The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: human rights
Mar 21, 2026
2026.03.24: Guatemala human rights activist Irma Velásquez Nimatuj to speak at UW
UW-Madison, Sewell Social Science Rm 8417, 1180 Observatory Dr, 2 pm and online
2026.04.04: Letters for Children in ICE Custody, Palestine, Iran, Iraq & Lebanon
Room of One’s Own Annex, 2713 Atwood Ave, Madison, 1-3 pm
Amnesty International: Release Ayman Bani Owda
Amnesty International, 13 March 2026
PCHR Documents Testimonies of Systematic Rape and Sexual Torture in Israeli Detention against Released Palestinian Detainees
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), November 10, 2025
2026.02.28: Rising Global Solidarity Against Genocide
Online, 11 AM CT
2026.02.19: Protective Presence in the West Bank
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, Madison and Zoom, 7 pm
2026.02.19: Unarmed Civilian Defense Report from the West Bank
UW-Madison, 3 pm
Amnesty International, calendar, checkpoints, documentary, ethnic cleansing, film, Hebron, human rights, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, No Other Land, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, Rafah, settlers, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), violence, West Bank, World Beyond War
Defaming Francesca Albanese
MOUIN RABBANI, FEB 14, 2026
URGENT FREE SPEECH ALERT: Wisconsin Senate Moves IHRA Bill Behind Closed Doors
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), February 2, 2026
2026.01.24: Building Unity for Nonviolent Action: Launching a Campaign
James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E. Johnson St, Madison, 6-9 pm
2026.01.20: Rally to Stop ICE Terror!
Forward Statue, Capitol @ State St, 6 pm
2026.01.18: JVP Madison Immigrant Solidarity Training
Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound St, 2-3:30 pm
2026.01.09 Update: ICE OUT Solidarity Vigil & Action
Capitol at State Street, 5pm
Israel Silences Australia
Lana Tatour, Dec 20, 2025
2025.12.21: Longest Night Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
Capitol Square at King St, 3 pm
Liberation Is Not Integration: On liberal Zionism, one-state fantasies, and what Palestinians actually want
LARA KILANI, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 8, 2025
Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025
aid, ceasefire, Donald Trump, drones, education, encampments, Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), journalists, Khan Younis, La Crosse, law, media, military, Nablus, online, Oslo Accords, Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestinians, peace, Ramallah, United Nations (UN), Yellow Line
After 9 Months of ‘Israel’s Abuse,’ US Teen Mohammed Ibrahim Freed From Detention
JESSICA CORBETT, Common Dreams, Nov 27, 2025
Free Mohammed Ibrahim!
CODEPINK, Nov 26, 2025
We write / to keep our names alive / to carve our stories into time.
Eman Eid, We Are Not Numbers, November 9, 2025. Artist: Jan Khaled, Flyers for Falastin
2025.10.18: No Kings October 2025
A photo album
Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home
Owen Jones, The Guardian, 14 Oct 2025
2025.10.08: Hands Off Chicago Protest in Madison
Capitol Square at King St, 5:30 pm
UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements
UN Human Rights Office, 26 September 2025
U.N. Formally Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide
ADC, September 16, 2025
The Disappearance of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
AMEL GUETTATFI, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 12, 2025
Don’t Let Israel Silence Wisconsin!
MRSCP, CODEPINK Madison, JVP-Milwaukee & Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, Sep 11, 2025
antisemitism, censorship, CODEPINK, discrimination, education, equality, FBI, free speech, Holocaust, human rights, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Declaration, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jews, Judaism, justice, labor, law, legislature, Madison, Middle East, Milwaukee, MRSCP, Muslim, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, Peter Beinart, petition, racism, Rafah, take action, United States, Wisconsin
U.S Sanctions against Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD), 05 September 2025
2025.09.04: David Rovics and Kamala Emmanuel in Madison!
Muso, 2040 Winnebago Street, 7 pm
New U.S. Report On Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91% Shorter
Nick Turse, The Intercept, August 13 2025
Israeli settlers are taking over Hebron city!
Friends of Hebron, August 13, 2025
Detention Designed to Crush Body and Mind
ANDREA UMBRELLO, THE PROGRESSIVE, AUGUST 5, 2025
2025.08.16: Come to MASCP’s Annual Pupusa Dinner
1104 Mound St, Madison, 5-7 pm
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, Israelis, Jerusalem Declaration, Jews, Joel Beinin, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Mohammad Shalabi, No Other Land, October 7, Oscar, Palestinians, protest, rabbis, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Rashid Khalidi, Saif Musallet, Shireen Abu Akleh, starvation, West Bank, Yinon Levi
2025.08.09: Nagasaki Day Peace Summit
First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, 2 – 4:30 pm. Online option.
