The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

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Jul 24, 2026

2026.01.28: Homelessness Among Students & Families In Madison
Linden CoHousing Great Room, 107 Sutherland Ct, Madison, 8-9:30 am
calendar, education, homeless, land, law, Madison, peace, Rafah, schools, students, Wisconsin, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Israel Is Preparing Land in Rafah to Corral Palestinians into an Area Under Full Military Occupation
FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE AND DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 20, 2026
Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, Gaza, land, military, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, violations, war
Special End-of-Year Appeal: Help Plant 400 Olive Trees in the West Bank!
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Dec 28, 2025 Update
aid, arms, Barb Olson, Cassandra Dixon, donate, Israel, Israeli, land, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Masafer Yatta, military, Nablus, olive trees, online, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, projects, Rafah, sister cities, solidarity, terrorism, video, Wall, war, West Bank
Land Grab: Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Michael D. Shear, Daniel Berehulak, Leanne Abraham and Fatima AbdulKarim, New York Times, Dec. 20, 2025
Al-Mughayir, Bedouin, Bethlehem, Bezalel Smotrich, confiscation, Hebron, home demolition, Huwara, Jericho, Jonathan Pollak, Jordan Valley, land, Mike Huckabee, Mohammad Shalabi, Muarrajat, New York Times, olive trees, Rahaf al-Ashqar, Ramallah, Sayfollah Musallet, settlers, Sinjil, terrorism, travel, Tubas, Tulkarm, Turmus Ayya, two-state, West Bank
2025.12.30: Visit to Taybeh
Online, 11 AM CT
calendar, Christian, Church of Christ, delegation, ethnic cleansing, Israeli, land, Madison, music, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, Ramallah, settlers, Taybeh, terrorism, war, West Bank
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
aid, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Arab, arms, artist, Aya Ghanameh, banned books, BDS, Ben and Jerry’s, Ben Cohen, books, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, censorship, children, divest, Gaza, genocide, Hannah Moushabeck, Homeland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Interlink Foundation, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, land, literature, Madison, Noura Erakat, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, resources, schools, Sim Kern, solidarity, State Capitol, stories, sumud, take action, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), United States, war, world
‘Home truths’ from Melanie Phillips convey one message: Israel will always be at war
David Hearst, Middle East Eye, 25 November 2025
Donald Trump, Gaza, Iran, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel Lobby, land, Lebanon, Melanie Phillips, Middle East, religion, Syria, war, Zionism
2025.12.11: Film Severed, Sumud, and Disability Justice in Palestine
Online, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
aid, Amazon, American, BBC, blockade, calendar, deaf, disability, documentary, film, Gaza, Grassroots, healthcare, images, Israeli, justice, land, law, Madison, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, Severed, solidarity, spying, stories, sumud, terrorism, war
2025.12.04: Book Circle – “Land of the Cranes” by Aida Salazar
Online, 6:00 pm social, 6:30 pm program
calendar, deportation, ethnic cleansing, images, immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), land, literature, Madison, online, peace, petition, poetry, racism, resources, schools, war, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Give to the Children of Umm al Khair
Friends of Sabeel North America, Nov 18, 2025
aid, Awdah Hathleen, education, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Israeli, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, military, music, Palestinian, Rafah, schools, settlers, terrorism, Umm al-Khair, water, West Bank
2025.12.14: Winter Recital Benefit for MECA
McFarland Lutheran Church, 5529 Marsh Rd, 2:30 pm
benefit, calendar, Gaza, land, Lutheran, Madison, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), peace, Rafah, Threads, winter
‘A wasteland’: FRANCE 24 journalist given rare glimpse of war-ravaged Gaza
NOGA TARNOPOLSKY, FRANCE 24, 5 NOV 2025
Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, ethnic cleansing, France, Gaza, journalists, land, war, Yellow Line
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, American, Awdah Hathleen, civilians, documentary, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, Hezbollah, homeless, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jerusalem, Khan Younis, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, Madleen, Middle East, military, Mohammed Ibrahim, No Other Land, occupation, Oscar, Palestinian, peace, prison, protest, Rafah, settlers, Steve Witkoff, terrorism, torture, tunnels, Turkiye, Umm al-Khair, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Wall, war, water, West Bank, winter, world, Yellow Line
Israel wants to hire Chris Pratt and Steph Curry
NICK CLEVELAND-STOUT, Responsible Statecraft, OCT 07, 2025
Gaza, genocide, hasbara, Israel Lobby, land, propaganda, war, Zionism
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble
ABDEL QADER SABBAH AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 11, 2025
Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, Gaza, Gaza City, land, Palestinian, war
2025.11.14: Sim Kern & Hannah Moushabeck in Madison!
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, 7 pm, RSVP
aid, American, books, calendar, censorship, Church of Christ, education, Gaza, genocide, Hannah Moushabeck, Homeland, Jewish, justice, land, literature, Madison, media, nationalism, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, Presbyterian, Read Palestine!, Sim Kern, West Bank, Zionism
2025.10.09: Meet & Greet with Baz Sundark, Artist of “Lands of Palestine”
Java Cat, 4221 Lien Road, 5-6:30 pm
art, artist, auction, benefit, calendar, ethnic cleansing, Grassroots, Java Cat, land, Madison, Madison365, Masafer Yatta, military, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, settlers, terrorism, video
2025.10.03-13: Baz Sundark “Lands of Palestine” Art Show & Auction
Benefiting Masafer Yatta
art, auction, benefit, calendar, ethnic cleansing, Grassroots, Java Cat, land, Madison, Madison365, Masafer Yatta, military, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, settlers, terrorism, video
2025.10.27: Children’s International Story Hour – “Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine”
Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
art, books, calendar, children, Homeland, land, Madison, Palestine, stories, UW-Madison
Tell Ireland, Spain, Turkey, Iceland and other UEFA members: Suspend Israel from UEFA!
Ekō, Sep 27, 2025
BDS, boycott, football, Gaza, genocide, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Ireland, Israel, land, Spain, Turkiye, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), war