The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: healthcare
Mar 20, 2026
MECA Food Parcels in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance, February 19, 2026
2026.03.28: The Next No Kings Day
Brittingham Park to the Capitol, 12:30-4 pm
Help Support Jana, Jehad, and their parents!
February 10, 2026
URGENT: Tell Congress to demand Leqaa Kordia’s release from ICE detention
Adalah Justice Project, February 10, 2026
colleges & universities, Columbia, Congress, detainees, Donald Trump, free speech, healthcare, hospitals, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Indonesia, justice, Laila el-Haddad, land, law, Leqaa Kordia, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, media, New Jersey, Palestinians, prisoners, protest, United States
2026.02.03: Healthcare Workers Unite: Justice for Alex Pretti
Capitol rotunda, 4:30-5:30 pm
Israel planning renewed Gaza offensive in March, report says
Middle East Eye, 10 January 2026
Dozens of artists call for end to Israel’s ‘systematic attacks’ on Gaza hospitals
Cate Brown, The Guardian, 12 Jan 2026
2026.01.11: Starvation, Social Death, and Genocide
Online, 12 PM CT
Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, DEC 31, 2025
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 16, 2025
2025.12.11: Film Severed, Sumud, and Disability Justice in Palestine
Online, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
blockade, calendar, deaf, disability, documentary, film, Gaza, Gaza War, Grassroots, healthcare, images, Israel, justice, land, law, Madison, online, Severed
Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025
2025.11.28: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on WORT 89.9 FM
A Public Affair, 12-1 pm. Live, streaming, or archived
Dozens Of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared In Israeli Detention
Kavitha Chekuru, The Intercept, November 10 2025
‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza
Abeer Salman and Zeena Saifi, Channel 3000+ News, Nov 12, 2025
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
aid, Awdah Hathleen, civilians, documentary, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, Hezbollah, homeless, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Jerusalem, Khan Younis, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, Madleen, Middle East, military, Mohammed Ibrahim, No Other Land, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), settlers, Steve Witkoff, Umm Al Kheir, United States, violence, West Bank, Yellow Line
2025.11.08: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
2025.10.30: Protest US Military Threats to Venezuela, Colombia and Beyond
NE Corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
🇵🇸 Don’t Forget Gaza
Zeteo First Draft, Oct 28, 2025
Palestine Updates
Drop Site Daily, Oct 28, 2025
2025.10.19: “Severed” – Film and Discussion
Online, 12-1 PM CT
Two Years of Genocidal War & Gaza Still Bleeds
Palestinian Health Information Center (PHIC), 7 October 2025
2025.10.11: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
25.10.18: Second No Kings Day in Madison
McPike Park (12-2 pm) to State Capitol at King St Rally (3-5 pm)
The Disappearance of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
AMEL GUETTATFI, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 12, 2025
Detention Designed to Crush Body and Mind
ANDREA UMBRELLO, THE PROGRESSIVE, AUGUST 5, 2025
July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
antisemitism, Awdah Hathleen, B’Tselem, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Christian, civil rights, Columbia, democracy, documentary, Donald Trump, donors, education, Edward Said, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, Holocaust, hostages, human rights, hunger strikes, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Jerusalem Declaration, Jews, Joel Beinin, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Mohammad Shalabi, No Other Land, October 7, Rachel Corrie, Rashid Khalidi, Saif Musallet, Shireen Abu Akleh, starvation, West Bank, Yinon Levi
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
Desperate for Fuel in Gaza
MARK HERTSGAARD, THE NATION, JULY 24, 2025
2025.07.25: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to speak about treating patients in Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 25, 2025
‘You Cannot Destroy a People Without First Destroying Their Healers’
DR. THAER AHMAD, ZETEO, JUL 24, 2025
Hudia’s Diary
Dec 2023 – Jul 2025
Israel bombs WHO facilities in Gaza as global outcry grows
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, Jul 2025
aid, Australia, Canada, civilians, doctors, France, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, hostages, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jerusalem, journalists, land, Madison, media, military, nurses, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), starvation, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Kingdom, United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO)
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
2025.07.20: Big Ride for Palestine
Donations open through August!
UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
apartheid, civilians, Congress, economy, embargo, Europe, Francesca Albanese, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Holocaust, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Ireland, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), justice, land, law, Madison, media, military, occupation, sanction, United Nations (UN)
2025.07.18: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on WORT 89.9 FM
WORT 89.9 FM, 12 – 1 pm
2025.07.27: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Milwaukee
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 631 N 19th St, Milwaukee, 2 PM
Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
Alana Wise, NPR, JULY 12, 2025
2025.07.26: Anti-War Café with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
The Crossing, 1127 University Ave, Noon – 3 pm
Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Masafer Yatta, The Guardian, 7 Jul 2025
Ali Awad, civilians, Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, hostages, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jerusalem, land, law, literature, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), settlers, violence, West Bank
2025.07.25 Update: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Madison
First Unitarian Society, 12 noon & Christ Presbyterian Church, 7 pm
Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
checkpoints, confiscation, Deir Yassin, democracy, disease, donate, education, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Grassroots, healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, Idhna, independence, indigenous, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jenin, Jericho, Jerusalem, justice, land, Madison, Middle East, military, Ministry of Health, Nablus, negotiations, occupation, October 7, West Bank
More Americans Say Campus Protests Driven by Anger With Israel Than by Antisemitism
Shibley Telhami, Lawfare, Jun 11, 2025
Israel unleashes massive wave of strikes on south Lebanon
News Desk, The Cradle, JUN 27, 2025
Haaretz: ‘It’s a Killing Field’
Nir Hasson, Yaniv Kubovich and Bar Peleg, Haaretz, Jun 27, 2025
Israel draws condemnation for Gaza aid site killings
Urooba Jamal and Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera Live, 27 Jun 2025
Israel ‘disappeared’ 377,000 people in Gaza, half of them children: report
The New Arab, Jun 24, 2025
U.S. INTEL SAYS IRAN ISN’T A NUCLEAR THREAT
Nick Turse, The Intercept, June 17, 2025
Huckabee’s Dangerous and Misguided Post to Trump
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, June 19, 2025
Christian, Christianity, Christians, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, Gaza War, healthcare, Hiroshima, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jews, Jordan, Judea, justice, land, Madison, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Nagasaki, nationalism, nuclear, Palestine, Zionism
Israeli fire kills 140 in Gaza in 24 hours, medics say, as attention shifts to Iran
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, June 18, 2025
2025.07.11-20: Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid
Donations still open!
‘Death and hunger’: Evidence points to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting
Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Madalena Araújo, CNN, June 5, 2025
aid, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, disinformation, doctors, Egypt, film, Gaza War, Hamas, hasbara, healthcare, hospitals, images, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), labor, land, Madison, Madison Common Council, maps, media, military, Ministry of Health, Nasser Hospital, occupation, propaganda, starvation, war crimes
No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign
June 4, 2025
Gaza’s Hospitals ARE The Target
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, MAY 29, 2025
Video Shows Girl Trying to Escape Inferno
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, May 26, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, children, civilians, Donald Trump, drones, Ehud Olmert, Eken Park, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, Haaretz, Hamas, Hannibal Directive, healthcare, hospitals, hostages, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Islam, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), journalists, justice, Khan Younis, Madison, Madison Common Council, media, Middle East, military, occupation, October 7, Steve Witkoff, war crimes
2025.05.24: “Under Fire: Israel’s War on Medics”
Online, 11:00 AM CT
Civil Society Groups Call for Diplomatic Convoy to Get Aid Into Gaza
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, May 19, 2025
2025.06.10: 2025 Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid Donations
Donations open until Jun 10, 2025
Netanyahu announces Gaza occupation plan
Jason Burke, The Guardian, 5 May 2025
Peace Activists Are Shut Out From Getting Aid Into Gaza
A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, MAY 2, 2025
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza
SAM MEDNICK AND RENATA BRITO, AP, May 2, 2025
Israel Faces World Court Hearings Over Gaza Aid
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, April 28, 2025
aid, blockade, civilians, delegation, Europe, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, hostages, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, Madison, media, military, New York Times, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN)
World Food Programme warns of mass starvation in Gaza
Jon Shelton with AFP, Reuters, April 25, 2025
Muslim Women’s Coalition Response to Archewell Foundation
Muslim Women’s Coalition, April 17, 2025
Archewell, California, Christian, disinformation, donors, embargo, encampments, Europe, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, healthcare, human rights, independence, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Islam, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jews, Jordan, justice, land, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Milwaukee, Muslim, Muslim Women’s Coalition, occupation, Palestine, propaganda
2025.04.19: National Day of Action: Buy Out the Dane Co. Farmer’s Market!
