The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Apr 8, 2026
#ObliteratedFamilies – Introduction by Amira Hass
#ObliteratedFamilies Project, April 7, 2017
Amira Hass, blockade, civilians, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, homeless, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, military, Obliterated Families, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), prison, refugees, stories, Syria, tech, terrorism, war, West Bank, women, world2017.04.02 Update: Rachel Corrie Commemoration: Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost
Al Jazeera, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), artist, benefit, Bethlehem, calendar, Church of Christ, civilians, documentary, donate, Europe, film, Fitchburg, Gaza, Google, hospitals, human rights, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Madison, maps, media, Middle East, military, MRSCP, Obliterated Families, olive oil, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, refugees, resistance, Samira, shelters, sister cities, stories, terrorism, video, war, West Bank, women, world2017.03.29: Islamophobia in America with Reza Aslan
Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Wisconsin Union Theater Cost: Free…
American, American Bar Association (ABA), books, calendar, California, Chicago, documentary, film, Grassroots, human rights, Iran, Islamophobia, land, literature, media, Middle East, Muslim, Muslims, New Jersey, New York Times, Oscar, peace, religion, stories, University of California, Wall, war, water, Wisconsin, worldA message from Cindy & Craig Corrie
Painting by Malak Mattar; read more about her painting at We Are Not Numbers. March…
artist, benefit, civil rights, confiscation, Craig and Cindy Corrie, doctors, donate, education, Gaza, Grassroots, human rights, Israeli, Jewish, journalists, justice, land, law, media, Middle East, military, Olympia, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinian, Rachel Corrie, resistance, stories, terrorism, war, West Bank, women, worldWhat really happened in the Umm Al-Hiran “terrorist attack”
New video deals another blow to Israeli police version of Umm al-Hiran raid Last month…
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 –…
Ahed Tamimi, American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Amnesty International, Bethlehem, Black, calendar, California, children, Christian, Church of Christ, civil rights, Congress, delegation, detainees, education, Esty Dinur, Fitchburg, football, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Google, human rights, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Madison, maps, military, MRSCP, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, police, prison, prisoners, protest, Rafah, resistance, resources, Room No. 4, sister cities, State Department, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, Unitarian, United States, video, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice (WNPJ), women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world, WORT 89.9 FMReversing 2013 decision, Boulder makes Nablus a sister city
Boulder City Council members vote 7-2 in favor of sister city proposal Alex Burness, DailyCamera…
No fires or inciting politicians can destroy our shared society
Samah Salaime, +972, November 26, 2016
annexation, Arab, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Donald Trump, education, equality, Europe, healthcare, immigrants, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, journalists, land, law, Middle East, military, Neve Shalom, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, religion, schools, stories, students, teachers, Tel Aviv, terrorism, United States, vote, Wahat al-Salam, Wall, war, women, world, WORT 89.9 FM2016.10.22 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…
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,…
Vote for our Gaza photo in Global Giving contest!
Our photo (above), taken by Mohammad Mansour, was selected as a finalist in Global Giving’s…
Breaking Ground at Cinema Hebron
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Shalom Rav, July 17, 2016 This past Friday, I had the honor…
delegation, diaspora, environment, film, Hebron, images, Intifada, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Issa Amro, Jerusalem, Jewish, law, Meta, military, Muslim, nonviolence, occupation, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), police, protest, rabbis, resistance, settlers, solidarity, stories, Susiya, terrorism, travel, veterans, video, war, West Bank, worldBen Ehrenreich Writes a Love Letter to Palestine
“Next we meet Hani Amer, whose farm lay on the route of the infamous wall.…
Bedouin, Caterpillar, detainees, ethnic cleansing, Gaza City, Hebron, images, Israeli, Jordan, justice, land, law, Mahmoud Abbas, New York Times, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), prison, protest, Qatar, rabbis, Ramallah, schools, settlers, stories, terrorism, Wall, war, water, West BankPoetry is not a Crime
American, Arab, artist, Atlanta, books, California, Canada, Christian, democracy, diaspora, education, environment, equality, Europe, film, Hebrew, home demolition, human rights, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), Islamophobia, Israel, Israeli, Japan, Jenin, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, literature, Mahmoud Darwish, Maia Project, media, milk, Minnesota, music, Muslim, Muslims, Native American, New Jersey, New York Times, occupation, Oscar, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, petition, poetry, prison, Pulitzer Prize, rape, resistance, Russia, South Africa, stories, Susan Abulhawa, take action, tech, Tel Aviv, terrorism, United States, video, Vietnam, Wall, war, water, Wisconsin, women, worldGaza: Abandoned in the Middle of Nowhere
Sara Roy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 28, 2016 Palestinians in Gaza are largely…
births, blockade, donors, economy, education, Egypt, environment, Europe, fair trade, Gaza, healthcare, home demolition, homeless, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, labor, media, Middle East, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, refugees, Sara Roy, schools, Severed, stories, terrorism, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), United States, war, water, West Bank, worldUnitarian Majority for Divestment; Presbyterians Take it to the Next Level!
Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, June 25th, 2016 I cannot remember…
American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Anna Baltzer, apartheid, BDS, boycott, Christian, Church of Christ, climate, Congress, divest, Friends, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, media, Methodist, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, Presbyterian, religion, sanction, stories, terrorism, Unitarian, vote, war2016.04.03 Update: Annual Rachel Corrie Commemoration
Sunday, April 3, 7 pm, Christ Presbyterian Church 944 East Gorham Street, Madison WI You…
American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), benefit, calendar, Church of Christ, crafts, donate, education, Hebron, hospitals, Israeli, land, law, Madison, Middle East, MRSCP, olive oil, Operation Dove, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, Presbyterian, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, resistance, schools, settlers, sister cities, stories, terrorism, travel, Tuba, video, volunteer, Wall, womenJohn Quinlan Interviews Sahar Abbasi Baidon
John Quinlan, Forward Forum KSUN Channel 983, November 2, 2015 John Quinlan talks with Sahar…
detainees, Jerusalem, Kathy Walsh, land, Madison, MRSCP, Palestinian, Rafah, sister cities, stories, video, violations, war, women2014.11.07-08: Voices for Peace and Justice in Palestine
Searching for Peace The Capital City Hues October 30, 2014 From Barbara Olson and The…
American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), apartheid, artist, Barb Olson, BDS, blockade, boycott, calendar, Christian, Church of Christ, documentary, education, Fida Qishta, film, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Gaza, Israel, Jewish, justice, land, Madison, media, Milwaukee, MRSCP, Muslim, nonviolence, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, project, Rafah, rape, religion, sanction, secular, sister cities, South Africa, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, travel, UW-Madison, West Bank2014.11.07-08: Friends of Sabeel of North America (FOSNA) Conference
The Madison Times, October 22, 2014
apartheid, artist, BDS, boycott, calendar, Christian, corporations, education, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), human rights, images, Iraq, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, land, literature, Madison, media, Middle East, Milwaukee, Muslim, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, poetry, protest, rape, religion, sanction, secular, South Africa, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), travel, United States, UW-Madison, West Bank2014.10.10: Contested Land, Contested Memory with Author Jo Roberts
Israel’s Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of CatastropheFriday, October 10JO ROBERTS will be reading…
2014.09.28: DAVID ROVICS IN CONCERT
With Clare Norelle Sunday, September 28, 4 – 6 pm The Brink Lounge, 701 E…
BBC, benefit, calendar, democracy, El Salvador, human rights, humor, justice, land, Madison, media, Middle East, MRSCP, music, Palestine, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, protest, Rafah, sister cities, stories, travel, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice (WNPJ), women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world40 Holocaust survivors condemn ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, call for BDS against Israel
Alex Kane, Mondoweiss, August 26, 2014
BBC, BDS, blockade, boycott, concentration camps, education, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, Germany, ghetto, Haaretz, Hamas, Hitler, Holocaust, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Maia Project, media, New York Times, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, sanction, schools, solidarity, stories, terrorism, victims, war, worldQuakers Call For Israel Boycott & Divestment
Breakthrough! Quakers Spanning 3 States Call For Boycott & Divestment Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to…
American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Anna Baltzer, Barack Obama, BDS, benefit, boycott, Caterpillar, divest, Friends, Google, human rights, Israel, Israeli, justice, military, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, petition, protest, religion, Sodastream, stories, West BankRachel Corrie’s Rafah Legacy
Ramzy Baroud, CounterPunch, March 21, 2013
Al Jazeera, Amazon, American, Arab, blockade, Caterpillar, civilians, Craig and Cindy Corrie, Egypt, Haifa, home demolition, homeless, human rights, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, land, law, media, Middle East, military, occupation, Olympia, Palestine, Palestinian, Progressives, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Ramzy Baroud, refugees, schools, solidarity, stories, Tel Aviv, terrorism, tunnels, Wall, war, water, West Bank, women, world2012.12.16: Palestinian non-violent resistance leader speaks in Madison
Veena Brekke, December 19, 2012 On Sunday afternoon, December 16, citizens of the Madison area…
