The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Middle East
Nov 7, 2026
Killing Underscores ‘War-Like’ Israeli Assault on West Bank Olive Growers
“The olive season has turned into a season of killing for the Palestinian people, whether…
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Israel is turning northern Gaza into a killing cage
With international media coverage shifting to potential war with Iran, Israel is intensifying its campaign…
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“No Propaganda on Earth Can Hide the Wound That Is Palestine”
“The US and Israel’s unflinching and ongoing televised genocide in Gaza and now Lebanon in defence of…
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U.S. Foreign Policy Has Created a Genocidal Israel
Without massive, unconditional U.S. military subsidies, Israel would have had to practice diplomacy with their…
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Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must Be Confronted and Stopped
Israel’s violent extremists now in control of its government believe that Israel has the Biblical…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 08, 2024 Watch Full ShowImage Credit: Courtesy of Ta-Nehisi Coates As the…
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65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza
By Feroze Sidhwa, New York Times, Oct. 9, 2024
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A conflict the White House once hoped to moderate has gone from “over the top”…
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What Have We Learned? Israel’s Genocide — One Year On – with Mouin Rabbani
Jadaliyya, October 8, 2024 Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-In SeriesHosted by: Bassam Haddad Mouin…
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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Israel-Hamas war reaches one-year mark
By: Chloe Morrissey, WKOW27, Oct 7, 2024 MADISON (WKOW) — October 7, 2024 marks one…
NOT ANOTHER BOMB! A Year of Genocide in Gaza And Escalating Regional War
CONGRESS: NOT ANOTHER BOMB! A Year of Genocide in Gaza And Escalating Regional War Dear…
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6:00 pm CT REGISTER Phyllis Bennis, Ervand Abrahamian, and Assaf Kfoury speak about Israel’s Gaza,…
Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis…
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At least 18 killed in massive Israeli strike on Tulkarm in occupied West Bank
The attack is the first such missile strike on Tulkarm since the Second Intifada in…
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The Western Media Helped Create These Horrors In The Middle East
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, OCT 03, 2024 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim…
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U.S. Doctors Tell Biden, Harris They ‘Witnessed Crimes Beyond Comprehension’ in Gaza
“A cease-fire must be imposed on the warring parties by withholding military support for Israel…
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2024.10.10: From Truman to Biden: US Policy toward the Ongoing Palestinian Nakba
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CT Online Voices for Justice in Palestine (VJP) invites you to…
Sanders Files to Force First-Ever Vote on Blocking Weapons to Israel
The resolutions are not likely to pass. If they do, they can still be vetoed…
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Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Antony Blinken Disagreed.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or…
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David Gritten, BBC News, September 23, 2024 At least 492 people have been killed in…
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