Madison Resistance Coalition, Capitol Square loop to James Madison Park, 12 – 2 pm
Israel Preparing to Seize Ethnically Cleansed Rafah for Permanent Buffer Zone
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Apr 09, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, civilians, Donald Trump, education, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Katz, justice, Khan Younis, land, Madison, Middle East, military, Nakba, October 7, Palestine, Rafah
2025.04.22: Indigenous Water Defenders Paul DeMain and Gracie Waukechon
Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, 7-9 pm
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Lorenzo Tondo, Malak A Tantesh, and Julian Borger, The Guardian, 31 Mar 2025
New Israeli buffer zone and military corridor in Gaza
David Gritten and Yolande Knell, BBC, Apr 1, 2025
Court Extends Hussam Abu Safiya’s Detention in Israeli Torture Camp
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, March 26, 2025
Kids Under Fire: An investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children
Al Jazeera, Mar 27, 2025
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills Hamas leader, teen
Al Jazeera Staff, 24 Mar 2025
Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion
Ben Reiff, +972 Magazine, March 18, 2025
blockade, detainees, doctors, documentary, Donald Trump, Dr. Abu Safiya, Egypt, Eli Valley, environment, equality, ethnic cleansing, film, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, Hamdan Ballal, healthcare, hospitals, hostages, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jews, Jordan, journalists, justice, Khan Younis, land, Madison, media, military, Nakba, Nasser Hospital, Netzarim, No Other Land, occupation, October 7Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire
Russell Lewis, Kat Lonsdorf, and Daniel Estrin, NPR, MARCH 19, 2025
Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire as more than 400 Palestinians killed in IDF strikes
Tom Ambrose, Yohannes Lowe, Martin Belam, Kate Lamb and Helen Livingstone, The Guardian, 18 Mar 2025
Israel launches strikes across Gaza Strip, killing more than 100
By Lyndal Rowlands and Erin Hale, Al Jazeera Live, 18 Mar 2025
The Lives Lost in Gaza
Sudev Kiyada, Simon Scarr and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters, March 1, 2025
EFF Joins 7amleh Campaign to #ReconnectGaza
JILLIAN C. YORK AND PAIGE COLLINGS, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, MARCH 17, 2025
New UN report accuses Israel of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians
MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU, MARCH 14, 2025
After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
California, civil rights, colleges & universities, deportation, doctors, Donald Trump, education, Europe, free speech, green cards, healthcare, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, Israel Lobby, journalists, justice, land, law, Leqaa Kordia, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, media, New York City, United States
U.N. Commission and U.S. Surgeons Accuse Israel of Genocide and Torture
Democracy Now!, March 13, 2025
blockade, California, Congress, democracy, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, Europe, Gaza City, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, homeless, hospitals, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jerusalem, Judaism, Khan Younis, law, media, New York Times, nurses, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), paramedics, torture, United Nations (UN)Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza
MELANIE LIDMAN AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 9, 2025
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, civilians, delegation, Donald Trump, Egypt, Eken Park, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, Hezbollah, hospitals, hostages, Houthis, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jerusalem, justice, Khan Younis, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Muslim, negotiations
Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, civilians, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza City, Gaza War, Geneva Conventions (1949), Hamas, healthcare, hostages, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, justice, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Muslim, negotiations, Rafah, Return
Families rejoice as hundreds of Palestinian hostages are freed
Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, Feb 27, 2025
MECA Update on the West Bank
Feb 27, 2025
Netanyahu only ever saw the hostages as his path back to genocide
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 26 February 2025
blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, civilians, disinformation, doctors, documentary, Donald Trump, education, environment, film, Gaza War, genocide, Google, Haaretz, Hamas, hasbara, healthcare, hospitals, hostages, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Jenin, Jonathan Cook, journalists, justice, labor, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Muslim, nationalism, prisoners, propaganda
The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 24, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu, disinformation, Donald Trump, education, Egypt, environment, ethnic cleansing, film, Gaza War, Hamas, hasbara, healthcare, hospitals, hostages, human rights, images, Israel, Joe Biden, Jordan, land, Madison, Mahmoud Abbas, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, occupation, October 7, propaganda, United States
2025.03.08: AFRICaide and 4W International Women’s Day
Madison, 10am – 4pm CT
2025.03.01: The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza
Online, 12 noon – 3 pm CT
Living in the Open
Hossam Shabat and Rasha Abou Jalal, الصحفي حسام شبات, Drop Site News, Feb 20, 2025
Petition to U.S. for the release of Dr. Abu Safiya
Drop Site News, Feb 16, 2025
