The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

West Bank

Aug 22, 2026

COVID-19 and Human Rights – 2013 Laureate Raji Sourani
“Governments must put human rights and dignity at the centre” Raji Sourani, The Right Livelihood…
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Consequences for Israel if it proceeds with annexation
ICYMI: British politicians are making it clear that there will be consequences for the Israeli…
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Gantz-Netanyahu deal legitimizes annexation
The possibility of further Israeli annexation of occupied territories has received legitimacy from the Israeli…
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Palestinians report 1st cases of coronavirus in Gaza Strip
Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, at the main…
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Groundbreaking Call to Prevent US Aid for Palestinian Demolition
US FUNDS AND EQUIPMENT USED TO DISPLACE COMMUNITIES IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK J Street,…
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2020.03.29: Cancelled Tribute to Rachel Corrie: Freedom is the Future
This event with Tarek Abuata has been cancelled by coronavirus precautions. You can still listen…
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Coronavirus Is a Death Sentence for Palestinians Caged in Gaza
Even a small outbreak among Gaza’s densely-packed, blockaded population would put an impossible strain on…
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Oppose the Israeli Annexation of Palestinian Land
This is a new group in the LaCrosse area that is becoming more active on…
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Israeli Military Confiscates School in Susiya
Video Link Good Shepherd Collective, February 19, 2020 This morning, the Israeli military entered the…
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2020.02.29: International Festival
Overture Center 201 State Street Madison 10 am – 5 pm Join MRSCP and many…
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Strangers in Our Homeland
Aida Touma-Sliman, JewishCurrents, February 6, 2020 LAST WEEK, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a…
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Trump’s “Deal of the Century” Has Led to Violence Not Peace
February 08, 2020 (WASHINGTON, D.C. 2/8/20)—Since President Donald Trump released the details of his much-derided…
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Israeli Occupation Forces Kill 3 and Destroy Home in Less than 24 Hours
February 6, 2020 The newest Israeli killing of Palestinians under its policy of excessive use…
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Violence Surges in Wake of Trump’s Mideast Plan
Clashes, shootings and a vehicle attack erupt in the West Bank and Jerusalem, killing Palestinians…
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Trump Plan Protests in the Jordan Valley
Operation Dove, January 29, 2020 Tubas, Jordan Valley — Today in response to the “Deal…
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THE ANSWER IS PALESTINE
CODEPINK, 1/13/20 On Friday, January 11, 2020, on the Beloved game show Jeopardy, Katie Needle…
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Activists Reclaimed a Water Source for Palestinians, Showing Co-Resistance Works
Oren Kroll-Zeldin, Truthout, January 10, 2020
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To Prison, Again, for Protesting Against Israel’s Colonial Rule
Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack pens a powerful Op-Ed in Haaretz on his arrest, putting into…
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The U.N. once predicted Gaza would be ‘uninhabitable’ by 2020. Two million people still live there.
The shoreline in Gaza City during strong winds on Christmas Day (Mohammed Abed-AFP-Getty Images) Hazem…
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ICC’s Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, December 31, 2019
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