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
28 August 2014

ASIA

• ?will take place?6-7 September 2014. Laila El-Haddad, journalist and co-author of?, will be a guest speaker.

EUROPE

• ABF Stockholm?and??are organizing a??entitled?Palestine – what happens now??on?8 September 2014?in Stockholm.?Yasser Abu Jamei?from the? (GCMHP) will participate in the discussion along with other guest speakers.

• ?(ABP) organized a? in Brussels on?17 August 2014?in solidarity with Palestine.

• ?(AIUK) and??are hosting the??Gaza: The Origins of the Current Crisis and where next??with?Jean Pierre-Filiu, author of?on 2 September 2014 in London.

• ,??(ABP),?,??as well as other groups are supporting a week of movie screenings, debates, meetings, photo exhibits and concerts on?13-17 September 2014?in Brussels. The event is organized by?Plateforme Watermael-Boitsfort Palestine?under the title?Israel Palestine beyond prejudices. The programme is available?.

• ?will dedicate its next event on?4 September 2014?to discuss the recent attack on the Gaza Strip, and assess the actions of the Belgian Solidarity movement during the Israeli offensive. For more information please contact:?cafepalestinebe@gmail.com.

• ?(CPJPO) will resume its meetings in Luxembourg on?23 September 2014. For more information contact:paixjuste.lu@gmail.com.

• ?[link doesn’t work]?issued on?26 August 2014?an? based on research by the organization entitled?Israeli Assault on Gaza by Numbers in 50 Days.

• The Last Summer Dance Festival?is taking place in Luxembourg on?30 August 2014. It will feature a media workshop media with director, multimedia journalist and member of (CPJPO)?Charlotte Bruneau.

• ?(MAP) released on?21 August 2014?a? from its last medical mission to the Gaza Strip.

• ?along with other groups?is organizing a mass lobbying effort of the UK Parliament on behalf of the Gaza Strip on?9 September 2014?in London. Click for more information.

• ?is organizing a gathering on?5 September 2014?against the Gaza blockade. For more information visit the Platform’s Facebook?.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?issued on?11 August 2014?the? Palestinian Youth Voices Suppressed during Gaza War.

• ?updated on?11 August 2014?its? Families Bombed at Home.

• ?(OVP)?launched on?17 August 2014?the? calling for an immediate end to violence and asking Palestinians to rally around their leadership.

• ?(PCHR) updated its? on “Operation Protective Edge” on?27 August 2014.

• The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council?(PHROC) sent on?13 August 2014?a??to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon concerning the hostilities in the Gaza Strip.

NORTH AMERICA

• ,?,??and??launched on?26 August 2014?a??toPresident Obama?demanding accountability for Israeli leaders as well as? for the Palestinian people.

• The Center for Constitutional?Rights?(CCR), the??(NLG) [they don’t have actual websites?] as well as other legal groups sent on?22 August 2014?a? to International Criminal Court?Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, urging her to use the Court’s power under Article 15 of the Rome Statute to initiate an investigation into war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity committed by the Israeli Government in the Gaza Strip under “Operation Protective Edge”.

• ?(MECA) organized a benefit dinner in Santa Clara (CA) with Dr. Norman Finkelstein, author and scholar, on?25 August 2014 [at which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was discussed?]. MECA will also host in Berkeley (CA) on?6 November 2014?the? of award-winning reporter?Nora Barrows-Friedman’s new book documenting the emergence and success of the Students for Justice in Palestine movement.

• ?is organizing an? with?Richard Forer, author of?Breakthrough: Transforming Fear into Compassion-A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict?on?14 September 2014?in?Denver?(CO).

• ?is organizing its??in San Diego (CA) entitled?The Mainstreaming of BDS and Continuing Struggle for Palestinian Rights?on?19-21 September 2014. Click? to see the programme and list of speakers.

• ?published an??on?14 August 2014?with human rights activist?Kevin Neish?about the next Freedom Flotilla to Gaza planned for later this year.

GLOBAL

• ?and??issued a? on?20 August 2014?calling on Israel to allow immediate access to Gaza for their staff and other international human rights organizations so they can investigate allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict.

• ?(AWID) published on?21 August 2014?an? with?Abir Copty?(Free University of Berlin, former city council member in Nazareth) on Palestine, feminism and the BDS movement.

• ?(RToP) will organize on?24-25 September 2014?in Brussels an? on Israel’s crimes in the Gaza Strip during “Operation Protective Edge”. Like previous sessions the jury will be composed of high-profile legal specialists and human rights activists.

• ?(WCC) issued a??on Gaza on?11 July 2014?and another??on?22 July.

UNITED NATIONS

• The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?will host a? on Gaza and the current political situation in Palestine with PLO Executive Committee member?Hanan Ashrawi?on?2 September 2014?at the 麻豆APP Headquarters.

• 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 most recent??on?25 August 2014?as well as a? on?26 August.

• The Working Group of?the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?hosted on?26 August 2014?a briefing on the??with?Pierre Galand, former Belgian Senator and President of the European Coordination Committee for Palestine ().