The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

West Bank

Aug 21, 2026

Israel’s Far-Right Draw on U.S. Funding Despite Terror Labels
Daniel Boguslaw, The Intercept, November 2 2022
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Amnesty Says ICC Israel Probe Should Include ‘Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid’
JULIA CONLEY, Common Dreams, October 25, 2022
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Palestine: Where Manufactured Water Scarcity Meets Climate Change
Anna Abraham, Currently, October 12, 2022 The Israeli-occupied territory of Palestine faces both natural and…
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Online Film and Discussion: The Settlers
November 132 pm CentralZoom Registration After registration you will receive a link to watch the…
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Mazin Qumsiyeh: Palestine Is a Climate Justice Issue
Nov 9, 2022 12 PM Central Zoom Registration Join us to learn the environmental reality…
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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…
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Palestinians resisting forced removal by moving into caves
The people of Masafer Yatta are using ancestors’ caves to resist Israel’s home demolitions Members…
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This is no “terrorist wave”
It is an uprising
Gush Shalom, October 18, 2022 The State of Israel is going to general elections, but…
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An olive harvest lynching
Yuval Abraham, OCTOBER 20, 2022
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Rising up against Israel’s repression
Today across Palestine, we’re witnessing the Palestinian people rise up united once again. It is…
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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…
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Family of dead Palestinian-American rebuffs settlement offer
Associated Press, October 12, 2022
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Petition on U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Dear Supporter, On October 20 the Israeli government will implement new procedures for those…
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2022.11.01, 11.15, 11.29, 12.13: Jewish Webinar Series on Israel-Palestine
The Shaarei Shamayim synagogue in Madison, along with other Reconstructionist synagogues around the country, is…
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Unilever: Stop doing business in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
SumOfUs, Sep 29, 2022
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Israeli Apartheid: A Breakdown
Israel applies an oppressive, separate, and unequal regime on Palestinians. There is only one word…
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Urgent Call to Defend Khallet ad-Dabe’ from Destruction
Stop the Wall, 26 September 2022 A whole village with over 90 residents is…
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Israel rejects U.S. call for review of IDF rules of engagement in West Bank
Barak Ravid, Axios, Sep 7, 2022
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Israeli army: ‘High probability’ soldier killed reporter
Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a…
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2022.09.10: Lina Abu Akleh at Rebuilding Alliance Benefit
Please join us — in person or online — for a special evening. I am…
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