The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: Palestinian Authority (PA)
May 15, 2026
Scepticism and hope: Gaza reacts to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Ola Al-Asi, Al Jazeera, 16 Jan 2026
Israel escalates deadly strikes in Gaza
Drop Site Daily, January 16, 2026
Trump, Gaza, and Oslo Déjà Vu
JEREMY SCAHILL AND JAWA AHMAD, DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 01, 2025
Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
DROP SITE NEWS, DEC 2, 2025
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Trump’s Plan for Gaza
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 18, 2025
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Netanyahu is preparing a way out
Elijah J Magnier, Oct 09, 2025
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The Changing Map of Palestinian Recognition
Ashley Wu, New York Times, July 30, 2025
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
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QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 12, 2025
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Netanyahu announces Gaza occupation plan
Jason Burke, The Guardian, 5 May 2025
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BY JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 25, 2025
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Jason Burke, The Guardian, 9 Mar 2025
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MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 6, 2025
2025.03.12: A Conversation with Issa Amro and Jeff Halper
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
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The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 24, 2025
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After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
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Israel Escalates West Bank Assault, Invading Across the North
MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 31, 2025
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Situation across West Bank ‘really catastrophic’: Palestinian activist
Al Jazeera English, Jan 23, 2025
Israel Invades Jenin Days After Signing Gaza “Ceasefire”
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS AND MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 21, 2025
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A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine
TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA, THE NATION, JANUARY 16, 2025. The Best Analysis of the Gaza Ceasefire.
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Israeli cabinet ratifies ceasefire deal with Hamas
Lorenzo Tondo and Bethan McKernan, The Guardian, 17 Jan 2025 1:30 am local
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The Gaza Ceasefire: Pharoah is Still Pharoah
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Shalom Rav, Jan 17, 2025
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This will not end with the last airstrike
Malak Hijazi, The Electronic Intifada, 15 January 2025
In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire
Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school…
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My Israeli Neighbors Are Rejoicing: Trump Will Make Israel Great(er)
DIARY FROM A PALESTINIAN IN ISRAEL Diana Buttu on how Trump’s ‘Israel first’ Cabinet picks…
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‘Project Esther’: A Plan to Crack Down on America’s Pro-Palestine Movement
The Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation is now going after what they call the “Hamas Support Network”…
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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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Seizing the West Bank: Extremist settlers in power
BBC World Service, Sep 2, 2024 Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel…
Israel kills prominent militant in deadliest West Bank raids since Gaza war began
BY MAJDI MOHAMMED AND MELANIE LIDMAN, Associated Press, August 29, 2024 TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli…
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“Trying to Repeat the Nakba”
Israel Launches Largest Military Raids in West Bank in Two Decades DEMOCRACY NOW! AUGUST 28,…
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Backing Israeli Apartheid Isn’t Just Immoral — It’s Illegal
Last month, the International Court of Justice issued a damning assessment of Israel’s occupation of…
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Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu unpacks the ICJ opinion on Israel’s military regime, and the lessons…
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BY MIKE CORDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 19, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N.…
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The E.U. sanctioned settlers for ‘human rights abuses against Palestinians’
Ephrat Livni, New York Times, July 16, 2024 A surge in Jewish settler violence against…
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