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
29 September 2014

ASIA

• is holding its next meeting on?18 September 2014?in Bangkok. For more information contactpalestinesolidaritythailand@gmail.com?for more information.

EUROPE

• ,??(ABP),?,??as well as other groups are supporting a week of movie screenings, debates, meetings, photo exhibits and concerts on?13-17 September 2014?in Brussels. The event is organized by?Plateforme Watermael-Boitsfort Palestine?under the title?Israel Palestine beyond prejudices. The programme is available?.

• ?will dedicate its next event on?2 October 2014?in Brussels. For more information please contact:?cafepalestinebe@gmail.com.

• ?(CPJPO) will resume its meetings in Luxembourg on?23 September 2014. For more information contact:paixjuste.lu@gmail.com .

• ?is hosting an exclusive London? on?24 September 2014?of the movie?Open Bethlehem?by acclaimed Palestinian British filmmaker?Leila Sansour. The screening will be followed by a Q&A moderated by broadcaster and author?Melvyn Bragg.

• ?is organizing a Labour Party Fringe? on?21 September 2014 on Palestinian human rights?in Manchester.?Chi Onwurah?MP,?Richard HowittMEP,?Dr. Mona El Farra?(Gaza Projects) and?Kamel Hawwash?(PSC) will speak at the event.

• ?will take place on?18-20 September 2014. Download the full programme?.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?released a? on?9 September 2014?entitled?Inequality in Central Government Transfers to Municipalities?highlighting that residents of Israeli settlements have received a disproportionate amount of State funds over the past 20 years.

• issued a press release on?10 September 2014?saying the group expected the Israeli investigations into the Gaza hostilities to be a whitewash.

• ?and??issued a joint??on?4 September 2014?under the title?Israel is unwilling to investigate harm caused to Palestinians. ?launched on?3 September 2014?a petition on? calling on the European Union and European Commission to demand that Israel reverse the confiscation of 1,700 dunums of Palestinian land for a settlement.

• J-Street?is inviting its supporter to sign a? for the US to call Israeli settlements illegal and for a thorough review of American policy regarding settlements.

• ?is running a??on? until?15 September 2014?to collect funds for their psycho-social Helpline project in the Gaza Strip.

• ?(PCHR) issued its latest??on Israeli human rights violations in the OPT on?4 September 2014?covering the period 28 August – 3 September 2014.

NORTH AMERICA

• ?hosted the??The Gaza War – The Strategic and Political Dimensions?on?11 September 2014. The event featured?Professor Efraim Inbar?who discussed the attrition strategy adopted by Israel’s Government toward Hamas in Gaza. For more information please contact?ml3408@columbia.edu.

• ?(IMEU) released on?10 September 2014?the??50 Days of Death & Destruction: Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge”.?IMEU also published on?4 September 2014?an? with?Diana Buttu?(Al-Shabaka) and?Mouin Rabbani?(Institute for Palestine Studies) on?Palestinian National Unity and The Schism Between Fatah and Hamas.

• ?(FMEP) is co-organizing the event?Palestinian-Israeli Initiatives for a Better Future?with?Ali Abu Awwad,?Palestinian activist and pacifist, on?16 September 2014?in Washington. The registration form can be found?.

• ?(MECA) is??Michel Gondry’s documentary?Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy??featuring?Noam Chomsky?on?17 September 2014?in Oakland (CA). Benefits will go to the children of Gaza. MECA will also host in Berkeley (CA) on?6 November 2014?the? of award-winning reporter?Nora Barrows-Friedman’s new book documenting the emergence and success of the Students for Justice in Palestine movement.

• ?is organizing an? with?Richard Forer, author of?Breakthrough: Transforming Fear into Compassion-A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict?on?14 September 2014?in?Denver?(CO).

• ?is organizing its??in San Diego (CA) entitled?The Mainstreaming of BDS and Continuing Struggle for Palestinian Rights?on?19-21 September 2014.

GLOBAL

• ?updated on?5 September 2014?its Gaza Conflict?

• (HRW) published an article on?11 September 2014?focusing on the three Israeli attacks that damaged Gaza schools housing displaced people during “Operation Protective Edge”.

• ?(RToP) will organize on?24-25 September 2014?in Brussels an??on “Israel’s Crimes in the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge”. Read their latest?.

• Aid agencies, the UN and the Government of Palestine?issued an??appeal?on?9 September 2014?requesting US$551 million for urgent humanitarian needs for civilians affected by the Gaza Crisis. The full text is is available?.

• 42 Palestinian, Israeli, and international organizations?issued a joint??on?11 September 2014?to urgently call on world leaders to stop Israeli plans to forcibly transfer thousands of Palestinian Bedouins out of their communities in the central part of the West Bank and into a designated township.

UNITED NATIONS

• The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?hosted a briefing on Gaza and the current political situation in Palestine with PLO Executive Committee member?Hanan Ashrawi?on?2 September 2014?at the 麻豆APP Headquarters. Watch the video?. Ms. Ashrawi also took part, together with Palestinian Ambassador?Riyad Mansour,?in a?.

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

• ?issued its most recent??on?2 September 2014?covering the period 26 August-1 September.