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NGO Action News
14 January 2014

EUROPE

• ?and??are hosting the??La Nakba – La Catastrophe?designed by the association?from?24 January to 14 February 2014.

• ?received on?2 January 2014?an??from?Hanan Ashrawi, Head of the PLO’s Department of Culture and Information, in recognition of the charity’s work for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees.

• ?is organizing a??on?18 January 2014?outside the Israeli Embassy in London to mark the 5th?anniversary of the end of the Israeli “Operation Cast Lead” on the Gaza Strip.

NORTH AMERICA

• ?announced on?13 January 2014?on its??that the Israeli company SodaStream, which is the focus of an international campaign against companies involved with Israeli settlements,? unexpectedly low sales for the last quarter.

• ?is launching??from?15 to 30 January 2014, a call to action to free all Palestinian political prisoners and to end the Palestinian Authority security coordination with Israel. Posters and materials are available?.

• ?published on?10 January 2014?two videos of the event?Gaza in Crisis: Eyewitness Reports?organized in Vancouver on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November). The??features?Kevin Neish, activist and Mavi Marmara participant; the??features?Eva Barlett, journalist and activist who lived for extended periods in the Gaza Strip. CAP also released a report on?14 January 2014?entitled?, focusing on Canada’s support to Israel.

• ?at Columbia University seeks applicants for a residential Fellowship in “Palestine & Law” for the 2014-2015 academic year. Interested applicants should propose a course of research and scholarship relating to a range of domestic, regional or international legal issues concerning Palestinians and/or Palestine. The deadline for application is?3 February 2014. Please click? for more information.

• ?published on?13 January 2014?a??entitled?Atrocities & Bantustans: The Legacy of Ariel Sharon.

• ?informed its supporters that the 16 January 2014 event?Israel-Palestine talks: Deadlock or Breakthrough? Is There an Alternative??featuring PLO official?Hanan Ashrawi?was cancelled.

• ?is organizing a??on?16 January to share information about the history of their campaign; their different mechanisms including media, legislative, educational, regulatory and judicial efforts; and their tips to start a campaign to end states and municipal governments’ investments in Israel. RSVP required.

• ?is??the movie?When I Saw You?by Palestinian director?Annemarie Jacir?until?22 January 2014.

• ?published on its blog??on?7 January 2014?a series of photos from?Tanya Habjouqa, a Jordanian-born photographer, entitled?

• ?published on?31 December 2013?a? of some of their top victories and achievements in 2013.

• ?presented on?11 January 2014?a new??with?Muath Abu Alqumssan?from the?. Muath, himself a former political prisoner, discusses the upcoming events to call for freedom for all Palestinian political prisoners, including Ahmad Sa’adat, and for an end to the security cooperation with Israel.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?and??organized on?11 January 2014?a? in Hebron with some 300 Palestinians and Israelis to advance joint Palestinian-Israeli actions to end Israeli occupation and racism and to promote a just peace for all in the region.

• ?will organize??taking place on?22 January 2014. This upcoming tour will be a unique opportunity to hear about the reality in the city from Breaking the Silence co-Founder,?Yehuda Shaul.

• ?published on?8 January 2014?a? showing a group of masked settlers from the settlement of “Yitzhar” smashing an electricity meter and throwing stones at a Palestinian home and school in the Palestinian town of Urif near Nablus.

• ?issued on?10 January 2014?its new??covering the month of November 2013 during which a? of 173 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, an increase of 16.4 percent from the previous month.

• ?organized its??on?10-11 January 2014 in Ramallah and Jerusalem bringing together Israeli and Palestinian representatives to engage in grassroots negotiations and hold talks on solutions to the conflict.

• ?issued an??on?9 January 2014 regarding new settlement-related developments in Hebron.

• ?released on?9 January 2014?its weekly?covering the period 2 to 8 January 2014.

• ?and the??will organize their??from?8 to 17 February 2014.?Besides olive planting, the programme features introductory presentations about the current situation in Palestine and the effects of the Separation Wall, tours in the old city of Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, as well as Ramallah, in addition to cultural events and social gatherings.

UNITED NATIONS

• The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?will launch the?International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People(#2014forPalestine)?at the opening of its 2014 session on?16 January 2014. The meeting will be webcast live?.

• ?released its??on?10 January 2014, covering the period 31 December 2013 to 6 January 2014.

• ’蝉?Give Peace a Chance? is still available for free distribution, reprinting or reproduction.

• ?is organizing at the UN Secretariat on?20 January 2014?a screening of the documentary?Where Should The Birds Fly, about the situation in the Gaza Strip followed by a conversation between the director?Fida Qishta?and the author-journalist?Laila El-Haddad. For more information please contact:?valenzuela2@un.org.