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
27 March 2014

ASIA

• ?is organizing a meeting on?27 March 2014?on the 8th?floor of the Grand President Executive Serviced Apartments in Bangkok. For more information please contact:?palestinesolidaritythailand@gmail.com.

EUROPE

• ?is hosting the??I wish I never Took a Photo of You?with the photographer, writer, producer, and intellectual?Yazan Khalili?on?3 April 2014 in Brussels.

• ?(ECCP) published an open??to Hewlett-Packard on?19 March 2014, calling on the company “…to stop all its contracts with Israel which take part to its policy of colonisation and oppression of the Palestinian people…”

• ?is taking place from?24 March to 6 April 2014 to promote quality and stimulating Palestine-related film and arts in Belgium (Brussels and Gent).

• ?(MAP) published a??on?13 March 2014. MAP is also organizing the event??on?7 September 2014.

• ,?the General Secretariat of the Palestinians in Europe Conference?and?the Palestinian Forum?will organize the??– A United Palestine for the Promise of Returnon?3 May 2014?in Paris.

• , in collaboration with the??and the?Asturian Agency for International Development, is displaying in different cities in Asturias an itinerant exhibition on the situation of women in the Gaza Strip entitled??until 31 March 2014. The Committee also held the seminar?Portraits from Gaza: The Representation of Women in Armed Conflict?on?25 March 2014?at the University of Oveido.?Soraida Hussein (Women’s Affairs Technical Committee) was one of the speakers.

• ?and the??organized a benefit concert entitled?Turkish Flamenco, held on?15 March 2014?to raise awareness on the situation of Palestinian refugee children in the Middle East.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?will??Ireland from?12 to 17 April 2014?with?dabka (traditional Palestinian dance) artists.

• ?(PCHR) released its latest weekly??covering the period?13 March to 19 March 2014. PCHR also announced on?25 March 2014?the publication of its? (Arabic version).

• ?and the??are organizing the second annual?, to be held?11?April?2014.

NORTH AMERICA

• ,?,??and??present?How Green Was My Valley – An Artists’ Talk?with Palestinian artists?Joseph Audeh,?Samira Badran?and?Mary Tuma?in conversation in New York on?4 April 2014. Click? for more information.

• ?and??are organizing a??for up to four of the contributors to the book??between?1 and 24 April 2014. The tour will feature editor’s?Refaat Alareer?and book contributors?Yousef Aljamal,?Rawan Yaghi, and?Sarah Ali. They will share from their experiences growing up in Gaza and from the book.

• Americans for Peace Now,??and??are organizing the event?John Kerry’s Framework?More of the Same, or a Fresh Approach to Israel-Palestine Peace??with?Ziad Abu Zayyad, Co-Editor and Publisher (Palestine-Israel Journal), and?Hillel Schenker, Co-Editor (Palestine-Israel Journal), on11 April 2014?in Washington DC. For more information and to RSVP please email?info@fmep.org or call +1-202-835-3650.

• ?is hosting the event?Palestinian Strengths?with?Amira Haas, Haaretz correspondent, on?9 April 2014. The event takes place at 7.00pm, Hamilton Hall, Room 702, Columbia University. It’s free and open to the public.

• ?(CMEP) organized??on?19 March 2014?with?Warren Clark, CMEP Director, following the conclusion of his private meetings with Palestinians and Israelis as well as the Armenian Patriarchate, Greek Patriarchate, Latin Patriarchate, Custos of the Holy Land and US Consulate officials.

• ?is hosting in Pasadena (CA) its annual fundraiser?Food Four Thought, Food for the Soul and Food for Gaza?on?19 April 2014?with guest speakers?Laila El-Haddad(,?) and?Ali Abunimah?(Electronic Intifada). Registration is available?.

• ?held a fundraiser on?22 March 2014?for the?Al Nakab Center for Youth Activities?in the Palestine refugee camp of Burj el Barajneh in Lebanon. The fundraiser featured performances by poet?Dina Omar, and hip hop artists?Omar Offendum?and?Power Struggle.

• ?is organizing a??in Philadelphia on?28-29 March 2014?entitled?The Role of the US in Israel-Palestine: Current Realities & Creative Responses.Ali Abunimah(The Electronic Intifada),?Phyllis Bennis?(Institute for Policy Studies),?Riham Barghouti?(Adalah-NY) and?Josh Ruebner?(US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation) will speak at the event along with other experts. Please register online?.

• ?(VTJP) is seeking solidarity volunteers for the second-annual?Free Cone Day Leafleting Action?at participating Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops taking place on?8 April 2014. This year’s event is part of VTJP’s campaign to? of Palestine and the sale of its ice cream in illegal Israeli settlements.

• ?presented on?19 March 2014?a new??with?Iymen Chehade, an instructor at Columbia College in Chicago, on the cancelation of his course on the history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at Columbia College and the resolution passed by the American Studies Association in support of the BDS movement.

• Ali Abunimah?(Electronic Intifada) is on a??for his book?The Battle for Justice in Palestine?until?23 April 2014.?He will be joined by?Refaat Alareer?and?Rawan Yahgi, editor and contributor to the new collection?,?on?22 April 2014?for the? of his book in Berkeley.

• Judith Butler?(UC Berkeley),?Rashid Khalidi?(Columbia University) and over 150 other scholars wrote an??on?5 March 2014, condemning the censorship and intimidation of Israel critics.

• Norman Finkelstein?(author, researcher), will be speaking in??on?22 April 2014?on the topic?Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict: What’s Possible, What’s Not.

• Josh Ruebner?(US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation) will be touring Pennsylvania to promote his book?Shattered Hopes: Obama’s failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace from?27 March to 1 April 2014. A full calendar of events is available via the author’s?.

GLOBAL

• ?announced the launch of its new digital grassroots platform on?19?March?2014. The newly redesigned websites include versions in,?,??and .

• ?held a global day of action on?22 March 2014 support of the implementation of the right of all Palestine refugees to return.

• ?is organizing an??of actions between?22 March (World Water Day) and 30 March 2014 (Palestinian Land Day). Mekorot is Israel’s National Water Company; see the December 2013 Who Profits?.

UNITED NATIONS

• ?has a??and an official hashtag?#2014forPalestine. Share the word and let us know about your International Year plans at?2014forPalestine@un.org!

• ?(ESCWA) published on?18 March 2014?a new??entitled?The Israeli Occupation of Palestine, Security Council Resolutions and Fourth Geneva Convention.

• ?held on?24 March 2014?an??with?Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. During the dialogue Mr. Falk introduced his final report to the Human Rights Council. On the same day, Human Rights Commissioner?Navi Pillay told the Council that “Israeli settlement-related activities and settler violence are at the core of many of the violations of human rights in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” she also expressed concern at a recent surge in violence in and around the Gaza Strip by both local groups and Israeli forces.

• ?Engaging for peace – the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People?opened in Quito on?25 March 2014?under the auspices of the?