The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: stories
Apr 7, 2026
2026.03.26-29: Why We Record – Defying Fragmentation And Erasure In Palestine
Madison Friends Meeting, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison
2026.03.07: International Women’s Day Celebration
Gordon Dining and Event Center, 770 W Dayton St, Madison, 1-5 pm
A Day for Gaza
The Nation, February 3, 2026
A Day for Gaza: Stories from Gaza and Its People
RAYAN EL AMINE, JACK MIRKINSON, and LIZZY RATNER, THE NATION, FEBRUARY 3, 2026
2026.01.08: Ta-Nehesi Coates’ “The Message” Book Circle
Online, 6:00 pm social, 6:30 pm program
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
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2025.12.11: Film Severed, Sumud, and Disability Justice in Palestine
Online, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
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We write / to keep our names alive / to carve our stories into time.
Eman Eid, We Are Not Numbers, November 9, 2025. Artist: Jan Khaled, Flyers for Falastin
‘If, one day, a people will to live, then destiny must surely respond’
Saeda Hamdona, We Are Not Numbers, November 8, 2025
2025.11.08: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
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Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
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2025.10.04: Film “Samidoun, The Steadfast Women of Palestine”
Online, 11 AM CT
2025.12.04: Palestine on Screen – Stories of Survival and Resistance
UW-Madison Memorial Library, Room 126, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
2025.08.24: Hands in the rice paddy
Friends Meeting House, Friends Room, 1704 Robert’s Ct, Madison, 9:45-11 am
2025.08.16: Come to MASCP’s Annual Pupusa Dinner
1104 Mound St, Madison, 5-7 pm
Palestine coverage scares off nonprofit news funders
Nicole Froio, Prism, July 23, 2025
UN rapporteur calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza
MANUEL RUEDA, AP, July 15, 2025
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2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
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Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
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“No Other Land” centers the resilience of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation
DAVID BOFFA, TONE MADISON, MAY 21, 2025
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New Watermelon+ Streaming Platform
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 6, 2025
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza
SAM MEDNICK AND RENATA BRITO, AP, May 2, 2025
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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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Kodichi Lawrence, 27 WKOW, Apr 13, 2025
2025.04.23: Film “The Palestine Exception” on Campus Protests
UW Memorial Union, 6-8 pm
Court Extends Hussam Abu Safiya’s Detention in Israeli Torture Camp
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, March 26, 2025
Al Mezan, apartheid, climate, detainees, doctors, Dr. Abu Safiya, environment, Gaza War, healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, hostages, human rights, images, Israeli, labor, law, Madison, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, protest, Rafah, Spain, stories, torture, video, war crimes, West BankWife of Oscar-winning director says he was savagely beaten outside his home
BY JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 25, 2025
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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills Hamas leader, teen
Al Jazeera Staff, 24 Mar 2025
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Stories of children killed in Israel’s attacks in Gaza
Al Jazeera, 19 Mar 2025
After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
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Almost 100 arrested during protest occupying Trump Tower over Mahmoud Khalil
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 13 Mar 2025
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REBECCA SANTANA, AP, March 10, 2025
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MELANIE LIDMAN AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 9, 2025
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‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 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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Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas for new ceasefire proposal
TIA GOLDENBERG AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 2, 2025
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Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Defence for Children Palestine, Feb 26, 2025
2025.03.16: Israeli Conscientious Objectors Share Their Stories
11:00 am CT
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Netanyahu only ever saw the hostages as his path back to genocide
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 26 February 2025
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Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Voices For Justice in Palestine, Feb 21, 2025
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2025.02.25: Through a Child’s Eyes: Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza
Online, 11 am – 12 Noon CT
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
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Hamas Says It Will Release Israeli Captives After Aid Surge
Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT, February 13, 2025
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Deaths from Israel’s attacks on Gaza rise to 62,000
Al Jazeera, 3 Feb 2025
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Sole Survivor’s Stories, Episode 2: Jamal Shabat
Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) on Rabet, Feb 3, 2025
Latest Gaza Update from MECA
Jan 30, 2025
2025.01.25: “War Isn’t Over When It’s Over” Online with Kathy Kelly
The stories of lives forever altered by U.S. “forever wars”
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We Can’t Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza
ABDULLAH SHIHIPAR, THE NATION, JANUARY 9, 2025. The very air that Gazans breathe could put…
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2025.01.03-16: Extended! Gaza Film “From Ground Zero” at AMC Fitchburg & Baraboo
From Ground Zero at AMC Fitchburg and Baraboo Arabic with English Subtitles Palestine’s Official Submission…
Group of Quebec doctors suspends non-essential work Monday to protest bloodshed in Gaza
CBC, January 6, 2025 As Israel’s deadly assaults on Gazans and their fragile health-care system…
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The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not.
