sister cities

Israeli occupation soldiers close the main gate of Qortoba school in Hebron

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project has helped build playgrounds for both Qortuba Elementary School and…

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President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…

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“Cancel the F-35”: Organizations Sign Letter to President & Congress

Rep. Francesca Hong addresses concerns for the arrival of F-35 jets in Truax Field, surrounded…

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No Path to Justice

Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass Alice Speri, The…

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Paul Beckett, 1938 – 2022

Legacy.com MADISON – Paul Anthony Hamilton Beckett, 83, a long-time resident of Madison, WI, died…

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2022.04.21: Madison-Rafah Annual Fundraising Drive: Al Samud Playground Dedication

$9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22 Fundraising for the playground is complete, and Playgrounds for Palestine…

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Stop the Line 5 Pipeline Expansion

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project supports these efforts by Indigenous Women to end fossil fuel…

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2022.04.09: Celebrate with Sister Cities International

Celebrate Palestinian Heritage and Culture with Sister Cities International 11 am Central Join Webinar

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2022.03.16: WORT 89.9 FM: Holding Israel Accountable

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Buzz – 3-16-22 – Attala Madison Rafah Sister City Project, WORT…

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2022.03.16: 19th Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration

Register in advance for this webinar March 16, 2022, 7 pm CT/5 pm PT Join…

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2022.03.19: International Festival at Overture Center

10 am – 5 pm FREE Come celebrate the rich cultural heritage and diversity of…

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Killed for Driving While Palestinian

MRSCP Statement on the Death of Omar Abdulmajeed As’ad in Israeli custody The Madison-Rafah Sister…

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2022.01.02: Maia Project Update

For Over 11 Years The new unit providing clean water to the kids in Shuka,…

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Join the #WetsuwetenResistance Pipeline Fight

The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project supports the efforts of the Wet’suwet’en nation to exercise their…

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#PalestineDay

Nov. 29th is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People! 1. Display Palestinian flag…

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Statement on #StandWithThe6 by Madison-Rafah Sister City Project

Revised MRSCP Statement on #StandWithThe6

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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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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…

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Black-Palestine solidarity is making its way to Capitol Hill

Alex Kane, +972 Magazine, June 16, 2021

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How a West Bank Trip Turned This Congressman Into One of Israel’s Strongest Critics

Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan tells Haaretz why he welcomes a new Israeli government, even one…

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Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr: Let’s stop funding Israel’s campaign of oppression

TSELA BARR AND BARB OLSON, The Cap Times, May 15, 2021

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Update: Fresh Food for Families in Rafah

Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND…

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Biden should end support for bombing and starvation of Yemen

People run following an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane…

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Sign a Petition for a New US-Palestine Sister City

Establish Sisterhood Cities Between Dayton, OH and Salfit, Palestine While they have been focusing on…

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Letter to Biden (and Trump) Campaigns Regarding Israel and Palestinian Rights

This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…

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2020.03.29: Cancelled Tribute to Rachel Corrie: Freedom is the Future

This event with Tarek Abuata has been cancelled by coronavirus precautions. You can still listen…

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2020.02.29: International Festival

Overture Center 201 State Street Madison 10 am – 5 pm Join MRSCP and many…

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Invest in Justice by Building Genuine Connections Image via Sacramento to Bethlehem Cities for Palestine…

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Regeni murder: If only Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall had been Italian

Kamel Hawwash, Middle East Eye, 21 April 2016

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2020.02.29: International Festival

Overture Center 201 State Street, Madison 10 am – 5 pm Join MRSCP and other…

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Polluted Water is the Leading Cause of Child Mortality in Gaza

With 43 Olympic swimming pools of sewage flowing from Gaza daily, local epidemic is only…

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2019.10.27: Rep. Pocan emphasizes progressive caucus’s commitment to Palestine

Helena Cobban, Mondoweiss, November 14, 2019

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2019.10.27 Update: DREAMING OF FREEDOM

Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, 2-4 pm

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Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr: Congress needs to stand against Israeli travel bans

TSELA BARR AND BARB OLSON, The Cap Times, August 23, 2019

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2019.07.24-25: Gaza Freedom Flotilla Comes to Madison!

