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  • American Friends Service Committee, August 18, 2022 Stand with Palestinian human rights defenders Early this morning, Israeli soldiers raided the offices of Palestinian human rights and civil society groups in […]

  • Just Vision, August 18, 2022 Early this morning, Israeli army forces raided the offices of six leading Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations in Ramallah. Soldiers confiscated files and […]

  • Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist Republicans and spent $25 million to defeat candidates supporting Palestinian rights and progressive causes. Their […]

  • Jewish Voice for Peace, August 7, 2022 Just over a year since its last horrific attack on Gaza, the Israeli government launched yet another round of catastrophic bombings, massacring Palestinian […]

  • Gaza Is Palestine

    As salaamu alaykum. The Gaza Is Palestine campaign, led by us and Adalah Justice Project, is an effort to build upon the historic global movement that took on new life […]

  • For the past seven years, since he was only 13, Ahmad Manasra has been imprisoned by Israel, where Israeli authorities have abused him, tortured him, and are now holding him […]

  • FREE SAMI HURAINI, YOUTH OF SUMUD LEADER ARRESTED BY ISRAEL As Israel threatens the homes of 1,000+ Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, Israel’s occupying army is trying to silence a leading […]

  • Please join the #nowaytotreatachild campaign co-leaders from Defense for Children International – Palestine and American Friends Service Committee for a webinar on June 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern / 5 […]

  • Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other progressives are pushing back against Israel’s new procedures Americans for Justice in Palestine Action Did you know that new Israeli procedures set to be implemented […]

  • Al Samud Playground Dedication $9,750 of $9,750 on 4/21/22 Fundraising for the playground is complete, and Playgrounds for Palestine has installed equipment. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”24″ display=”basic_slideshow”] Al Samud Playground Installation […]

  • MD2Palestine May 12, 2022 Since Israeli snipers brutally killed renowned Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin yesterday, I—and many other Palestinian people around the world—cannot stop thinking of her. […]

  • Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | May 11, 2022 – Early this morning in Jenin, Occupied Palestine, revered Palestinian voice Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American journalist for Al Jazeera, was […]

  • CODEPINK, May 11, 2022 On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 51-year-old Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Shireen Abu Akleh. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides and […]

  • Heartbreak to happiness: the difference is YOU! I invite you to join a 30-minute Zoom Briefing with your Congressperson or Senator’s office to safeguard 14 Palestinian Massafer Yatta communities in Firing Zone […]

  • AJP Action calls on Secretary Blinken to demand Israel end the disparate treatment of American travelers as a non-negotiable condition in the bilateral relations between the two countries. The United […]

  • Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) firmly condemns Israel’s plans to ethnically cleanse the city of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank. We call on Congress to demand […]

  • Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), April 6, 2022 PUMA enacted swift measures to hold Russia accountable for its illegal weeks-long military invasion of Ukraine. Yet […]

  • News broke today that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been detected on phones of six Palestinian rights defenders, three of whom work for Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the […]

  • Register for & share the Wednesday Power Half-Hour #StandWithThe6 Call-In to Call Out Biden Join us for the Power Half-Hour #StandWithThe6 Call-In to Call Out Biden. Join us for 30 […]

  • US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 22 Oct 2021 Earlier today, the Israeli Ministry of Defense designated six leading Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations, such as Defense for Children […]

  • If Mark Pocan is your representative, please contact his office and thank him, BUT request that he speak out more forcefully and publicly on this. Pocan’s direct contact info: Madison […]

  • This campaign by Madison for Palestine is endorsed by MRSCP. Use the following links to find your Dane County Board supervisor and compose a letter asking them to support proposed […]

  • Dear Friend, I am heavy, but hopeful. The last two weeks have been heartbreaking and enraging in so many ways: we see U.S. government fingerprints, our tax dollars at work, […]

  • SumOfUs, June 28, 2021 Last month, during the eleven-day assault by Israeli military on the Gaza Strip, 256 Palestinians, including 66 children, died. And last week, thousands of right-wing nationalists […]

  • Leah Muskin-Pierret, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), June 15, 2021 WASHINGTON, DC — 🔥 Statement & Call to Action: The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights condemns the state-sanctioned, racist, […]

