麻豆APP

This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the 麻豆APP Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information “as is” without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.

NGO Action News
04 June 2014

EUROPE

• ?is organizing the??Palestine Refugees: what future lies ahead??in Brussels on?5 June 2014.?Matthias Burchard, Director of UNRWA’s Representative Office to the EU and?Mohammed Khatib, a Palestinian activist, will speak.

• ?(IPSC) is organizing a??to the West Bank on?2-10 August 2014.

• ?(MAP) is organizing the event??to raise money to support Palestinians, on?7 September 2014. MAP also announced that there were a few tickets left to attend their??on?5 June 2014?featuring the American/Palestinian??Maysoon Zayid. Lastly, MAP took part in a??about the crisis facing Palestinian refugees at an event on the margins of the 67th?World Health Assembly in Geneva on?20 May 2014.

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

• ?is hosting a screening on?4 June 2014?of the?documentary film?Where Should the Birds Fly. The film directed by?Fida Qishta?is a first-hand account of the aftermath of the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. The film will also be screened in Amsterdam on?5 June 2014?at an??organized by?.

• StopG4S?is organizing a??outside the G4S multinational security company’s Annual General Meeting on?5 June 2014?in London. A? calling on G4S to withdraw from Israeli prisons, and end its involvement with Israel’s human rights abuses will be handed over.

• ?issued a??on?29 May 2014?announcing that the Gates Foundation had sold down its shares in the G4S company.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?(ACRI) posted on?28 May 2014?the short??3 Homes?by?Omri Shenhar which depicts the struggles of three Palestinian families living in East Jerusalem.

• ?published a??on?1 June 2014 to document the demolitions of homes of the Palestinian Id’eis community in the Jordan Valley.

• ?(DCI-P) updated its?Detention Bulletin?on?2 June 2014. At the end of April, a? of 196 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, a decrease of 3 percent from March 2014.

• ?published?Gaza, Tel Aviv, Gaza?a new??by?Itamar Rose?placing ordinary Israelis in the roles of those enforcing the criteria on travel from the Gaza Strip. Gisha also released a new??on?25 May 2014?about Gaza’s unemployment rate, the highest since late 2009.

• ?(ICAHD)??will take place?3-18 August 2014?near Jerusalem.

• ?posted on?29 May 2014?a??about a recent training programme it organized together with??and entitled?Institutionalizing Security Council Resolution 1325 to Achieve Peace and Security for Palestinian Women.

• ?(PCHR) released its latest??covering the period?22 to 28 May 2014. It also released its? on the same issue for the year 2014.

• ?(WCLAC) issued its latest??on?29 May 2014.

• Israeli and Palestinian Human rights organizations?along with the?Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs?issued a??on?1 June 2014?requesting the immediate intervention from EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton concerning the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.

MIDDLE EAST

• ?posted on?18 May 2014?a new??entitled?Gaza: A Life Under Siege.

NORTH AMERICA

• ?(ADC) is preparing for its?. It will be held on?12-15 June 2014?in Arlington, Virginia.?Jeff Halper(ICADH co-founder),?Johnathan Kuttab?(Al-Haq co-founder),?Noura Erakat?(Jadaliyya e-zine) and?Delinda C. Hanley?(Washington Report on Middle East Affairs) will, among, speak at the event.

• ?(ATFP) will honour the achievements of Palestinian Americans at its??on?18 November 2014 in Washington.

• ?organized the visual and performing art??Our Roots and Our Might: Palestinian Visuals?on?30 May 2014?in San Francisco. For more information about the event please write?here.

• ?(CMEP) published its latest??on?30 May 2014?under the title?Pope Francis Boosts Morale In Bethlehem. Also, CMEP’s Board of Director’s Study Tour to Palestine and Israel will take place?8 November – 15 November 2014. Custom-created by CMEP this dual narrative travel experience offers a unique vantage point on peace building efforts in Israel and Palestine. Brochure is available??as well as the?.

• ?is now accepting??for its?2014 Summer Camp for Diaspora Palestinian youth and friends aged 14-17 years old.

• ?(JVP) and??(MECA) are convening on?6 June 2014?an??to promote and support a new documentary in production:Skating in Palestine – Spotlight on Qalqilya in Berkeley (CA).

• ?(IMEU) released a new??on?22 May 2014?entitled?Bethlehem & East Jerusalem: Cities under Siege.

• ?is convening its??in San Francisco on?7-8 June 2014.??will close on 3 June. The opening night (free event) will begin with a behind-the-scenes look at Mideast diplomacy with?Salam Fayyad?(former Palestinian Prime Minister),?Gabriela Shalev?(Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN) and?Daniel Kurtzer?(Former US Ambassador to Israel and Egypt).

• ?will decide at its biennial General Assembly held in Detroit on?14-21 June 2014?whether or not to stop investing in Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions and Hewlett-Packard, 3 companies that profit from the Israeli occupation.??launched a petition to support divestment and the??is its supporters to assist its allies at the Presbyterian Church.

• ?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?.

• ?posted on?31 May 2014?an??with Palestinian artist?Rehab Nazzal?about her exhibit titled?Invisible?which features images of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, among other art pieces that portray the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Currently on display at the??of Ottawa’s City Hall,?Invisible?garnered international attention as well as a positive response by the Canadian public and other artists when Israel’s Ambassador to Canada publicly condemned the exhibit.

UNITED NATIONS

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

• ?has a new? focusing on the 2004 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

• The?UN Palestinian Rights Committee?held its?361st?Meeting?at the 麻豆APP on?2 June 2014, the day a new Palestinian Unity Government was sworn in.

• ?issued a??welcoming the announcement of a Palestinian Government of National Consensus, on?3 June 2014.

• ?launched on?2 June 2014?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 which will run until 28 July.