Photos: Jim Maas/FUS Social Justice Ministry, Tsela Barr/MRSCP, and Kit Kittredge/NA Boat to Gaza Campaign…

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Rise against Racism! #CounterCUFI

Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA), May 24, 2019 For too long, Palestinians have…

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2019.04.22: 71 Years Without a Country

The 2019 North America Nakba Tour comes to Madison UW-Madison Red Gym, On Wisconsin room…

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2019.03.03: Hashtag to Headlines: How the Gaza Great March of Return Challenged the World

Join us for the 2019 tribute to Rachel Corrie with Ahmed Abu Artema, writer, refugee…

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2018.11.20: Fundraiser: ‘Clean Water for the Children of Gaza’

First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project…

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2018.12.01: Monona Terrace Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 8 am – 3 pm Come…

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Community Cocktail

Through June 30 at Gib’s Bar, 1380 Williamson St, Madison The Madison Rafah Sister City…

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Cities for Palestine

Image via Sacramento to Bethlehem Cities for Palestine, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Others,…

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2018.06.05: Protest Israel’s Ambassador in Milwaukee

Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee Tuesday, June 5,…

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Madison-Rafah Sister City Project/Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison Banner Drop

Members of Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison did a banner drop…

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Gaza: Do Palestinian Lives Matter?

Samir El-Omari and Barbara Olson, Madison365, May 11, 2018

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2018.04.08: Radiance of Resistance, a Tribute to Rachel Corrie

PLUS hummus and tabbouleh; desserts including baklawa; and the ever-popular DOOR PRIZES. Palestinian olive…

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2018.03.09: Samira Remedial Education

GAZA KIDS NEED YOUR HELP! Barb Olson, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, March 9, 2018 For…

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2018.04.08: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration

Mark Your Calendars for Sunday Afternoon Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration Featuring Dessert and a Program…

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The Last Palestinian Kaffiyeh Maker

Al Hirbawi, supplier to the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project The kaffiyeh is a traditional Arab…

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Gaza Lights: Electrical Power for People Under Siege

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), December 23, 2017

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2017.12.02: Fair Trade Holiday Festival

Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison 9 am to 4 pm Come…

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2017.12.05: Rabbi Arik Ascherman speaks on “A Torah of Justice for Israel”

First Unitarian Society Landmark Auditorium 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 7:00 pm Rabbi Arik Ascherman…

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Protect the right to boycott Israel in Wisconsin

Barbara Olson and Tsela Barr, Wisconsin State Journal, November 11, 2017 Barbara OlsonTsela Barr Gov.…

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Madison’s Sister Cities

A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9FM, OCTOBER 24, 2017 Today we’re talking about Madison’s Sister…

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Halfway There: Help us Send “Gaza Lights” to Rafah!

HELP US RESPOND TO GAZA’S ELECTRICITY CRISIS A big thanks to those who have helped…

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Help Us Respond to Gaza’s Electricity Crisis

Amal and the Sketch Engineering Team assemble Gaza Lights systems Gaza Lights for Rafah Campaign…

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Condemn, don’t celebrate, 50 years of occupation of Palestine

Barbara Olson, The Cap Times, Jun 11, 2017

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MRSCP Supports the UW Associated Students of Madison

MRSCP asks you to contact University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Vice Provost Patrick…

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Gaza’s Kids Need Your Help

Rafah Children in the Samira Project at the Rachel Corrie Memorial Library. (Photo: Jeff Bright)…

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2017.02.11: Madison Resistance March

Madison Resistance March on Facebook Channel3000.com Madison-Rafah Sister City Project The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project…

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2017.01.30 Update: No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance Tour

Monday, January 30Evjue Room, Urban League of Greater Madison2222 South Park Street, Madison [Map]7 –…

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Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project!

