The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Rafah
Jul 25, 2026
The Global March to Gaza ended in violence. Activists remain undeterred
Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
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Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
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Israel ‘disappeared’ 377,000 people in Gaza, half of them children: report
The New Arab, Jun 24, 2025
2025.06.29: “The Moral Issue of Our Time: Palestine”
Online, 2:30-4:00 PM CT
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Saturday “Vote Against the Money” Action at the Madison Farmers Market
Capitol Square at North Hamilton, 10:30 am – 12 Noon
2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
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I’ll fight against this illegal effort to draw America into a war
Rep. Mark Pocan, Jun 23, 2025
U.S. INTEL SAYS IRAN ISN’T A NUCLEAR THREAT
Nick Turse, The Intercept, June 17, 2025
aid, American, arms, assassination, BBC, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Donald Trump, drones, Gaza, healthcare, hospitals, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, land, Madison, media, Middle East, military, nuclear, October 7, Palestine, Rafah, Russia, spying, State Department, United Nations (UN), United States, veto, war, world, WORT 89.9 FM
2025.06.23: Iran war teach-in
Online, 7 PM CT
Easy to start and hard to stop
TIMOTHY SNYDER, JEFF TIEDRICH, AND ANN TELNAES, JUN 22, 2025
Trump Announces U.S. Bombing of Iran
Jun 21, 2025
Israel’s Forever Wars with Mouin Rabbani
The Dig podcast, 20 Jun 2025
Al Haq, American, audio, Gaza, Iran, land, Madison, Middle East, Mouin Rabbani, Palestine, Palestinian, podcast, Rafah, warColumbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
SOPHIE BATES AND PHILIP MARCELO, AP, June 20, 2025
American, antisemitism, Badar Khan Suri, civil rights, Congress, deportation, detainees, Donald Trump, free speech, green cards, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), human rights, immigrants, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, justice, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Mohsen Mahdawi, New Jersey, Palestinian, petition, protest, Rafah, Rumeysa Ozturk, students, terrorism, travel, Tufts, warIsrael just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 12, 2025
aid, annexation, Bedouin, confiscation, economy, education, Eli Valley, ethnic cleansing, Hebron, Israel, Israel Hayom, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jordan, land, law, Madison, media, military, Nakba, occupation, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), police, Rafah, Ramallah, resources, settlers, taxes, Taybeh, terrorism, water, West Bank, world, WORT 89.9 FM
Huckabee’s Dangerous and Misguided Post to Trump
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, June 19, 2025
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‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters can exclude Palestinian citizens
Aseel Mafarjeh, Al Jazeera, 17 Jun 2025
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Demand NYT Report on Israel’s Crimes! No War With Iran!
CODEPINK, Jun 18, 2025
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Israeli fire kills 140 in Gaza in 24 hours, medics say, as attention shifts to Iran
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters, June 18, 2025
U.S. Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran
Peace Action, Jun 16, 2025