benefit, calendar, Church of Christ, confiscation, film, Fitchburg, Grassroots, Hamas, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, law, Madison, Martin Luther King, Meta, military, nonviolence, occupation, olive oil, olive trees, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, protest, resistance, settlers, solidarity, stories, terrorism, travel, two-state, United States, video, Wall, war, water, West Bank, withdrawal2012.12.16: Talk by Iyad Burnat of the Bilin Popular Committee
Sunday, December 16 Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg 2:00 pm [Map]…
American, calendar, Church of Christ, documentary, film, Fitchburg, Google, Israeli, journalists, justice, land, Madison, maps, Methodist, military, MRSCP, Muslim, Palestine, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, Presbyterian, prison, Rafah, resistance, sister cities, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, United Arab Emirates (UAE), video, Wall, war, West BankStories of Peacebuilding in Gaza and the West Bank
John Quinlan, WORT 89.9 FM – A Public Affair, November 19, 2012 On Monday November…
2012 Gaza Delegation Photos
Michele Bahl and Tsela (Carol) Barr of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project entered Gaza through…
aid, American Bar Association (ABA), Atfaluna, Caterpillar, Craig and Cindy Corrie, deaf, delegation, Gaza, healthcare, human rights, images, Israel, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, Middle East, military, MRSCP, Operation Pillar of Defense, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, project, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, refugees, schools, sister cities, stories, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), United States, war, West Bank, womenMiko Peled’s Speech for Palestine Awareness Week at San Diego State University
I want to begin by thanking the members of AIPAC the Jewish Zionist community who…
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Sat, May 14, 2011 1:00 – 3:00 pm St. John’s Lutheran Church 322 East Washington…
American, calendar, FBI, free speech, human rights, Iraq, Israel, justice, law, Lutheran, Madison, Minneapolis, MRSCP, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, protest, Rafah, resistance, sister cities, solidarity, stories, travel, United States, Venezuela, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, women, worldAn Open Letter to Gov. Jim Doyle on Water & Israel
MRSCP, October 7, 2009
Amnesty International, Arab, Electronic Intifada, environment, Gaza, healthcare, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, land, law, Madison, Maia Project, Mekorot, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), military, Milwaukee, MRSCP, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, project, racism, Rafah, resources, stories, tech, Tel Aviv, Wall, water, West Bank, Wisconsin, world, World Health Organization (WHO)2009.07.19: Palestine Program at Prairie Unitarian: “When Breathing is Defiance”
Stories from Occupied Palestine Prairie Meeting House 2010 Whenona Drive, Madison [Map] 10:00 AM As…
2009.06.05-11: Film The Lemon Tree
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY! The Lemon Tree | Shajarat limon | Etz halimon (Israel-France-Germany). Based…
An Interview with Simone Bitton on Her New Movie Rachel
“I think they had a pro-Palestinian agenda, and I don’t think that having a pro-Palestinian…
American, Arab, Caterpillar, civilians, documentary, Egypt, film, Hamas, Hebrew, Hezbollah, hospitals, human rights, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, labor, land, media, Middle East, military, Morocco, Muslim, occupation, Olympia, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, podcast, prison, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, resistance, solidarity, stories, Tamoun, Tel Aviv, terrorism, United States, video, violations, Wall, war, West Bank, world
2009.04.15: Anna Baltzer on Life in Occupied Palestine
Stories & Photos Anna Baltzer, Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, will present her slides, stories,…
2009.03.13-04.19: Play The Birds That Are Your Hands, Broom Street Theater
the birds that are your hands: how to start a fire under siege Written &…
Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation
A Palestinian journalist’s life and work shed light on the violence in Israel’s “dual” society…
American, Amnesty International, BBC, blockade, democracy, disinformation, doctors, education, embargo, film, Gaza, Gaza City, hasbara, healthcare, hospitals, images, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, journalists, law, media, military, Mohammed Omer, nuclear, occupation, Palestinian, prison, propaganda, Rafah, stories, terrorism, torture, travel, United Kingdom, United States, video, Vietnam, war, West Bank, worldMuralists bring Palestinian experience to Olympia
Chris Allert, Works in Progress, February 2008 The Olympia-Rafah Mural Project is an official recognition…
