The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
terrorism
Jul 5, 2026
2025.04.21: Campus Speech, Antisemitism and Islamophobia
UW-Madison Pyle Center, Wisconsin Idea Lounge, 5:00 pm
The Low-Hanging Fruit of Canceled Student Visas
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, March 30, 2025
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Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians.
JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 28, 2025
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Settler Attack on Jinba School
mahmoud.photography97, Mar 28, 2025
Hard days in Masafer Yatta
Mar 27, 2025
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2025.04.01: Divesting from Israel’s Genocide
Online, 6 pm CT
Wife 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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Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained
Mohammad Hesham, March 24, 2025
Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion
Ben Reiff, +972 Magazine, March 18, 2025
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Israel’s most extreme genocidal violence beckons
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, MAR 18, 2025
ADC Statement on the Collapse of a Ceasefire That Never Was
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 18, 2025
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The Lives Lost in Gaza
Sudev Kiyada, Simon Scarr and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters, March 1, 2025
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New UN report accuses Israel of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians
MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU, MARCH 14, 2025
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After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
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US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians from Gaza
JOSEF FEDERMAN, MATTHEW LEE AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 14, 2025
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Trump’s Disappearing Of Mahmoud Khalil Should Be A Warning For Us All
THE BIG PICTURE AND TODD BEETON, MAR 13, 2025
Almost 100 arrested during protest occupying Trump Tower over Mahmoud Khalil
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 13 Mar 2025
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U.N. Commission and U.S. Surgeons Accuse Israel of Genocide and Torture
Democracy Now!, March 13, 2025
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