The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Apr 12, 2026
If Not Now Says “#DropAIPAC”
Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist…
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As salaamu alaykum. The Gaza Is Palestine campaign, led by us and Adalah Justice Project,…
Free Ahmad Manasra: Demand his immediate release
For the past seven years, since he was only 13, Ahmad Manasra has been imprisoned…
No Path to Justice
Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass Alice Speri, The…
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Deceased on Wednesday: Bilal Awad Kabaha and Ayman Mahmoud Mheisin. If Americans Knew, June 2,…
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1924 East Dayton Street, Madison (First Street between E. Washington and E. Johnson) 8:00 am…
Stop the Line 5 Pipeline Expansion
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project supports these efforts by Indigenous Women to end fossil fuel…
2022.04.24 & 26: Virtual Delegations to Gaza
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2022.04.01: March is a month of resilience and bravery for the Palestinian people
As Americans Muslims for Palestine commemorates Land Day on March 30th, we concurrently remember the…
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March 19, 2022 International Festival OVERTURE HALL LOBBY 10AM – 5 PM Admission Free Please…
Due to wars and siege, Gaza infrastructure unprepared for climate disaster
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, MARCH 16, 2022
2022.03.16: 19th Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration
Register in advance for this webinar March 16, 2022, 7 pm CT/5 pm PT Join…
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Amnesty International, 1 February 2022
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Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022
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Ref: 61/2021 Date: 30 December 2021 Due to the serious deterioration in the health condition…
#HishamAbuHawash #FreeHisham
Health of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash deteriorates as he enters 135th day of hunger…
2021.12.12: Online Film: To Treat Kids Like Me in Gaza
Screening & discussion Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 1:00 PM CST With severe medicine shortages and…
2021.10.16 Update: Palestinian Olive Oil and Crafts Sidewalk Sale
Saturday, Oct 16, 10 am – 4 pm 1924 East Dayton Street, Madison [Map] Off…
Conscientious objector: ‘I don’t want to wear a uniform that symbolizes violence and pain’
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, September 1, 2021
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Home Invasions and False Arrests: Aref Jaber defies settlers’ attempts to take over his plot…
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Days of Palestine – Gaza, Aug 21, 2021 Israeli occupation warplanes moments ago launched airstrikes…
Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza as hostilities escalate
The Guardian, 21 Aug 2021
Israeli soldiers killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy
YUMNA PATEL, Mondoweiss, JULY 29, 2021
Boycotting the Boycotters
ERIKA BOLSTAD, IN THESE TIMES, MARCH 19, 2021
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN RETRACTED PRO-PALESTINE ARTICLE WITHOUT ANY FACTUAL ERRORS
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept, July 1 2021 After right-wing outrage, the esteemed journal removed an…
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Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan tells Haaretz why he welcomes a new Israeli government, even one…
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Palestinian citizens of Israel protesting the passage of the Jewish nation-state law. Tel Aviv, August…
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Jason Breslow, NPR, May 19, 2021
Israeli warplanes destroy 12-story residential building in Gaza
Anadolu Agency, May 11, 2021
End Medical Apartheid
Justice for All: To build a world where there is healthcare for all, we must…
National Lawyers Guild Urges Biden to Align US Israel-Palestine Policy With International Law
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, May 03, 2021
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Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND…
aid, arms, benefit, blockade, donate, economy, healthcare, Israeli, Khan Younis, Madison, media, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, occupation, Palestinian, peace, project, Rafah, refugees, sister cities, take action, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United States, volunteer, war, water, winter, women2021.03.16 Update: Rachel Corrie: Commemorating 18 Years
Madison-Rafah spokesperson starting at 46:23 Updates from the Rachel Corrie Foundation Registration link: http://bit.ly/2MHVjgC Livestream…
Dr. Fauci, Please use your Israeli prize money to buy vaccines for Palestine
EWISH VOICE FOR PEACE HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Mondoweiss, MARCH 1, 2021
Israel should be giving Palestinians vaccines