Israeli forces storm Umm Al-Khair and Tuba and arrest 14
Youth of Sumud, July 30, 2025
Milwaukee Solidarity Flotilla shows support for letting aid into Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 29, 2025
Israeli Human Rights Group Says Israel Is Committing Genocide. Why Did It Take 22 Months?
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, JUL 28, 2025
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic, July 29, 2025
Palestinian activist who worked on film ‘No Other Land’ killed in occupied West Bank
Middle East Eye staff, 28 July 2025
Awdah Hathleen, California, Cassandra Dixon, Cisco, disinformation, documentary, Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, Europe, film, football, Hamas, hasbara, home demolition, human rights, Israel, Israelis, Italy, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, Middle East, No Other Land, Oscar, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, Progressives, propaganda, rabbis, Rafah, settlers, Umm Al Kheir, violence, West Bank, Yinon Levi
Palestine coverage scares off nonprofit news funders
Nicole Froio, Prism, July 23, 2025
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
Iron Dome Is Not a Defensive System
Dylan Saba, Jewish Currents, May 25, 2023
arms, blockade, civil rights, civilians, Congress, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Egypt, ethnicity, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, hospitals, human rights, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israelis, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Joe Biden, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Nathan Thrall, negotiations, New York City, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Operation Cast Lead, Operation Pillar of Defense, Palestine, Palestinians, Progressives, protest, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, United States
New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
Airbnb, Amazon, Blackrock, British Petroleum (BP), Canada, Caterpillar, Chevron, corporations, divest, drones, economy, Egypt, Elbit Systems, Eli Valley, embargo, environment, Europe, FANUC Inc, Francesca Albanese, Gaza War, genocide, Google, Hewlett-Packard, hospitals, human rights, Hyundai, IBM, images, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Japan, Jerusalem, Jordan, justice, labor, land, law, Lockheed Martin, Madison, Maersk, Masafer Yatta, media, Microsoft, military, MIT, music, occupation, online, Palantir, Palestine, Palestinians, rabbis, Rafah, Vanguard, Volvo
2025.07.17: ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Events
Wisconsin Capitol Square, 12 – 2:30 pm. Cookout at Olin Park, 4 – 7 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), Palestinians, peace, petition, police, Qatar, Rafah, settlers, violence, West BankTrump as Netanyahu’s Spokesman: U.S. Policy in Gaza Mirrors Israeli Ambitions
Elijah J Magnier, Jul 3, 2025
Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State
Chris Lehmann, The Nation, Jul 02, 2025
In a boost to BDS, UK Co-op divests from Israel
Middle East Monitor, Jun 25, 2025
The Global March to Gaza ended in violence. Activists remain undeterred
Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
aid, blockade, checkpoints, Cisco, delegation, deportation, Egypt, film, Gaza War, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, hospitals, human rights, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jenin, Jordan, justice, La Crosse, land, law, Madison, media, Meta, military, Muslim, nurses, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, police, prison, protest, rabbis, Rafah
Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
aid, blockade, Camp David, Canada, checkpoints, Chicago, Congress, delegation, deportation, disinformation, Egypt, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, Hamas, hasbara, hospitals, human rights, hunger strikes, images, Islam, Israel, Israel Katz, justice, labor, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Morocco, Muslim, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, police, prison, propaganda, protest, Rafah
2025.06.29: “The Moral Issue of Our Time: Palestine”
Online, 2:30-4:00 PM CT
Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
SOPHIE BATES AND PHILIP MARCELO, AP, June 20, 2025
Badar Khan Suri, civil rights, Congress, deportation, detainees, Donald Trump, free speech, green cards, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), human rights, immigrants, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), justice, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, New Jersey, Palestine, Palestinians, petition, protest, Rafah, United States
Israeli Forces Target Journalists’ Tent at Al Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, June 5, 2025
No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign
June 4, 2025
As Israel Slaughters Gazans, US House Progressives Push ‘Block the Bombs Act’
JESSICA CORBETT, COMMON DREAMS, Jun 05, 2025
arms, blockade, civilians, Congress, Donald Trump, Gaza War, Hamas, hospitals, hostages, human rights, images, Islam, Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joe Biden, justice, law, Madison, Madison Common Council, Mark Pocan, military, negotiations, October 7, Palestinians, peace, Peace Action, prison, Progressives, rabbis, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, taxes, United States, war crimes
The Village of Khallet al Dabaa in Masafer Yatta Needs Your Help
May 27, 2025
Cassandra Dixon, civilians, Congress, ethnic cleansing, Google, Hebron, human rights, Israel, justice, Khallet ad-Daba’a, land, law, Madison, maps, Masafer Yatta, media, military, MRSCP, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), online, Palestinians, peace, Rafah, settlers, violence, West Bank
