  {"id":4899,"date":"2016-01-26T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2016-01-26T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T09:00:31","slug":"ngo-action-news-26-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2016\/01\/26\/ngo-action-news-26-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 26 January 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>26 January 2016<\/h2>\n<h3>Europe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 13 February, in Salisbury, Britain, the Sarum Collage is hosting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/britain-and-palestine-past-history-and-future-role-day-conference\/\">a one day conference<\/a>\u00a0on Britain and Palestine: \u201cPast History and Future Role\u201d. The speakers for the event are: Professor Mary Grey and Dr. Peter Shambrook, an independent historian. The event includes the screening of the documentary film \u201cBritain and Palestine 1917-1948\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>On 14 February, in Brighton, UK, under the auspices of Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, the St. Paul\u2019s church is hosting a classical concert \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/concert-brighton-palestinian-young-musicians-together\/\">Brighton and Palestinian Young Musicals together<\/a>to raise funds and to invite young, talented Palestinian musicians to Brighton Fringe festival 2016.<\/li>\n<li>The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign from 19 through 21 January is launching Professor Jeff Halper\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/press-releases\/jeff-halper-book-tour-war-against-the-people-israel-the-palestinians-and-global-pacification\">book<\/a>: \u201cWar against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification.\u201d On 30 January, IPSC is organizing its annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/dundalk-trad-for-gaza-independent\">\u201cTrad for Gaza\u201d<\/a>\u00a0music night to raise awareness for the people of Gaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The United States of America<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>From 28 January through 25 February in New York, the task force on Israel-Palestine at St. Michael\u2019s church is organizing an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saintmichaelschurch.org\/outreach-advocacy\/task-force-israel-palestine\/\">Israel Palestine Film Festival<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Jerusalem Fund in Washington D.C. on 12 February is screening the movie by Hind Shoufani \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/ht\/d\/EventDetails\/i\/57180\">Trip Along Exodus<\/a>\u201d. The film maker captures different angles of her father\u2019s life who was a writer and a leader of the PLO.<\/li>\n<li>Human Rights Watch issued its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/world_report_download\/wr2016_web.pdf\">World Report<\/a>\u00a0for 2015 stating that there was a sharp rise in killings and injuries related to Israeli-Palestinian hostilities beginning in October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Middle East<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Palestinian American Research Center announced its \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/parc-us-pal.org\/\">2016 Media Development Seminar<\/a>\u201d for US faculty and professors of journalism, film and media 10 to 12 faculty members will be selected for Jerusalem based activities, that will include visiting university media departments and local media outlets as well as meeting with Palestinian scholars and journalists, civil society and government.<\/li>\n<li>Palestinian Centre for Human Rights published its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pchrgaza.org\/en\/?p=7790\">weekly report<\/a>\u00a0(14-20 January, 2016) on \u201cIsraeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian territory\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>±¬ÁÏÍø<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 27 January, The Palestinian Rights Committee held its first meeting of the year. The programme of work for 2016 was adopted and the elections of the bureau were held. The ±¬ÁÏÍø Secretary-General made a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/DPA\/DPR\/unispal.nsf\/47d4e277b48d9d3685256ddc00612265\/149dc72756fc2c2085257f47007a8e47?OpenDocument\">statement<\/a>\u00a0reiterating the urgency of reaching the two-State solution.<\/li>\n<li>On 28 January, OCHA published its weekly (12-25 January) protection of civilians\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/poc\/poc12january-25january-2016.pdf\">report<\/a>\u00a0highlighting substantial developments and incidents in the Occupied Palestinian territory.<\/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-4899","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\/4899","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=4899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}