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NGO Action News
18 June 2014

ASIA

• ?is holding a meeting on?19 June 2014?in Bangkok at 7.00pm (Grand President Executive Serviced Apartments, 8th?floor, Tower 2) to discuss activities to mark the 10th?anniversary of the benchmark??of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the OPT. For more information please contact:?palestinesolidaritythailand@gmail.com.

EUROPE

• ?is organizing on?26 June 2014?a??with?Nawal Sleimah, founder and director of?, a Palestinian women’s traditional embroidery cooperative. Ms. Sleimah will speak about the role that women in Hebron are playing in strengthening communities through embroidery.

• ?(CPJPO)?is organizing its last cine-club session before the summer break with the??Bridge over the Wadi by Barak Heymann (2008) focusing on a the experience of a bi-national Israeli-Palestinian school.

• ?is organizing a? for Palestine in Paris on?21 June 2014.

• ?and??are organizing a??in Amsterdam on?25 June 2014?addressing a recent multi-experts? on Palestinian children in military detention (Dutch only).

• ?(IPSC) is hosting in Cork?, an exhibition by Algerian-Belgian photographer?Asmaa Sebafeaturing 21 portraits of former Palestinian women detainees in Israeli jails. IPSC is also organizing a? to the West Bank on?2-10 August 2014.

• ?(MAP) is organizing the event??to raise money to support Palestinians, on 7 September 2014.

• ?(Belgium)?is proposing an? to explore Palestinian past and present, on?1-10 August 2014.

• ?presents on?19-29 June 2014?in Dublin an??and multi-media installation featuring photographs and testimonies from?, a group of former Israeli soldiers who served in the OPT. The organization is also hosting the seminar event??on?25 June?with?Yehuda Shaul?(Breaking the Silence),?Dearbhla Glynn?(Documentary filmmaker),?Anthony Haughey?(Artist, lecturer, photographer) and?Eilish Dillon?(Lecturer, researcher & member of Dóchas). For more information or to RSVP please contact:?nguiheen@trocaire.ie.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?issued a? on?12 June 2014?focusing on the Palestinian detainees and prisoners on hunger strike since 24 April 2014.

• ?(ACRI)?posted on?12 June 2014?an??entitled?East Jerusalem Water Crisis Persists While Government Authorities Trade Blame.

• ?published on?12 June 2014?a? confirming that a live bullet was the cause of the death of the Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli forces on 15 May during clashes in the West Bank town of Beitunia.

• ?published on?16 June 2014?

• ?(ICRC) issued a? on?17 June 2014?stating that it was intensifying its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance. The ICRC also called on all concerned parties to fully comply with international humanitarian law, in particular by allowing medical personnel to carry out their activities in safety.

• ?(ICAHD)? will take place 3-18 August 2014 near Jerusalem.

• ?Tal Harris?(OneVoice Israel) and?Samer Makhlouf?(OneVoice Palestine) were awarded the?on?9 June 2014?from The Institute of International Education. OneVoice also announced the launch of?. IMPACT will concentrate on American “grasstop” actors in influential communities and among thought leaders and policy makers to foster and ensure effective US diplomacy to end the conflict.

• ?(PCHR) released its latest??covering the period?5 to 11 June 2014.

NORTH AMERICA

• ,?,?,?,??and? posted on?4 June 2014?the video testimonies of their recent congressional briefing?Examining Israel’s discrimination against US Citizens?held in Washington on 21 May.?Yousef Munayyer?(The Jerusalem Fund),?Sandra Tamari?(St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee),?Donna Nevel?(community psychologist, educator, and writer) and?Nour Joudah?(Georgetown University) took part in a panel discussion.

• ?will host its? on?18 November 2014?in Washington to honour the achievements of Palestinian Americans.

• ?presents the first annual Palestinian Film Festival in Santiago, Chile at the Cineteca Nacional (Centro Cultural La Moneda). This weeklong festival, which runs?23-29 June 2014, will feature iconic works from Palestinian cinema. For more information and the full programme please click?.

• ?(CMEP) held a?on 8 June 2014 as Pope Francis prayed with President Mahmoud Abbas and President Shimon Peres in Rome.

• ?is now accepting??for its?2014 Summer Camp for Diaspora Palestinian youth and friends aged 14-17 years old.

• ?is now discussing at its biennial General Assembly held in Detroit on?14-21 June 2014?a??related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including divestment from three US companies that profit from Israeli abuses of Palestinian human rights: Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions. Its announced in a statement on?17 June?that an overture endorsing selective divestment from the three mentioned US companies has been passed by a vote of 45-20 by the 221st?GA Middle East Issues Committee.

• ?will be holding its??in San Diego, CA, on?19-21September 2014. Confirmed speakers include?Ali Abunimah, co-founder of??and author of?, and?Marjorie Cohn, former President of the?.

• ?has? on?12 June 2014?the manager of its US$ 20 billion pension fund to sell immediately all shares in G4S, a private supplier of security services and equipment for Israeli prisons.

• ?is calling for a??on?6-13 July 2014?to celebrate BDS victories. The campaign will also host a Summer BDS Camp 10-14 August in North Carolina. Click??for more information.

GLOBAL

• ?and??produced a? about Ahlam, a young female football player in Ramallah, Palestine. The film is part of a global campaign to invite passionate football fans from different parts of the world to the world cup.

• More than 30 Palestinian coalitions and organizations, on the occasion of the 10th?anniversary of the benchmark??of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the OPT, are calling on people all across the world to join efforts and make?July 2014?the month?.#STOPIMPUNITY.

UNITED NATIONS

• 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? covering the period?27 May-2 June 2014.

• ?is still mobilizing until 28 July for its?#giveforfood?campaign to help the over 1 million Palestine refugees who are unable to afford even their minimum food requirements. Please click??to support the campaign.