{"id":283094,"date":"2015-03-31T11:02:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T15:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=283094"},"modified":"2022-11-17T11:21:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:21:12","slug":"ngo-action-news-31-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ngo-action-news-31-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 31 March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the Â鶹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 \u201cas is\u201d 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NGO Action News<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>31 March 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>AFRICA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fsm2015.org\/en\">The 2015 World Social Forum<\/a>\u00a0organized on 28 March a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people. All events related to the question of Palestine are available\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/registration.fsm2015.org\/wsf2015\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>EUROPE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.association-belgo-palestinienne.be\/\">Association belgo-palestinienne<\/a>\u00a0(ABP) is co-sponsoring the festival\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeonpalestine.be\/events-3\/\">Eye on Palestine<\/a> from 28 March to 5 April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestina-komitee.nl\/NPK\">The Dutch Palestine Committee<\/a>\u00a0(DPC)\u00a0invited its supporters on 16, 17 and 18 March to attend the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestina-komitee.nl\/agenda\">conference<\/a> on the Israeli Occupation and International Law with Michael Deas, a human rights activist Dina Zbidat, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and peace activist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/\">Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/a>\u00a0organized a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/press-releases\/palestines-blood-israels-profit-the-lab-national-film-tour-with-director-yotam-feldman\">national film screening tour<\/a>\u00a0featuring the award winning new documentary about the military-industrial complex in Israel,\u00a0the Lab. A series\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/upcoming-events\">of events, conference and protests<\/a> were scheduled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.map-uk.org\/\">Medical Aid for Palestine<\/a>\u00a0(MAP)\u00a0invites its supporters to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.map-uk.org\/events\/edinburgh-kilomarathon\">run for Palestine<\/a>\u00a0in a fundraising campaign on 29 March 2015 at the Edinburgh Kilomathon. MAP also asks its supporters to contact their MPs and to make them sign the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/edm\/2014-15\/827\">parliamentary motion<\/a> on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/\">Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/a>\u00a0(PSC) encourages its British supporters t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/50-days-till-the-general-election\/\">o contact their Parliamentary candidates<\/a> for the upcoming General Elections and require them to clarify their views on Palestine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinagrupperna.se\/grupper\/stockholm\">Palestiniangruppen I Stockholm<\/a>\u00a0commemorates the Land Day on 29 March with a<a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=auto&amp;langpair=auto%7Cen&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fus3.campaign-archive2.com%2F%3Fu%3Ddc648ccc6e3597da808b16ad8%26id%3D847daa071e%26e%3Dd3e232fb16\">\u00a0public discussion and book sales<\/a>\u00a0on international solidarity with Palestine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>NORTH AMERICA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/al-awdany.org\/\">Al Awda: Palestinian coalition for the right of return<\/a>\u00a0invites its supporters on 25 April to attend the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/al-awdany.org\/2015\/03\/march-25-mowing-the-lawn-understanding-ongoing-israeli-violence-in-gaza\/\">discussion<\/a> entitled \u2018Mowing the Lawn \u2013 Understanding Ongoing Israeli Violence in Gaza\u2019 organized by NYU Students for Justice in Palestine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpavancouver.org\/\">Canada Palestine Association<\/a>\u00a0(CPA) invites its supporters on 19 March to attend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1572262736365308\/\">the discussion<\/a>\u00a0organised by Critical Race and Postcolonial Feminist Theory Group entitled \u2018From Vancouver to Ferguson, Gaza and Beyond\u2026Resisting Settler Colonial\/Racial Violence\u2019.\u00a0CPA also launches\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/air-canada-ceo-calin-rovinescu-stop-outsourcing-to-israel-aerospace-industries-and-end-all-complicity-with-israeli-war-crimes\">an online petition<\/a> addressed to Air Canada CEO to put an end to the maintenance agreement\u00a0signed with Israeli Aerospace Industries, a military defense company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/necefsabeel.ca\/\">Canadian Friends of Sabeel<\/a>\u00a0will hold a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/necefsabeel.ca\/?page_id=973\">three-day conference<\/a> from 23 March entitled \u2018Seeking the Peace of Jerusalem: Overcoming Christian Zionism in the Quest for Justice\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/palestine\/\">The Center for Palestinian Studies<\/a>\u00a0(CPS) is organizing on 25, 26 and 27 March\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/palestine\/programs\/\">readings<\/a>\u00a0of plays within the framework of the theatre festival \u2018Permission to Narrate\u2019. The CPS also invites its supporters on 30 March to the discussion with\u00a0lawyer\u00a0Suhad Bishara\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/palestine\/programs\/\">on Bedouin \u201ccitizens\u201d in the Naqab (Negev)<\/a> desert entitled \u2018Contested Normality: Bedouin \u201cCitizens\u201d Under the Supreme Court of Israel\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmep.org\/\">Churches for Middle East Process<\/a>\u00a0(US) are calling their US supporters to send\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/action.cmep.org\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=19822\">a letter<\/a> to their members of Congress urging them to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endtheoccupation.org\/\">End the Occupation<\/a>\u00a0organized on 26 March an online training entitled\u00a0\u2018Israeli Military Detention: No Way to Treat a Child\u2019. End the Occupation also calls its supporters to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endtheoccupation.org\/article.php?id=4351\">take action against HP<\/a> complicity with the Israeli Occupation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fmep.org\/\">Foundation for Middle East Peace<\/a>\u00a0(US)\u00a0is organizing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/events\/jerusalem-divided-or-indivisible?can_id=fe4bf9c6c52e1d2e1a8fe55aeaad77a2&amp;source=email-event-324-jerusalem-divided-or-indivisible&amp;referrer=philip-sweigart&amp;email_referrer=event-324-jerusalem-divided-or-indivisible\">conference<\/a> on 24 March entitled \u2018Jerusalem, Divided or Indivisible?\u2019\u00a0with Yudith Oppenheimer, from Israeli NGO Ir Amim, and Nava Sheer, an urban planner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifamericansknew.org\/\">If Americans knew<\/a>\u00a0organized on 22 March\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifamericansknew.org\/about_us\/events.html\">a meeting<\/a> with Alison Weir, journalist and author, to discuss her new\u00a0book\u00a0\u201cAgainst Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nakbaeducation.com\/\">The Nakba Education Project<\/a>\u00a0is co-sponsoring with Badil and Zohrot a US Northeast speaking\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nakbaeducation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nakba-education-project-3.jpg\">tour<\/a>\u00a0on \u201cThe Ongoing Nakba\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>UNITED NATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unrwausa.org\/page.aspx?pid=329\">UNRWA (USA)<\/a>\u00a0is organizing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/unrwausa.org\/gaza5k\">The Gaza 5K race,<\/a> all over the US, in solidarity with Gaza refugee children affected by PTSD and other psychological trauma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/\">UNRWA<\/a>\u00a0calls for supporters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/donate\/vision-project\">donations<\/a> for \u2018The Vision Project\u2019\u00a0which aims at developing devices for blind and visually impaired kids in the Gaza Strip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People\u00a0held\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/event\/united-nations-seminar-on-assistance-to-the-palestinian-people-03-2015\/\">a seminar<\/a>\u00a0in Vienna from 31 March to 1 April on the Assistance to the Palestinian People focusing on \u201cSpeeding up relief, recovery and reconstruction in post-war Gaza\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the Â鶹APP Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 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