Find out what happened at last night's hearing . . . and join us for…

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Reversing 2013 decision, Boulder makes Nablus a sister city

Boulder City Council members vote 7-2 in favor of sister city proposal Alex Burness, DailyCamera…

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2016.11.29 Update: The Gaza Kitchen with Laila El-Haddad in Madison

The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey is a cookbook and a documentary portrait of…

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2016.10.22 Update: Wisconsin Book Festival: The Way to the Spring

C-SPAN video link: c-span.org/video/?416995-3/ben-ehrenreich-discusses-way-spring Wisconsin Book Festival The Way to the Spring Ben Ehrenreich 10/22/2016…

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2016.10.23 Update: Israeli and Palestinian Parents Grieve, Work Together for Justice

A Parents Circle Family Forum Presentation Sunday, October 23 Two families – one Jewish Israeli,…

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Barcelona Hosts Women’s Boat to Gaza for their inaugural journey

Women’s Boat to Gaza, September 12, 2016 Barcelona, Spain – From September 12-14, the sailing…

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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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Mental Health Library Campaign

Palestinian child’s drawing (GMHF) We are launching a project to help Rafah build a Mental…

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Jennifer Loewenstein: Zionism Is ‘A Particularly Pernicious Form Of Nationalism’

Dr. Milena Rampoldi, MintPress News, June 2, 2016 A boy carries a wreath with posters…

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2016.05.04: An Evening with Jeff Halper

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:00 pm DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 330 N. Orchard…

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2016.04.05: Noga Kadman on Erased from Space and Consciousness

Noga Kadman speaks about her book Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated…

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2016.04.03 Update: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration

Sunday, April 3, 7 pm, Christ Presbyterian Church 944 East Gorham Street, Madison WI You…

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#CancelPinkwashing: Creating Change Conference 2016 Statement

Tarab NYC, January 19, 2016 We know that military occupation, ethnic cleansing, racism, and colonialism…

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2016.01.26: “One Book, Many Communities” and Suad Amiry’s Sharon and My Mother-in-Law

Central Library 201 W Mifflin St, Madison 7:00 pm The first “One Book, Many Communities”…

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2015.11.19: In Solidarity: From Ferguson to Mexico to Palestine

Thursday, November 19, 2015 7 p.m. Sterling Hall 1310 Ahmed Hamad is a Palestinian activist…

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John Quinlan Interviews Sahar Abbasi Baidon

John Quinlan, Forward Forum KSUN Channel 983, November 2, 2015 John Quinlan talks with Sahar…

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Are You a Progressive for Palestine?

Josh Ruebner, US Campaign to End the Occupation, October 30, 2015 If so, click here…

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2015.11.01: Room No. 4 Photos and Speaker

Sunday, November 1, 2015 First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison 1:00 – 2:30…

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Demanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi

“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…

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Samira Project Children’s Counseling

Gaza Mental Health Foundation At the request of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), the…

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2015.03.15: Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta at First United Methodist Church

(See Funding Campaign for Filmmaker Fida Qishta) Sunday, March 15 First United Methodist Church Fellowship…

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2015.03.13: Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta at the Memorial Union

Friday March 13 Memorial Union UW-Madison Campus 6:30 pm [Map] Gaza film-maker Fida Qishta will…

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2015.01.28-02.17: Mornings in Jenin Book Group

Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison, the Peregrine Forum and the Madison Infoshop Free…

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2014.11.18-23: Book Presentation Committee of One

First presentation and book signing by author Patricia Martin Holt Tuesday, November 18, 7 pm…

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2014.11.07-08: Voices for Peace and Justice in Palestine

Searching for Peace The Capital City Hues October 30, 2014 From Barbara Olson and The…

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Michele Bahl: How can we be indifferent to suffering of children in Gaza?

Michele Bahl, Cap Times, Sep 20, 2014

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2014.09.28: DAVID ROVICS IN CONCERT

With Clare Norelle Sunday, September 28, 4 – 6 pm The Brink Lounge, 701 E…

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Judith Laitman: A Jewish grandmother’s plea to Barack Obama

UDITH LAITMAN, Cap Times, Jul 25, 2014

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Call to action: Join Palestinian political prisoner’s day

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014

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2014.05.5-6: Mark Braverman in Madison

Mark Braverman, author of Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews and the Search for Peace in the…

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Madland: Madison-Rafah Sister City Project ambassador impressed by local youth facilities

Catherine Capellaro, Isthmus, 01/30/2014

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150 organizations join with BDS activists in France

US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, June 26, 2013

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