The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

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Apr 9, 2026

Our Tax Dollars at Work: Destroying a Palestinian Family’s Home and Livelihood
Al Fakheit is one of 12 villages located in the Masafer Yatta area that Israel…
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Born of war: How a Palestinian woman responds to trauma through art
Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022
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2021.10.03 Update: Turath Baladna (Our Country’s Heritage)
Sunday, October 3, Noon – 3 pm James Madison Park shelter 614 E Gorham…
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Don’t fund Iron Dome
STEPHEN R. SHALOM, Mondoweiss, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
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Gaza Is Still Under Attack — but You Wouldn’t Know It From the Media
A young medical student speaks out about life in the besieged Strip, the persistence of…
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2020.06.15-21: Fundraising for Mrs. Najah’s Kitchen & Gaza Emergency Meals
Rebuilding Alliance GlobalGiving’s World Refugee Week Campaign is starting Monday, June 15th, at 9am Eastern…
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The Ecological War on Gaza
Rob Goyanes, Jewish Currents, September 9, 2019
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Hundreds Lose Shelter as Israeli Forces Destroy Housing Units in occupied East Jerusalem
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Ref: 89/2019, July 22, 2019
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“You married a Palestinian. You cannot enter Israel”
Israel’s family reunion practices are gravely offensive This time; Palestine Updates brings you two powerful…
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Will Christchurch be our wakeup call??
“Many of those killed in the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque attack were, in fact, Palestinians.…
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Restoring U.S. Aid Crucial to Avoid Gaza Water Catastrophe
Matthias Schmale, IPS – Inter Press Service, March 27, 2018
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Don’t let Trump turn his back on Palestine refugees in need
On January 16, 2018, the US Administration made the decision to freeze millions of dollars…
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Thousands Of Israelis Take To The Streets Calling For Palestinian Genocide
Whitney Webb, MintPress News, October 6, 2016
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Gaza Unlocked
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), July 12, 2017
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#ObliteratedFamilies – Balata Family
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, May 26, 2017
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2017.05.21: Open Doors For Refugees Second Annual Community Picnic
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#ObliteratedFamilies – Al-Kilani Family
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 22, 2017
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2017.04.02 Update: Rachel Corrie Commemoration: Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost
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2017.01.28 Update: Freeze for Peace Run and Walk!
Links for RegistrationOnline: freezeforpeace.itsyourrace.comMail-in Form: colombiasupport.net Mark your calendars for something different: the Freeze for…
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2016.08.23 Update: Discussion with U.S. Representative Mark Pocan
Following his recent trip to Israel and Palestine Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church 203…
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Gaza’s plight matters to the world
At Erez, the Israeli-controlled crossing into Gaza, I passed through chutes that resembled the herding…
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Andrew Cuomo’s Anti-Free Speech Move on BDS
Alex Nabaum As a Jew who has lived in Israel and has many relatives there,…
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‘Gaza Is Hell’
Desolation and destiny in a land in limbo Banksy artwork on the ruins of a…
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Strike near UN school in Gaza leaves 10 dead
TAMER ZIARA AND IBRAHIM BARZAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, August 3, 2014 RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) —…
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Why Gaza Must Suffer Again
JONATHAN COOK, November 19, 2012
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2009.01.24: Emergency Fund-Raising/March of the Dead Protest
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: MRSCP WILL HOLD AN EMERGENCY FUND-RAISING EVENT AND MEETING ON SATURDAY, JANUARY…
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Catastrophe at Rafah Crossing: More Than 35 Dead—and Counting
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, September/October 2007 PERCHED ATOP A suitcase and…
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Nightmares – How Gaza offends us all
Jennifer Loewenstein, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 06 June 2007 Jennifer Loewenstein brilliantly illustrates the horrors…
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The Shame of it All
Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, August 17, 2005
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Appeal for Rafah City
Dr. Emad S. Sha’at, Deputy Mayor Rafah City, 18 May 2004 Dear Madam/Sir, I write…
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Israeli Occupation Forces Withdraw from Rafah Leaving Behind Devastation
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, October 12, 2003 In the early morning hours…
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