The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: violence
Mar 11, 2026
‘Why did this happen?’
Israel’s raid on Jenin, through the eyes of one family Hussein Shibly looks out Saturday…
Emergency Aid for Jenin and Petition to Congress
As you know Jenin recently endured an especially deadly and destructive assault by the Israeli armed…
The Armed Revolt: Why Israel Cannot Crush the Resistance in Palestine
Ramzy Baroud, July 1, 2023
Israeli forces invade West Bank city, killing at least 8 Palestinians
West Bank residents reported gunfire, drones and explosions as Israel launched extensive air and ground…
400 Israeli Settlers Attacked the Palestinian Town of Turmus’ayya
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Omar Qatin, a 27-year-old US-resident and husband and father…
The Appaling Case of Palestinian-American Omar Asaad
Killers walk free after farcical internal ‘investigation’ June 17, 2023 Yesterday, the Israeli military announced…
I saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today
REV. DR. DON WAGNER, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 13, 2023
Israeli agents conducted raid against militants in civilian area, killing a child
Videos from a March 16 raid in Jenin show increasingly deadly tactics by Israeli officers…
2023.05.15: Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition hosts Mandela’s grandson & Nakba tour
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 23, 2023
In First, Palestinian Displacement Commemorated at United Nations
The event, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians when Israel was created,…
2023.05.15: Actions Marking 75 years of Nakba
As salaamu alaykum — On this Faith & Action Friday, my heart is heavy as…
2023.05.16: Capitol Calling Party: Palestine & the Nakba
May 16, 2023 at 7:00pm – 8:00pm (CDT) Zoom RSVP On Tuesday, May 16, in…
They tried to erase us, but they failed
Last night, Americans for Justice Palestine (AJP Action) led a historic event alongside IMEU, Project48,…
13 Palestinians, including 4 Women and 4 Children, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes
09 May 2023 Today at dawn, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed 13 Palestinians, including…
Latest Israel onslaught proves the Nakba is ongoing
Jewish Voice for Peace The Wire, 5/9/23 Last night, “a total of 40 fighter jets…
ADC Statement on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC), May 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. | May 9, 2023 – The…
Sadness, anger in Palestine: Gaza mourns 13 killed in Israel raid
Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera, 9 May 2023
Rising Violence In The West Bank
A Conversation With Cassandra Dixon And Ali Awad A PUBLIC AFFAIR, WORT 89.9 FM, APRIL…
A brave humanitarian: Tom Hurndall remembered 20 years on
Tom Hurndall, Youth Of Sumud Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights, 11th April 2023 Tom Hurndall…
2023.04.16, 20 & 23: Cassandra is Back from Palestine!
MRSCP member and Palestine Partners founder Cassandra Dixon is home safe and (mostly) sound from…
Support Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
“We are staying here, herding our sheep and cultivating our land. Nothing will uproot us…
“Escalating Violence in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank”
A letter to President Biden and Secretary Blinken from Bernie Sanders, Jamaal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,…
#StopArmingIsrael
Tax Day Action Kit Invite your neighbors to question how the U.S. government uses our…
U.S. Senior Citizen Says Her Skull Was Fractured by Israeli Settlers
Mel Frykberg, Daily Beast, March 27, 2023 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Courtesy Cassandra…
Wisconsin volunteer attacked in West Bank
Ed Treleven, Wisconsin State Journal, March 27, 2023
URGENT! Stand with Masafer Yatta today!
MRSCP has decided to join in an emergency campaign sponsored by Middle East Children’s Alliance…
I Witnessed a Shocking Attack on Palestinian Civilians
Rula Salameh, Time, March 18, 2023
“A Closed, Burnt Huwara”
How Israeli Settlers Launched A Pogrom With Israeli politicians constantly fanning the rhetorical flames, last…
20 years later: Remembering Rachel Corrie
WORT 89.9FM Madison 2023-03-17 WORT 89.9FM Madison · 20 years later: Remembering Rachel Corrie Twenty…
‘Who hits a 64-year-old woman with a bat?’
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, March 13, 2023
2023.03.12-16: March Events
Sunday, March 12: WORT interview with Masafer Yatta Activist Thursday, March 16: Cindy and Craig…
Why there are no two sides to the Huwara pogrom
Haggai Matar, +972 Magazine, March 2, 2023
The Huwara pogroms by Israeli settlers and military
Demolition Report Good Shepherd Collective, 3 March 2023 Over $5,000,000 in reported damages after the…
2023.03.01: Yemen Day of Action: Congress Must End the Yemen War
The death toll from the war in Yemen1 has reached nearly 400,000 and, despite diplomatic…
Between army invasions and settler ‘pogroms,’ the West Bank rises
MONDOWEISS PALESTINE BUREAU, FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Global Day of Online Action #EndEthnicCleansing
Palestine is on fire. Since yesterday night, Palestinian villages of Huwara, Burin, Asira Qabliya, Beita,…
The theft of Harun Abu Aram’s body, home, and life
Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine, February 16, 2023
‘Badge of Shame for Israel’
Palestinian Shot and Paralyzed by Israeli Forces Two Years Ago Dies of Wounds Harun Abu…
160 Organizations Demand Congress Stop Funding Israel’s Massacres
160 organizations representing Palestinian communities, Palestinian solidarity organizations, and the racial justice movement have signed…
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice Spotlight
Dena Eakles, WNPJ Board Member, 1/30/23 This past week, nine Palestinians were murdered in the…
A Massacre Took Place in Jenin
January 26, 2023 This morning, Israeli forces murdered at least 9 Palestinians in the occupied…
Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin
Yolande Knell & David Gritten, BBC News, 26 January 2023 Jenin & London — Nine…
Extreme Israeli group takes root in US with fundraising bid
Jewish radicals convicted of hate crimes are collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans Yosef Haim Ben…
2023.01.03: CODEPINK Capitol Calling Party
Online, 7 PM CT
2022 was a record year for settler violence. Next year will be even worse.
