The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
protest
Aug 29, 2026
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university?
Rashid Khalidi, The Guardian, 25 Mar 2025
allies, antisemitism, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Black, books, colleges & universities, Columbia, disability, discrimination, disinformation, Donald Trump, donors, education, Edward Said, ethnic cleansing, free speech, Gaza, Hamas, hasbara, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, labor, land, law, Madison, Middle East, Muslim, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, propaganda, protest, racism, Rafah, Rashid Khalidi, sanction, schools, students, violations, vote, war, women, world, WORT 89.9 FM
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills Hamas leader, teen
Al Jazeera Staff, 24 Mar 2025
Al Jazeera, assassination, Benjamin Netanyahu, doctors, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Gaza, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Katz, Israeli, Khan Younis, law, Madison, Middle East, military, Nasser Hospital, occupation, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, shelters, stories, terrorism, video, volunteer, vote, war, war crimes
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, 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, women
2025.03.20: Vigil for Gaza & Palestine
SE Corner of Williamson Steet and Blair, 4:15 to 5:45 pm
Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire as more than 400 Palestinians killed in IDF strikes
Tom Ambrose, Yohannes Lowe, Martin Belam, Kate Lamb and Helen Livingstone, The Guardian, 18 Mar 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, allies, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, civilians, Donald Trump, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, hostages, Houthis, images, Iran, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, media, military, negotiations, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, protest, Qatar, Shin Bet, victims, vote, war, WhatsApp, women, world, Yemen
Emergency Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump’s Attack on Free Speech
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Mar 16, 2025
allies, American, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), antisemitism, Arab, civil rights, colleges & universities, Cornell, deportation, discrimination, Donald Trump, donate, Europe, free speech, Grassroots, Homeland Security (DHS), human rights, IBM, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Jewish, justice, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, McCarthyism, media, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, solidarity, students, training, United States, Vietnam, Wall
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
US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians from Gaza
JOSEF FEDERMAN, MATTHEW LEE AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 14, 2025
Abraham Accords, American, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Donald Trump, Egypt, environment, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Gaza City, Golan Heights, Hamas, hospitals, hostages, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Joe Biden, Khan Younis, land, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, mural, Nakba, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, Ramadan, rape, solidarity, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, tech, terrorism, United Arab Emirates (UAE), war, war crimes, water, world, YemenAlmost 100 arrested during protest occupying Trump Tower over Mahmoud Khalil
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 13 Mar 2025
American, antisemitism, colleges & universities, Columbia, deportation, Donald Trump, Europe, free speech, Gaza, green cards, Hamas, Holocaust, Homeland Security (DHS), images, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Israel Lobby, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, media, New York City, Palestinian, peace, police, Progressives, protest, Rafah, stories, students, terrorism, video, war, world
U.N. Commission and U.S. Surgeons Accuse Israel of Genocide and Torture
Democracy Now!, March 13, 2025
aid, American, Amy Goodman, births, blockade, California, Congress, democracy, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, Europe, Gaza City, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, homeless, hospitals, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Khan Younis, law, media, New York Times, nurses, Palestine, Palestinian, paramedics, peace, prison, protest, Qatar, rape, refugees, solidarity, surgery, terrorism, torture, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations (UN), United States, video, volunteer, war, women, world, Zionism
Marco Rubio Detained Mahmoud Khalil on ‘Foreign Policy Grounds’
PREM THAKKER AND PABLO MANRÍQUEZ, ZETEO, MAR 11, 2025
The backstory on the government’s abduction of a Palestinian protester
Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11, 2025
antisemitism, colleges & universities, Columbia, deportation, Donald Trump, education, free speech, Gaza, green cards, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, media, New Jersey, New York City, New York Times, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, sanction, schools, Syria, terrorism, visas, war, worldArrest of Palestinian activist stirs questions about green card holders
REBECCA SANTANA, AP, March 10, 2025
antisemitism, apartheid, colleges & universities, Columbia, deportation, divest, Donald Trump, free speech, Gaza, green cards, Hamas, Hezbollah, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Iraq, Jewish, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, New York City, Palestinian, prison, protest, Rafah, resistance, Russia, schools, State Department, stories, students, terrorism, United States, visas, war
ADC Statement on the Detainment of Mahmoud Khalil
Mar 10, 2025
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), colleges & universities, Columbia, Congress, democracy, discrimination, Donald Trump, encampments, equality, free speech, Gaza, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel Lobby, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, media, Muslim, Muslims, negotiations, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, religion, schools, students, travel, visas, war
2025.03.11: UW-Madison Protest for Mahmoud Khalil
UW-Madison Library Mall, 12 pm
‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 2025
Basel Adra, Benjamin Netanyahu, checkpoints, deaf, documentary, Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, film, Hamas, Hamdan Ballal, home demolition, hostages, Israeli, Jewish, labor, land, law, LGBTQ+, Madison, Masafer Yatta, Middle East, military, No Other Land, Oscar, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, schools, settlers, stories, terrorism, training, United States, war, water, West Bank, world
‘No Other Land’ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
Basel Adra, Bezalel Smotrich, documentary, Donald Trump, ethnic cleansing, film, Hamas, Hamdan Ballal, home demolition, images, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, justice, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, media, military, music, New York City, No Other Land, occupation, Oscar, Palestinian, Playgrounds for Palestine, protest, Rafah, resistance, schools, settlers, stories, terrorism, training, United States, vote, war, water, West Bank, winter, women
Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
aid, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, civilians, closures, Donald Trump, Egypt, football, Gaza, Gaza City, Geneva Conventions (1949), Hamas, healthcare, hostages, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Muslim, negotiations, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, protest, Rafah, Ramadan, Return, South Africa, starvation, Steve Witkoff, stories, Tel Aviv, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), United States, violations, war, withdrawal, women, Yasser Arafat
