The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: online
Apr 15, 2026
2025.08.24: Sweet Corn Sale for Gaza Aid!
Madison Mennonite Church, 1501 Gilbert Road, Madison, 6:30 – 7:15 pm
2025.08.14: How Anti-Palestinian Repression is Building Authoritarianism in America
WORT 89.9 FM, 12-1 pm. Call in at 608-256-2001.
2025.08.06: Video Exposing the U.S. Role in the Gaza Genocide
Online, 6 PM CT, YouTube
aid, arms, calendar, disinformation, Donald Trump, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, Homeland Security (DHS), International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), law, Madison, Mouin Rabbani, online, Palestinian, propaganda, Rafah, sanction, schools, State Department, video, war, war crimes
Settler Walks Free, As Israel Holds Body of Murdered Palestinian Hostage
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, AUG 06, 2025
Amazon, Awdah Hathleen, Bedouin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Canada, civilians, democracy, Diana Buttu, documentary, Donald Trump, donate, ethnic cleansing, Europe, film, Haaretz, Haifa, Hamas, Hebron, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jewish, land, law, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, No Other Land, occupation, online, Oscar, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, Progressives, racism, Rafah, sanction, self-defense, settlers, take action, terrorism, Umm al-Khair, victims, video, visas, war, West Bank, women, Yinon Levi
2025.08.12: Video: Gaza Apocalypse with Mouin Rabbani
Online, 6:00 pm CT
2025.08.12: The Judaization of the Holy City
Online, 12 Noon CT
2025.08.09: Nagasaki Day Peace Summit
First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, 2 – 4:30 pm. Online option.
2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
aid, Black, blockade, books, calendar, checkpoints, deaf, Electronic Intifada, Gaza War, hospitals, hunger strikes, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, literature, Madison, online, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, Ramadan, Samah Zaqout, shelters, starvation, students, travel, war, water, women, 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 War, 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, war, war crimes, world
2025.07.28: Read Palestine! Discussion with Author Shadi Salem
Online, 7 – 8 pm CT
2025.07.22: Education in a Time of Genocide
Online, 11 am CT
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 War, 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, Vanguard, violations, Volvo, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, world
Veterans and Allies End 40-day Fast for Gaza with Dramatic Direct Actions
Veterans for Peace, July 4, 2025
Egypt 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 War, 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, Turkey, UC Berkeley, unions, United States, video, volunteer, war, war crimes, water, world
What Zohran’s Victory Means
Peter Beinart, Jun 25, 2025
aid, American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), antisemitism, arms, Bernie Sanders, Congress, democracy, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, donors, encampments, fair trade, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jewish, law, media, New York City, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Peter Beinart, Progressives, protest, public opinion, Rashida Tlaib, Republican Party, secular, United States, video, Vietnam, vote, war, Zohran Mamdani
2025.06.29: “The Moral Issue of Our Time: Palestine”
Online, 2:30-4:00 PM CT
Al Jazeera, Arab, calendar, Electronic Intifada, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), human rights, Intifada, Israel, Jerusalem, land, law, Madison, Middle East, nationalism, nonviolence, Nonviolence International, one-state, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, schools, terrorism, two-state, Washington DC, Zionism
2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Abraham Accords, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Arab, Bertrand Russell, blockade, calendar, colonialism, democracy, digital, doctors, Donald Trump, education, Gaza War, Hezbollah, human rights, Iran, Israeli, Issa Amro, Jeff Halper, Madison, Middle East, military, Mouin Rabbani, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, revolutions, Rice University, solidarity, stories, Syria, Tel Aviv, Turkey, United Nations (UN), war, world, Zionism
2025.06.23: Iran war teach-in
Online, 7 PM CT
‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters can exclude Palestinian citizens
Aseel Mafarjeh, Al Jazeera, 17 Jun 2025
Al Jazeera, apartheid, Arab, Beirut, Benjamin Netanyahu, citizen, discrimination, equality, Galilee, Gaza War, Haaretz, Haifa, Hebrew, inequality, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jordan, labor, land, law, Madison, media, Nakba, nurses, online, Palestinian, police, racism, Rafah, shelters, terrorism, vigil, war, water, women, world
Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
American, American Bar Association (ABA), Andaleeb Cartonera, apartheid, art, artist, authoritarianism, books, Chicago, doctors, documentary, donate, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, education, Esty Dinur, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, genocide, Grassroots, Greta Thunberg, Holocaust, images, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Latin America, law, literature, Madison, Mahmoud Darwish, Mahmoud Khalil, Maia Project, media, Milwaukee, Mosab Abu Toha, MRSCP, music, Muslim, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, poetry, police, Progressives, protest, racism, Rafah, resistance, resources, Right to Boycott, schools, sister cities, solidarity, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), tech, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, volunteer, war, water, West Bank, Wisconsin, women
2025.07.11-20: Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid
Donations still open!
