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NGO Action News
11 March 2016

The United States of America

  • On 8 March in Massachusetts, Students for Justice in Palestine staged a new? by Jen Marlowe Draws ¡°There is a Field¡± an intimate story about Palestinian family¡¯s journey through grief and struggle for justice.
  • On 10 March, a Palestine Film Festival was organized in Ann Arbour, Michigan.
  • On 11 March in California, Peace/The Palestinian Children Care is organizing a charity benefit? featuring Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf.
  • The Centre for Palestinian Studies at Columbia University on 22 March presented a book??¡°Oriental Neighbours: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in mandatory Palestine¡± by Abigail Jacobson.

Europe

  • On 9 March the Ireland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in Dublin organized the screening of award-winning Palestinian? ¡°Omar¡± as part of the Israeli Apartheid week.
  • On 11 March, Palestinian solidarity campaign-West Surrey Branch and Amnesty International Farnham Group are organizing a public? on ¡°Israeli Occupation and Palestinian Sumud ¡± by Hamed Qawasmeh.
  • On 13 March in Dublin, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organizing a Palestinian?.
  • On 17 March, BADIL Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights with the participation of international and national organizations based in the OPT is organizing side events on ¡°Israel¡¯s forcible transfer of Palestinians inside the occupied Palestinian territory¡± at the UN in Geneva.
  • On 1 April in the UK, the Hamilton House Gallery is hosting an art? by Roger Farnworth-Bristol ¡°from Warleggan to the West Bank¡± followed by a Palestinian music and movies screening event.
  • The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights published its weekly (3-9 March)??on ¡°Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory¡±.

Global

  • On 31 March, Australians for Palestine in Melbourne, Australia are organizing day? ¡°In the Eye of the Storm: Palatine and the New Media¡±.
  • G4S has announced it will sell its Israeli subsidiary.

Âé¶¹APP

  • On 23 March on the occasion of the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the Âé¶¹APP is organizing a? of ¡°Speed Sisters ¡°at the UN headquarters in New York.
  • On 14 March, the Working Group of the Palestinian Rights Committee will organize a Panel discussion ¡°Women¡¯s role in the search for Israeli-Palestinian peace¡± on the margins of CSW 60.