  • [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”8″ display=”basic_slideshow”] Names of Palestinian Casualties as of May 16, 2021 [pdf-embedder url=”http://madisonrafah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/names-of-casualties-as-of-may-16.pdf” title=”Names of Palestinian Casualties as of May 16″] Plaza at Trader Joes Monroe and Spooner […]

  • [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”7″ display=”basic_slideshow”] First of all, thanks to those who turned out for yesterday’s banner drop and today’s demonstration at the Capitol covered by Channel 27 News. Demonstrations were […]

  • Josie Shields-Stromsness, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Update for Madison Rafah Sister City Project BACKGROUND The economic situation in the Gaza Strip is deteriorating dramatically as a result of the […]

  • People run following an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. No one on board […]

  • This week Pompeo broke with longstanding U.S. policy and visited illegal Israeli settlements. On his trip, he made several announcements, including that the State Department is designating BDS as antisemitic […]

  • Dear Members and Friends of MRSCP, Mark your calendars for the upcoming Madison Fair Trade Holiday Festival, which has gone virtual this year due to the pandemic. The sale will […]

  • Announcing the First-Ever Nationwide Virtual Gaza 5K+Digital Festival Art Auction! Everyone’s mental health is being tested as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but we won’t all suffer the same. […]

  • Saturday, June 27 Local Letter Campaign to End Violence Against Black People 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT Damita Brown, Restorative Justice Director for the Dane County Time Bank’s Restorative […]

  • Rebuilding Alliance GlobalGiving’s World Refugee Week Campaign is starting Monday, June 15th, at 9am Eastern / 6am Pacific time and Palestinian refugees are included in the competition this year. I’m […]

  • Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), 5/11/20 #KeyToJustice Webinar – May 14, 4 PM Palestine time: Rafeef Ziadah, Marta Ill and Rey Perez Asis will discuss the connections between the Palestinian […]

  • If Not Now, March 20,2020 We have an opportunity to save thousands of lives — if we act now. As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps our country and the world, I […]

  • This is a new group in the LaCrosse area that is becoming more active on Palestinian issues. Please consider signing and circulating this petition. COULEE REGION COALITION FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS, […]

  • A peace plan without Palestinian voices is no plan at all. It's a unilateral attempt to continue on a path towards instability in the Middle East, led by @realDonaldTrump and […]

  • THE ANSWER IS PALESTINE

    CODEPINK, 1/13/20 On Friday, January 11, 2020, on the Beloved game show Jeopardy, Katie Needle of Brooklyn, N.Y. correctly answered the clue “Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of […]

  • The morning of Monday, July 22, 2019, Palestinian families in the village of Sur Baher woke up to the sound of bulldozers accompanied by hundreds of Israeli troops that had […]

  • In 2018, Americans were horrified to learn that migrant children were being cruelly separated from their families at the U.S. border and imprisoned in intolerable conditions. Many U.S. lawmakers – […]

  • Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA) For too long, Palestinians have been calling for freedom, justice, and equality. As organizations that share these values, we urge you to join […]

  • #StandWithllhan Please consider calling or emailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and your own Representative: Speaker Pelosi: 202-225-0100, press “1” to leave a message, or email form Rep. Mark Pocan: 202-225-2906 […]

  • On Thursday, November 29, 2018, CNN announced that it had severed ties with Temple University Professor and CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill over a speech he gave in support of […]

  • On Wednesday, Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator on CNN, delivered a speech to the United Nations in support of the Palestinian people. He advocated for their human rights, outlined […]

  • First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive Madison 7:00 pm Help provide a Maia Project water filter from the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) to serve clean drinking water to […]

  • Zaha Hassan, Palestine Square | Institute for Palestine Studies, August 3, 2018 “Continuing services to refugees is a right, not a handout.” This was the message last week of one […]

  • International Socialist Organization – Madison Saturday, June 23 at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM UW Library Mall, Madison, WI The Trump administration has ramped up its attacks on immigrants, separating […]

  • Sign up for a June 30 Event! Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. State Capitol, State St Entrance Madison, WI Donald Trump and his administration are cruelly separating children from […]

  • CODEPINK, June 16, 2016 This weekend is the Presbyterian Church’s biannual General Assembly. Among the many social justice issues they will address is a resolution calling on real estate giant […]