The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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Apr 13, 2026
Do Palestinians Have Human Rights?
Hamdan Huraini, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 5, 2024 How do we define human rights?…
Amazon, apartheid, blockade, ethnic cleansing, human rights, images, Israeli, justice, land, law, Masafer Yatta, media, military, olive trees, Palestinian, police, prison, Progressives, racism, settlers, sheep, Susiya, terrorism, travel, war, water, West Bank
The Army Has a New Strategy
Awdah Hathaleen, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 4 The occupation army has a new strategy:…
Prominent Palestinian doctor tortured and killed in Israeli detention
Adnan al-Bursh was a Palestinian surgeon and the head of orthopaedic medicine at al-Shifa hospital…
Al-Awda, assassination, detainees, doctors, Francesca Albanese, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, hospitals, images, Indonesia, Israel, Israeli, Middle East, occupation, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, refugees, schools, South Africa, torture, travel, Turkey, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), victims, war, West Bank, women, worldGaza aid flotilla plans to challenge Israeli blockade
By Kareem Fahim and Beril Eski, The Washington Post April 21, 2024 at 3:00 a.m. EDT ISTANBUL —…
aid, Amazon, ambulances, American, Ann Wright, blockade, environment, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, Hamas, human rights, Huwaida Arraf, images, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, labor, land, law, Madison, Mavi Marmara, media, military, nonviolence, Palestinian, Rafah, starvation, State Department, Tel Aviv, terrorism, training, travel, Turkey, United Nations (UN), United States, video, war, water, world, World Central Kitchen2024.04.08: Biden visits Wisconsin after primary warning signs
“I was surprised to see the intensity on the issue of Gaza coming not from…
Israel Pays a Political Price for Killing Aid Workers
– When They’re Not Palestinians The attack that killed seven volunteers from World Central Kitchen…
aid, Amira Hass, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, checkpoints, civilians, doctors, Doctors Without Borders, Europe, Gaza City, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Joe Biden, justice, labor, land, media, Middle East, military, Palestinian, paramedics, Rafah, starvation, travel, UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Nations (UN), United States, victims, volunteer, war, war crimes, world, World Central KitchenA humanitarian catastrophe
The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for…
aid, Amazon, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, charities, Chris Van Hollen, civilians, Congress, democracy, drones, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, hostages, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Katz, Israeli, Kamala Harris, labor, law, media, military, New York Times, October 7, Palestinian, Progressives, Rafah, refugees, schools, shelters, solidarity, starvation, State Department, travel, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United States, violations, war, war crimes, water, women, world, World Central Kitchen, WORT 89.9 FMAtlanta Cop City activists push to abolish GILEE program
Amid the Palestinian genocide activists spread awareness about Cop City and Israeli police training …
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), apartheid, Atlanta, bases, BBC, Black, civilians, Cop City, corporations, education, FBI, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), hostages, images, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), indigenous, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, labor, land, law, media, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, prisoners, protest, resistance, resources, sanction, South Africa, students, terrorism, training, travel, war, water, world, ZionismHow Israeli settler violence is forcing Palestinians to flee their homes
Bethan McKernan, Kyri Evangelou, Mariam Dwedar and Temujin Doran, The Guardian, 14 Dec 2023
2023.12.09: Monumental Turnout For All Out For Palestine March In Madison
Cherrie Hanson, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Dec 12, 2023 Photos by Kamal Moon The Wisconsin All…
aid, Antony Blinken, calendar, civilians, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, Holocaust, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, labor, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Milwaukee, Muslim, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, protest, Russia, solidarity, State Capitol, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), travel, United Nations (UN), veto, video, vote, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP), women‘Military camp’: Palestinian town of Huwara under 55-day Israeli closure
Once-vibrant Huwara has become a ghost town since October 5, the start of the Israeli…
Al Jazeera, Beita, benefit, Bezalel Smotrich, blockade, Burin, checkpoints, closures, economy, Einabus, ethnic cleansing, Hamas, Hebron, Huwara, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jenin, Jerusalem, land, law, Middle East, military, Nablus, October 7, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian, peace, prison, rape, snipers, travel, war, West Bank, women, YitzharIsrael Blocks Palestinian Americans From Entering From West Bank
The move is an apparent violation of a recent agreement that says citizens from the…
activists, American, Arab, books, checkpoints, Chris Van Hollen, civil rights, climate, closures, Edward Said, Europe, Gaza War, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), hostages, images, immigration, Iraq, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jordan, journalists, Judea, land, law, media, Middle East, Muslim, New York Times, occupation, Palestinian, protest, Pulitzer Prize, Samaria, Saudi Arabia, State Department, Tel Aviv, terrorism, travel, United States, war, water, West Bank, worldDebunking The Myth That Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitic
This article was first published in 2019 Photo: Gili Getz Peter Beinart, The Forward,…
American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Avrum Burg, Barack Obama, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Betar, Chicago, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), democracy, discrimination, Donald Trump, education, equality, Europe, George Soros, Germany, Gideon Levy, Haaretz, Hamas, healthcare, Holocaust, human rights, images, immigration, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Iraq, Irgun, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, Jordan, land, law, Menachem Begin, military, nationalism, New York Times, one-state, Palestine, Palestinian, Peter Beinart, Progressives, protest, racism, resources, schools, South Africa, travel, two-state, United Kingdom, United States, vote, war, West Bank, world, ZionismWisconsinites Join D.C. Protest Against U.S. Support for Israel’s War on Gaza
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Nov 7, 2023 Aerial drone photo of the protesters in…
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Students for Justice in Palestine- UW Madison https://www.instagram.com/sjpuwmadison/p/CzT–apreHT/?hl=en Party for Socialism and Liberation – Madison…
calendar, civilians, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Hebron, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, Milwaukee, MRSCP, Muslim, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, sister cities, State Capitol, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Tammy Baldwin, travel, volunteer, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, women, worldFranklin Family Loses More Than 50 Relatives In Single Israeli Bombing In Gaza
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Oct 31, 2023 Franklin residents Esam Sakalla and Rola Sakalla-Saleh…
aid, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Egypt, Gaza City, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, Israel, Israeli, Khan Younis, media, military, Milwaukee, Ministry of Health, Muslim, online, Palestinian, Qatar, schools, travel, UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United States, Wall, war, water, West Bank, Wisconsin, worldIsrael stopped visas for UN human rights workers 3 years ago
OHCHR foreign employees left in limbo amid Israeli crackdown on rights monitors The UN’s…
Airbnb, Arab, Donald Trump, economy, Europe, Gaza War, Hebron, human rights, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jerusalem, law, Middle East, NGOs, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, travel, Turkey, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Nations (UN), violations, visas, West Bank, world‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’
Settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory Herders report violence driving them from their homes…
allies, American, arms, Bedouin, Black, climate, Elon Musk, environment, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Geneva Conventions (1949), Haaretz, Hamas, hospitals, hostages, human rights, Iraq, Israeli, justice, land, media, military, NGOs, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestinian, peace, racism, settlers, sheep, Syria, terrorism, travel, United Nations (UN), Wall, war, water, West Bank, women, worldMadison women concerned for friends living in the West Bank
Cody Taylor, Spectrum News, Oct. 20, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Cassandra Dixon is a Madison…
Events in South Hebron Since the Outbreak of the War
Good Shepherd Collective October 14, 2023 At the request of supporters from abroad, we applied…
Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Wisconsin
Bob Goonin, CRCPR, October 8, 2023
aid, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Amnesty International, Anglican, apartheid, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, checkpoints, civilians, Coulee Region, detainees, Donald Trump, economy, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, Geneva Conventions (1949), Hamas, human rights, indigenous, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, land, Madison, media, military, Muslim, occupation, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, police, prison, prisoners, protest, Rafah, refugees, resistance, sanction, schools, Shireen Abu Akleh, South Africa, students, terrorism, travel, vandalism, video, war, water, West Bank, WisconsinHarassment and attacks on human rights activists in Palestine are rarely punished
SAM STEIN, THE PROGRESSIVE, OCTOBER 2, 2023
American, B’Tselem, Cassandra Dixon, civilians, doctors, FBI, Gaza War, Google, Haaretz, Hebrew, Hebron, hospitals, human rights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Joe Biden, justice, land, law, Madison, Masafer Yatta, Ma’on, media, military, NGOs, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, Progressives, Shireen Abu Akleh, solidarity, State Department, students, terrorism, torture, travel, Tuba, victims, video, volunteer, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, ZionismStatement: The Biden Administration Must Remove Israel from the Visa Waiver Program
Press Contact: Submit a media inquiry here. WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023—Since the beginning of the…
apartheid, arms, civil rights, Congress, equality, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Grassroots, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, land, law, media, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, public opinion, resources, Shireen Abu Akleh, solidarity, travel, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), violations, war, West BankThank You from Palestine!
