The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Rafah
Aug 17, 2026
2025.04.21: Campus Speech, Antisemitism and Islamophobia
UW-Madison Pyle Center, Wisconsin Idea Lounge, 5:00 pm
2025.04.05: Wisconsin’s March Forward
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ), Madison, 12 pm
The Low-Hanging Fruit of Canceled Student Visas
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, March 30, 2025
Amazon, arms, Badar Khan Suri, climate, colleges & universities, Columbia, deportation, doctors, Donald Trump, education, free speech, Gaza, green cards, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel Lobby, justice, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, media, Minnesota, New York Times, police, protest, Rafah, Ramadan, Rumeysa Ozturk, Russia, schools, students, terrorism, Tufts, United States, video, visas, war, West Bank
2025.04.03: ZOOM with WNPJ on the WI Right to Boycott campaign
Online, 12 noon – 1 p.m.
Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians.
JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 28, 2025
alders, Arab, arms, Basel Adra, Bedouin, civilians, documentary, ethnic cleansing, Hamdan Ballal, home demolition, hospitals, images, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jinba, justice, land, Madison, Madison Common Council, Masafer Yatta, media, military, No Other Land, Oscar, Palestinian, police, Rafah, Ramadan, settlers, surgery, terrorism, training, video, war, water, West Bank, women
22 Years Later: A Message From Rachel’s Parents
Craig and Cindy Corrie, March 16, 2025
Hard days in Masafer Yatta
Mar 27, 2025
aid, arms, Cassandra Dixon, donate, ethnic cleansing, Hamdan Ballal, home demolition, hospitals, Israeli, Jewish, land, Madison, Masafer Yatta, military, No Other Land, olive trees, Oscar, Palestine, Palestinian, police, Rafah, resources, settlers, sheep, surgery, Susiya, terrorism, travel, victims, war, water, West Bank, world
Rubio boasts of canceling more than 300 visas over pro-Palestine protests
Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian, 27 Mar 2025
colleges & universities, deportation, doctors, Donald Trump, free speech, Fulbright Scholar, Gaza, green cards, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), images, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jamaica, land, Madison, Marco Rubio, media, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, refugees, Rumeysa Ozturk, State Department, students, Tufts, United States, visas, war, worldCourt Extends Hussam Abu Safiya’s Detention in Israeli Torture Camp
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, March 26, 2025
Al Mezan, apartheid, climate, detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, environment, Gaza, healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, hostages, human rights, images, Israeli, labor, law, Madison, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, protest, Rafah, Spain, stories, torture, video, war, war crimes, West Bank
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
Kids Under Fire: An investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children
Al Jazeera, Mar 27, 2025
Al Jazeera, American, arms, Caitlin Johnstone, children, doctors, documentary, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mimi Syed, film, Gaza, healthcare, hospitals, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Khan Younis, Leahy Law, Madison, military, New York Times, nurses, Palestinian, paramedics, Rafah, snipers, United States, video, war, war crimes
“The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children
AMEL GUETTATFI, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 27, 2025
2025.04.01: Divesting from Israel’s Genocide
Online, 6 pm CT
Wife of Oscar-winning director says he was savagely beaten outside his home
BY JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 25, 2025
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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills Hamas leader, teen
Al Jazeera Staff, 24 Mar 2025
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Nightmare: Gaza’s Rafah under siege again as Israeli forces attack
Sally Ibrahim, The New Arab, 24 March, 2025
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2025.04.05: Read Palestine! Celebrates Arab American Heritage
Goodman South Library, 2222 S Park St, 1:30 pm
Gaza family lost 132 relatives in 1 Israeli strike in 2024
NPR, March 24, 2025
Israeli vs. American Media
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