YUMNA PATEL, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 15, 2022
Shireen Abu Akleh documentary raises pressure on Biden over inquiry
Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 4 Dec 2022
Kick Out Apartheid Campaign
Palestinian Artist, Poet, and Filmmaker Lina Abojaradeh asks “What country in the world intentionally…
Watch Farha on Netflix
Farha tells the true story of a young Palestinian girl surviving the Nakba in 1948…
Farha Vividly Depicts Palestinian History Through The Eyes Of A Teenager
Toronto International Film Festival Review FARHA_Trailer_English subtitle from Picture Tree International on Vimeo. Jared Mobarak,…
Farha ‘Smear Campaign’ Targets Netflix Film Depicting Nakba
Nadda Osman, Middle East Eye, 2 December 2022
My Aunt #ShireenAbuAkleh
It’s been six months since my aunt #ShireenAbuAkleh was killed, and yet there has been…
2022.11.17: Zoom: Architect Salem Alqudwa on Housing in Gaza
Sometimes there is a moment of hope. Please join me this Thursday at 4:30 pm…
FBI investigation is proof that continuous pressure works
Americans for Justice in Palestine (AJP Action) welcomes the U.S. Justice Department’s announcement that the…
FBI opens investigation into killing of Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh
Barak Ravid, Axios, 14 Nov 2022
Online Film and Discussion: The Settlers
November 132 pm CentralZoom Registration After registration you will receive a link to watch the…
2022.10.29: “You Can Be the Last Leaf” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Maya Abu Al-Hayyat directs the Palestine Writing Workshop on the West Bank. She’ll read poems…
Investigate war crimes during August offensive on Gaza
Amnesty International, October 25, 2022
This is no “terrorist wave”
It is an uprisingGush Shalom, October 18, 2022 The State of Israel is going to general elections, but…
Rising up against Israel’s repression
Today across Palestine, we’re witnessing the Palestinian people rise up united once again. It is…
2022.10.16: Emergency Zoom on Conditions in the West Bank
In this time of crisis, I invite you to an Emergency Zoom Forum with the…
Family of dead Palestinian-American rebuffs settlement offer
Associated Press, October 12, 2022
2022.09.18: Update: On-The-Ground Jewish Solidarity with Masafer Yatta
Thanks to those who attended our webinar “On the Ground Jewish Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance…
#DefendMasaferYatta
USCPR, 9/19/22 Israel is carrying out the largest mass expulsion of Palestinian people from their…
Israel rejects U.S. call for review of IDF rules of engagement in West Bank
Barak Ravid, Axios, Sep 7, 2022
Israeli army: ‘High probability’ soldier killed reporter
Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a…
2022.09.10: Lina Abu Akleh at Rebuilding Alliance Benefit
Please join us — in person or online — for a special evening. I am…
Rally for Google and Amazon workers against Israeli military
🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Next Thursday, September 8th at 5pm at the Seattle Google campus (1000 Mercer…
Daniel Levy: Apartheid Label Must Be a Wakeup Call
Daniel Levy, President of the U.S./Middle East Project Meeting of the United Nations Security Council,…
Watch now: United for Justice Across Palestine
United for Justice Across Palestine: Defund Israel’s Bombs, Blockade, and Bulldozers Featuring Walaa Sabah from…
Winning Lawsuit Against Major Israeli Newspaper
We just won a defamation case against a major Israeli newspaper! We made Israel Hayom…
100 Days and Counting: Justice for Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Rep. Carson Announces Justice For Shireen Act Jul 28, 2022 Washington, D.C. – Congressman André…
Palestinian Rights Organizations Raided & Shut Down
American Friends Service Committee, August 18, 2022 Stand with Palestinian human rights defenders Early this…
Democracies don’t raid human rights offices
Democracies don’t raid human rights offices in the middle of the night. pic.twitter.com/kJZSVCl1Tx — IfNotNow🔥…
Breaking: Six Palestinian NGOs raided & closed
Just Vision, August 18, 2022 Early this morning, Israeli army forces raided the offices of…
“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…
Israel carried out Gaza strike that killed 5 children
A Palestinian girl lays roses on the grave of one of the children of Nijim…
Gaza is Not a Breaking News Cycle
The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy August 11, 2022 Good Morning, As you might…
Pain and sorrow is an endless story for Gaza
Pain and sorrow is an endless story for Palestinians in Gaza… pic.twitter.com/A7sXc8PHxq — Sarah Hassan…
Take Action Together for Gaza
Jewish Voice for Peace, August 7, 2022 Just over a year since its last horrific…
Israel attacks Gaza as election approaches
‘Sacrificial pawns’: After deadly air raids on Gaza, analysts question Israel’s motivation amid political turmoil…
🔥 Israel is bombing Gaza
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) condemns Israel’s raids on civilian areas in…
Senators Call for Report on Shireen Abu Akleh
“The United States must ensure an independent, credible, and transparent investigation into the shooting death…
Joe Biden does Not speak for us on Palestine!
Madison activists gathered July 16 on the Campus Drive Overpass to show support for Palestine…
No Path to Justice
Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass Alice Speri, The…
The Plight of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
Ayman Mohyeldin, MSNBC, Jul 15, 2022 On his first Middle East trip as president, Joe…