Hello friends, Thank you all so much for helping me to come back to Palestine,…
civilians, doctors, donate, Hebrew, Hebron, hospitals, human rights, Israel, Israeli, land, law, Madison, Masafer Yatta, military, MRSCP, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, police, Rafah, settlers, sheep, solidarity, take action, terrorism, travel, Tuba, war, water, West BankDixon Hopes Israeli Settler’s Trial Draws Attention to Attacks on Palestinians
Jerry Windley-Daoust, The Catholic Worker Movement, September 2, 2023 “These settlers act with impunity because…
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Backed by hundreds of community members, Google workers protested yesterday outside Google’s biggest cloud conference…
New Masafer Yatta Project: Planting Olive Trees
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine…
apartheid, audio, BBC, births, Cassandra Dixon, crafts, donate, embroidery, ethnic cleansing, fair trade, Google, Haaretz, Hebron, hospitals, images, Israeli, Jinba, land, law, Madison, Masafer Yatta, Ma’on, MRSCP, olive trees, online, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, project, resistance, schools, settlers, sheep, solidarity, students, terrorism, travel, Tuba, video, war, water, Wisconsin, women, Women in Hebron, worldGaza Americans Urge Washington To Include Them In Israel Visa Deal
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Aug 11, 2023
Searching for Saboun Nabulsi
NATALIE JABBAR, SALON, JULY 8, 2023
Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ by Israel
“These databases and tools exclusively record the data of Palestinians” An Israeli soldier under a…
Expulsion of Palestinian tests the waters for future deportations
Oren Ziv, +972 Magazine, December 7, 2022
Addameer, Amnesty International, annexation, deportation, detainees, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Hamas, human rights, immigration, indigenous, Intifada, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, Lebanon, military, NGOs, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, rabbis, spying, Supreme Court, terrorism, travel, war, water, West BankRise of Israel’s far right puts focus back on the West Bank occupation
The Israeli-controlled checkpoint in Hebron (Bab al Zawiyah) divides Palestinians in their city. (Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR…
allies, Amazon, annexation, apartheid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, checkpoints, film, Hebrew, Hebron, images, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Israeli, Issa Amro, Jewish, Judea, land, law, Middle East, military, occupation, Palestinian, peace, police, Samaria, settlers, Tel Aviv, terrorism, training, travel, two-state, video, war, West Bank, world, ZionismFilm Love Under Occupation
I’d like to you to meet Mahmoud and Emily, a Palestinian and foreigner couple who…
2022.12.11: Film Come and See; Go and Tell
Online Film & Panel Discussion 2:00 pm Central So many people travel, take tours, and…
Amnesty Says ICC Israel Probe Should Include ‘Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid’
JULIA CONLEY, Common Dreams, October 25, 2022
No Government Has the Right to Pass Such Laws
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, October 17, 2022 During the past month Israel…
American, Arab, detainees, Eli Valley, ethnic cleansing, freedom, Geneva Conventions (1949), Germany, Hebron, home demolition, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, justice, labor, land, law, media, military, Nakba, occupation, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, settlers, terrorism, travel, United Kingdom, United States, war, worldEyewitness Palestine October Delegation Arrived in Jerusalem!
