The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
water
Aug 29, 2026
2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
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Hudia’s Diary
Dec 2023 – Jul 2025
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“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!
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Kufiya 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
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Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
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