Category Archives: Palestine

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Rafah correspondent Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman details daily life in Gaza at the Electronic Intifada

Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)

MRSCP has launched a major fundraising drive to benefit the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Gaza emergency fund. They have set up this online Madison-specific contribution page, where you can donate directly to the campaign. Any amount, no matter how small, is appreciated.

You can also use the QR code at the end of this email. 

 

If you want to get more perspectives beyond the mainstream: 
  • Jewish Voice for Peace on the Mainstream Media’s March to War
  • Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Gaza
  • Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Gaza City (Wait for captcha check box to load)
  • The Guardian – Gaza
  • Middle East Eye
  • Mondoweiss
  • +972 Magazine
  • Electronic Intifada
  • We Are Not Numbers
  • Al Jazeera Breaking News, World News, and Video
  • BBC Live
  • Palestine News Network PNN
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More peace and justice events:

Below and Beyond War: Susan Friess

Below and Beyond War

by Susan Freiss

 

How removed are we

from the newest attacks

and counter attacks?

How removed from terror

and souls jettisoning

from precious particular lives?

How removed from the slow violence

of oppression accelerated

into vengeance and revenge?

How removed from histories

of humiliation begetting

humiliating deathly harm?

 

Just how removed?

Or, better we ask,

how are we removed?

By thousand of miles

and buffering beliefs

that they are there anguished,

captive, petrified

and we are not?

Eyes open we feel

that buffer’s permeability

and see the illusion of our distance,

our horror ready reverberation.

 

Hands tremor helplessly,

aspiration for justice caught

in our throats, we sink,

let reverberation

draw us into the well

of our connection

and hold vigil

below and beyond war

allowing the convulsing,

the death rattling, the unhinging

to break our hearts open—

again, again, again

 


 

Ineffable the malevolence

of histories of oppression

and virulent racism

into which I was born

and more and more wittingly

have lived, white girl

with so little sense of self,

white woman at home

in the woods and fields

of the seemingly calm Midwest,

mothering, befriending.

 

Learning, following

atrocities I meet dismay

her emanations of despair

my own and yours

along our lines of connection

empathic distress stirs

tears brought to the woods

and fields and there, sure enough,

F-35s, metal death machines,

practice overhead,

grass and trees hold vigil.

 

We cannot pretend

this not part of that

or that is not part of this.

Voices will not be silenced

that object to genocide

though our country has

tried and tried.

The rhythm of vigil is

breaking open

throbbing, pulsing, emanating

below and beyond war.

 


Susan Freiss: I wrote the first section of this poem in the days immediately after October 7. The second section was born of living within the first. May the meaning and experience of vigil ever deepen our compassion and understanding of each other and of all suffering the consequences of war. 

Madison Chapter – World BEYOND War

Not in Our Name: Ceasefire/Peace/Justice in Palestine/Israel ~ Nov 9 Event ~

“Cease fire demonstration at the state capitol, Madison Wisconsin this afternoon. Of course, this is not to excuse attacks on civilians by either side. Neither side is my enemy. My enemy is war.”

Thursday Nov 9 – Larry Orr of VFP Madison

Brad and Jane.
Jane has held that poster since the days of America’s war in Vietnam.
If only our leaders could read….

Esty and friends with our Madison-Rafah Sister City project.

Thousands of mothers and children are dead tonight in Gaza. More will die tomorrow… unless we can get a cease fire, and allow drinking water to flow, and allow hospitals to be hospitals, and, and, and….

Thank you, dear friends.

Thank you, again.

Milana, age 3, was killed in Gaza.

More and more…

indeed

The eyes that have been closed.

Now

 

CEASEFIRE NOW

“Lights up for a ceasefire” picture featured on post.
Friday Nov 10 – Palestine Partners Action
2700 University Ave in Madison

 

Palestine Partners on Facebook

Jewish Voice for Peace Facebook

MRSCP: Playgrounds for Palestinians and Madisonians

Consider giving to help build playgrounds in the West Bank of Palestine… or here in Madison at Wright Middle School. Annual Fundraising Drive for The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project.

Madison-Rafah Annual Fundraising Drive: Playgrounds