The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Apr 1, 2025
Mark Your Calendars for Sunday Afternoon Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration Featuring Dessert and a Program…
On the windy evening of January 4, 2017, 33-year-old Muhammad al-Hissi of Gaza set out…
World Health Organization warns hospitals could be plunged into darkness by end of February without…
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) “Many mothers told us the same story. Their children…
A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9FM, OCTOBER 24, 2017 Today we’re talking about Madison’s Sister Cities.…
Our campaign to provide 50 “Gaza Lights” systems to families in Rafah is into its…
HELP US RESPOND TO GAZA’S ELECTRICITY CRISIS A big thanks to those who have helped…
Electricity Ismael Ramlawi, 31 — American Friends Service Committee "They have power cuts four or…
Education Electricity Firas Ramlawi, 38 — American Friends Service Committee "Classrooms are crowded, class times are…
Gaza Unlocked Issues: Electricity — American Friends Service Committee Gaza’s power system is at risk…
Gaza Lights for Rafah Campaign The electricity crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented heights,…
I want to go to Palestine – a country recognized by 136 countries around the…
The electricity shortage impacts every family in Gaza. Please support the Gaza Lights Campaign! …
What is Gaza Unlocked? For over a decade, two million Palestinians in Gaza have lived…
We have received an appeal for help from the Atfaluna School for the Deaf in…
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, June 19, 2017 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
Barbara Olson, The Cap Times, Jun 11, 2017 Palestinian workers wait to cross the Israeli…
During the 2014 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, 142 Palestinian families lost three or…
Rubble of the Maadi house During the 2014 Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, 142…
The Israeli army said it detected three people near the security fence and fired at…
Krishnadev Calamur, NPR, February 26, 2015 Banksy’s work is now in the Gaza Strip. The…
Arab Studies Institute Home Film Research & Resources Team Booking/Contact The Full 20-Minute NarrativeRead Script | Credits “I did not think…
Lupe Salmeron, Madison365, December 5, 2016 An audience of around 30 people gathered to hear…
Friday, Nov 25 WORT 89.9 FM A Public Affair 12:00 – 1:00 PM Starting at…
Israa Suliman, WE ARE NOT NUMBERS, November 15, 2016 Dear Native Americans, Although we are…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, November 22, 2016 Raji Sourani, Director of PCHR, and…
The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey is a cookbook and a documentary portrait of…
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, October 05, 2016 Group including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire aimed ‘to…
At 15:58 CEST (Central European Summer Time) on 5 October, we lost contact again with…
Al-Haq, 26 September 2016 The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) expresses its full supportof…
Amal-Hope II to follow soon Women’s Boat to Gaza, Messina, Italy, September 27, 2016 This…
Women’s Boat to Gaza, September 20, 2016 Ajaccio, Corsica, France: The Women’s Boat to Gaza…
International activists on two boats carrying food and medicine aim to break Israeli siege on…
Women’s Boat to Gaza, September 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain – From September 12-14, the sailing…
The country must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director…
Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful…
Our photo (above), taken by Mohammad Mansour, was selected as a finalist in Global Giving’s…
Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the…
Sara Roy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 28, 2016 During a brief pause to…
Elizabeth Kucinich in Gaza (UNRWA USA) Elizabeth Kucinich, The Hill, June 23, 2016 This month,…
Gaza Mental Health Foundation At the request of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), the…
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), July 2015 [pdf-embedder url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ocha_opt_gaza_blockade_factsheet_july_2015_english.pdf”]
Charlotte Silver, The Electronic Intifada, 18 June 2015 Palestinians queue at the Rafah crossing on…
Desolation and destiny in a land in limbo Banksy artwork on the ruins of a…
BBC News, 14 November 2014 Dr Gilbert, pictured here in 2009, has been a frequent…
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Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 10 September 2014 Destruction everywhere UN Office for the Coordination…
Palestinians evacuate a survivor of an Israeli air strike that hit the Al Ghoul family…
The Lancet, Volume 384, No. 9941, p397–398, 2 August 2014 [pdf-embedder url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Lancet-Mads-Gilbert-PIIS0140673614610448.pdf” title=”Lancet Mads Gilbert…