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Apr 27, 2026

Oscars Celebrities #SkipTheTrip to Israel!
Ramah Kudaimi, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 22 Feb 2017
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Michael Bennett boycotts trip, says he won’t be used by Israel
Steve Almasy, CNN, February 12, 2017
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2 Palestinians killed, 5 injured in reported airstrike on southern Gaza tunnel
Ma’an News Agency, Feb. 9, 2017 GAZA (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were killed and five…
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What really happened in the Umm Al-Hiran “terrorist attack”
New video deals another blow to Israeli police version of Umm al-Hiran raid Last month…
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2017.03.15: Film Occupation of the American Mind
Occupation of the American Mind (2016) Marquee Theater Union South, UW-Madison 7:00 pm Doors open…
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Israel Bulldozes Democracy
AYMAN ODEH, The New York Times, February 11, 2017 A Bedouin woman reacts to the…
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David Friedman Is Unfit to Be Ambassador to Israel
Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days…
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Israel as the Lights Go Out
In America there is always a domestic political reason for not doing the right thing…
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Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy on Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution
Democracy Now!, December 30, 2016
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Israel rejects ‘shameful’ UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 24 December 2016
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What the UN Security Council resolution means for the US and Israel
Oren Liebermann, CNN, December 26, 2016
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2017.01.28 Update: Freeze for Peace Run and Walk!
Links for RegistrationOnline: freezeforpeace.itsyourrace.comMail-in Form: colombiasupport.net Mark your calendars for something different: the Freeze for…
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Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project!
Find out what happened at last night's hearing . . . and join us for…
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Reversing 2013 decision, Boulder makes Nablus a sister city
Boulder City Council members vote 7-2 in favor of sister city proposal Alex Burness, DailyCamera…
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2016.11.29: Palestinian Author Reflects on Life in Gaza
Lupe Salmeron, Madison365, December 5, 2016
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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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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…
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Why Israel Still Refuses to Choose
It’s easier to leave Palestinians in limbo waiting for a “peace process” that goes nowhere…
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2016.10.22 Update: Wisconsin Book Festival: The Way to the Spring
C-SPAN video link: c-span.org/video/?416995-3/ben-ehrenreich-discusses-way-spring Wisconsin Book Festival The Way to the Spring Ben Ehrenreich 10/22/2016…
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Fall fundraising appeal from MRSCP
Luci Lights for Rafah and Playground finish for Hebron Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP,…
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Barcelona Hosts Women’s Boat to Gaza for their inaugural journey
Women’s Boat to Gaza, September 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain – From September 12-14, the sailing…
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CODEPINK Petition to Veto California Anti-BDS Bill
CODEPINK, August 28, 2016 California’s AB 2844 is an attack on the First Amendment right…
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Death threats and detainment: Opposing the Israeli occupation when Palestinian
This article has raised concern about the welfare of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights…
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Israel to crack down further on foreign pro-Palestinian activists
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 8 August 2016
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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…
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U.S. criticizes Israeli settlement expansion, demolitions
Ruth Eglash and Carol Morello, The Washington Post, July 28, 2016 JERUSALEM — The Israeli…
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GoFundMe Request by Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta
Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful…
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Israeli Defense Minister Compares Beloved Palestinian Poet to Hitler
JAMES GLANZ, The New York Times, JULY 21, 2016 Avigdor Lieberman, an ultranationalist, said that…
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Vote for our Gaza photo in Global Giving contest!
Our photo (above), taken by Mohammad Mansour, was selected as a finalist in Global Giving’s…
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Poetry is not a Crime
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Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression
Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 7, 2016
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Gaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere
Sara Roy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 28, 2016 Palestinians in Gaza are largely…
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The Occupation of the American Mind
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, July 2, 2016 The Occupation of the American…
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Israeli Court Rules to Keep Palestinian Clown in Jail Without Trial
Mohammed Abu Saha’s arrest sparked an international campaign by circus performers for his release. Though…
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Unitarian Majority for Divestment; Presbyterians Take it to the Next Level!
Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 25th, 2016 I cannot remember…
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Clinton to Palestine: Drop dead
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, June 27, 2016
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Amira Hass: I Went to See the Plight of the Dried-out Settlements. I Found a Pool
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Are state boycotts of the anti-Israel BDS movement constitutional?
