麻豆APP

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NGO Action News
03 July 2014

EUROPE

• ?(CNCD-11.11.11.),??and the??(FIDH) are still mobilizing for their??campaign through an online?.

• ?(ECCP)? on?17 June 2014?that the world’s largest security company G4S will not renew security contracts with Israeli prisons and checkpoints.

• ?(IPSC) is organizing a Parliamentary??entitled?Against collective punishment?on?8 July 2014?in London.?IPSC is also organizing a??to the West Bank on?2-10 August 2014. The IPSC is also inviting its supporters to sign a? calling on the Irish National Broadcaster to report on human rights violations in the OPT.

• ?(MAP)??on?25 June 2014?that a serious crisis was expected to hit the Gaza Strip as many items of medicine and equipment were set to completely run out. MAP is also organizing the event? to raise money to support Palestinians, on?7 September 2014.

• ?is running the crowd-funding?? to assist the Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria which has become a symbol of destruction for the Palestinian community.

• ?(Belgium)?is proposing an??to explore Palestinian past and present, on?1-10 August 2014.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?posted on?25 June 2014?an interview with?Hassan Jabareen, Adalah founder and General Director, about force-feeding and Palestinian hunger-strikers. Adalah also issued a??entitled?The Hunger Strikes is Over, But Torture Continues.

• ?(AIC) posted on?1 July 2014?an??entitled?Army and settlers attack Palestinians.

• ?published on?26 June 2014?a??by?Mouin Rabbani?entitled?Israel’s West Bank Operation: Causes & Consequences.

• ?posted on?27 June 2014?a? of a protest against the NBC show DIG filmed in East Jerusalem with support and funding from the Israeli Government.

• ?(ICAHD)??will take place?3-18 August 2014?near Jerusalem. ICAHD is also organizing an alternative study tour in autumn this year. For more information please click?.

• ?(IPMN) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announced on?20 June 2014?that the plenary of the 221st?General Assembly has voted 310 to 303 to? from three US companies that profit from Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian land.

• ?(PCHR) released its latest??covering the period?19 to 25 June 2014. PCHR also issued a? on?29 June 2014?to warn of the serious implications of Israeli efforts to pass a law granting powers to the Israeli prison authorities to forcibly feed Palestinian detainees.

• The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council?(PHROC) issued a??on?17 June 2014?to condemn the collective punishment of Palestinians in response to the disappearance of three Israeli settlers.

NORTH AMERICA

• ,?a new documentary film by?Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon?which?explores the notion of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will be premiered at the Manhattan Film Festival on?3 July 2014. Tickets available?.

• ?(CMEP) had a conference with??on?24 June 2014. You can listen to the conversation?.

• ?(IMEU) released a??on?27 June 2014?entitled?Israel’s West Bank Crackdown.

• ?published on?1 July 2014?a??entitled?Israeli soldiers destroy kidnapping suspects’ family homes in retribution attack.

• ?released an??by?Ramzy Baroud?on?16 June 2014?entitled?Missing Settlers Become Weapons in a War on Unity.

• ?will be holding its??in San Diego, CA, on?19-21September 2014. Confirmed speakers include?Ali Abunimah, co-founder of??and author of?, and?Marjorie Cohn, former President of the?.The US Campaign also launched on?24 June 2014?an? to support the decision of the the Presbyterian General Assembly to divest from three companies profiting from the Israeli occupation.

• ?is calling for a??on?6-13 July 2014?to celebrate BDS victories. The campaign will also host a Summer BDS Camp 10-14 August in North Carolina. Click? for more information.

• A coalition of NGOs including?Jewish Voice For Peace?and??is organizing an? on?7 July 2014?in New York to mark the 9th?anniversary of the 2005 Palestinian call for BDS.

• The Israel-Palestine NGO Working Group?(IPWG) posted on?29 June 2014?a??of?Robert Turner, UNRWA’s Director of Gaza Operations, who describes recent political changes affecting the lives of the 1.7 million people living in the Gaza Strip.

GLOBAL

• ?posted a??on?30 June 2014?entitled?Israeli Settlements Explained

• ?published an??on?1 July 2014?entitled?Israel: Collective punishment will not bring the justice that murdered teens deserve.

• ?has been hosting since?20 July 2014?a??entitled?Stop Israeli collective punishment perpetrated against the Palestinians.

• ?is hosting a??designed by the? as?27 June 2014?marked the seventh year that Tony Blair has served as the Quartet Representative to the Middle East.?Professor Noam Chomsky, British MPs from both major parties and 3 former UK ambassadors to the Middle East support the campaign.

• ?issued a??on?1 July 2014?entitled?Israel/Palestine: Killings of Three Abducted Youth.

• More than 30 Palestinian coalitions and organizations, on the occasion of the 10th?anniversary of the benchmark??of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the OPT, are calling on people all across the world to join efforts and make?July 2014?the month?.#STOPIMPUNITY.

UNITED NATIONS

• The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?is organizing an? at UN Headquarters on?9 July 2014?to mark the 10th?anniversary of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Separation wall.

• The International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People?has a??and official hashtag?#2014forPalestine. Share the word and let us know about your International Year plans at?2014forPalestine@un.org!

• ?issued its??covering the period 17 June-23 June 2014.

• ?opened the application for its annual??for Palestinian media practitioners. The programme aims to provide hands-on skills training on different topics, as well as access to UN officials and diplomats. Click? to submit your application. Deadline to apply is?14 July 2014.

• ?launched on?20 June 2014?a??entitled?Assessment of media development in Palestine. The document is the result of an 18 months study carried out in partnership with the Media Development Center (MDC) of Birzeit University.

• ?is still mobilizing until?28 July?for its?#giveforfood?campaign to help the over 1 million Palestine refugees who are unable to afford even their minimum food requirements. Please click??to support the campaign. UNRWA also posted a??on?29 June 2014?entitled?What makes Palestine refugees poor?