The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: West Bank
Apr 30, 2026
2008.01.27-02.24: Film Series The Sorrows of Palestine
All showings will be 7 pm at Escape Java Joint, 916 Williamson Street, Madison January…
Israeli army orders confiscation of Palestinian land in West Bank
· Seizure would allow huge expansion of settlements · Move seen as rush to make…
Apartheid Reigns In Israel, Activist-author Says
He Claims Nation Is Hurting Self With Its Policies SAMARA KALK DERBY, The Capital Times,…
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Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, 23 september, 2007
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This is a special appeal on behalf of three projects in Palestine: (1) Save Gaza's…
Brothers in Arms: The Triumph of U.S.-Israeli Policy in Palestine
Jennifer Loewenstein, The Progressive, June 26, 2007
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MIKE MURRAY, Cap Times, Jun 9, 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the…
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Amira Hass, Haaretz, Feb 14, 2007 The Gaza Strip is ‘abroad’ in a strange way.…
B’Tselem: Israeli Security Forces Killed 660 Palestinians During 2006
Haaretz Service, Dec 28, 2006 Report: Threefold increase in number of Palestinians killed compared to…
The Ludicrous Attacks on Jimmy Carter’s Book
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, Truthdig, DECEMBER 28, 2006
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Former president stands by new book despite criticism, says it is meant to stimulate debate…
Jimmy Carter’s Roadmap
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, CounterPunch, NOVEMBER 13, 2006
American, apartheid, Arab, arms, Bethlehem, blockade, Camp David, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of Christ, confiscation, Egypt, Eli Valley, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Gaza, Golan Heights, healthcare, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jimmy Carter, Jordan, land, law, Lebanon, media, Middle East, military, negotiations, Norman Finkelstein, nurses, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, prisoners, Russia, settlers, Syria, teachers, terrorism, travel, United Nations (UN), United States, veto, Wall, war, water, West Bank, withdrawal, women, world, Yasser Arafat2006.11.03: Anna Baltzer in Madison: “New Directions for Peace in the Middle East”
Edgewood College Anderson Auditorium 5 to 6:30 pm Anna Baltzer gives the keynote address of…
A Black Flag
From: Jennifer Loewenstein Subject: Resuming Emails: Gideon Levy – A Black Flag Date: Mon, 3…
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Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, April 4, 2006 In the article “Settlers, Israeli public…
2006.04.08: Ibdaa Health Committee Panel Discussion
UW-Madison1345 Health Sciences Learning Center750 Highland Avenue7-9:00 pm The goals of the tour are to…
apartheid, Arab, Augusta Victoria Hospital, Bethlehem, calendar, doctors, education, equality, healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, Intifada, Israeli, Jerusalem, land, Madison, media, military, MRSCP, nurses, occupation, Palestine, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), prison, Rafah, refugees, resistance, sister cities, surgery, training, travel, UW-Madison, Wall, West Bank, Wisconsin, womenAmira Hass: Strangled in Gaza
1.5 million Arabs under Israeli siege Amira Hass, Haaretz, Mar 22, 2006 In the elections,…
Milk from Wisconsin to Rafah
The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) is partnering with the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme…
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NEELA BANERJEE, New York Times, February 9, 2006 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 – The governing body…
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GEORGE ARIDA, Madison.com, Dec 9, 2005 Despite appearances to the contrary, Ariel Sharon is one…
Re: Regents urged to divest from Israel
Kathy Walsh, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, November 11, 2005 In the Capital Times article on…
Tawfiq Nasser: Palestinian Doctor Tells Of Life Under Occupation
Samara Kalk Derby, The Capital Times, October 10, 2005 To get to work each day,…
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Mehammed Mack, L.A. Weekly, August 25, 2005 A somber note for many Gazans witnessing the…
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There was no ‘sensitivity training’ when bulldozers went into Rafah Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, August…
apartheid, Ariel Sharon, benefit, Caterpillar, Gaza, ghetto, Holocaust, home demolition, homeless, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Islamic, Israeli, James Miller, Jerusalem, justice, land, media, Palestinian, police, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, religion, resistance, South Africa, students, terrorism, Tom Hurndall, training, travel, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Wall, war, West Bank, worldThe Shame of it All
Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, August 17, 2005
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August “Washington Wednesday” Action Alert Start Date: August 10, 2005 End Date: To be determined…
The Jerusalem Powder Keg
The International Crisis Group, REPORT No. 44, 2 AUGUST 2005
Arab, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Hamas, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, land, law, media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, settlers, South Africa, terrorism, two-state, war, West Bank, withdrawal, worldAmira Hass: Fooling the High Court of Justice and the Hague
The legalistic deception of the Israeli Civil Administration: “It is all Israel” Amira Hass, Haaretz,…
The reflection in the mirror
Two weeks later, I was at the Aaskar refugee camp, near Nablus. That day, the…
United Church of Christ General Synod Resolution: Tear Down the Wall
2005 United Church of Christ Synod Tear Down the Wall – Resolution of Witness Submitted…
aid, annexation, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of Christ, education, Geneva Conventions (1949), ghetto, healthcare, home demolition, hospitals, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israeli, Jeff Halper, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, negotiations, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Qalqilya, religion, resources, schools, settlers, students, Supreme Court, teachers, terrorism, travel, two-state, United Nations (UN), Wall, water, West Bank, withdrawal, worldThey Broke the Public’s Heart
