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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 March 2014

EUROPE

• ?is organizing in Brussels on?22 March 2013?a carnival entitled? .

• ?is organizing?a private briefing with UNRWA’s Director of Operations in Gaza,?Robert Turner?on?14 March 2014?at the Boardroom of the?. Please contact Joseph Willits,?willitsj@caabu.org, for more information and to RSVP.

• ?(CPJPO),??and??are organizing the event??on?12 March 2014.

• ?posted on?10 March 2014?the.

• ?(IPSC) is hosting human rights activist and journalist?Eva Barlett?on?29 March 2013?in Dublin for a??about the situation in the Gaza Strip. As well, IPSC is organizing an??on?13 March 2014.

• ?issued a??on?28 February 2014 calling on the British public and the UK Government to apply all available pressure to bring an immediate end to Israel’s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes and structures in West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to fulfil its legal and moral obligations under international law.

• ?is co-organizing the festival??on?23 March 2014.

• ,?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.

• ?and?Isolera Israel?are organizing on?13 March 2014?the event??with Palestinian spoken word artist?Rafeet Ziadah.

• ?launched a new??on?12 March 2014 asking its supporters to contact UK Prime Minister David Cameron and demand him to recognize Palestinian rights and the urgent need to end Israel’s violations of international law; to call for an immediate and final lifting of the Gaza blockade, to exclude settlement goods from UK markets; and to ban all military sales and imports to and from Israel.

• Mairead Maguire?(1976 Nobel Peace Prize)??on?8 March 2014?that she would support the BDS movement until the Palestinian right to self-determination is recognized by Israel.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?(AIC) is organizing a??on?15-16 March 2014 in the Jordan Valley.

• ?(BTS) posted on?9 March 2014?on its??a photo series by?Daniel Roth, who recently joined BTS on a tour in Hebron. Photos are available on Daniel’s?.

• ?and the??(PCRSS) organized on?20 February 2014?a? in Qalqilya with 150 activists and political and military elites on security issues in a final status agreement, presenting Palestinians with an opportunity to engage with their leaders on one of the core aspects of the conflict.

• ?(PCHR) released its latest weekly??covering the period?27 February to 5 March 2014.

• ?issued a??on?10 March 2014?expressing its deep concern about the continued deterioration of living conditions of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.

NORTH AMERICA

• Americans for Peace Now,??and??are organizing the event?Crossing the Divide: How Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism Can Coexist?on?24 March 2014?in Washington DC with?Rabbi Arik Ascherman?and?Zakaria Sadeh?(). For more information and to RSVP please contact:?info@fmep.org.

• ?(ATFP) issued on?10 March 2014?on the occasion of its 10th anniversary a detailed set of explanations of exactly what AFTP is, what it does and why.

• ?(FOSNA) delivered on?5 March 2014?an? signed by over 200 bishops, clergy, members of religious orders, and theologians asking the Pope to speak out against the targeting and systematic abuse of Palestinian children by the Israeli military. FOSNA’s supporters can now add their names in support to the petition.

• ?is organizing a two-day conference,?,?on?21-22 March 2014?in Pleasant Hill (CA).?Illan Pappé(Exeter University),?Omar Barghouti?(Researcher and human rights activist),?Richard Falk?(Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT) will speak at the event. Please register?.

• ?is hosting in Pasadena (CA) its annual fundraiser?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). Registration is available?.

• ?hosted in Washington DC a??on?11 March 2013?about the current status of the peace process. The talk featured three veteran peace process experts –?Daniel Levy, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations;?Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives and Distinguished Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and?Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland.

• ?Youth Leaders?Mattan Peretz?(OneVoice Israel) and?Obada Shtaya?(One Voice Palestine)??on?3 March 2014 to NPR’s Pittsburgh affiliate, 90.5 WESA, about the concerns of everyday Israelis and Palestinians, prevailing views on the peace talks, and the importance of grassroots action to realize the two-State solution.

• ?is organizing a??in Philadelphia on?28-29 March 2014?entitled?The Role of the US in Israel-Palestine: Current Realities & Creative Responses.Ali Abunimah(The Electronic Intifada),?Phyllis Bennis?(Institute for Policy Studies),?Riham Barghouti?(Adalah-NY) and?Josh Ruebner?(US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation) will speak at the event along with other experts. Please register online?.

• Ali Abunimah?(Electronic Intifada) is on a??for his book?The Battle for Justice in Palestine?until?23 April 2014.

GLOBAL

• ?published a new report entitled?on?10 March 2014. The report reveals that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been carried out on Palestinian and Syrian civilians in Yarmouk refugee camp, on the outskirts of Damascus.

UNITED NATIONS

• ?and the?Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?(CEIRPP) jointly appealed on?10 March 2014 for international support to the Palestinians. The two sides convened a meeting under the co-chairmanship of the League’s Secretary General Nabil Elaraby and CEIRPP Chairman Abdou-Salam Diallo.

• 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 its latest??covering the period?25 February to 3 March 2014.

• ?(UNRWA) launched a??for Syria. More than 130 organizations support the initiative which lasts until?18 March 2014. Add your voices #WithSyria?#LetUsThrough.

• The Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process,?on?11 March 2014?his deep concern at reports that three Palestinians died in separate security-related incidents in the West Bank within a 24-hour period, and called for restraint by all concerned.