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NGO Action News
27 December 2013

EUROPE

• ?is organizing its next??on?9 January 2013?at the? in Brussels.

• ?opened on?23 December 2013?with the unveiling of an 8-meter high life size replica of the Separation Wall. It has been constructed over 8 days in the church yard of St James’ near Piccadilly Circus in central London in a bid to bring some reality of what it is like to live in Bethlehem in 2013. Watch the video?.

• ?invited a panel of analysts and observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to summarise the current state of play and where things are headed.?from?Norman Finklestein?(political scientist, professor and author),?Mouin Rabbani?(Maartti Ahtisaari Centre),?Jon Elmer?(journalist),?Alain Gresh (Le Monde diplomatique),Adam Hanieh?(School of Oriental and African Studies) and?Sam Bahour?(Al-Shabaka – The Palestinian Policy Network) were published on?23 December 2013.

• ?is organizing a??on?18 January 2014?outside the Israeli Embassy in London to mark the 5th?anniversary of the end of the Israeli “Operation Cast Lead” on the Gaza Strip.

NORTH AMERICA

• ?published on?21 December 2013?an??to?John Baird, Canadian Foreign Minister, concerning his recent call to remove?Richard Falk, the current UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories.

• ?at Columbia University seeks applicants for a residential Fellowship in “Palestine & Law” for the 2014-2015 academic year. Interested applicants should propose a course of research and scholarship relating to a range of domestic, regional or international legal issues concerning Palestinians and/or Palestine. The deadline for application is?3 February 2014. Please click? for more information.

• ?published on?26 December 2013?a??of?Raddad Hamad, the brother of Odeh Hamad who was fatally shot by the IDF on 20 December near the Gaza Strip border with Israel.

• ?is still mobilizing for its??to support the Obama Administration’s efforts to reach a two-State solution. A video introducing the campaign can be seen?.

• ?published on?23 December 2013?a??from their Advisory Board member?Professor Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University).

• ?announced on?26 December 2013?the??of Palestinian writer?Ahmad Qatamesh after more than two years in administrative detention, held in Israeli jails without charge or trial.

• ?presented on?26 December 2013?a new??with?Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian author and professor from Beit Sahour, who talks about the development of Palestinian popular resistance and the current role of the Palestinian Authority.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• ?is organizing its next?, a political and cultural café, on?28 December 2013?at the AIC in Beit Sahour. The event will be dedicated to the Gaza Strip.?Alberto Arce‘s film? will be screened.

• ?posted on its??on the occasion of Operation Cast Lead’s fifth anniversary on?27 December 2013, a??from an IDF armoured corps soldier who took part in the operation. More testimonies are available?.

• ?and??launched on?23 December 2013?the?Know Your Rights? which focuses on empowering and educating Palestinian children to secure their basic rights while detained in the Israeli military detention system.

• ?expressed on?22 December 2013?its “deep concern” at what it called Israeli troops’ use of excessive force in last Friday’s fatal shooting of a young Palestinian in the Gaza Strip. On?26 December 2013, PCHR released its weekly?covering the period from 19 December to 25 December 2013.

• ?published a??on?26 December 2013 to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Israeli Operation Cast Lead on the Gaza Strip.

• ?and the??will organize their??from?8 to 17 February 2014.?Besides olive planting, the programme features introductory presentations about the current situation in Palestine and the effects of the Separation Wall, tours in the old city of Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, as well as Ramallah, in addition to cultural events and social gatherings.

UNITED NATIONS

• ?released its??on?24 December 2013, covering the period 10 to 23 December.

• ?condemned in a??released on?26 December 2013 the latest demolitions in the West Bank, which displaced 68 people, the majority of them Palestine refugees and almost half (32) children, including a five year old girl paralyzed from the waist down.

• ’蝉?Give Peace a Chance? is still available for free distribution, reprinting or reproduction.

• ?voiced concern on?24 December 2013?about the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank in a??issued by his spokesperson and called for maximum restraint by all parties to prevent further bloodshed.