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NGO Action News
23 December 2016

• Based on a survey mapping of Batan al-Hawa, on 21 December, B’Tselem concluded that the neighbourhood was currently undergoing “the most extensive dispossession proceedings” in in recent years.

• In relation to the ?by the Israeli army?, on 21 December, B’Tselem expressed concern in a press release entitled “Once again: Israeli military unlawfully shoots and kills Gazan protester and no-one will be held to account”.

• On 20 December, the Alternative Information Centre (AIC) expressed concern about the confiscation of land in the ancient , adjacent to the eastern walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli authorities had been continuously?,??and? in Bab al-Rahmah cemetery to build the Jerusalem Walls National Park, the AIC stated.

• On 19 December, BADIL Resource Centre released a film entitled , demanding greater protection for Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria.

• On 19 December, the UK-based called on citizens to ask Members of Parliament to raise the issue of FIFA recognising football teams from illegal Israeli settlements.

• The Spanish Xabaca initiative to support ists?has announced scholarships open to female artists from Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and Palestine. The deadline for applications is 15 January 2017.

• To improve scholarship about Palestinian affairs and strengthen linkages between Palestinian, American and other research institutions, the ?has announced six?. Deadlines for application vary, the earliest being 9 January 2017.

• On 19 December, former US diplomat Aaron David Miller, currently with the , moderated a conversation with Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat and David Horovitz, founding editor of the Times of Israel, addressing the question “what do Israelis and Palestinians expect from a Trump Administration?”

• On 12 December, ?Policy Director Josh Rueben published?a retrospective assessment of “Obama?s Legacy on Israel/Palestine” in the?Journal of Palestine Studies.麻豆APP

• In the framework of its partnerships with football clubs and YMCA-Gaza to promote gender equality, on 19 December, UN Women provided new equipment for Gaza’s only girls’ football team.

• On 16 December, UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk expressed concern about a worrying number of complaints received in recent months regarding ?arrested and, in many cases, arbitrarily detained, often apparently as a direct result of their work.