The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
justice
Oct 17, 2026
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
aid, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Europe, Gaza, Gaza City, genocide, Germany, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, law, Madison, media, military, New York Times, Palestinian, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, Rafah, South Africa, starvation, war, water, world
Adalah Demands Immediate Release of 21 Activists Aboard the ‘Handala’
Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, 27/07/2025
Desperate for Fuel in Gaza
MARK HERTSGAARD, THE NATION, JULY 24, 2025
Al Jazeera, Arab, BBC, blockade, climate, documentary, Edward Said, environment, fuel, Gaza, Gaza City, healthcare, hospitals, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, journalists, justice, labor, land, Madison, media, Meta, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, starvation, video, Wall, war, world
2025.07.25: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to speak about treating patients in Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 25, 2025
arms, calendar, California, children, Church of Christ, doctors, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Esty Dinur, Europe, Gaza, genocide, healthcare, Holocaust, hospitals, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Khan Younis, Madison, Madison365, Middle East, nurses, paramedics, peace, Presbyterian, Rafah, sister cities, Unitarian, United Nations (UN), volunteer, war, Wisconsin, WORT 89.9 FM
James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 18, 2025
American, antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Betar, books, civilians, Europe, film, Gaza, immigrants, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, Meta, Middle East, military, Muslim, October 7, online, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, Progressives, protest, Rafah, Russia, United States (US), war, war crimes, world
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
aid, American, Arab, blockade, civilians, democracy, Gaza, genocide, Germany, healthcare, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, military, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, refugees, sanction, satellite, shelters, snipers, starvation, terrorism, Tufts, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Kingdom (UK), United Nations (UN), United States (US), video, vote, war, water, women, worldKufiya Fish Prominent in Origami Display
“Sierra Club, Eco Groups Break Record For World’s Largest Display Of Origami Fish To Protest…
UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
apartheid, arms, ban, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Congress, economy, embargo, Europe, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Holocaust, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Ireland, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, justice, land, law, Madison, media, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Qatar, Rafah, sanction, South Africa, Spain, stories, terrorism, Turkiye, United Nations (UN), United States (US), war, West Bank, world
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
Al Jazeera, ambulances, American, apartheid, Beita, Black, checkpoints, citizen, Congress, democracy, ethnic cleansing, Haaretz, hospitals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Israeli, Jenin, Jonathan Pollak, journalists, justice, killing, land, law, Madison, military, occupation, October 7, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), paramedics, peace, police, protest, public opinion, Rafah, Ramallah, Saif Musallet, Sayfollah Musallet, settlers, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sinjil, State Department, terrorism, travel, victims, video, Wall, war, West Bank
New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
Airbnb, Amazon, annexation, apartheid, arms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), benefit, Blackrock, blockade, British Petroleum (BP), Canada, Caterpillar, Chevron, corporations, divest, drones, economy, Egypt, Elbit Systems, Eli Valley, embargo, environment, Europe, FANUC Inc, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, genocide, Google, Hewlett-Packard, hospitals, human rights, Hyundai, IBM, images, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Japan, Jerusalem, Jordan, justice, labor, land, law, Lockheed Martin, Madison, Maersk, Masafer Yatta, media, Microsoft, military, MIT, music, occupation, online, Palantir, Palestine, Palestinian, rabbis, Rafah, resources, sanction, South Africa, students, taxes, tech, terrorism, travel, unions, United States (US), Vanguard, violations, Volvo, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, worldIsraeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
Alana Wise, NPR, JULY 12, 2025
Statement of Youth of Sumud
The villages of Masafer Yatta are now facing daily violent attacks from settlers . .…
Al-Halawa, Ariel Sharon, B’Tselem, Cassandra Dixon, ethnic cleansing, Europe, indigenous, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jewish, Jinba, justice, land, law, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, military, Palestinian, police, Rafah, sanction, schools, settlers, sumud, terrorism, training, Tuba, video, violations, war, West Bank, world, Youth of Sumud
2025.07.25 Update: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Madison
First Unitarian Society, 12 noon & Christ Presbyterian Church, 7 pm
American, arms, calendar, California, children, Church of Christ, democracy, doctors, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Europe, Gaza, genocide, healthcare, hospitals, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Khan Younis, Madison, Middle East, New York Times, NGOs, nurses, Palestine, Palestinian, paramedics, peace, Presbyterian, Rafah, secular, torture, Unitarian, United States (US), UW-Madison, volunteer, war, world, World Health Organization (WHO), WORT 89.9 FM
Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
aid, Balata, Bethlehem, checkpoints, confiscation, Deir Yassin, democracy, disease, donate, education, ethnic cleansing, freedom, Gaza, genocide, Grassroots, healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, Idhna, indigenous, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jericho, Jerusalem, justice, land, Madison, Middle East, military, Ministry of Health, Nablus, negotiations, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, Qalqilya, Rafah, Ramallah, rape, schools, sheep, Sinjil, starvation, students, Supreme Court, terrorism, torture, Tuba, Tubas, Tulkarm, war, water, West Bank, women, world
In a boost to BDS, UK Co-op divests from Israel
Middle East Monitor, Jun 25, 2025
apartheid, BDS, boycott, divest, Gaza, genocide, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, justice, land, law, Madison, Maersk, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, United Kingdom (UK), United Nations (UN), violations, vote, war, women
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
The Global March to Gaza ended in violence. Activists remain undeterred
Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
aid, Algeria, artist, blockade, checkpoints, Cisco, delegation, deportation, Egypt, film, Gaza, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, hospitals, human rights, images, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jewish, Jordan, justice, La Crosse, land, law, Madison, media, Meta, military, Muslim, nurses, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, protest, rabbis, Rafah, resistance, resources, solidarity, Spain, terrorism, travel, Tunisia, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates (UAE), video, war, water, West Bank, women, worldEgypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
Abdel el-Sisi, aid, Algeria, American, Arab, arms, BBC, blockade, Camp David, Canada, checkpoints, Chicago, Congress, delegation, deportation, disinformation, Egypt, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, Hamas, hasbara, hospitals, human rights, hunger strikes, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jewish, justice, labor, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Morocco, Muslim, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, propaganda, protest, Rafah, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, starvation, Syria, Tel Aviv, terrorism, travel, Tunisia, tunnels, Turkiye, UC Berkeley, unions, United States (US), video, volunteer, war, war crimes, water, worldColumbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
SOPHIE BATES AND PHILIP MARCELO, AP, June 20, 2025
American, antisemitism, 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), Israel, justice, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Mohsen Mahdawi, New Jersey, Palestinian, petition, protest, Rafah, Rumeysa Ozturk, students, terrorism, travel, Tufts, war