aid, artist, auction, Barb Olson, calendar, Cassandra Dixon, civilians, donate, embroidery, encampments, Gaza War, Grassroots, healthcare, hospitals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Java Cat, land, Madison, media, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, olive oil, online, Palestinian, project, Rafah, shelters, sister cities, solidarity, starvation, war, water
The Village of Khallet al Dabaa in Masafer Yatta Needs Your Help
May 27, 2025
At-Tuwani, Cassandra Dixon, civilians, Congress, ethnic cleansing, Google, Hebron, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, Khallet ad-Daba’a, land, law, Madison, maps, Masafer Yatta, media, military, MRSCP, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), online, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, settlers, shelters, State Department, Supreme Court, terrorism, video, violations, water, West Bank, women
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention
Louis Theroux, The Guardian, 10 May 2025
BBC, books, Canada, checkpoints, Daniella Weiss, deportation, documentary, environment, ethnic cleansing, film, Haaretz, Hebron, images, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Issa Amro, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jewish, Jordan, Judea, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, No Other Land, occupation, online, Oscar, Palestinian, police, rabbis, Rafah, refugees, Samaria, Saudi Arabia, settlers, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, vandalism, video, Wall, war, West Bank, world, Yitzhar, Zionism
2025.05.07-08: Last 2 Days to Stream “No Other Land”
Watch Online, Support Masafer Yatta!
Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta?
Neville Borg, Times of Malta, May 6, 2025
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha amongst 2025 Pulitzer winners
Middle East Eye Staff, 6 May 2025
Amy Goodman, audio, blockade, civilians, democracy, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza War, Hamas, hospitals, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Mosab Abu Toha, online, Palestine, Palestinian, podcast, prison, Pulitzer Prize, Rafah, schools, South Africa, students, Syria, teachers, travel, victims, visas, warDemocrats Push To Censor Palestine Lessons In California
Shaanth Nanguneri, The Intercept, April 28, 2025
American, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, Arab, ban, California, censorship, Cisco, Congress, discrimination, divest, education, Egypt, Eli Valley, ethnic cleansing, free speech, Google, Grassroots, Hamas, human rights, images, indigenous, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jewish, land, law, legislature, Madison, media, Middle East, Nakba, Native American, New York Times, October 7, one-state, online, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, San Francisco State, sanction, schools, South Africa, State Department, students, teachers, training, unions, United Nations (UN), video, Vietnam, vote, war, world, Zionism
Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians
Human Rights Watch, April 23, 2025
allies, ambulances, arms, BBC, Beirut, Canada, civilians, doctors, drones, Gaza War, Germany, Hamas, Hezbollah, hospitals, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, journalists, justice, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, military, October 7, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), online, Palestine, Rafah, satellite, South Africa, Syria, United Kingdom, United Nations (UN), United States, victims, video, violations, war, war crimes, women
2025.05.13: Palestinian Women & the Nakba
Online, 11 am – 12 pm CT
2025.04.20 Update: Cassandra Dixon on her recent trip to Masafer Yatta
WORT 89.9 FM, World View, 5:30 – 6:00 pm
aid, Al Jazeera, Arab, arms, audio, calendar, Cassandra Dixon, Grassroots, Hebron, Israeli, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, MRSCP, nonviolence, olive trees, online, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, resistance, settlers, sister cities, stories, take action, terrorism, war, West Bank, world, WORT 89.9 FM
Muslim Women’s Coalition Response to Archewell Foundation
Muslim Women’s Coalition, April 17, 2025
Amnesty International, antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Archewell, arms, California, Christian, disinformation, donors, embargo, encampments, Europe, freedom, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, healthcare, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jordan, justice, land, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Milwaukee, Muslim, Muslim Women’s Coalition, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, propaganda, protest, Pulitzer Prize, racism, Rafah, resources, terrorism, travel, United Kingdom, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, women, world, Zionism
Zionist organizations are taking down names
The Intercept, Apr 14, 2025
2025.04.05: Photos of Hands Off! Demonstrations
Madison, WI and Birmingham, AL
2025.04.23: Help Overturn Wisconsin’s anti-BDS Law!
