The Civil Society and the Question of Palestine

4 April 2016

United States

  • On 9 March, Columbia University is hosting Sara Saadoun from Human Rights Watch who will discuss a report on why??is calling on businesses to pull out of the settlements.
  • On 10 March, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Delaware will host a??¡°Bringing Justice to Palestine¡± by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges. On 11 March, they will screen the award-winning film ¡°Omar¡±. On 13 March a panel discussion ¡°Perspectives on Palestine¡± will be held which will explore the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In parallel, a documentary??¡°Al Helm – Martin Luther King in Palestine¡± will be hosted on 15 March.
  • On May 6, The Jerusalem Fund in Washington D.C. will launch the 2016 Hisham Sharabi Memorial lecture: ¡°¡± with Dr. Fouad Moughrabi. Before that, on 29 March, the Jerusalem Fund is hosting an??¡°Palestinian Youth in the Occupied Territories¡± by Reverend Dr. Mitri. During the event two short films ¡°Praise of the Wounds¡± and ¡°Life of Pigeons¡± will be screened.

Europe

  • On 7 March, the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Dublin is hosting a??¡°Israel¡¯s Exploitation of Contiguous Gas Resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory¡± by Dr. Susan Power.
  • On 12 March, Silk Road Film Festival in Dublin is organizing a??of ¡°Roshmia¡±.
  • On 15 March, in Dublin, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is??¡°Visualising Conflict in Palestine¡± facilitated by Dr. Brendan Browne and Dr. Julie Norman.
  • On 21 March in the UK, Veronica Pasteur will hold a??on her trip to West Bank where she served as a human rights monitor with the??coordinated by the World Council of Churches.

Global

  • On 26 March, in Australia, Ali Abunimah, a Palestinian¨CAmerican journalist and co-founder of ¡°Electronic Intifada¡± will??during the Marxism 2016 conference.
  • On 30 March, a Palestinian artist Rafeef Ziadah will launch her new album ¡°¡± in Australia.

Palestine

  • The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights published its weekly (25 February¨C2 March)??on ¡°Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory¡±.

United Nations

  • ±¬ÁÏÍøICEF in Jordan did not renew its contract with the G4S security company.