The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

human rights

Sep 4, 2026

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…
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2009.04.05-07: Israel-Palestine from Bush to Obama: Health, Human Rights and Foreign Policy
The University of Wisconsin – Madison Middle East Studies Program April Lecture Series Prof. Noam…
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2009.01.01-02: WORT Programs on Gaza
“A Public Affair”, WORT 89.9 FM, Thursday, January 1, 2009 at noon, call in 256-2001…
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2008.06.08: Film USA vs Al-Arian
Sunday, June 8 7 pm Escape Java Joint, 916 Williamson St. This film about U.S.…
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Remembering The Nakba On Israel's 60th Anniversary
JUDITH LAITMAN and TSELA BARR, Wisconsin State Journal, May 16, 2008 This month, Jews around…
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My Name Is Rachel Corrie brings activist’s words to life in Madison
The show examines what it’s like for a 23-year-old woman to understand how the ‘rest…
arms, benefit, censorship, Craig and Cindy Corrie, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, Palestinian, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, UW-Madison, war, water, West Bank, world
People I Love Are Dying
Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, 03 March 08 People I know and love are…
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Muralists bring Palestinian experience to Olympia
Chris Allert, Works in Progress, February 2008 The Olympia-Rafah Mural Project is an official recognition…
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Year-end and holiday giving: Two opportunities to help Gaza
December 12, 2007 Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP, As we approach the holiday season…
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Summit’s Goal: Perpetuate Repression of Palestinians
Barb Olson, The Capital Times, December 07, 2007 “After meeting their own low expectations for…
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2007.11.17: Rami Khouri Talk in Madison
Rami George Khouri – “A Fair and Balanced View from the Arab World” Madison Civics…
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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…
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Palestinian author under cyber attack before Wisconsin Book Festival
Annie’s Letters, October 9, 2007 Palestinian author and human rights activist Susan Abulhawa has come…
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Apartheid Reigns In Israel, Activist-author Says
He Claims Nation Is Hurting Self With Its Policies SAMARA KALK DERBY, The Capital Times,…
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Bush badly botches Mideast conflict [the progressive view]
John Nichols, Capital Times, June 20, 2007 The tragedy of Washington’s narrow “debate” about the…
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SIX DAYS OF WAR, 40 YEARS OF OCCUPATION
MIKE MURRAY, Cap Times, Jun 9, 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the…
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Nightmares – How Gaza offends us all
Jennifer Loewenstein, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 06 June 2007 Jennifer Loewenstein brilliantly illustrates the horrors…
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The Gaza Strip Situation Report, 30 Jan 2007
Ceasefire between Palestinian factions enters into force after five days of intense inter-factional fighting United…
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Student Stipend Program
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) has launched a Student Stipend Program to provide Rafah…
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B’Tselem: Israeli Security Forces Killed 660 Palestinians During 2006
Haaretz Service, Dec 28, 2006 Report: Threefold increase in number of Palestinians killed compared to…
assassination, B’Tselem, civilians, detainees, Gaza, Haaretz, Hebron, home demolition, human rights, Intifada, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Palestinian, terrorism, travel, United Nations (UN), war, West Bank

human rights

An Interview with Simone Bitton on Her New Movie Rachel

2009.04.05-07: Israel-Palestine from Bush to Obama: Health, Human Rights and Foreign Policy

2009.01.01-02: WORT Programs on Gaza

2008.06.08: Film USA vs Al-Arian

Remembering The Nakba On Israel's 60th Anniversary

My Name Is Rachel Corrie brings activist’s words to life in Madison

People I Love Are Dying

Muralists bring Palestinian experience to Olympia

Year-end and holiday giving: Two opportunities to help Gaza

Summit’s Goal: Perpetuate Repression of Palestinians

2007.11.17: Rami Khouri Talk in Madison

Catastrophe at Rafah Crossing: More Than 35 Dead—and Counting

Palestinian author under cyber attack before Wisconsin Book Festival

Apartheid Reigns In Israel, Activist-author Says

Bush badly botches Mideast conflict [the progressive view]

SIX DAYS OF WAR, 40 YEARS OF OCCUPATION

Nightmares – How Gaza offends us all

The Gaza Strip Situation Report, 30 Jan 2007

Student Stipend Program

B’Tselem: Israeli Security Forces Killed 660 Palestinians During 2006