The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: water
Apr 13, 2026
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Watch at Home Now. Available on Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango.
MECA Food Parcels in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance, February 19, 2026
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2026.02.25: Virtual Visit to Majd al-Krum, Galilee
Online, 11 AM CT
2026.01.31: Organize to Keep ICE Out of Madison
Labor Temple, 1602 S Park St, 12-3 pm
Give to the Children of Umm al Khair
Friends of Sabeel North America, Nov 18, 2025
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
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2025.10.30: Protest US Military Threats to Venezuela, Colombia and Beyond
NE Corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
Palestine Updates
Drop Site Daily, Oct 28, 2025
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Adalah attorneys meet with Global Sumud Flotilla captives in Israel
Adalah, Oct 3, 2025
2025.08.31: Join CODEPINK & World Beyond War in a Madison Flotilla!
James Madison Park, 614 E Gorham St, Madison, 3 PM
Israeli settlers are taking over Hebron city!
Friends of Hebron, August 13, 2025
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July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
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Milwaukee Solidarity Flotilla shows support for letting aid into Gaza
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jul 29, 2025
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, July 28, 2025
aid, Amnesty International, B’Tselem, Benjamin Netanyahu, civilians, Europe, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, Germany, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, law, Madison, media, military, New York Times, Palestinian, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, Rafah, South Africa, starvation, war, water, worldAdalah Demands Immediate Release of 21 Activists Aboard the ‘Handala’
Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, 27/07/2025
2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
aid, Black, blockade, books, calendar, checkpoints, deaf, Electronic Intifada, Gaza War, hospitals, hunger strikes, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, literature, Madison, online, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, Ramadan, Samah Zaqout, shelters, starvation, students, travel, war, water, women, WORT 89.9 FM
Hudia’s Diary
Dec 2023 – Jul 2025
aid, Al-Mawasi, American, blockade, communications, fuel, Gaza City, Gaza War, genocide, healthcare, Hudia, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jennifer Loewenstein, Khan Younis, Madison, media, military, occupation, Palestinian, Rafah, refugees, schools, shelters, starvation, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), victims, war, water, women, world
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
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2025.07.20: Madison bike riders raise over $15K for humanitarian aid in Gaza
Sam Swartz, WMTV 15, Jul. 20, 2025
2025.07.20: Big Ride for Palestine
Donations open through August!
aid, BBC, calendar, donate, encampments, Gaza War, Google, Grassroots, healthcare, hospitals, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), land, Madison, maps, media, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), MRSCP, Palestine, peace, project, Rafah, Ride for Palestine, shelters, sister cities, starvation, volunteer, war, water, WORT 89.9 FMKufiya Fish Prominent in Origami Display
“Sierra Club, Eco Groups Break Record For World’s Largest Display Of Origami Fish To Protest…
2025.07.16-31: Code Pink Madison Brings Free Watermelon + Flyers!
Wednesdays at Madison Capitol Square, 16 N Carroll St. Thursdays at Willy and Blair Streets.…
New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
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In Gaza, U.S. Mercenaries Advance Israeli War Aims
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, Jul 11, 2025
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Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
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Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
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Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
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Israel ‘disappeared’ 377,000 people in Gaza, half of them children: report
The New Arab, Jun 24, 2025
Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 12, 2025
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‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters can exclude Palestinian citizens
Aseel Mafarjeh, Al Jazeera, 17 Jun 2025
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Demand NYT Report on Israel’s Crimes! No War With Iran!
CODEPINK, Jun 18, 2025
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U.S. Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran
Peace Action, Jun 16, 2025
2025.07.20: “Big Ride for Palestine” set for July 20
Omar Waheed, Madison 365, Jun 12, 2025
Appeal From Fida Qishta
Jun 11, 2025
Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
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2025.07.11-20: Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid
Donations still open!
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OCHA: West Bank Settler Violence
UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA), 28 MAY 2025
The Village of Khallet al Dabaa in Masafer Yatta Needs Your Help
May 27, 2025
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2025.05.22-06.30: 40-day Veterans & Allies Fast for Gaza
Veterans For Peace, May 23, 2025
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2025.05.22-06.30: 40 Days Solidarity Fast For Gaza
Sami Awad, Nonviolence International, May 20, 2025
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Civil Society Groups Call for Diplomatic Convoy to Get Aid Into Gaza
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, May 19, 2025
aid, allies, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, civilians, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza War, Hamas, healthcare, human rights, images, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, justice, law, Madison, media, Middle East, NGOs, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, refugees, starvation, United Nations (UN), war, war crimes, water, world, World Health Organization (WHO)
All Eyes on Deck: Demand An Independent Investigation into the Attacks on the ‘Conscience’
THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION, MAY 14, 2025
aid, blockade, civilians, drones, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, justice, land, law, Madison, Malta, media, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, petition, Rafah, starvation, travel, violations, volunteer, war, war crimes, water, WhatsApp, world
2025.05.29: Gaza and the West Bank, A Struggle for Survival Amid Genocide
Midvale Community Lutheran Church, 4329 Tokay Blvd, 7:00 pm
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2025.06.10: 2025 Summer Silent Auction for Gaza Aid Donations
Donations open until Jun 10, 2025
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This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza
Sean Carroll, New York Times, May 6, 2025
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New Watermelon+ Streaming Platform
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 6, 2025
Malta was asked by Israel not to let Gaza aid ship in
Times of Malta, May 6, 2025
“Conscience” blast was ‘external strike with loitering munition’, experts believe
Herman Grech, Matthew Bonanno, Times of Malta, May 5, 2025
Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta?
