The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Rafah

Jul 25, 2026

First they came for Mahmoud Khalil…
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Mar 11, 2025
colleges & universities, deportation, digital, divest, Donald Trump, free speech, Gaza, green cards, hospitals, human rights, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Lobby, justice, labor, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian, Rafah, resources, Rumeysa Ozturk, students, take action, Tufts, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), visas, war
Zionist organizations are taking down names
The Intercept, Apr 14, 2025
Betar, Canary Mission, colleges & universities, deportation, Donald Trump, donate, free speech, Gaza, green cards, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel Lobby, journalists, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, media, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts, war, Zionism
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In For Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested By ICE
Akela Lacy, The Intercept, April 14 2025
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2025.04.12: Vigil for Gaza at Dane County Farmers’ Market
Kodichi Lawrence, 27 WKOW, Apr 13, 2025
aid, calendar, ceasefire, Christian, Church of Christ, Dane County, Gaza, images, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, killing, law, Madison, Mennonite Action, October 7, peace, protest, Rafah, refugees, stories, tech, terrorism, video, vigil, war, Wisconsin, World Beyond War
2025.04.12: Call for an end to Israeli attacks and US weapons shipments
Mennonite Action Madison, Apr 12, 2025
aid, arms, calendar, ceasefire, Gaza, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, killing, Madison, Mennonite Action, peace, protest, Rafah, refugees, terrorism, video, war, World Beyond War
2025.04.23: Film “The Palestine Exception” on Campus Protests
UW Memorial Union, 6-8 pm
BDS, calendar, ceasefire, colleges & universities, divest, documentary, film, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, Madison, media, Palestine, Palestinian, police, protest, Rafah, Samer Alatout, stories, students, UW-Madison, video, war
Mahmoud Khalil’s free speech is a national security risk
Peter Suber, FediScience, Apr 12, 2025 & Associated Press
Columbia, free speech, Gaza, green cards, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel Lobby, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Rafah, war
Israel Preparing to Seize Ethnically Cleansed Rafah for Permanent Buffer Zone
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Apr 09, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, civilians, Donald Trump, education, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Haaretz, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Katz, Israeli, Jewish, justice, Khan Younis, land, Madison, Middle East, military, Nakba, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, South Africa, starvation, United Nations (UN), United States, veterans, Wall, war, war crimes, women, world
Israeli army organises hiking tours inside occupied Syrian territory
MEE staff, 4 April 2025
arms, bases, Benjamin Netanyahu, Eken Park, Golan Heights, Israeli, labor, land, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, occupation, Rafah, South Africa, Syria
Israel releases Ahmed Manasra after nine and a half years of jail, solitary confinement
The New Arab Staff, 10 April, 2025
Arab, children, detainees, Jerusalem, Madison, Rafah, torture, war
2025.04.22: Indigenous Water Defenders Paul DeMain and Gracie Waukechon
Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, 7-9 pm
Bad River Band, calendar, documentary, environment, film, healthcare, indigenous, justice, Line 5, Madison, Minnesota, Rafah, Right to Boycott, water, Wisconsin, world
2025.04.23 Update: WI Right to Boycott Press Conference and Lobby Day
Wisconsin State Capitol, 9 am
BDS, boycott, calendar, democracy, free speech, Google, Israel Lobby, law, Madison, media, Rafah, Right to Boycott, sister cities, State Capitol, volunteer, Wisconsin
Justice for Palestinian-American Omar Mohammed Rabea!
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Apr 7, 2025
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2025.04.05: Photos of Hands Off! Demonstrations
Madison, WI and Birmingham, AL
artist, Birmingham, calendar, democracy, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, free speech, law, Madison, online, podcast, protest, racism, Rafah, solidarity, unions, Wisconsin
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Lorenzo Tondo, Malak A Tantesh, and Julian Borger, The Guardian, 31 Mar 2025
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New Israeli buffer zone and military corridor in Gaza
David Gritten and Yolande Knell, BBC, Apr 1, 2025
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2025.04.23: Help Overturn Wisconsin’s anti-BDS Law!
MRSCP, Apr 2, 2025
BDS, boycott, calendar, democracy, discrimination, divest, free speech, Google, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), maps, online, Palestinian, peace, petition, projects, protest, Rafah, resistance, Right to Boycott, sanction, State Capitol, Supreme Court, take action, taxes, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), war, Wisconsin
2025.04.12: Anti-War Café
The Crossing, Noon – 3 pm
BDS, calendar, divest, Gaza, Madison, music, Palestine, peace, Rafah, resistance, South Africa, Sudan, UW-Madison, war
Why isn’t this front page news?
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, APR 01, 2025
ambulances, deaf, Gaza, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Madison, paramedics, Rafah, war, war crimes
2025.04.21: Campus Speech, Antisemitism and Islamophobia
UW-Madison Pyle Center, Wisconsin Idea Lounge, 5:00 pm
antisemitism, calendar, colleges & universities, free speech, Google, human rights, Islamophobia, Israel Lobby, justice, land, law, Madison, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peter Beinart, Rafah, schools, terrorism, UW-Madison, Wisconsin