Al-Awda, American, arms, artist, books, Cisco, Craig and Cindy Corrie, documentary, Edward Said, Egypt, Handala, home demolition, homeless, human rights, images, imperialism, indigenous, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jew, Jewish, justice, Khan Younis, La Crosse, labor, land, military, mural, Native American, occupation, Olympia, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Ramallah, resistance, San Francisco State, schools, sister cities, solidarity, stories, students, terrorism, Wall, war, women, world, WORT 89.9 FM, Zionism2005.10.09: Dr. Tawfiq Nasser in Madison
A View From Jerusalem – Challenges for Palestinian Health Care Dr. Tawfiq Nasser, CEO of…
2005.09.22-12.01: Film Series Finding Hope in Unexpected Places
A Community Film Series September 22 – Uncovered: The War on Iraq October 20 –…
American, BBC, Bethlehem, calendar, colleges & universities, Congress, democracy, documentary, Edgewood University, film, human rights, images, Iraq, Israeli, Jerusalem, Latin America, Madison, Middle East, military, MRSCP, Noam Chomsky, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, Ramallah, Saudi Arabia, schools, sister cities, stories, terrorism, victims, warPalestine: the economy of despair
The West Bank city of Nablus is relatively calm at present. Anyone who can raise…
Balata, Bill Clinton, Camp David, closures, economy, Ehud Barak, Electronic Intifada, Eli Valley, Europe, fair trade, Fatah, Hamas, Huwara, Intifada, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jordan, land, law, Mahmoud Abbas, Meta, military, Nablus, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), peace, police, prison, prisoners, Ramallah, refugees, Samaria, snipers, stories, Tel Aviv, terrorism, travel, Wall, war, West Bank, winter, withdrawal, women, world, WORT 89.9 FM, Yasser Arafat2005.04.30: Madison Community Seder
St. Mark’s Lutheran Chapel 605 Spruce St., Madison 7:00 PM This season of Passover is…
Inside scarred minds
On his first visit to the Gaza Strip, Daniel Day-Lewis meets the Palestinian families living…
Algeria, apartheid, Ariel Sharon, arms, artist, Australia, bases, Bedouin, civilians, Daniel Day-Lewis, doctors, donate, Egypt, football, Gaza, Gaza City, Germany, Hamas, healthcare, home demolition, homeless, hospitals, hunger strikes, International Criminal Court (ICC), Intifada, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Khan Younis, land, Meta, Middle East, military, Ministry of Health, music, occupation, olive oil, olive trees, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, prison, prisoners, Rafah, Ramadan, rape, Russia, schools, snipers, stories, terrorism, travel, victims, violations, Wall, war, water, world2004.10.23: Film The Fourth World War
UW-Madison Humanities, Rm 3650 7:00 pm The Fourth World War will have its Madison premiere…
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
11 June 2004 Friends, I have just returned from a trip to Lebanon and Syria…
Gila Svirsky: Working to break the silence
Gila Svirsky, June 6, 2004 Friends, Last week probably set a record for demonstrations…
documentary, equality, Europe, film, Gaza, Gila Svirsky, Hebron, home demolition, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, media, negotiations, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, protest, rabbis, racism, Rafah, stories, students, Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, vandalism, veterans, video, vigil, Wall, war, water, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world2004.05.25: SILENT VIGIL & MARCH FOR ATROCITIES IN RAFAH!
Please check out this site for the latest news on Rafah: www.palestinemonitor.org The Madison chapter…
The killing fields of Rafah
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Nov 30, 2003 Quietly, far from the public eye, Israeli soldiers…
The Demographics of American Jews
Lenni Brenner, CounterPunch, October 24, 2003
American, antisemitism, Arab, Australia, benefit, California, charities, Christian, Congress, corporations, Democratic Party, equality, Europe, Germany, Hebrew, Hitler, immigrants, immigration, inequality, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jew, Jewish, journalists, Judaic, labor, land, law, media, Middle East, military, Muslim, Muslims, New York City, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, protest, rabbis, religion, resistance, Russia, Saudi Arabia, schools, secular, stories, students, travel, University of California, Vietnam, vote, war, water, women, world, WORT 89.9 FM, Zionism2003.09.19-21: Toward a Peaceful World
NONVIOLENCE EVENT WEEKEND How to Spread Nonviolence, Globally and Locally September 19-21, 2003 Hosted by…
artist, calendar, Cap Times, colleges & universities, Edgewood University, education, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Islamic, Jennifer Loewenstein, Madison, MRSCP, music, nonviolence, Palestine, peace, protest, Rafah, schools, sister cities, solidarity, stories, students, terrorism, training, volunteer, war, world
