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
12 February 2014

ASIA

• , an Australian prime time television investigative journalism show, released on?10 February 2014?the??Stone Cold Justice?about child arrests and other violations of children’s rights in the OPT. The documentary features?Yehuda Shaul, co-founders of?.EUROPE

• ?is organizing a civilian observers’ mission in the West Bank during the second week of April 2014. A training session is scheduled on?22 February 2014. More information is available via email inquiry at?abp.eccp@skynet.be,?communication.abp@gmail.com.

• ?is??on?19 February 2014?a feature film??about the Bedouin’s situation by?Ami Livne.

• ?in Brussels is??on?21-23 February 2014?the??with co-founders?Ashtar Muallem?and?Fadi Zmorrod.

• ?posted on?28 January 2014?a new??featuring a conversation with Australian activist and artist?Phil Monsour.

• ,?the General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference?and?the Palestinian Forum?announced the launch and preparation for the?to be held in Paris on?3 May 2014.

• ?launched a??on?5 February 2014 calling on its supporters to ask Sainsbury’s chain of UK supermarkets to stop trading with suppliers which profit from Israeli settlements.

• ?is convening its annual general meeting on?23 February 2014?in Stockholm. More information is available via email atpalestinagruppen.stockholm@gmail.com. The group is also co-organizing the festival??on?23 March 2014.

• ?is organizing a??in Madrid on?21 February 2014?to raise awareness of the situation of Palestine refugee children.?The following artists will perform at the event:?Ismael Serrano,?Luis Eduardo Aute,?Marwan,?Luis Ramiro,?Andrés Suárez?y?Funambulista.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• 25 aid organizations operating in Palestine??on?6 February 2014 for an end to demolitions of Palestinian homes and obstruction of aid.

• ?published a new??on?6 February 2014?entitled?NGOs vs. Grassroots Movements: A False Dichotomy. It addresses the question: are people’s movements intrinsically superior to NGOs or is there a role for different types of organizations in the Palestinian civil society spectrum?

• ?(PCHR) released on?6 February 2014?its weekly?covering the period 30 January to 5 February 2014. PCHR also issued together with the??(IDMC) on?1 February 2014?a??entitledUnder Fire?– Israel’s enforcement of Access Restricted Areas in the Gaza Strip.

• ?brought together 300 Palestinian activists on?31 January 2014?to long-abandoned houses north of the Dead Sea to establish the?of “Ein Hijleh”. The aim of the action was to protest demands made by the Israeli Government to retain control of the Jordan Valley and other settlements in the midst of current peace negotiations. The IDF??the residents of the protest village on 7 February.

NORTH AMERICA

• ?is organizing from?28 February to 1 March 2014?a symposium entitled?2014 New Directions in Palestinian Studies. RSVP?.

• ?(CMEP) is calling on its supporters to? and its monastery and convent near Bethlehem against the construction of the Separation Wall.

• ?(IMEU) published on?6 February 2014?a??entitled?Israeli Violations of Palestinian Academic Freedom & Access to Education.

• ?is hosting?Ali Abunimah?(Electronic Intifada) on?22 April 2014?in Berkeley for the release of his new book?.

• ?is??on?16 February 2014?in Vancouver the film?by award-winning producer Connie Fields.

• ?and other organizations calling for human rights and for the rule of law in Israel and Palestine published an??on?8 February 2014 urging US academic institutions to reaffirm their commitment to free and open campus debate.

• ?is organizing a book??of??by?Josh Ruebner, National Advocacy Director of the US Campaign, throughout the months of February and March. The next event is taking place on?27 February 2014 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

• ?presented on?9 February 2014?a new??with?Josh Ruebner, National Advocacy Director of the?, to talk about his book??and the Campaign’s work and objectives.

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!

• ?released on?7 February 2014?a new? focusing on the Israeli demolitions of Palestinian property in the Jordan Valley.

• ?is organizing under the umbrella of the?International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People?a??of the multi award-winning documentary??on?19 February 2014?at the 麻豆APP. A conversation between co-director?Emad Burnat?and Oscar-winning filmmaker?Michael Moore?will follow the screening. The conversation will be webcast? from 3:00 pm EST.

• ?(WFP) released on?6 February 2014?a??on the Gaza Strip entitled?Is the closure of the tunnels from Egypt further suffocating the Gaza economy?