MRSCP, Apr 2, 2025
BDS, boycott, calendar, democracy, discrimination, divest, free speech, Google, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, law, Madison, maps, MRSCP, online, Palestinian, peace, petition, protest, Rafah, resistance, Right to Boycott, sanction, State Capitol, Supreme Court, take action, taxes, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), war, Wisconsin
2025.04.03: ZOOM with WNPJ on the WI Right to Boycott campaign
Online, 12 noon – 1 p.m.
2025.04.01: Divesting from Israel’s Genocide
Online, 6 pm CT
Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire
Russell Lewis, Kat Lonsdorf, and Daniel Estrin, NPR, MARCH 19, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, civilians, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, Hebrew, hostages, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Katz, Israeli, Jerusalem, land, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Ministry of Health, negotiations, Netzarim, online, protest, Rafah, Tel Aviv, video, war, women2025.03.19-04.17: WI Right to Boycott Information Sessions
Online, Mar 19, 8 pm; Apr 5, 4 pm; Apr 17, 7 pm; 2025
BDS: Maersk Shareholder Resolution Letter
17 March 2025
After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
allies, American, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), California, civil rights, colleges & universities, deportation, doctors, Donald Trump, education, Europe, free speech, green cards, healthcare, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jewish, journalists, justice, land, law, Leqaa Kordia, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, media, New York City, online, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, Russia, schools, stories, students, terrorism, United States, University of California, visas, war, West Bank
2025.03.20: Telling the Truth about Palestine
Online, 5-6:30 pm CT
DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Encampment
JANINE ALHADIDI AND MEGHNAD BOSE, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 9, 2025
2025.03.13: A Conversation with Mazin Qumsiyeh
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
2025.03.12: A Conversation with Issa Amro and Jeff Halper
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
apartheid, calendar, colonialism, democracy, detainees, equality, ethnic cleansing, Freedom Flotilla, genocide, Hebron, home demolition, human rights, Israeli, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Issa Amro, Jeff Halper, Jewish, justice, Madison, Muslim, occupation, online, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, Rafah, sanction, settlers, terrorism, travel, war, West Bank, Zionism
2025.03.12: #BoycottChevron for Human Rights and Planet Earth
Online, 12 PM Central, 8 PM Palestine
apartheid, BDS, boycott, calendar, California, Chevron, climate, colonialism, Congress, corporations, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), divest, environment, genocide, Grassroots, human rights, indigenous, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, Madison, Methodist, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, resources, terrorism, torture, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), war, women, world
MECA Update on the West Bank
Feb 27, 2025
aid, checkpoints, economy, education, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, healthcare, Hebron, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jenin, land, Madison, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), military, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, refugees, schools, settlers, shelters, solidarity, students, terrorism, travel, Tulkarm, volunteer, war, West Bank2025.03.16: Israeli Conscientious Objectors Share Their Stories
11:00 am CT
calendar, Canada, conscientious objectors, Gaza War, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Madison, media, military, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, Rafah, refuseniks, solidarity, spying, stories, travel, veterans, Vietnam, war, West Bank, world, World Beyond War2025.03.19: “My Name is Rachel Corrie”
Winona State University, Minnesota
calendar, colleges & universities, Coulee Region, economy, education, El Salvador, Gaza, La Crosse, Madison, media, Minnesota, music, occupation, Olympia, online, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, schools, solidarity, terrorism, travel, West Bank, Winona MN, Winona State University, women
2025.03.08: AFRICaide and 4W International Women’s Day
Madison, 10am – 4pm CT
2025.03.01: The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza
Online, 12 noon – 3 pm CT
2025.02.25: Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Online, 11 am – 12 Noon CT
