{"id":4854,"date":"2016-04-08T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2016-04-08T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T09:00:53","slug":"ngo-action-news-8-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2016\/04\/08\/ngo-action-news-8-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 8 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:-60px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.4;\"><h1 class=\"main-title blue\">The Civil Society and the <span class=\"secondline\">Question of Palestine<\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-alert alert custom alert-custom fusion-alert-center notice fusion-alert-capitalize awb-alert-native-link-color alert-dismissable awb-alert-close-boxed alert-shadow\" style=\"--awb-background-color:#edf2fc;--awb-accent-color:#a0a0a0;--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\" role=\"alert\"><div class=\"fusion-alert-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"alert-icon\"><i class=\" fa fa-exclamation-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-alert-content\">This page may contain links to third-party Web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of the United Nations and the United Nations is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. ±¬ÁÏÍø provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply endorsement of the linked site by the United Nations. This newsletter is a project of the Division for Palestinian Rights, and is intended to provide information on NGO activities relevant to the question of Palestine . NGOs interested in contributing information on their activities should communicate it by <a href=\"mailto:dprngo@un.org\">email<\/a>.The Division reserves the right to make the final selection with regard to material to be included in this newsletter. It cannot take responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/span><\/div><button style=\"color:#a0a0a0;border-color:#a0a0a0;\" type=\"button\" class=\"close toggle-alert\" data-dismiss=\"alert\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:74%; margin-left: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>8\u00a0April\u00a02016<\/h2>\n<h3>United States<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 4 April, Columbia University hosted a book launch with Asir Seleiman \u201cBeing Palestinian &#8212; Personal reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora\u201d. In parallel, on 6 April, the University hosted an event \u201cA Constitution for a non-State, or How to do Things with law, Palestine 1993-2015\u201d with Emilio Dabed.<\/li>\n<li>On 27 April, the Israel-Palestine NGO Working group is hosting an event \u201cWhy We Refuse\u201d with conscientious objectors Yasmin Yablonko and Khaled Farrag. The event will take place at the Church Centre for the ±¬ÁÏÍø in New York at 13:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>On 25 April, Columbia University is hosting a screening of a Palestinian movie \u201c3000 Nights\u201d moderated by Lila Abu-Lughod and Hamid Dabashi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Europe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 9 April in the UK, Jews for Justice for Palestine are organizing an event: \u201cStop G4S &#8211; here and everywhere\u201d. In parallel, on 4 May, the \u201c2016 Edward W. Said London Lecture\u201d will be presented by an award-winning journalist Naomi Klein. The event is organized by A.M. Qattan Foundation.<\/li>\n<li>From 4 to 10 April, the Southampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign in the UK is organizing an exhibition: \u201cSilent voices\u201d created by Palestinian children.<\/li>\n<li>On 12 April, The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is hosting a talk \u201cApartheid South Africa and Palestine\u201d in London by group of people who recently went to Palestine and would like to share their experience.<\/li>\n<li>On 18 April, in Dublin, Ireland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign will present lawyer Aouda Zbidat to mark the Palestinian Prisoners Day 2016. Her talk will be a first-hand account of the key human rights violations facing Palestinian political prisoners in the OPT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On April 8, Zochrot will commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre. They will walk along the main street of the village and carry signs bearing the names of the victims.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:22%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-widget-area awb-widget-area-element fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\" style=\"--awb-title-size:13px;--awb-title-color:#333333;\"><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ngo-action-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}