I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The…
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2024.12.21 Update: Interfaith “Longest Night” Gaza Vigil
Around 75 people braved the cold weather and joined the longest night vigil and service…
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As the world has focused on the Gaza genocide, a massive Israeli campaign of violence…
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Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Me
‘The Message’ cuts to the human heart of the situation in Israel-Palestine, refusing to contort…
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War-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
Israel and its major ally, the United States, are not members of the court BY MOLLY…
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Join the Global Week of Action for Sanctions (20th to 29th Nov) to pressure states…
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2024.11.17-18: Rotem Levin and Osama lliwat in La Crosse
Rotem Levin and Osama lliwat – Israeli and Palestinian peace activists – will share their personal…
No, there were no ‘antisemitic pogroms’ in Amsterdam
Here’s what really happened. Media claims of ‘antisemitic pogroms’ against Israeli fans in Amsterdam are…
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UN: 7 in 10 Killed in Gaza Are Women or Children, in “Grave Violations” of Law
Women and children were the vast majority of those slaughtered by Israel in the Gaza…
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Israeli forces have announced their intention to block any Palestinians from returning to north Gaza.…
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Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes
BY WAFAA SHURAFA AND SALLY ABOU ALJOUD, Associated Press, November 1, 2024 BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens…
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For the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza AMBA…
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What we learned from UW-Madison’s pro-Palestine encampment
How this protest fits into recent history, what to carry moving forward, and what to…
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This activist group chat has been blocking a weapons shipment to Israel for weeks
A South African WhatsApp group working with BDS has sparked a movement to block a…
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Recommend “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates to UW-Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison invites us to participate in its common book program for 2025-2026,…
‘Project Esther’: A Plan to Crack Down on America’s Pro-Palestine Movement
The Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation is now going after what they call the “Hamas Support Network”…
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How American media incited genocide
Commentaries published by US media outlets have openly demonised Palestinians and justified the mass killings…
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We are being strangled. The only thing that can stop our suffering is an end…
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By Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Oct 15, 2024 A community event to highlight Palestinian resilience…
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“Our Job Is to Flatten Gaza. No One Will Stop Us.”
Inside one Israeli battalion’s yearlong mission of destruction YOUNIS TIRAWI AND SAMI VANDERLIP, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT…
2024.10.16: “The Night Won’t End” Film Discussion
7 pm CT Online Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines team has investigated the killings of Palestinian…
Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 08, 2024 Watch Full ShowImage Credit: Courtesy of Ta-Nehisi Coates As the…
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Israeli Snipers Routinely, Deliberately Shoot Palestinian Kids in the Head
The evidence is undeniable, and the sourcing is as solid as it gets. There are…
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65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza
By Feroze Sidhwa, New York Times, Oct. 9, 2024
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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Israel-Hamas war reaches one-year mark
By: Chloe Morrissey, WKOW27, Oct 7, 2024 MADISON (WKOW) — October 7, 2024 marks one…
The Western Media Helped Create These Horrors In The Middle East
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, OCT 03, 2024 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on the power of stories, and Israeli apartheid
“The country of Israel is a state in which half the population exist on one…
2024.10.07: Films “From Ground Zero,” Untold Stories from Gaza
Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin Street, Room 301/302 5 – 9 pm Social time…
Sanders Files to Force First-Ever Vote on Blocking Weapons to Israel
The resolutions are not likely to pass. If they do, they can still be vetoed…
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Milwaukee Mural Sends a Message: Stop Genocide in Gaza
Photos by Kamal Moon Sandra Whitehead, Milwaukee Muslim Journal, Sep 20, 2024 “Together we have…
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Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Protesters in the Same Place They Shot Aysenur Eygi
Since 2021, Israeli soldiers have met weekly protests in the West Bank village with deadly…
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The Night Won’t End: Biden’s War on Gaza
Fault Lines Documentary & Al Jazeera English, YouTube, Jun 21, 2024 From air strikes to…
Israel Has Built an Economy Fueled by Genocide at Home and Abroad
Ciudong Ng, TRUTHOUT, September 1, 2024
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Free speech expert, ACLU question new UW-Madison protest policy
Singing, distributing newspapers and more “expressive activities” could be banned within 25 feet of university…
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Palestinian Reporters’ Gaza War Coverage Nets 4 Nobel Peace Prize Nominations
According to statistics, more than 130 Palestinian journalists and media professionals have been killed by…
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2024.09.06: Action Hour for a Ceasefire Now: Education in Gaza
11 am CT Online Learn more about education in Gaza and hear from a former…
Special Back-to-School Appeal: Please support Read Palestine!
During the past year the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project joined with a group of local…
Palestine Won at the Democratic Convention
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, August 26, 2024 The 2024 Democratic National Convention…
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2024.08.29: Read “Light in Gaza” with the FCNL
We hope that you can join us for our first virtual FCNL Book Club! Our…
Wisconsin Palestinians have felt isolated from politics
The upcoming election has made it worse After watching the U.S. fund Israel’s war on…
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2024.08.20: Antiwar Film Series – “Soldiers Without Guns”
Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St, Room 302 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm The…
Arab Christians invite Zionist evangelicals to restore ‘one body in Christ’
The plea finds a ‘discernible missional gap’ between the Western church and the churches of…
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