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
09 April 2014

EUROPE

• ?(ABP) posted on?7 April 2014?a? on the occasion of the forthcoming local and European elections. The document comprises of a set of recommendations focusing on regional, federal and European approaches to achieve peace in the Middle East.

• The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat?and?Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network?are organizing on the occasion of Palestinian prisoners’ day a??in Brussels on?19 April 2014?featuring?Charlotte Kates?(Samidoun),?Khaled Barakat?(Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat) and?Rabee Eid (Palestinian youth activist and journalist).

• (CPJPO) is screening??by?Julian Schnabel?on?16 April 2014?at 6.30pm, Centre Curiel, Luxembourg-Ville. For more information please contact:?paixjuste@yahoo.com. The CPJO, within the umbrella of the?International year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, is also organizing a?Palestinian Culture Spring?from?24 April to 24 May 2014. The program can be found?.

• ?(ECCP) on?2 April 2014?published a list of treaties and conventions President Mahmoud Abbas signed letters of accession to after the Israeli Government refused to release the fourth group of Palestinian prisoners. The list of treaties is available?.

• ?(MAP) is organizing the event??to raise money to support Palestinians, on?7 September 2014.

• ,?the General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference?and?the Palestinian Forum?will organize the??– A United Palestine for the Promise of Returnon?3 May 2014?in Paris.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel,??and?Kvinna till Kvinna?held a??on?2 April 2014?for 20 EU representatives in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to present and discuss the most important issues facing Palestinian women on both sides of the Green Line, and the role of the EU and EU Member States in urging Israel and Palestine to promote and protect Palestinian women’s rights. The meeting was held in the context of a??prepared by the? (EMHRN) on the rights of Palestinian women within EU’s relations with Israel and Palestine.

• ?and??call on campaigners and people of conscience to take action and mark Palestinian prisoner’s day on?17 April 2014 to stand in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners.

• ?took part in a??at the European Parliament on the issue of Palestinian refugees on?1 April 2014.

• ?published on?26 March 2014?its??on the killing of 14-year-old Yusef a-Shawamreh, stating that the Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian youths crossing the Separation Wall to pick wild food plants. The human rights group also recently published a series of? taken in March 2014 at the Qalandia checkpoint.

• ?is?ing?Ireland until?17 April 2014?with?dabka?(traditional Palestinian dance) artists. The centre will also be in Antwerpen, Belgium, on?20 April 2014?to present a?.

• ?launched on?2 April 2014?its?Peace, It Also Pays Off? to remind Israelis of what is at stake and of the choice Israel faces between continued conflict or a more secure and prosperous future.

• ?(PCHR) released its latest weekly??covering the period?27 March to 2 April 2014.

• Palestinian human rights groups?released an??on?3 April 2014?calling on the?, the biggest charitable foundation in the world, to end its investment in G4S, a British private security company that helps Israel run prisons where Palestinian political prisoners are detained in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

• ?and the??are organizing the second annual?, to be held?11?April?2014.

NORTH AMERICA

• ?and??are organizing a??for up to four of the contributors to the book??until?24 April 2014. The tour features editor’s?Refaat Alareer?and book contributors?Yousef Aljamal,?Rawan Yaghi, and?Sarah Ali. They will share from their experiences growing up in Gaza preserved in the book.

• Americans for Peace Now,??and??are organizing the event?John Kerry’s Framework?More of the Same, or a Fresh Approach to Israel-Palestine Peace??with?Ziad Abu Zayyad, Co-Editor and Publisher (Palestine-Israel Journal), and?Hillel Schenker, Co-Editor (Palestine-Israel Journal), on11 April 2014?in Washington DC. Additional information is available at?info@fmep.org or +1-202-835-3650.

• ?is organizing a poetry reading event with Icelandic-Palestinian poet?Mazen Maarouf. The poetry reading will be followed by a Q&A moderated by poet and writer?Nathalie Handal. The event takes place on?14 April 2014?at 12.30pm, Knox Hall, Room 208, Columbia University. It’s free and open to the public.

• ?(CMEP) 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 here??as well as the?.

• ?published??on?7 April 2014, focused on the actions of the Israeli Government and military as well as statements of Israeli officials.

• ?is hosting in Pasadena (CA) its annual??Food Four Thought, Food for the Soul and Food for Gaza?on?19 April 2014?with guest speakers?Laila El-Haddad(,?) and?Ali Abunimah (Electronic Intifada).

• ??its supporters to call on US lawmakers on Tax Day,?15 April 2014, urging them to hold Israel accountable for misusing US weapons in violation of US laws to commit human rights abuses of Palestinians.

• ?presented on?3 April 2014?a new??with?Tyler Levitan, Campaign Coordinator for?, who talks about about IJV’s?Expose the Jewish National Fund JNF campaign, their new postcard initiative, and their support for the BDS movement.

• Ali Abunimah?(Electronic Intifada) is on a??for his book?The Battle for Justice in Palestine?until?23 April 2014. He will be joined by?Refaat Alareer?and?Rawan Yahgi, editor and contributor to the new collection?,?on?22 April 2014?for the? of his book in Berkeley.

• Norman Finkelstein?(author, researcher), will be speaking in??on?22 April 2014?on the topic?Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What’s Possible, What’s Not.

GLOBAL

• ?is organizing a??of?Not A Dream Land, on artists and their subculture in the Gaza Strip in Paris on?10 April 2014. The event will be presented by French photographer?Anne Paq.

• ?released a??on?3 April 2014 to welcome Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s move to seek admission in 15 international conventions and treaties and to urge the Palestinians to sign up to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

• ?published a new??on?7 April 2014?entitled?OneVoice, Two States – Peace IS Possible.

UNITED NATIONS

• The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?hosted a??with?Ziad Abu Zayyad, Co-Editor and Publisher (Palestine-Israel Journal), and?Hillel Schenker, Co-Editor (Palestine-Israel Journal), on?8 April 2014 at the 麻豆APP Headquarters.

• 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!