2025.02.24: Rising Violence and the Existential Threat to Palestinians
Online, 10:00 – 11:30 AM CT
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
aid, benefit, disease, donate, education, Gaza City, Gaza War, Grassroots, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, justice, Khan Younis, land, Madison, Maia Project, media, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), military, milk, MRSCP, online, Palestinian, Playgrounds for Palestine, project, Rafah, refugees, Return, schools, shelters, snipers, solidarity, starvation, stories, Tel al-Sultan, UC Berkeley, unions, video, volunteer, war, water, WhatsApp, winter, women, world
The Maia Project, 2010 — 2025
February 14, 2025 Update MECA reports that Israel completely destroyed all but one of their Maia…
501(c)(3), blockade, donate, education, healthcare, images, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Khan Younis, Madison, Maia Project, media, Meta, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), military, MRSCP, online, Palestine, peace, project, Rafah, schools, sister cities, students, Unitarian, water, Wisconsin2025.02.23: Screening of “Burin Under Fire”
Online 12 PM CT
aid, apartheid, Burin, calendar, environment, equality, film, Grassroots, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, military, Nablus, occupation, olive oil, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, resources, solidarity, terrorism, veto, West Bank, world
2025.02.25: Lessons from Anti-Apartheid Struggles
Online 11 am – 12 pm CT
2025.04.03: “They Called Me a Lioness” Book Discussion
Online, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Ahed Tamimi, apartheid, books, calendar, Dena Takruri, Israeli, justice, literature, Madison, MRSCP, Nabi Salih, Nakba, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, project, Rafah, Ramallah, Read Palestine!, resistance, sister cities, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world
2025.01.27 Update: Madison Event to Support a Gaza Family
Students for Justice in Palestine – UW Madison, Jan 25, 2025
2025.02.14: Voices for Justice in Academia
Online, 10 am CT
Pro-Israel AI Bot Goes Off the Rails
Noor Al-Sibai, Futurism, February 1, 2025
aid, American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), apartheid, Artificial Intelligence (AI), bot, digital, Europe, Gaza War, Germany, Haaretz, Hamas, hasbara, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Madison, media, October 7, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, propaganda, protest, Rafah, resources, solidarity, Tamoun, tech, terrorism, video, vote, war, water
Madison-Based Palestine Partners Supports Women And Youth In The West Bank
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jan 21, 2025
aid, Al-Khalil, apartheid, artist, auction, Cassandra Dixon, checkpoints, Chicago, embroidery, ethnic cleansing, fair trade, Hebron, human rights, Israeli, justice, Laila Hasan, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, Meta, military, Milwaukee, MRSCP, music, Muslim, nonprofits, occupation, October 7, olive trees, online, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, Rafah, resistance, schools, settlers, sheep, sister cities, solidarity, sumud, take action, terrorism, travel, UW-Milwaukee, vigil, volunteer, West Bank, Wisconsin, women, Women in Hebron, world, Youth of Sumud
Update: Replace Palestinian Families’ Sheep
Jan 30, 2025 Update
Veterinary Student Scholarship
The Villages Group, Jan 30, 2025
Replace Tuba Property Destroyed by Settlers
Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV), Jan 30, 2025
Wisconsin Coalition For Justice In Palestine Looks Beyond The Ceasefire
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jan 24, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, allies, American Bar Association (ABA), antisemitism, Antony Blinken, apartheid, arms, blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), civilians, divest, Electronic Intifada, embargo, encampments, Gaza War, genocide, human rights, imperialism, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joe Biden, justice, Kamala Harris, land, law, Lebanon, literature, Madison, Middle East, military, Milwaukee, Muslim, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, petition, poetry, prison, protest, Rafah, religion, resistance, sanction, schools, solidarity, starvation, students, Syria, tech, uninstructed, United Nations (UN), video, vote, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP), Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance (WMCA), withdrawal, women, world2025.02.08: Reporting from the Frontlines of the Massacre
Haggai Matar, executive director of +972 Magazine
2025.02.04: An Evening with Amer Zahr: Being Arab in America
Growing up Palestinian-American
