The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

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Aug 9, 2026

Can AIPAC’s millions oust the Squad?
As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project cannot support or oppose specific…
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2024.04.18: Israel Has Formed a Task Force to Carry Out Covert Campaigns at US Universities
William I. Robinson , TRUTHOUT, March 23, 2024
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A humanitarian catastrophe
The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for…
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Weekly Briefing: Biden ‘quietly’ gives massive bombs to Israel
Even as establishment voices say “Stop the genocide” The Biden administration “quietly” approved a new…
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“This Is a Movement of Hope”: Wisconsin’s Uninstructed Campaign Has Momentum
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In Memoriam: Aaron Bushnell, 1999-2024
Radha Surya, Znet, March 22, 2024
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Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism
DAVE ZIRIN, THE NATION, MARCH 11, 2024
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What will the “uninstructed” vote say about Wisconsin?
SCOTT GORDON, TONE MADISON, MARCH 15, 2024
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Tell Pocan No More Military Aid to Israel
CALL Pocan’s offices and insist on a pledge not to vote for any further military…
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Over 100,000 voted Uncommitted in the Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary
Biden’s 2020 margin over Trump in Michigan was 150,000 votes. The Uncommitted vote in the…
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Don’t Let Us Feel Alone
Awdah Hathaleen, Humans of Masafer Yatta, Feb 11, 2024 I stopped posting and updating for…
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‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield…
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An Open Letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin: A Shameful Vote on Gaza
Statistics on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip (07 October – 19 January 2024)…
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Shawn Fain: “We Cannot Bomb Our Way to Peace”
At a press conference in D.C. on December 14, UAW president Shawn Fain called for…
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Who Is Funding Canary Mission?
JAMES BAMFORD, THE NATION, DECEMBER 22, 2023
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Meet Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Knesset Member
DEMOCRACY NOW!, DECEMBER 28, 2023
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Israel is not targeting “terrorists” hiding behind “human shields.”
On the contrary, it’s targeting the “human shields” themselves. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, DEC 27, 2023 Media…
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Refaat Alareer Was a Brilliant Poet and Intellectual
He Was Also My Teacher To those of us lucky enough to learn from him,…
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2023.11.17: Breakfast with a CEO and you are (not) invited
CHRISTINA LIEFFRING, TONE MADISON, DECEMBER 12, 2023
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Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward
The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made…
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