taxes, United States, violence
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, hospitals, human rights, hunger strikes, 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, home demolition, hospitals, 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, indigenous, 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, hospitals, human rights, Israel, Jennifer Loewenstein, Palestine, propaganda, violence, West Bank
2007.04.12-05.03: “A Bitter Harvest” Speaker and Film Series
Palestine, Israel and Lebanon 40 Years after 1967 “Hizbullah, Israel and Lebanon: The Summer War,…
calendar, Christian, democracy, education, Fawwaz Trabulsi, film, Grassroots, Hamas, Holocaust, Jonathan Cook, Laila el-Haddad, Madison, MRSCP, nonviolence, project, Sara Roy, UW-Madison, violence
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, Hitler, Holocaust, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jews, Obama, Palestine, Soros, United States
Amira Hass: What a Strange ‘Abroad’
Amira Hass, Haaretz, Feb 14, 2007 The Gaza Strip is ‘abroad’ in a strange way.…
Amira Hass, apartheid, economy, education, Europe, Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, health, Israel, travel
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, hostages, human rights, 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, Hosni Mubarak, 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, hospitals, images, Israel, Palestine, violence
A Black Flag
From: Jennifer Loewenstein Subject: Resuming Emails: Gideon Levy – A Black Flag Date: Mon, 3…
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The [Israeli] government is losing its reason
Haaretz Editorial, 30 Jun 2006 Bombing bridges that can be circumvented both by car and…
civilians, detainees, Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, Hezbollah, hostages, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, violence
The Israel Lobby
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, London Review of Books, 23 March 2006 For the past…
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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
Play About Demonstrator’s Death Is Delayed
JESSE McKINLEY, New York Times, February 28, 2006 Potential Off Broadway production of play My…
Gaza, Hamas, home demolition, Israel, Israel Lobby, Palestine, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, violence
Anglicans Vote to Divest From Concerns in Israel-Occupied Areas
NEELA BANERJEE, New York Times, February 9, 2006 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 – The governing body…
Anglican, BDS, boycott, Caterpillar, Christian, Christians, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of England, Congress, corporations, divest, Europe, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, occupation, Palestine, religion, West Bank
Amira Hass: The Remaining 99.5 Percent
For the sake of about half a percent of the population of the Gaza Strip,…
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Goodbye to Gaza
But it is still Israel that can do most to improve the economic lot of…
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No Letup to the Occupation
Will Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza free it from the burden of the occupation? The answer…
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The Jerusalem Powder Keg
The International Crisis Group, REPORT No. 44, 2 AUGUST 2005
ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, settlers
Simon Wiesenthal Center Says United Church of Christ’s Resolution Is Immoral
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 4, 2005–A United Church of Christ (UCC) resolution demanding that Israel dismantle its…
antisemitism, BDS, boycott, Christianity, divest, free speech, Hamas, Israel Lobby, Judaism, nationalism, religion, United States, violence, Wall, Zionism
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, Huwara, 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
Giving Chutzpah New Meaning
Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jon Wiener,…
Alan Dershowitz, antisemitism, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, civilians, colleges & universities, Europe, film, free speech, Gaza City, Hamas, Hebrew, history, Holocaust, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, Norman Finkelstein, United States, University of California
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
Inside scarred minds
On his first visit to the Gaza Strip, Daniel Day-Lewis meets the Palestinian families living…
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How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories
Tanya Reinhart, Yediot Ahronot, 31 March 2004 — An extensive discussion has already taken place…
Ahmad Yasin, assassination, civilians, Gaza, Geneva Conventions (1949), Hamas, Hebrew, Israel, Tanya Rheinhart, terrorism, violence
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, imperialism, independence, Irgun, Israel, Palestinian Authority (PA), terrorism, violence
Israel’s Assassination Policy Triggers Latest Suicide Bombings
Steve Niva, The Electronic Intifada, 2 September 2003
Ariel Sharon, assassination, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Jerusalem, Nablus, Tel Aviv, violence

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