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The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

West Bank

Aug 18, 2026

2025.10.18: Another Craft & Yard Sale for Palestine Aid
1 Judy Circle & Barby Lane, Madison, 8 am – 4 pm
aid, arts, calendar, crafts, education, Gaza, Grassroots, Madison, No Kings, Palestine, Rafah, West Bank, Women in Hebron
Over 38,000 Israeli violations in West Bank since October 7, 2023
Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA), 05 October 2025
ethnic cleansing, Israeli, October 7, Palestinian, settlers, terrorism, violations, West Bank
2025.10.04: Film “Samidoun, The Steadfast Women of Palestine”
Online, 11 AM CT
calendar, documentary, film, Gaza, Madison, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, stories, terrorism, West Bank, women
UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements
UN Human Rights Office, 26 September 2025
Al Jazeera, human rights, Israeli, Madison, media, Rafah, settlers, terrorism, West Bank
2025.09.28: Wisconsin Climate March – Bring War Abolition and Palestine Solidarity!
Historical Society Steps & UW-Madison Library Mall, 12 pm
calendar, climate, Gaza, Madison, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, solidarity, UW-Madison, war, West Bank, Wisconsin
2025.10.05: Voices from the West Bank, Mohammed and Majed Sawalha
Online, 3-4 PM CT
aid, American, American Friends of the Palestinian House of Friendship, calendar, education, Madison, Majed Sawalha, Mohammed Sawalha, Nablus, online, Palestinian, Palestinian House of Friendship, peace, Rafah, refugees, West Bank
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham, The Guardian, 25 Sep 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Azure, Gaza, Microsoft, Palestinian, spying, tech, Unit 8200, West Bank
2025.10.07: Killing the Story – Journalists Speak on Palestine in U.S. Newsrooms
Online, 3 PM CT
calendar, censorship, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, journalists, Madison, media, Muslim, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, war, West Bank
U.N. Formally Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide
ADC, September 16, 2025
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), arms, corporations, discrimination, Gaza, genocide, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, law, Madison, media, military, October 7, Palestinian, Rafah, sanction, schools, starvation, terrorism, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), war, West Bank, withdrawal, world
Israel takes over 1,000 Palestinian hostages in Tulkarm, West Bank
Quds News Network, Sep 12, 2025
detainees, hostages, occupation, Palestinian, Tulkarm, West Bank
The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley, September 11, 2025
Arab, BBC, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Chris Van Hollen, Congress, delegation, Donald Trump, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jeff Merkley, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, land, media, Middle East, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, war, West Bank, world
‘This Place is Ours’
Prime Minister of Israel, Sep 11, 2025
colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Jerusalem, law, Maale Adumim, settlers, terrorism, two-state, West Bank
Israel PM vows ‘there will be no Palestinian state’
Agence France-Presse, 11 Sep 2025
colonialism, ethnic cleansing, Jerusalem, law, Maale Adumim, Palestinian, settlers, terrorism, two-state, West Bank
2025.09.24-28: Toronto Palestine Film Festival films online
Bethlehem, calendar, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, film, Gaza, genocide, Haifa, Jerusalem, online, Palestine, racism, war, West Bank
Who’s Missing From This Picture?
MRSCP, Sep 8, 2025
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Congress, Donald Trump, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, journalists, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Marco Rubio, Milwaukee, Palestine, projects, Rafah, take action, Tammy Baldwin, war, war crimes, West Bank
U.S. Nonprofit Fundraising to Buy Drones for Israeli Military in Gaza Genocide
MURTAZA HUSSAIN AND SAMI VANDERLIP, DROP SITE NEWS, SEP 06, 2025
arms, drones, Gaza, genocide, Israel Lobby, Israeli, military, nonprofits, war, West Bank
2025.09.23: ICAHD Updates on the Jordan Valley & South Hebron Hills
Online, 1 PM CT
calendar, ethnic cleansing, Hebron, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Jordan, Jordan Valley, Madison, Masafer Yatta, online, Rafah, settlers, terrorism, Umm al-Khair, West Bank
2025.09.18: Palestine Partners at the Madison Night Market
401 State Street, 5-9 pm
arts, calendar, crafts, embroidery, Hebron, Madison, olive oil, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, Rafah, solidarity, West Bank, women, Women in Hebron
2025.09.17-12.06: Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities in Madison
Cassandra Dixon, Sep 2, 2025
benefit, calendar, Cassandra Dixon, embroidery, fair trade, Hebron, land, literature, Madison, Masafer Yatta, Middle East, music, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, volunteer, war, West Bank, women, Women in Hebron
2025.09.13: Hope Abounds! Annual Fundraising Gala for Bright Stars of Bethlehem
Online, 7 PM CT
American, Bethlehem, Bright Stars of Bethlehem, calendar, Dar al-Kalima University, Madison, Mitri Raheb, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Rafah, stories, students, travel, West Bank