Gaza Stripped: The Colonial Isolation Of Gaza
Visualizing Palestine, May, 2025
“No Other Land” centers the resilience of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation
DAVID BOFFA, TONE MADISON, MAY 21, 2025
civilians, colonialism, documentary, donate, ethnic cleansing, film, Hamdan Ballal, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israelis, journalists, labor, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, military, No Other Land, occupation, Oscar, Palestine, Palestinians, racism, Rafah, settlers, violence, West Bank
Civil Society Groups Call for Diplomatic Convoy to Get Aid Into Gaza
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, May 19, 2025
aid, blockade, civilians, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Itamar Ben-Gvir, justice, law, Madison, media, Middle East, NGOs, Palestine, Palestinians, Rafah, refugees, starvation, war crimes
Imagine If Gaza Was Jewish And The People Bombing It Were Muslims
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, MAY 16, 2025
All Eyes on Deck: Demand An Independent Investigation into the Attacks on the ‘Conscience’
THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION, MAY 14, 2025
The 1948 Nakba and Today’s Gaza Genocide Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, MAY 15, 2025
A Message on the Freedom Flotilla Attack
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, May 2, 20225
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza
SAM MEDNICK AND RENATA BRITO, AP, May 2, 2025
Democrats Push To Censor Palestine Lessons In California
Shaanth Nanguneri, The Intercept, April 28, 2025
antisemitism, California, censorship, Cisco, Congress, discrimination, divest, education, Egypt, Eli Valley, ethnic cleansing, free speech, Google, Grassroots, Hamas, human rights, images, indigenous, Israel, Israel Lobby, land, law, legislature, Madison, media, Middle East, Nakba, Native American, New York Times, October 7, one-state, online, Palestine, Palestinians, protest, Rafah, United States
Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians
Human Rights Watch, April 23, 2025
arms, Canada, civilians, doctors, drones, Gaza War, Germany, Hamas, Hezbollah, hospitals, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, journalists, justice, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, military, October 7, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), online, Palestine, Rafah, United States, war crimes
Arabs: The Weak Link in the US Civil Liberties Chain
Dr. James J. Zogby, Washington Watch, April 21, 2025
Muslim Women’s Coalition Response to Archewell Foundation
Muslim Women’s Coalition, April 17, 2025
Archewell, California, Christian, disinformation, donors, embargo, encampments, Europe, freedom, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, healthcare, human rights, 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, online, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, propaganda, protest, Pulitzer Prize, racism, Rafah
2025.04.18-23: Farah Nabulsi’s Film “The Teacher”
AMC Fitchburg 18
First they came for Mahmoud Khalil…
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Mar 11, 2025
colleges & universities, deportation, digital, divest, Donald Trump, free speech, Gaza War, green cards, hospitals, human rights, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Lobby, justice, labor, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestine, Rafah, Rubio, Rumeysa Ozturk, take action, United StatesIsrael 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, Israelis, justice, Khan Younis, land, Madison, Middle East, military, Nakba, October 7, Palestine, Palestinians, Rafah
2025.04.14-18: UW Against Apartheid Week
Students for Justice in Palestine UW-Madison
Justice for Palestinian-American Omar Mohammed Rabea!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Apr 7, 2025
aid, American, citizen, civilians, discrimination, Donald Trump, ethnicity, FBI, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, justice, killing, law, Madison, media, military, Omar Mohammed Rabea, Palestine, Palestinians, paramedics, police, Rafah, Ramallah, settlers, United States, West Bank
2025.04.21: Campus Speech, Antisemitism and Islamophobia
UW-Madison Pyle Center, Wisconsin Idea Lounge, 5:00 pm
Court Extends Hussam Abu Safiya’s Detention in Israeli Torture Camp
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, March 26, 2025
2025.04.01: Divesting from Israel’s Genocide
Online, 6 pm CT
Tell your Senators: No More Weapons to Israel!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 19, 2025
arms, Bernie Sanders, civil rights, civilians, Congress, discrimination, Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, genocide, Grassroots, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, justice, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, military, October 7, Palestinians, Rafah, take action, United States
ADC Statement on the Collapse of a Ceasefire That Never Was
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 18, 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
Emergency Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s Attack on Free Speech
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mar 16, 2025
civil rights, colleges & universities, Cornell, deportation, discrimination, Donald Trump, donate, Europe, free speech, Grassroots, Homeland Security (DHS), human rights, IBM, International Court of Justice (ICJ), justice, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, McCarthyism, media, Palestine, protest, Rafah, United States
