The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
resistance
Aug 10, 2026
2025.04.20 Update: Cassandra Dixon on her recent trip to Masafer Yatta
WORT 89.9 FM, World View, 5:30 – 6:00 pm
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2025.04.19: National Day of Action: Buy Out the Dane Co. Farmer’s Market!
Madison Resistance Coalition, Capitol Square loop to James Madison Park, 12 – 2 pm
2025.04.23: Help Overturn Wisconsin’s anti-BDS Law!
MRSCP, Apr 2, 2025
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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
Nightmare: Gaza’s Rafah under siege again as Israeli forces attack
Sally Ibrahim, The New Arab, 24 March, 2025
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Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion
Ben Reiff, +972 Magazine, March 18, 2025
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Arrest of Palestinian activist stirs questions about green card holders
REBECCA SANTANA, AP, March 10, 2025
antisemitism, apartheid, colleges & universities, Columbia, deportation, divest, Donald Trump, free speech, Gaza, green cards, Hamas, Hezbollah, Homeland Security (DHS), immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Iraq, Jewish, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, New York City, Palestinian, prison, protest, Rafah, resistance, Russia, schools, State Department, stories, students, terrorism, United States, visas, war
Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza to force hand of Hamas
Jason Burke, The Guardian, 9 Mar 2025
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‘No Other Land’ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
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Families rejoice as hundreds of Palestinian hostages are freed
Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, Feb 27, 2025
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2025.03.08: Anti-War Cafe
Noon – 3 pm
The Gaza “Ceasefire” Is at a Crucial Crossroads
JEREMY SCAHILL, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 24, 2025
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Israel drops genocidal leaflets on Gaza
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, FEB 22, 2025
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Living in the Open
Hossam Shabat and Rasha Abou Jalal, الصحفي حسام شبات, Drop Site News, Feb 20, 2025
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2025.02.25: Lessons from Anti-Apartheid Struggles
Online 11 am – 12 pm CT
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
After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
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Israel’s secret plan to transfer Palestinians more than 50 years ago
Amer Sultan, Middle East Monitor, February 2, 2025
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