The Civil Society and the Question of Palestine

12 February 2016

Europe

  • An American-Palestinian poet and writer Remi Kenazi is visiting the UK from 9 to 20 February to promote the?release?of his new collection ¡°Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising up from Brooklyn to Palestine¡±.
  • On 9 February, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign officially launched a campaign by pledging General Election candidates to support justice for Palestine in the 2016 Irish General Election.
  • The Contemporary art gallery ¡°Mosaic rooms¡± in London on 11 February launched an event: ¡°Possible and Imaginary Lives¡± by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh who is??of four Palestinian-Lebanese sisters exiled in different places across the globe.
  • On 15 February, Ipswich film theatre of London will screen the??¡°Open Bethlehem¡± by movie director Leila Sansour.
  • Rashid Khudairi, Palestinian co-ordinator of Jordan Valley Solidarity network of Palestinian communities is visiting UK from 17 to 26 February in the framework of his campaign ¡°¡±.
  • Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organizing a tour in Palestine??for youth all over the world from age range 17 to 25.

United States of America

  • On 9 February, Students for Justice in Palestine at Cleveland State University hosted??¡°the Palestinian exception to free Speech¡± by guest speaker Omar Shakir.
  • On 11 February, the Church of the Holy Apostles in New York screened a short documentary ¡°¡±, a story of four Palestinian children from the West Bank who are undergoing the ordeal of an Israeli military detention.

Middle East

  • On 8 February, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights filed??to the ±¬ÁÏÍø Special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, concerning journalist Mohammed Osama al-Qeeq held by Israeli forces. In parallel, PCHR through social media started an advocacy campaign ¡°¡±.?Furthermore, the centre published its??(4 -10 February 2016) on ¡°Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory¡±.

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  • On 8 February, ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA¡¯s Qalqilya based Girls¡¯ School was??by the Islamic Development Bank (IDP) and the Agency.
  • On 9 February, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, the ±¬ÁÏÍø Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process issued a??on Palestinian unity talks, emphasizing full support by the ±¬ÁÏÍø to advance genuine Palestinian reconciliation in line with non-violence, democracy and the PLO principles.
  • On 8 February, OCHA published its weekly (2-8 February) Protection of Civilians??highlighting developments and incidents in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.