The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Palestine

Aug 24, 2026

2016.10.11: Online Panel: Against Israel’s Colonial Tide
Tuesday, October 11 12 noon – 1 pm Central Listen live at http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/livestream Online panel…
calendar, Gaza, Hamas, Hebrew, human rights, Israeli, Jerusalem, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, war
2016.10.06: Film Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!
UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center Red Gym – 2nd Floor 716 Langdon St, Madison, Wisconsin 7:30…
apartheid, BDS, boycott, calendar, disinformation, documentary, film, hasbara, human rights, Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, Madison, Palestine, Palestinian, propaganda, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), UW-Madison, Wisconsin
A special appeal from our friend Anees Mansour in Rafah
The Hope and Peace Foundation has now been providing services for Rafah children for one…
Anees Mansour, healthcare, Hope & Peace, Hosni Mubarak, Madison, Muslim, Palestine, peace, Rafah, take action, WORT 89.9 FM
ADC Remembers Sabra and Shatila
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | September 16, 2014 — Today marks 32 years since the…
aid, Al Jazeera, Ariel Sharon, Beirut, Israel, Israeli, justice, Minnesota, Palestine, Palestinian, refugees, resources, Sabra, Shatila, terrorism, United Nations (UN), women
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…
Ann Wright, blockade, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, human rights, Iraq, Israeli, media, occupation, Palestine, sister cities, solidarity, Spain, travel, women
2016.09.17: Fighting Bob Fest
9:00 am – 6:00 pm Breese Stevens Field, Madison MRSCP has activities planned for Fighting…
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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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I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel
The country must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director…
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WORT Coverage of Rep. Mark Pocan’s Talk on Israel & Palestine
WORT 89.9 FM Local News – Tuesday, 23 Aug 2016 6:00 pm U.S. Representative Mark…
Gaza, images, Israel, Madison, Mark Pocan, Methodist, Palestine, podcast, Rafah, WORT 89.9 FM
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…
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Israel to crack down further on foreign pro-Palestinian activists
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 8 August 2016
apartheid, BDS, Bethlehem, boycott, disinformation, Haaretz, hasbara, human rights, images, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel, Israeli, land, Mavi Marmara, media, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, propaganda, protest, resources, sanction, solidarity, Tel Aviv, visas, volunteer, Wall, war, world
2016.08.23 Update: Discussion with U.S. Representative Mark Pocan
Following his recent trip to Israel and Palestine Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church 203…
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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…
apartheid, Bethlehem, football, Israel, Israeli, land, law, media, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, police, refugees, sanction, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), war, West Bank
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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Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S
Palestinian Rights Groups Cheer Berkeley’s Decision to Divest from Private Prisons Friends of Sabeel –…
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Ben Ehrenreich Writes a Love Letter to Palestine
“Next we meet Hani Amer, whose farm lay on the route of the infamous wall.…
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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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Second Class Citizens
Kevin Walsh, July 6, 2016 A 2009 study of the legal status of Israel’s occupation…
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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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Palestine

2016.10.11: Online Panel: Against Israel’s Colonial Tide

2016.10.06: Film Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!

A special appeal from our friend Anees Mansour in Rafah

ADC Remembers Sabra and Shatila

Barcelona Hosts Women’s Boat to Gaza for their inaugural journey

2016.09.17: Fighting Bob Fest

CODEPINK Petition to Veto California Anti-BDS Bill

I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel

WORT Coverage of Rep. Mark Pocan’s Talk on Israel & Palestine

Poll: Small majority of Palestinians and Israelis support two-state solution

Israel to crack down further on foreign pro-Palestinian activists

2016.08.23 Update: Discussion with U.S. Representative Mark Pocan

Scottish football club fans wave Palestinian flags during match with Israeli team

GoFundMe Request by Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta

Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S

Ben Ehrenreich Writes a Love Letter to Palestine

Poetry is not a Crime

Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression

Second Class Citizens

Gaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere