The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Palestinians protest moving US embassy to Jerusalem
Israeli forces suppress weekly marches in Bilin, Kafr Qaddum Ma’an News Agency, January 21, 2017…
Bedouin, Black, closures, confiscation, Donald Trump, home demolition, images, Iran, Israeli, Jerusalem, land, law, military, Nablus, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, protest, Ramallah, resistance, solidarity, Tel Aviv, terrorism, travel, video, volunteer, Wall, war, West Bank, worldViolence: the language of a Jewish state
Jonathan Cook Blog, January 19, 2017
Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy on Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution
Democracy Now!, December 30, 2016
aid, American, apartheid, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Congress, democracy, Democratic Party, Diana Buttu, Donald Trump, education, environment, ethnic cleansing, fair trade, Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Haifa, Hillary Clinton, International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jimmy Carter, Jordan, justice, land, law, Lindsey Graham, Mahmoud Abbas, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, New York Times, occupation, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, public opinion, religion, Republican Party, sanction, settlers, South Africa, State Capitol, Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, United Nations (UN), United States, veto, victims, vote, war, West Bank, worldWill Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?
David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016
American, apartheid, Arab, Barack Obama, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Black, boycott, Cisco, democracy, Donald Trump, Egypt, Europe, Google, human rights, IBM, Israel, Jewish, Jordan, land, law, Microsoft, Middle East, Muslim, one-state, Palestinian, pariah, peace, prison, rabbis, Russia, sanction, South Africa, Syria, tech, terrorism, Turkey, two-state, United Kingdom (UK), United States, war, worldKerry harshly condemns Israeli settler activity as an obstacle to peace
Carol Morello, The Washington Post, December 28, 2016 Secretary of State John F. Kerry on…
How Israel Misuses the Bible
Daniel C. Maguire, Consortiumnews.com, December 27, 2016
Israel rejects ‘shameful’ UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 24 December 2016
New Senate bill threatens free speech
Instead of fighting antisemitism, new Senate bill threatens free speech Jewish Voice for Peace, 06…
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Rosary Sisters High School Dabka
Dabka dance to “My Blood is Palestinian”. Enjoy. Jerusalem, Palestine Shahir Hunaina, YouTube, November 16,…
Palestinians Blamed for Forest Fires Across Palestine
But fires are raging across Western Asia Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, November 25, 2016 Middle East…
A letter from Gaza to the Natives of Standing Rock
Israa Suliman, WE ARE NOT NUMBERS, November 15, 2016 Dear Native Americans, Although we are…
blockade, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), ethnic cleansing, film, Gaza, healthcare, human rights, images, indigenous, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, law, media, military, Nakba, Native American, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, refugees, religion, resistance, resources, terrorism, travel, United States, video, war, water, West Bank, women, worldFall fundraising appeal from MRSCP
Luci Lights for Rafah and Playground finish for Hebron Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP,…
Israeli Military Blocks Female Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, October 05, 2016 Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed ‘to…
Zaytouna-Oliva departs for Gaza
Amal-Hope II to follow soon Women’s Boat to Gaza, Messina, Italy, September 27, 2016 This…
Poll: Small majority of Palestinians and Israelis support two-state solution
Ma’an News Agency, August 22, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an ) — A small majority of both…
Scottish football club fans wave Palestinian flags during match with Israeli team
Ma’an News Agency, Aug. 18, 2016 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fans of the Scottish Celtic Football…
GoFundMe Request by Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta
Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful…
Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S
Palestinian Rights Groups Cheer Berkeley’s Decision to Divest from Private Prisons Friends of Sabeel –…
American, apartheid, arms, Australia, BDS, Berkeley City, Black, boycott, California, Christian, Church of Christ, colleges & universities, corporations, deportation, detainees, divest, education, FBI, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), human rights, immigrants, Israel, Israeli, Jordan, justice, land, law, Methodist, military, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, sanction, South Africa, students, terrorism, torture, UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), unions, United Nations (UN), University of California, war, world2016.07.20: Women’s Boat to Gaza
Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the…
501(c)(3), Algeria, Arab, Australia, blockade, calendar, California, Canada, Christmas, Egypt, El Salvador, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Germany, Greenland, Hamas, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Israeli, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, land, law, Lebanon, Malta, Minnesota, Morocco, New Jersey, nonviolence, Nonviolence International, Palestinian, Panama, Portugal, Qatar, resistance, Russia, Saudi Arabia, solidarity, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, terrorism, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom (UK), United States, Venezuela, Wall, war, Wisconsin, women, world, YemenEleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression
Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 7, 2016
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Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Bedouin, Black, corporations, democracy, discrimination, education, ethnicity, Haaretz, Hebrew, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Ireland, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), land, law, Middle East, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peter Beinart, refugees, religion, resources, secular, South Africa, Supreme Court, United States, vote, war, West BankClinton to Palestine: Drop dead
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, June 27, 2016
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Barack Obama, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, boycott, climate, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, donors, freedom, healthcare, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, media, negotiations, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, sanction, settlers, terrorism, two-state, vote, war, West BankAmira Hass: I Went to See the Plight of the Dried-out Settlements. I Found a Pool
Amira Hass, BDS, Bezalel Smotrich, ethnic cleansing, Haaretz, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Judea, land, law, media, Mekorot, Nablus, Palestinian, Samaria, settlers, solidarity, terrorism, travel, war, water, West Bank, YitzharAre state boycotts of the anti-Israel BDS movement constitutional?