Neville Borg, Times of Malta, May 6, 2025
Netanyahu announces Gaza occupation plan
Jason Burke, The Guardian, 5 May 2025
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A Message on the Freedom Flotilla Attack
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, May 2, 20225
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza
SAM MEDNICK AND RENATA BRITO, AP, May 2, 2025
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Freedom Flotilla Boat Attacked by Drones
gazafreedomflotilla, May 1, 2025
Israeli Policies and Settler Violence Are Driving Palestinians from the Jordan Valley
ISSAM, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 14, 2025
2025.04.22: Indigenous Water Defenders Paul DeMain and Gracie Waukechon
Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, 7-9 pm
Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians.
JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 28, 2025
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22 Years Later: A Message From Rachel’s Parents
Craig and Cindy Corrie, March 16, 2025
Hard days in Masafer Yatta
Mar 27, 2025
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BY JULIA FRANKEL, AP, March 25, 2025
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Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion
Ben Reiff, +972 Magazine, March 18, 2025
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2025.03.20: Vigil for Gaza & Palestine
SE Corner of Williamson Steet and Blair, 4:15 to 5:45 pm
ADC Statement on the Collapse of a Ceasefire That Never Was
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), March 18, 2025
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2025.03.23: Update From Palestine
Madison Christian Community, 7118 Old Sauk Rd, 9:00 am
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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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MELANIE LIDMAN AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 9, 2025
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Jason Burke, The Guardian, 9 Mar 2025
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AJP Action Condemns Israel’s Violation of Ceasefire Terms
Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, Mar 3, 2025
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‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, AP, March 2, 2025
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MARK KENNEDY, AP, February 5, 2025
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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza to change ceasefire deal
Julian Borger, The Guardian, 2 Mar 2025
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Families rejoice as hundreds of Palestinian hostages are freed
Lara Kilani, Good Shepherd Collective, Feb 27, 2025
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Netanyahu only ever saw the hostages as his path back to genocide
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 26 February 2025
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Israel drops genocidal leaflets on Gaza
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, FEB 22, 2025
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Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Voices For Justice in Palestine, Feb 21, 2025
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Living in the Open
Hossam Shabat and Rasha Abou Jalal, الصحفي حسام شبات, Drop Site News, Feb 20, 2025
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Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
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The Maia Project, 2010 — 2025
February 14, 2025 Update MECA reports that Israel completely destroyed all but one of their Maia…
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After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
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Jabaliya Is Now a City of Rubble
ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 05, 2025
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
DEMOCRACY NOW! FEB 04, 2025
Helping Palestinians in Gaza return home to Rafah
KERRI KENNEDY, American Friends Service Committee, JAN 28, 2025
Pro-Israel AI Bot Goes Off the Rails
Noor Al-Sibai, Futurism, February 1, 2025
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Israel Escalates West Bank Assault, Invading Across the North
MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 31, 2025
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Latest Gaza Update from MECA
Jan 30, 2025
‘$50m condoms for Gaza’: the US promotes deranged lie
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, JAN 29, 2025
Ali Abunimah Statement after Release by Switzerland
Twitter, Jan 27, 2025
The New York Times Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide
JOYCE AJLOUNY, THE NATION, JANUARY 24, 2025
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MECA Statement on the Gaza Ceasefire
Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, Executive Director, Jan 22, 2025
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After the destruction of Gaza, Israel turns to West Bank
WEEKLY REPORT, Good Shepherd Collective, Jan 21, 2025
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Jared Kushner’s New Investments in Israeli Settlements
FREDDY BREWSTER & KATYA SCHWENK, THE LEVER, JAN 16, 2025
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Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning, Denouncing the Merchants of Death
Kathy Kelly, ZNetwork, January 13, 2025
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Netanyahu delays ceasefire vote, claiming Hamas created a ‘last minute crisis’
Willem Marx, NPR, JANUARY 16, 2025. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a cabinet…
Genocide doesn’t stop when the bombs stop dropping
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Jan 15, 2025. Did you see the news? An…
First ceasefire, then Palestinian liberation.
Jewish Voice for Peace, Jan 15, 2025. Today, after 15 months of the Israeli government’s…
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We Can’t Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza
ABDULLAH SHIHIPAR, THE NATION, JANUARY 9, 2025. The very air that Gazans breathe could put…
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DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 08, 2025. The messages consist of crude warnings, threats and appeals…
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