The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Rafah
Jul 26, 2026
2025.03.21-30: Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), February 10, 2025
2025.02.23: Screening of “Burin Under Fire”
Online 12 PM CT
aid, apartheid, Burin, calendar, environment, equality, film, Grassroots, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, military, Nablus, occupation, olive oil, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, resources, solidarity, terrorism, veto, West Bank, world
2025.02.25: Lessons from Anti-Apartheid Struggles
Online 11 am – 12 pm CT
Hamas Says It Will Release Israeli Captives After Aid Surge
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, February 13, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, checkpoints, climate, Donald Trump, environment, Gaza, Hamas, healthcare, hostages, human rights, images, Israel, Israeli, labor, Madison, media, Meta, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, Rafah, resources, shelters, stories, terrorism, violations, war, world, World Health Organization (WHO)
‘No to ethnic cleansing’
Maya Yang, The Guardian, 13 Feb 2025
aid, allies, American, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Germany, Hamas, Hitler, hostages, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jordan, land, Madison, media, Nakba, New York Times, Palestinian, Peter Beinart, rabbis, Rafah, terrorism, war, Washington DC, world
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Details Torture in Israeli Detention
The Palestine Chronicle, February 12, 2025
Hamas Accuses Israel of Pervasive Gaza Ceasefire Violations
JEREMY SCAHILL AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 11, 2025
aid, Amazon, ambulances, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, civilians, deportation, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, healthcare, hostages, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, Madison, media, military, Ministry of Health, negotiations, New York Times, occupation, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, Progressives, Qatar, Rafah, video, violations, war, West Bank
2025.04.03: “They Called Me a Lioness” Book Discussion
Online, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Ahed Tamimi, apartheid, books, calendar, Dena Takruri, Israeli, justice, literature, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Nabi Salih, Nakba, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, projects, Rafah, Ramallah, Read Palestine!, resistance, sister cities, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world
2025.02.23: Global Day of Action to #CloseBases
Truax Field/Dane County Regional Airport, 2002 Pankratz St, 1 pm
After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
apartheid, Basel Adra, Bethlehem, Birzeit University, blockade, checkpoints, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, diaspora, Donald Trump, environment, Gaza, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, human rights, images, Iron Wall, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, La Crosse, land, literature, Madison, media, military, Nablus, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Rafah, Ramallah, resistance, schools, students, sumud, Tel Aviv, travel, tunnels, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), video, volunteer, Wall, war, water, West Bank, world, Youth of Sumud
Israel’s secret plan to transfer Palestinians more than 50 years ago
Amer Sultan, Middle East Monitor, February 2, 2025
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Jabaliya Is Now a City of Rubble
ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 05, 2025
Trump’s looking to build another resort
It certainly won’t be a holiday for the Palestinians
aid, Amazon, Donald Trump, Gaza, images, Madison, media, Palestinian, Progressives, Rafah, refugees, Return, war
‘We’ll Own It’: Trump Floats US Takeover of Gaza after Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Feb 04, 2025
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Statement from ADC on President Trump’s Remarks on Gaza
Feb 5, 2025
allies, American, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Arab, civil rights, discrimination, Donald Trump, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Grassroots, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Jordan, justice, law, Madison, occupation, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, Saudi Arabia, solidarity, terrorism, United States, war
The United States Has a Moral and Legal Obligation to Rebuild Gaza and Protect Its People
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
aid, American, apartheid, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Ceasefire Jan 15 2025, Donald Trump, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Geneva Conventions (1949), genocide, human rights, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jordan, justice, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, Return, solidarity, Syria, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United States, US Agency for International Development (USAID), violations, war, war crimes, Yemen
2025.02.14: Voices for Justice in Academia
Online, 10 am CT
2025.02.10: Elastic Empire: Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine
UW Madison Ingraham Hall, Room 206, 12 – 1:15 pm