Aidan Quigley, The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2016
American, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), apartheid, arms, BDS, boycott, Christian, democracy, Egypt, Europe, free speech, Google, images, Israel, Israeli, land, law, legislature, media, New Jersey, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, resources, sanction, Supreme Court, two-state, United States, video, war, worldIt’s clear which way the wind is blowing
Churches are making history Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 23rd,…
“We’re at a Turning Point”
Josh Ruebner & Tamar Ghabin, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 16th, 2016…
Mental Health Library Campaign
Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF) We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental…
Congressional representatives urge investigation of human rights violations by Israel and Egypt
This is a big deal. Senator Patrick Leahy, along with 10 Congressional representatives, has written…
2016.04.05: Noga Kadman on Erased from Space and Consciousness
Noga Kadman speaks about her book Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated…
Landmark G4S Boycott Victory
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2016
2016.03.29: Film Standstill by Palestinian – Canadian filmmaker Majdi El-Omari
Standstill is the story of two people forced by political and social upheaval to confront…
Two establishment Jews endorse boycott of Israel and “single state”
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 24, 2015
aid, American, BDS, boycott, democracy, economy, Google, Holocaust, human rights, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jim Crow, La Crosse, land, law, Microsoft, occupation, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peter Beinart, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, Syria, travel, two-state, vote, war, West Bank, withdrawal, world, Zionism2015.11.01: Room No. 4 Photos and Speaker
Sunday, November 1, 2015 First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 1:00 – 2:30…
benefit, calendar, detainees, documentary, home demolition, images, Israeli, Jerusalem, land, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), Palestine, Palestinian, Playgrounds for Palestine, Rafah, Room No. 4, Russia, sister cities, terrorism, Unitarian, violations, war, womenWisconsin Book Festival’s Leila Abdelrazaq And “Baddawi” on WORT 89.9FM
A Public Affair, October 23, 2015
Fact Check: MSNBC’s Palestinian loss of land map
Institute for Middle East Understanding, Mondoweiss, October 22, 2015
Bedouin, Benjamin Netanyahu, ethnic cleansing, Golan Heights, Google, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, media, Middle East, military, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, refugees, settlers, Syria, terrorism, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United States, war, West Bank, worldDemanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi
“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…
Addameer, apartheid, art, Australia, BDS, California, detainees, Egypt, free speech, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Noam Chomsky, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, Rafah, Ramallah, resistance, Shireen Issawi, sister cities, solidarity, Switzerland, terrorism, torture, veterans, violations, vote, war, water, Wisconsin, women, worldYoung Palestinian-American Graphic Novelist Speaks at Wisconsin Book Festival
Madison365, Oct 30, 2015
Ex-U.N. Official John Dugard: Israel’s Crimes are “Infinitely Worse” Than in Apartheid South Africa
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, May 06, 2015
Under Siege: A Report from Gaza on WORT FM
Broadcast on the WORT 89.9 FM program Third World View: Mahmoud Abu Rahma, the Communications…
Al Mezan, blockade, Gaza, human rights, labor, land, law, Palestinian, podcast, terrorism, torture, travel, violations, world, WORT 89.9 FM2014.07.18-24: July Events and Gaza Links on the Israeli Attack
July 18-24, 2014
aid, Al Mezan, Ali Abunimah, Amazon, BDS, blockade, boycott, calendar, civilians, Electronic Intifada, Eli Valley, Esty Dinur, Gaza, Grassroots, human rights, images, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, leaflets, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), military, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), peace, Peace Action, protest, Rafah, sanction, solidarity, State Capitol, terrorism, torture, violations, West Bank, women, WORT 89.9 FMCall to action: Join Palestinian political prisoner’s day
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014
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US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Ramah Kudaimi, March 22nd, 2014
apartheid, BDS, Bedouin, benefit, boycott, Electronic Intifada, Eli Valley, Golan Heights, healthcare, human rights, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jordan, land, law, Mekorot, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, resources, Sodastream, United Nations (UN), violations, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, world, World Health Organization (WHO), World Water Day2014.05.5-6: Mark Braverman in Madison
Mark Braverman, author of Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the…
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“A Public Affair” WORT 89.9 FM 12 noon “A Public Affair” will be previewing the…
