The Civil Society and the Question of Palestine
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15 July 2015
Europe
- The??organised on 10 July the Downing Street Vigil for Gaza’s lost children and other Palestinians killed in Israel¡¯s war last summer.
- The Palestine Solidarity Campaign will hold on 23 July a??event in London. The event will be attended by high-profile speakers including?Prof Manuel Hassassian, Palestine¡¯s Ambassador to the UK; Diane Abbott, Labour MP; Salim Alam, PSC and Diana Neslen, Jews for Justice for Palestinians and by Ajmal Masroor who will make an appeal.
- The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising??for Max Blumenthal¡¯s new book, ¡¯The 51 Day War: Resistance and Ruin in Gaza¡¯ in the United Kingdom.
- In remembrance of last year¡¯s war in Gaza, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on 22 July will??¡°Where Should The Birds Fly?¡± by Fida Qishta.
Americas
- The Israel Palestine Working Group held on 13 July a Chatham House rules meeting with Kirsten Hagon, Oxfam and discussed AIDA¡¯s report on Gaza ¡°“
- A concert and book tour for??took place on?9 July in New York featuring the powerful Palestinian composer and world musician Ramzi Aburedwan, his Arabic-French Dal¡¯Ouna Ensemble and author Sandy Tolan who read excerpts from the book.
Worldwide
- On 2 July, War on Want, Campaign Against Arms Trade and Palestine Solidarity Campaign released the??entitled ¡°Arming Apartheid: UK complicity in Israel¡¯s crimes against the Palestinian people¡±.
- On 7 July, Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture have launched an investigative??mapping Israeli attacks in Gaza during the conflict of July and August 2014.
- The Rand Corporation published a research??on costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.