The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: visas
Mar 26, 2026
U.S. halts visitor visas for Palestinian medical evacuees
Neha Madhira, Prism, August 28, 2025
Settler Walks Free, As Israel Holds Body of Murdered Palestinian Hostage
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, AUG 06, 2025
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Palestinian activist who worked on film ‘No Other Land’ killed in occupied West Bank
Middle East Eye staff, 28 July 2025
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No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign
June 4, 2025
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Middle East Eye Staff, 6 May 2025
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Liberal militarism and Zionism started the latest McCarthyism
Jeet Heer, The Nation, April 2025
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First they came for Mahmoud Khalil…
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Mar 11, 2025
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Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In For Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested By ICE
Akela Lacy, The Intercept, April 14 2025
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The Low-Hanging Fruit of Canceled Student Visas
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, March 30, 2025
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Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian, 27 Mar 2025
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Georgetown Postdoc Detained by ICE as Crackdown on Campus Speech Widens
ARCHIT AND MURTAZA HUSSAIN, DROP SITE NEWS, MAR 19, 2025
After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent
JOCELYN GECKER, AP, March 15, 2025
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The backstory on the government’s abduction of a Palestinian protester
Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11, 2025
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REBECCA SANTANA, AP, March 10, 2025
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ADC Statement on the Detainment of Mahmoud Khalil
Mar 10, 2025
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“Operation Wrath of Zion” in New York City
JACK POULSON, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 30, 2025
They’re trying to deport vigils for murdered Palestinian kids
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, JAN 30, 2025
Extremist Zionist Organizations Threatening Community Members
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Jan 25, 2025
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ICC Issues ‘Watershed’ Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have…
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Israel says it has refused a visa to UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths as…
Israel 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…
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Please take this action aimed at the State Department. It is outrageous (and against US…
Petition on U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Dear Supporter, On October 20 the Israeli government will implement new procedures for those…
Members of ‘Gaza’ documentary crew trapped as film premieres at Sundance
Fady Hanona and Ali Aby Yaseen desperately trying to make it to the U.S. premiere…
2 Million Palestinians Denied due to Closure of Gaza Border Crossing
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, June 19, 2017
Catastrophe at Rafah Crossing: More Than 35 Dead—and Counting
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, September/October 2007 PERCHED ATOP A suitcase and…
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Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2005 THEY BREATHE the same air,…
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Gil Halsted, Wisconsin Public Radio Monday May 10, 2004 (EAU CLAIRE) New Homeland Security rules…
Removing the witnesses
Israel’s crackdown on international peace activists raises grave concerns. Muna Hamzeh, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 May…
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