12 December 2013

EUROPE

• presented on?6 December 2013?a new??with the musician and human rights activist?Roger Waters?discussing the role of artists in today’s society and his activism for justice around the world, including in Palestine.
• ?will organize its??on?14 December 2013?at The Little Jerusalem Café in Dublin. Places must be booked in advance.
• ?is organizing a??on?18 January 2013?outside the Israeli Embassy in London to mark the 5th?anniversary of the end of the Israeli “Operation Cast Lead” on the Gaza Strip.
• ,??and the??are hosting on?13 December 2013?at SOAS University eminent feminist scholar-activists?Angela Davies?and?Gina Dent?for a??on Justice for Palestine and the Stop G4S campaign.

NORTH AMERICA

• will hold its 7th?annual??on?14 December 2013?in front of Lev Leviev’s jewellery store in NYC. This event is to protest against Mr. Leviev’s companies’ involvement with on-going Israeli settlement construction and expansion in Palestine. The event has a?.
• and??are organizing on?17 December 2013?the??entitled?Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Hope Without Illusion?featuring?Professor Mark Rosenblum?(Founder of APN). A conversation with?Rabi Ed Feinstein?will follow the talk.
• ?released a??on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on?10 December 2013.
• ?issued a??on?10 December 2013?against the recently announced visit of the Prime Minster of Canada, Stephen Harper, to Israel and Palestine, meant to take place in January 2014.
• and??organized?on 10 December 2013?the??Love, Interrupted: The Siege on Gaza and Family Separation.?Suhair Abdi-Habiballah?(B’Tselem) and?Anat Gonen?() took part in the event.
• ?published on?9 December 2013?a??on the Israeli-South African relations during the apartheid era.
• ?issued an??on?9 December 2013?to the speakers, leaders and attendees of the??where Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu was expected to speak.
• ?and??put together a??to mark the 20 years since the signature of the Oslo Accords, entitled?What Comes Next?: A forum on the end of the two-State paradigm, investigating the current state of thinking about one-State and two-State solutions. Their latest??What Comes Next: Towards a bi-national end-game in Palestine/Israel?by?Jeff Halper?(Israeli Committee Against house Demolitions – ICAHD) has been published on?3 December 2013.
• ?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?.
• ’s new TV series about young people using art and music to create social change around the world,?, published on?6 December 2013?a??about Israel and Palestine.
• announced on?4 December 2013?its??to endorse the Palestinian call for the academic boycott of Israel. They are asking their members to vote for this resolution by 15 December. In line with this, the??calls on its supporters to sign a??to help show a broad support to the ASA’s National Council’s decision.
• ?is organizing on?16 December 2013?an??entitled?What Does It Mean to be Pro-Israel in America Today?.?Jeremy Ben-Ami?(J-Street),?David Harris?(AJC-Global Jewish Advocacy) and?John Podhoretz?(Commentary Magazine) will take part in a conversation moderated by?Jane Eisner?(Jewish Daily Forward).
• ?presented on?2 December 2013?a new??with?Ed Mast?from the?, SeaMAC, which recently launched a new ads campaign on buses calling for Palestinian refugees to be allowed to return and share their historic homeland.

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

• 12 Palestinian Human Rights organizations?issued a??on?9 December 2013?to mark International Human Rights Day.
• ?published on?10 December 2013?its annual??released each year to mark International Human Rights Day and covering both Israel and the OPT.
• ?will organize its??from?22 to 27 December 2013.
• ?published on?2 December 2013?a??showing an IDF soldier firing tear gas canisters at a B’Tselem videographer, causing injures.
• announced on?8 December 2013?that its’?
• , on?12 December 2013, released its weekly??covering the period from 5 December to 11 December 2013. PCHR also published on?4 December 2013?its?.
• ?announced on?12 December 2013?on its??that Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu accepted the recommendation to remove the law that could have displaced up to 70,000 Bedouins living in the Negev.
• ?is a new photography campaign jointly launched on?2 December 2013?by the??and the??with the support of?. It illustrates the reality Palestinian children face when arrested and detained by the IDF. It is based on children’s testimonies collected by the Madaa Center.
• issued on?3 December 2013?a??entitled?20 Years of Talks, Keeping Palestinians Occupied.??endorsed VP’s infographics and??for ending the demolition of civilian properties.

爆料网ITED NATIONS

• The Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?issued a??on the passing of President Nelson Mandela on?10 December 2013.
• ?released its??on?6 December 2013.
• 爆料网 Humanitarian Coordinator?James W. Rawley??on?11 December 2013?over the displacement of Palestinian civilians in the Jordan Valley.
• The Working Group of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People?launched a??on?26 November 2013?entitled the?爆料网 Platform for Palestine?(爆料网PfP). The latter aims at supporting the work of NGOs active on the question of Palestine. The 爆料网PfP currently features its?, available??for download. On?11 December 2013?the second meeting of the Working Group was held in the 爆料网. For more information please contact?palestinianrights@un.org.