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NGO Action News
21 April 2015

EUROPE

• ?(ABP) organized a training activity on 4 April in Liege on International Solidarity with the Palestinian people. ABP also held a discussion on the representation of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in the arts during?

• ?(UK)?has launched an? focusing on party policy and candidates’ views on the Middle East and encourages its supporters to write to their local candidates.

• ?held a discussion on 18 April on?, that aims to replant 50,000 olive trees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

• ?(ECCP) launched a? in which European supporters can call on their European Parliamentarians to take decisive steps to suspend the association agreement with Israel.

• ,? documenting Israeli harassment at the Erez border crossing, reveals that an increasing number of Gaza businessmen are being detained while attempting to cross into Israel for routine trips.

• ?(UK) called upon its supporters to take part in? to lift the blockade and rebuild Gaza.

• ?(UK) has questioned Parliamentary candidates around Britain? on the Palestinian question and the blockade of Gaza and to help voters to make an informed choice.

• ?has succeeded in its? and has announced that the new Freedom Flotilla 3 will sail again this spring to challenge the illegal blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.

• ?organized a??from 17 to 19 April entitled?International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalismwith panelists including Professor Oren Ben-Dor and Professor George Bisharat.

ISRAEL/PALESTINE

• ?with?,??and??issued a?calling on the international community to urge Israel to abide by international law regarding the human rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

• ?(ACRI) issued? on the rights of minors during detention, arrest and interrogation in the OPT with the aim to provide them with tools to reduce the violations of their rights.

• ?issued? condemning the international community and donors over slow Gaza reconstruction. The report said that ”Donors should make good on the pledges made at the Cairo conference and move forward with reconstruction and recovery projects for Gaza”.

• ?published a? how restrictions of movement of Palestinians in Hebron affect businesses and shops resulting in economic losses.

• -Palestine has released a new? entitled “Operation Protective Edge: A War Waged on Gaza’s Children” detailing the high price paid by children during Israel’s assault on Gaza last summer.

• ?(OVP) volunteers led? near Hebron for Land Day on 30 March partnering with local government agencies.

• ?(PCHR) issued a statement denouncing the Israeli decision to put PLC member, Khalida Jarrar, under six-month administrative detention. PCHR also led on 6 April a??on advocacy and campaigning dedicated to Palestinian human rights advocates.

NORTH AMERICA

• ?organized a protest on 12 April against the?– an art project sponsored by the Israeli Government- at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.

• ’s speaker, Suzanne Adely was invited to discuss about the role of local movements in supporting Palestine and?

• ?and??(USA-CA) organized on 17 April an? entitled?Re-Visions: Black and Brown Resisting State Violence, Commemorating Palestinian Prisoners Day.

• ?encouraged houses of worship nation-wide to display a? stating, “We Support Peace with Justice for Palestinians and Israelis” for Easter celebration.

• director, Dima Khalidi, spoke on 10 April at the “Israel Lobby Conference” about freedom of speech on American campuses.

• ?invited its supporters? about the situation of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day on 17 April.

• ?and??called for their supporters? outside of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shops during their annual Free Cone Day on April 14 to demand that the company stop selling ice cream in settlements.

• ?calls on its supporters to join and act?

GLOBAL

• ?issued an? on 8 April urging supporters to take action to advocate for the release of PLC member, Khalida Jarrar, arrested and detained pursuant to an administrative order.

• ?issued??on 13 April on the violation of child rights in West Bank settlements. The 74-page report says children as young as 11 work on some settlement farms, often in high temperatures and are exposed to hazardous pesticides.

UNITED NATIONS

• The 麻豆APP Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in? expressed concern about the continued and increasing use of administrative detention by Israeli authorities against Palestinians in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

• ?issued an emergency appeal for $ 30 million to provide life-sustaining assistance to the 18,000 Palestinian civilians trapped in Yarmouk refugee camp (Damascus, Syria), including 3,500 children, as well as to others affected by conflict and displacement in other areas.