Aidan Quigley, The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2016
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It’s clear which way the wind is blowing
Churches are making history Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 23rd,…
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Israel Adds $20 Million in Funding for Settlements in the West Bank
While strengthening the settlements, Israel has continued to demolish unlicensed Palestinian homes and livestock pens…
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Andrew Cuomo’s Anti-Free Speech Move on BDS
Alex Nabaum As a Jew who has lived in Israel and has many relatives there,…
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UW-Madison Graduate Teaching Assistants Call for Divestment from Israel
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Mental Health Library Campaign
Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF) We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental…
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Palestinians can’t #LiveThere, So Don’t Go There
Granate Sossnoff, Jewish Voice for Peace, May 24, 2016 This is easy and important. We…
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#RightToBoycott – resisting Israel’s war of repression against BDS
Palestinian BDS National Committee, Jun 6, 2016
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Jennifer Loewenstein: Zionism Is ‘A Particularly Pernicious Form Of Nationalism’
Dr. Milena Rampoldi, MintPress News, June 2, 2016 A boy carries a wreath with posters…
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Remembering Rachel Corrie
March 16 marked 13 years since 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to…
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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…
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A Samira Project Success Story
This is from the Middle East Children’s Alliance project assistant in Gaza, who tells us…
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It’s Not the Times
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‘Most-read’ article at Washington Post calls Israel ‘savage, unrepairable society’
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, October 25, 2015
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Fact Check: MSNBC’s Palestinian loss of land map
Institute for Middle East Understanding, Mondoweiss, October 22, 2015
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Demanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi
“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…
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2015.10.15: Non-Violent Responses to the Israeli Occupation
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Wisconsin Walk for Peace and Justice: Nine Arrested at Volk Field
Joy First, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, August 26, 2015 Voices for Creative Nonviolence engaged with…
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Samira Project Children’s Counseling
Gaza Mental Health Foundation At the request of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), the…
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THE GAZA STRIP: The Humanitarian Impact of the Blockade
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), July 2015
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‘Gaza Is Hell’
Desolation and destiny in a land in limbo Banksy artwork on the ruins of a…
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Israel bans Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert from Gaza
BBC News, 14 November 2014
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2014.11.07-08: Voices for Peace and Justice in Palestine
Searching for Peace The Capital City Hues October 30, 2014 From Barbara Olson and The…
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2014.11.07-08: Friends of Sabeel of North America (FOSNA) Conference
The Madison Times, October 22, 2014
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2014 BobFest Shame Flyer
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2014.09.28: DAVID ROVICS IN CONCERT
With Clare Norelle Sunday, September 28, 4 – 6 pm The Brink Lounge, 701 E…
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40 Holocaust survivors condemn ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, call for BDS against Israel
Alex Kane, Mondoweiss, August 26, 2014
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2014.08.12: Interfaith Circle of Grief for Gaza
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Strike near UN school in Gaza leaves 10 dead
TAMER ZIARA AND IBRAHIM BARZAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 3, 2014 RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) —…
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2014.08.10: Prayer Vigil for the Holy Land
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Letter to President Obama from the Wisconsin Middle East Lobby Group
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How does Palestine’s economy work?
Mona Chalabi, The Guardian, 14 October 2013
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Anthony Bahl Obituary
Anthony “Tony” Joseph Bahl, age 72, of Chicago, died peacefully on August 1st after a…
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Open Letter Opposing the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act
http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Open-Letter-for-Co-Sponosrs-of-S-462.pdf
Israel Lobby, Madison, media, Rafah, United States
Rachel Corrie’s Rafah Legacy
Ramzy Baroud, CounterPunch, March 21, 2013
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2013.02.28: Film 5 Broken Cameras
Trailer “5 Broken Cameras” from Guy Davidi on Vimeo. Hummus and a Movie: Screening…
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Rachel Corrie Library Appeal
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2013.02.18: Tsela Barr and Veena Brekke at East High School
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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…
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The people of Gaza suffer
Palestinians warm themselves by a fire inside a house, which witnesses said was damaged in…
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Why Gaza Must Suffer Again
JONATHAN COOK, November 19, 2012
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Democracy Now! Interview with Mohammed Omer in Gaza City
Democracy Now!, November 15, 2012
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Israel Attacks the Gaza Strip
On the day that the Interfaith Peace Builders delegation (with four women from Wisconsin) safely…
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2012 Gaza Delegation Photos
Michele Bahl and Tsela (Carol) Barr of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project entered Gaza through…
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VOICES OF CONSCIENCE: DELEGATION to THE GAZA STRIP
Interfaith Peace-Builders, November 5, 2012 November 5, 2012 – Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB) is pleased to…
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2012 West Bank Olive Harvest Delegation
Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation Arrives in Israel/Palestine Interfaith Peace-Builders, October 23, 2012 October 23, 2012 –…
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What Bibi Gains by Misrepresenting Obamas Middle East Policy
Joe Klein, Time, May 26, 2011 Of all the petty annoyances, misdemeanors and felonies of…
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Cindy & Craig Corrie: March 16, 2011 Statement
Cindy & Craig Corrie: March 16, 2011 Statement
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Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian, 65, in His Bedroom
Afterward they asked for his identity card Subhiya Awad al-Qawasmeh placed a picture of her…
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2010.11.11: USS Liberty Film and Discussion
Thursday November 11 Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St. [Map] 6:30 pm Film screening…
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2010.11.03: Glenn Greenwald to Speak in Madison
Glenn Greenwald will be on A Public Affair WORT-FM 89.9 with host Esty Dinur on…
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UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis Executed US Citizen Furkan Dogan
Gareth Porter, Truthout, 27 September 2010 Furkan Dogan, a 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent,…
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Hamas, the IRA and Us
ALI ABUNIMAH, The New York Times, August 28, 2010 (Chicago) GEORGE J. MITCHELL, the United…
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Cecil Findley, March 12, 1930 — April 13, 2010
Cecil and Helen Findley at Fighting BobFest Cecil Findley Public adviser, endorser and defender during…
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Netanyahu defies U.S. over Jerusalem settlement
Jeffrey Heller, Reuters, 15 March 2010 JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected…
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Ahmad Abu Salama Surgery
Gaza boy needs specialized medical treatment abroad The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) is bringing…
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2009.07.18: Madison Children’s Museum Benefit Sale
Madison Children’s Museum Warehouse 8830 N. Greenview Drive, Middleton [Map] 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM…
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2009.06.05-11: Film The Lemon Tree
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY! The Lemon Tree | Shajarat limon | Etz halimon (Israel-France-Germany). Based…
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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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2009.03.13-04.19: Play The Birds That Are Your Hands, Broom Street Theater
the birds that are your hands: how to start a fire under siege Written &…
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Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children Newsletter
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2009.01.24: Emergency Fundraiser for Gaza
Saturday, January 24, 4-7 pm Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center 953 Jenifer Street, Madison MRSCP will mark…
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2009.01.24: Emergency Fund-Raising/March of the Dead Protest
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: MRSCP WILL HOLD AN EMERGENCY FUND-RAISING EVENT AND MEETING ON SATURDAY, JANUARY…
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