Eyewitness Palestine, October 2022 We are excited to announce that our 73rd Delegation is underway!…
Intersectional Palestine: Linking Liberation Struggles
Voices for Justice in Palestine (VJP), October 13, 2022 Please join us October 24th (6…
Petition on U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Dear Supporter, On October 20 the Israeli government will implement new procedures for those…
Israeli Apartheid: A Breakdown
Israel applies an oppressive, separate, and unequal regime on Palestinians. There is only one word…
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…
Seesaws Allow Children To Play Across Border
A “Teeter-Totter Wall” conceived in 2009 to protest the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall has become…
Let’s Build A Playground in the Bordertown of Sásabe
MRSCP is passing along an unusual opportunity to help build a playground for migrant children…
“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…
allies, arms, Black, Chicago, Church of Christ, climate, CODEPINK, Congress, democracy, drones, Edgewood University, education, Eken Park, Eli Valley, environment, ethnic cleansing, Francesca Hong, Google, healthcare, human rights, images, Israel, justice, labor, land, Lockheed Martin, Madison, media, military, Milwaukee, Minnesota, MRSCP, nationalism, nonviolence, nuclear, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Progressives, racism, Rafah, religion, resistance, resources, Saudi Arabia, sister cities, solidarity, South Africa, terrorism, training, travel, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States, veterans, war, war crimes, water, Wisconsin, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world, World Beyond War, YemenIf Not Now Says “#DropAIPAC”
Join the Movement of Jews, Orgs, and Politicians Pledging to #DropAIPAC AIPAC endorsed 109 insurrectionist…
aid, American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), apartheid, ban, Christian, climate, democracy, Donald Trump, donors, equality, free speech, healthcare, human rights, images, Israel Lobby, Jewish, Jordan, justice, law, Muslim, Palestinian, Progressives, racism, take action, travel, Veterans for Peace (VFP), womenGaza Is Palestine
As salaamu alaykum. The Gaza Is Palestine campaign, led by us and Adalah Justice Project,…
No Path to Justice
Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass Alice Speri, The…
Al Jazeera, allies, American, Antony Blinken, apartheid, Ariel Sharon, arms, assassination, Barack Obama, Caterpillar, checkpoints, Cisco, civilians, Congress, Craig and Cindy Corrie, Egypt, FBI, Gaza, Haifa, healthcare, Hebrew, human rights, images, International Criminal Court (ICC), International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jerusalem, Jewish, Joe Biden, journalists, justice, law, Leahy Law, Madison, maps, Mavi Marmara, media, military, Milwaukee, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Olympia, Palestine, Palestinian, pariah, peace, petition, police, Progressives, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, sanction, Shireen Abu Akleh, sister cities, solidarity, State Capitol, State Department, Supreme Court, Tel Aviv, terrorism, torture, travel, United Nations (UN), United States, victims, video, violations, vote, Wall, war, war crimes, Washington DC, West Bank, women, world, WORT 89.9 FMTell Secretary Mayorkas Israel is Not Eligible for the Visa Waiver Program
The United States cannot grant them a free pass Dear Friend, Americans for Justice in Palestine…
Act Now: Israel is trying to prevent us from visiting Palestine
Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other progressives are pushing back against Israel’s new procedures Americans for…
2022.04.07 Update: Mock Apartheid Wall
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UW-Madison will be displaying a Mock Apartheid Wall…
2022.04.24 & 26: Virtual Delegations to Gaza
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Born of war: How a Palestinian woman responds to trauma through art
Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022
art, artist, Black, censorship, culture, Gaza, Gaza City, healthcare, images, Israeli, Italy, land, Middle East, Nakba, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, schools, shelters, travel, Turkey, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), war, water, women, world, WORT 89.9 FM2021.12.12: Online Film: To Treat Kids Like Me in Gaza
Screening & discussion Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 1:00 PM CST With severe medicine shortages and…
‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Erum Salam, The Guardian, 7 Dec 2021
American, ban, BDS, boycott, free speech, Gaza City, green cards, images, immigrants, immigration, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, land, law, media, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, protest, Right to Boycott, schools, students, tech, travel, United States, war, worldMiriam Adelson picks up where late husband and GOP kingmaker left off
Eli Clifton, RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT, NOVEMBER 8, 2021
aid, allies, American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), ban, Congress, Donald Trump, donors, fair trade, human rights, Iran, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, journalists, labor, Middle East, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson, nuclear, Palestinian, prison, Republican Party, spying, Tel Aviv, travel, United States, war, world, WORT 89.9 FM2021.09.22-28: Virtual Delegations to the South Hebron Hills
Visit with Youth of Sumud and your guides Bana & Sami September 2021 Join us…
No To Israel Joining the Visa Waiver Program
Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | August 27, 2021 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is…