Palestinian people are living under Israeli occupation. Israel should be giving Palestinian people the vaccines…
About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen
Kathy Kelly, The Progressive, January 19, 2021
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Help Harun Abu Aram Heal Rebuilding Alliance is organizing this fundraiser and will be working…
2020.12.11: MRSCP END OF YEAR APPEAL
As 2020 comes to a close, we are writing to ask for your end-of-year contribution…
2020.12.12: Webinar on Gaza Food Production & Security
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Landmark Endorsement of Rep. Joaquin Castro for House Chair
Over 50 progressive organizations endorse Rep. Joaquin Castro for Chair of the House Foreign Affairs…
Israel Sends Maher al-Akhras to Death
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 115/2020, 02 November 2020
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Last month, Gaza experienced an 84% increase in COVID-19 cases. You know what would help…
2020.09.12: UNRWA USA’S Virtual Gaza 5K & Art Auction
Announcing the First-Ever Nationwide Virtual Gaza 5K + Digital Festival Art Auction! Everyone’s mental health…
Israel Bans Fuel Entry to Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 75/2020, 17 August 2020
Faith Leaders Oppose F-35 Fighter Jets
Find inspiration and hope reading this full-page ad from the July 29 Wisconsin State Journal.…
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The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council renews the call for targeted sanctions Palestinian Human Rights…
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Rebuilding Alliance GlobalGiving’s World Refugee Week Campaign is starting Monday, June 15th, at 9am Eastern…
Palestine 2020 Series: Water as a Public Health Issue
Nidal Al-Azraq & Zena Agha on Water as a Public Health Issue Palestine Under COVID-19…
Myths about Gaza
4/27/20 Since the Coronavirus crisis began, IfNotNow has focused most of our movement’s resources on…
aid, American, blockade, digital, education, Gaza, healthcare, human rights, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, land, Madison, media, military, occupation, Palestinian, petition, prison, Rafah, resources, warSecond Appeal in the COVID-19 Crisis
Ref: 36/2020 Date: 14 April 2020 Time: 10:00 GMT Second Appeal in COVID-19 Crisis…
Tarek Abuata: Human Rights in Palestine During the Pandemic
Recorded on WORT 89.9 FM A Public Affair with host Esty Dinur: WORT website •…
Coronavirus and Gaza
DONATE! Here are three good options for sending medical relief to Palestine and Gaza: Rebuilding…
Palestinians report 1st cases of coronavirus in Gaza Strip
Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, at the main…
Help Palestinians in Gaza survive Coronavirus
If Not Now, March 20,2020 We have an opportunity to save thousands of lives —…
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Available for a limited time! Can you help put us over the top? Dear Friends,…
Activists Reclaimed a Water Source for Palestinians, Showing Co-Resistance Works
Oren Kroll-Zeldin, Truthout, January 10, 2020
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Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into…
Final 2019 Appeal — Clean Water for Kids
Best Photos of 2019 from MECA We are now more than halfway to providing another…
‘Blinding the truth’: Israeli snipers target Gaza protesters in the eyes
Tareq Hajjaj and Pam Bailey, The New Arab, 20 December, 2019
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Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked:…
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Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 After years of investigation and…
Desperate work for desperate people
Amjad Ayman Yaghi, The Electronic Intifada, 15 October 2019
Jordan-Israel Ties Strained by Detentions
“We hold the Israeli government responsible for the lives of our citizens whose health conditions…
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights, October 8, 2019 On 8 October 2019, the Palestinian Center…
Security forces make deadly use of crowd control weapons in Gaza
B’Tselem, 06 August 2019 From the beginning of the Great March of Return protests on…
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B’Tselem, 24 July 2019
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Mohamed Mohamed, Mondoweiss, July 26, 2019
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Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman, We Are Not Numbers, May 20, 2019 “I want to be one…
MECA 2018 Annual Report
MECA 2018 Annual Report by Middle East Children’s Alliance on Scribd
First Anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Ref: 50/2019, March 30, 2019
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Palestinian Center for Human Rights, March 28, 2019
2019.03.18: Israeli Politics Decoded with David Sheen
Online from the Palestine Center Washington, DC 12 noon – 1 pm Central Time Listen…
Two Palestinian children killed in blaze after Israel blocks fire brigade
Middle East Monitor, March 6, 2019
