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NGO Action News
23 September 2013
AFRICA
- ?invited the celebrated New-York based Palestinian poet, spoken-word artist, activist and author,?, to a??from?17 to 25 September.
EUROPE
- ?and??organized on?18 September 2013,in partnership with?, a??of the documentary? directed by?Cedric Gerbehaye?(Agence VU’) and?Eve Sabbagh?(journalist).A debate chaired by?Edwy Plenel?(Mediapart) and featuring?Elias Sanbar?(Palestinian Ambassador to UNESCO),?Julien Sallingue?(Université Paris 8),?Pierre Puchot?(Mediapart) and?Cédric Gerbehaye,?followed the screening.
- ?is organizing a??on?29 September 2013?on the Sugar Loaf Mountain in Kilmacanogue. As well, the campaign will host the? in Dublin at the Break for the Border on?10 October 2013?to raise money for Palestinian students.
- ?organized an event on?22 September 2013?concerning the health situation in Palestine. PGS is also hosting a BDS event on30 September 2013. For more information please contact:?stockholm@palestinagrupperna.se.
- ?calls on its supporters to participate in a? on?28 September 2013?in Cardiff.
- Six MPs from three political parties in the UK??the Egyptian Ambassador on?12?September 2013?to halt the Gaza tunnels destruction until access via official crossings is secured and meets the needs of the population.
NORTH AMERICA
- ,??and??hosted on?22 September 2013?in Vancouver a community discussion and gathering entitled?20 Years of the Oslo Accords: Palestine and the Palestinian Struggle Today. For more information please contact:?boycottapartheid@gmail.com.
- ?is on a US tour with?Avner Gvaryahu?about the collective testimony book,?. Mr. Gvaryahu will be in??on?1 October 2013?and in? on?7 October 2013.
- ?organized on?16 September 2013?a? at the Alexandria Center.
- The Middle East Children Alliance?is hosting a??of the award winning documentary??at the Berkeley City College Auditorium on?25 September 2013.Tickets are available?.
- ?organized its??from?20 to 22 September 2013?in Arlington. See the full programme?.
- ?presented on?16 September 2013?its new??featuring a discussion with?Dr. Abdelhamid Siyam?(Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University) and?Prof. Siyam?(former UN official) on the failure of the Oslo Accords. The music closing the programme, entitled?I Chose you, My Homeland, is performed by the Lebanese singer Marcel Khalife.
- Josh Ruebner?() is on a US??–?– from?September to December 2013.
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- ?organized from?19 to 21 September 2013?a??for Arab students to learn about discriminatory laws in Israel (content in Arabic).
- ?is calling on its supporters to??the release of?, a Palestinian political writer and university lecturer, who has been in Israeli administrative detention since 21 April 2011. The AIC also announced that its? will take place from?22 to 27 December 2013.
- ?published a? on?16 September 2013?about Zeina, a 12 years old Palestinian girl living in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud.
- , in cooperation with the?Northern district of the Bar Association, will host its?, entitled?The Legal Status of the Arab Citizens in Israel,on 27 September 2013 in Nazareth.
- ?issued a??on?11 September 2013?calling on the EU not to bow to US pressure to drop the recently announced? concerning the eligibility of Israeli entities for EU grants, prizes and financial instruments.
- ?released on?19 September 2013?its weekly??covering the period from 12 to 18 September 2013.
UNITED NATIONS
- ?released its latest??covering the period from 10 to 16 September 2013 on?19 September 2013. OCHA also issued a new? about the Bedouin community in Bir Nabala near Jerusalem.
- The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process,??and stressed that the renewed peace efforts between Israel and Palestine “should not be neglected, even against the background of turmoil elsewhere in the neighborhood”.
Document Type: NGO Action News
Document Sources: ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Alternative Information Center, Breaking the Silence, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Defence for Children International, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Mossawa Centre, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Subject: NGOs/Civil Society
Publication Date: 23/09/2013
Document Sources: ADALAH - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Alternative Information Center, Breaking the Silence, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Defence for Children International, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Mossawa Centre, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Subject: NGOs/Civil Society
Publication Date: 23/09/2013