For years, the news media ignored the injustices the settlers inflicted on their neighbors. Gideon…
Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Forces Prisons
Dear all, I received disturbing news about prisoners in IOF prisons in Israel. 30-year-old, Salameh…
05.06.25: Rebuilding Homes in Rafah, Rebuilding Hope in Palestine
Panel Discussion with Craig and Cindy Corrie and Khaled and Samah Nasrallah Saturday, June 25,…
Mezan Center is Key Partner in Palestine
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, May 9, 2005 Madison — The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)…
Israeli Extremists Lose, as a New Generation of Palestinians Wins
Mohammed Omer, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2005 THEY BREATHE the same air,…
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Ariel Sharon, Caterpillar, Egypt, football, Gaza, hospitals, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Iraq, Israeli, James Miller, Jerusalem, Jewish, justice, La Crosse, land, law, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Mohammed Omer, Muslim, Muslims, negotiations, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, resistance, settlers, solidarity, students, terrorism, United States, visas, volunteer, Wall, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, withdrawal, worldFrom churches, a challenge to Israeli policies
Jane Lampman, The Christian Science Monitor, DECEMBER 6, 2004
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Derek Summerfield, British Medical Journal, October 16, 2004
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Israeli troops who killed a Palestinian schoolgirl in the Gaza Strip have come under investigation…
2004.08.18: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
ICB sculpture The Segregation Wall, 09-Nov-03 Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 W. Lacy…
Back in Ramallah
Andrea Becker, 04 July 2004 Relatively easy somehow: went through Israeli security ‘lite’: no body…
US bulldozer firm in Mid-East row
A leading UN official has warned US manufacturer Caterpillar that it may be complicit in…
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Sleeping on a bus and more
Mazin Qumsiyeh, 5/9/2004 Here is something to inspire you. Read this. It will help you…
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:30:43 +0200 From: “Gila Svirsky” (gsvirsky@netvision.net.il) Subject: Anarchy in our…
Yes, Alice, it does do some good
Gila Svirsky, www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org, 4/21/2004 Dear Alice, You were signature number 2,750 on the petition “Open…
UN has stopped emergency food aid in Gaza
UNRWA Press Release 1 April 2004 UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in…
How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories
Tanya Reinhart, Yediot Ahronot, 31 March 2004 — An extensive discussion has already taken place…
Ahmad Yasin, assassination, benefit, civilians, Gaza, Geneva Conventions (1949), Hamas, Hebrew, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, law, military, occupation, Oslo Accords, Palestinian, prison, resistance, Robert Fisk, Tanya Rheinhart, Tel Aviv, terrorism, veterans, Wall, war, West Bank, withdrawal, worldSharon is not the Problem
Ghadi Karmi, CounterPunch, February 20, 2004
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Rana El-Khatib, Arizona Republic, January 25, 2004 “Israel good!” were the last words my husband…
aid, American, arms, blockade, checkpoints, doctors, football, Gaza, home demolition, homeless, hospitals, images, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, law, literature, maps, media, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, prison, refugees, surgery, terrorism, travel, United Nations (UN), victims, Wall, war, water, West Bank, worldWhere day to day living has had its heart cut out
Chris McGreal, The Guardian, 19 January 2004
annexation, Arab, Ariel Sharon, checkpoints, ghetto, hospitals, human rights, ID, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, law, military, Palestinian, peace, Qalqilya, schools, travel, United Nations (UN), Wall, war, West Bank, worldA Contrast in Media Coverage
MRSCP, Jan 13, 2004
Cap Times, children, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, media, military, MRSCP, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, police, refugees, solidarity, suicide bombings, terrorism, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), volunteer, Wall, West Bank, women19 Left Dead in Failed Hunt for Master Bomber
Chris McGreal in Nablus, The Guardian, January 9, 2004
And the twins died
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, 1/9/04 The twin girls died one after the other. The first to…
Resistance Under Occupation
Ringing In The New Year Kelly Bornshlegel, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), 2 Jan 2004 In…
Israeli chainsaw massacre
Palestinian farmers seek protection against settlers The Globe and Mail, 12 November 2003 Einabus, West…
Israeli Roulette
Uri Avnery, CounterPunch, November 7, 2003
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Rabbis for Human Rights delegation physically attacked by settlers while documenting cut trees Rabbis for…
Eight-year-old Aya Fayad shot dead as she rode her bicycle
The Palestine Monitor, 2 Sep 2003 Aya Fayad was one little girl out of one…
2003.09.14-16: Palestinian Labor Tour
South Central Federation of Labor Meeting Monday, September 15 7 pm Madison Labor Temple, 1602…
Children’s author faces Jewish wrath
Fiachra Gibbons, The Guardian, August 23, 2003
arms, Beirut, books, children, football, human rights, Intifada, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, justice, labor, land, Middle East, military, occupation, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Ramallah, settlers, suicide bombings, terrorism, United Kingdom, war, West Bank, withdrawal, world
Fragments of Rafah
Laura Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 21 August 2003
Israel’s New Citizenship Law
Jewish Peace News, 10 Aug 2003 [Israel’s new citizenship law, passed recently by a wide…
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Israel’s crackdown on international peace activists raises grave concerns. Muna Hamzeh, Al-Ahram Weekly, 29 May…
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