American, Arab, audio, Bethlehem, Bright Stars of Bethlehem, calendar, Christian, Church of Christ, doctors, education, freedom, Galilee, Haifa, Israeli, Japan, land, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Methodist, Middle East, Muslim, Muslims, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, podcast, Rafah, refugees, religion, schools, sister cities, terrorism, travel, UW-Madison, war, world, WORT 89.9 FM2013.02.28: Film 5 Broken Cameras
Trailer “5 Broken Cameras” from Guy Davidi on Vimeo. Hummus and a Movie: Screening…
Palestinians call for a boycott of Israeli diamonds
Over 50 Palestinian organisations, representing a cross-section of Palestinian civil society, including women’s groups and…
Al-Awda, allies, Amnesty International, Arab, Australia, ban, BDS, Birmingham, boycott, California, Canada, civilians, economy, equality, Europe, fair trade, Geneva Conventions (1949), Ghassan Kanafani, human rights, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Ireland, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, justice, labor, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), media, Middle East, military, Muslim, Nakba, New York City, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, Progressives, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, refugees, resources, sanction, sister cities, solidarity, South Africa, students, terrorism, unions, war, war crimes, women, worldTell Obama: Condition aid to Israel on compliance with international law
Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, January 10, 2013
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The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, January 9, 2013 Saturday, January 19th 2013, 4-6 pm,…
aid, American, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), arms, Barack Obama, BDS, Black, calendar, Church of Christ, CODEPINK, education, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Methodist, Middle East, military, Minnesota, New York City, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Presbyterian, Rafah, sister cities, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), take action, Unitarian, veterans, video, war, Washington DC, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), ZionismThe people of Gaza suffer
Palestinians warm themselves by a fire inside a house, which witnesses said was damaged in…
aid, American, arms, blockade, Christian, Congress, delegation, economy, football, Gaza, hospitals, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, law, media, military, Milwaukee, music, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), peace, prison, prisoners, Rafah, refugees, schools, self-defense, terrorism, torture, tunnels, United Nations (UN), United States, violations, war, water, womenTsela Barr and Michele Bahl: Recent visit to Gaza heartbreaking
TSELA BARR AND MICHELE BAHL | members, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Cap Times, Nov 22,…
blockade, Cap Times, civilians, delegation, football, Gaza, Hamas, human rights, Israel, Israeli, land, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), military, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinian, peace, project, Rafah, refugees, resistance, schools, sister cities, terrorism, travel, water, women, worldLoving the Land and It’s People: Palestinian Hospitality
Veena Brekke, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, October 31, 2012 On October 28th we departed the…
arms, delegation, education, equality, fair trade, Haifa, hospitals, Israeli, Jenin, justice, land, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), military, Muslim, olive oil, olive trees, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, rape, schools, settlers, sister cities, Tel Aviv, terrorism, travel, war, West Bank2012 West Bank Olive Harvest Delegation
Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation Arrives in Israel/Palestine Interfaith Peace-Builders, October 23, 2012 October 23, 2012 –…
ADC Releases Guide to Palestinian Film
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project has a library of films about Palestine available for free…
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), documentary, education, equality, ethnic cleansing, film, Grassroots, human rights, images, Israel, Jerusalem, land, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Middle East, Nakba, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, refugees, religion, resistance, resources, schools, sister cities, students, war, West Bank, women, world2011.04.14: Play We Belong to the Land
Anderson Auditorium Edgewood College Madison 7:00 pm A one-person drama based on the writings of…
2010.11.10: John Mearsheimer to Speak in Madison
Student Progressive Dane and the Middle Eastern Law Student Association present Greater Israel’s Bleak Future…
American Bar Association (ABA), apartheid, books, calendar, colonialism, Ehud Olmert, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, John Mearsheimer, Jordan, land, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Middle East, Palestinian, Progressives, Rafah, sister cities, Stephen Walt, two-state, UW-Madison, Zionism2010.10.21: Ann Wright to speak in Madison
From Afghanistan to Gaza: Obama’s Middle East Policy in Crisis 180 Science Hall UW-Madison 550…
Ann Wright, Barack Obama, blockade, calendar, civilians, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza Freedom March, Google, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), maps, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, Progressives, protest, Rafah, sister cities, snipers, State Department, terrorism, travel, UW-Madison, veterans, war, Wisconsin, women, WORT 89.9 FM
