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No More Deaths, in Gaza or Arizona
Español abajo This week we have seen the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip…
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Recorded in 2021. Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and…
A Textbook Case of Genocide
Raz Segal, Jewish Currents, October 13, 2023
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Arab Center Washington DC National Press Club, 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045 Wednesday…
2023.10.15: Palestine olive oil harvest celebration transforms into a demonstration of solidarity
Zach Orlowsky, WKOW 27, Oct 16, 2023
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Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Wisconsin
Bob Goonin, CRCPR, October 8, 2023
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Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 10 October 2023
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Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), October 7, 2023
Statement by US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Dear Friends, The Israeli regime is bombing Palestinian families living trapped under siege in…
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Washington, D.C. | adc.org | September 7, 2023 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is…
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Teshuvah: A Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return
Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents, May 11, 2021
Will this band play on the ruins of a Palestinian village?
Jewish Voice for Peace August 9, 2023 Art by @/majdalrafie on Instagram …
Freedom Flotilla 2023 Canadian Boat to Gaza
Dear friends and supporters, The Freedom Flotilla vessel Handala, sailing against the…
Why we are anti-Zionist Jews
JUDITH LAITMAN AND TSELA BARR — GUEST COLUMN, JUNE 14, 2023 This year on April…
aid, antisemitism, apartheid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Morris, Congress, democracy, freedom, Holocaust, human rights, images, immigrants, indigenous, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jordan, land, law, Madison, military, MRSCP, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, refugees, sanction, sister cities, solidarity, take action, terrorism, violations, war, world, ZionismI saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today
REV. DR. DON WAGNER, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 13, 2023
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NEW: MRSCP is partnering with Building Unity on a “Care-avan” carpool to this event from…
Support Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
“We are staying here, herding our sheep and cultivating our land. Nothing will uproot us…
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Rula Salameh, Time, March 18, 2023
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Farha tells the true story of a young Palestinian girl surviving the Nakba in 1948…
Amnesty Says ICC Israel Probe Should Include ‘Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid’
JULIA CONLEY, Common Dreams, October 25, 2022
2022.10.03: Gaza: The Longest Siege in Modern History
Video recorded October 3, 2022 In 1948, the tiny Gaza Strip was cut off from…
World class lineup at this year’s Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival
David Luhrssen, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Oct 14, 2022
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135 backpacks to Rafah by MECA on our behalf More MECA photos from Gaza …
Seesaws Allow Children To Play Across Border
A “Teeter-Totter Wall” conceived in 2009 to protest the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall has become…
Let’s Build A Playground in the Bordertown of Sásabe
MRSCP is passing along an unusual opportunity to help build a playground for migrant children…
2022.05.15: Madison Nakba Rally
This coming weekend marks 74 years since the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948, the ethnic cleansing…
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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), April 6, 2022 PUMA…
2022.04.01: March is a month of resilience and bravery for the Palestinian people
As Americans Muslims for Palestine commemorates Land Day on March 30th, we concurrently remember the…
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Palestinian Feminist Collective Online Monday, March 28th at 4PM Pacific, 6PM Central and 7PM Eastern…
On Watching Ukraine Through Palestinian Eyes
The rightful outpouring of support for Ukraine teaches us that the West can condemn occupation…
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Amer Zahr, YouTube, 8 March 2022 Amer Zahr is a Palestinian Arab American comedian, speaker,…
Yemen: ¡Presente!
While the world is focused on the war in Ukraine, another vicious and devastating war…
Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians – Amnesty International
Amnesty International, 1 February 2022
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Since 1948, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has been planting trees to displace Palestinians from…
#SaveSheikhJarrah Twitterstorm
Palestine Solidarity Campaign, January 19, 2022 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm GMT At 3am last…
2021.08.28 Update: Sidewalk Sale of Palestinian Crafts!
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Palestine Partners successful yard sale during the Orton-Front Festival…
New Prime Minister, Same Human Rights Violations
Dear Friend, I am heavy, but hopeful. The last two weeks have been heartbreaking and…
2021.08.26: Mona Hajjar Halaby Book Launch
In My Mother’s Footsteps Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) More information and registration
This Must End
Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei, American Friends Service Committee, May 13, 2021
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Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Middle East Eye, 6 May 2021
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The Israeli police violence against Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah is completely unacceptable. The Israeli military…
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Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, May 03, 2021
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Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND…
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BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOURCES MRSCP supports the Black Lives Matter movement, both because of its…
Urgent news from Sheikh Jarrah
November 13, 2020 I’m writing with some urgent news from East Jerusalem that hits very…
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Announcing the First-Ever Nationwide Virtual Gaza 5K + Digital Festival Art Auction! Everyone’s mental health…
2020.06.27-30 Update: Upcoming Online Events
Saturday, June 27 Local Letter Campaign to End Violence Against Black People 6:00 PM –…
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Rebuilding Alliance GlobalGiving’s World Refugee Week Campaign is starting Monday, June 15th, at 9am Eastern…
2020.05.14-15: Key to Justice: Ending the ongoing Palestinian Nakba
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), 5/11/20 #KeyToJustice Webinar – May 14, 4 PM Palestine time:…
Oppose the Israeli Annexation of Palestinian Land
This is a new group in the LaCrosse area that is becoming more active on…
What Valentine’s Day Means in Gaza, Palestine
Hani and his uncle and daughter in front of an UNRWA school in the Gaza…
2020.02.14-03.15: Exhibit: Unpacked: Refugee Baggage
Including Palestinian textiles provided by MRSCP Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery, Room 1235 School of Human…
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Aida Touma-Sliman, JewishCurrents, February 6, 2020 LAST WEEK, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a…
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A peace plan without Palestinian voices is no plan at all. It's a unilateral attempt…
Why We Sail, Sail, and Sail Again: Freedom Flotilla 2020
Canadian Boat to Gaza, December 20, 2019 Freedom Flotilla sailors and participants are sometimes asked:…
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ADC, November 18, 2019
Desperate work for desperate people
Amjad Ayman Yaghi, The Electronic Intifada, 15 October 2019
IT’S TIME TO END THE ILLEGAL ISRAELI BLOCKADE OF GAZA
US Boats to Gaza, Nov 3, 2019
He got into Harvard. And now he finally got into the United States.
Ismail Ajjawi, a Harvard freshman who said he was was denied U.S. entry because of…
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Dr. James J. Zogby, August 17, 2019 Back in May, a jury found Patrick Syring,…
I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
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