  {"id":4875,"date":"2016-04-04T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4875"},"modified":"2016-04-04T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T09:00:25","slug":"ngo-action-news-4-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2016\/04\/04\/ngo-action-news-4-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 4 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>4 April 2016<\/h2>\n<h3>United States<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 9 March, Columbia University is hosting Sara Saadoun from Human Rights Watch who will discuss a report on why\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sipa.columbia.edu\/experience-sipa\/events\/why-human-rights-watch-is-calling-on-businesses-to-pull-out-of-israeli-settlements-sarah-saadoun\">HRW<\/a>\u00a0is calling on businesses to pull out of the settlements.<\/li>\n<li>On 10 March, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Delaware will host a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.udel.edu\/udaily\/2016\/feb\/justice-palestine-022516.html\">presentation<\/a>\u00a0\u201cBringing Justice to Palestine\u201d by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges. On 11 March, they will screen the award-winning film \u201cOmar\u201d. On 13 March a panel discussion \u201cPerspectives on Palestine\u201d will be held which will explore the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In parallel, a documentary\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.udel.edu\/udaily\/2016\/feb\/al-helm-022916.html\">movie screening<\/a>\u00a0\u201cAl Helm &#8211; Martin Luther King in Palestine\u201d will be hosted on 15 March.<\/li>\n<li>On May 6, The Jerusalem Fund in Washington D.C. will launch the 2016 Hisham Sharabi Memorial lecture: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/events\/event\/2016-hisham-sharabi-memorial-lecture-palestinian-education-for-the-21st-century-with-dr-fouad-moughrabi\/\">Palestinian education for the 21st\u00a0century<\/a>\u201d with Dr. Fouad Moughrabi. Before that, on 29 March, the Jerusalem Fund is hosting an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/events\/event\/palestinian-youth-in-the-occupied-territory-a-film-screening-and-presentation-with-reverend-dr-mitri-raheb\/\">event<\/a>\u00a0\u201cPalestinian Youth in the Occupied Territories\u201d by Reverend Dr. Mitri. During the event two short films \u201cPraise of the Wounds\u201d and \u201cLife of Pigeons\u201d will be screened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Europe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 7 March, the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Dublin is hosting a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/galway-israels-exploitation-of-contiguous-gas-resources-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-ichr-nuig\">seminar<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIsrael\u2019s Exploitation of Contiguous Gas Resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory\u201d by Dr. Susan Power.<\/li>\n<li>On 12 March, Silk Road Film Festival in Dublin is organizing a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/dublin-film-screening-roshmia-srff\">film screening<\/a>\u00a0of \u201cRoshmia\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>On 15 March, in Dublin, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/belfast-visualising-conflict-in-palestine-imagine\">organizing an informal discussion<\/a>\u00a0\u201cVisualising Conflict in Palestine\u201d facilitated by Dr. Brendan Browne and Dr. Julie Norman.<\/li>\n<li>On 21 March in the UK, Veronica Pasteur will hold a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/talk-veronica-pateur-returns-from-the-west-bank\/\">talk<\/a>\u00a0on her trip to West Bank where she served as a human rights monitor with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/talk-veronica-pateur-returns-from-the-west-bank\/\">ecumenical accompaniment programme<\/a>\u00a0coordinated by the World Council of Churches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Global<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 26 March, in Australia, Ali Abunimah, a Palestinian\u2013American journalist and co-founder of \u201cElectronic Intifada\u201d will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1509076506071179\/\">speak<\/a>\u00a0during the Marxism 2016 conference.<\/li>\n<li>On 30 March, a Palestinian artist Rafeef Ziadah will launch her new album \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trybooking.com\/Booking\/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=180136\">We teach life<\/a>\u201d in Australia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Palestine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights published its weekly (25 February\u20132 March)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pchrgaza.org\/en\/?cat=47\">report<\/a>\u00a0on \u201cIsraeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>United Nations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>±¬ÁÏÍøICEF in Jordan did not renew its contract with the G4S security company.<\/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-4875","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\/4875","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=4875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}