  {"id":4935,"date":"2015-09-16T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4935"},"modified":"2015-09-16T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T09:00:03","slug":"ngo-action-news-16-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2015\/09\/16\/ngo-action-news-16-september-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 16 September 2015"},"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>16 September 2015<\/h2>\n<h3>North America<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 23 September the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watson.brown.edu\/\">Watson Institute, Brown University<\/a>\u00a0will present the award-winning Palestinian documentary \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanted18.com\/\">The Wanted 18<\/a>\u201d The documentary tells the story of 18 dairy cows in the town of Beit Sahour, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which were declared a threat to the security of the State of Israel after a group of Palestinians begin producing milk for the town\u2019s residents.\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanted18.com\/\">The Wanted 18<\/a>\u201d\u00a0shows the power of mass mobilization and nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada.<\/li>\n<li>On 25-27 September the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/endtheoccupation.org\/\">US Campaign to end Israel Occupation\u00a0<\/a>will be holding its 14th annual conference\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.endtheoccupation.org\/article.php?id=4512\">Advancing a Mass Movement for Palestine<\/a>\u201d in Atlanta. The conference will offer several workshops, photo exhibitions, and film screenings.<\/li>\n<li>On 7 October, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mecaforpeace.org\/\">Middle East Children\u2019s Alliance<\/a>\u00a0will present award-winning journalist and scholar\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mecaforpeace.org\/events\/berkeley-ca-vijay-prashad-palestine-middle-east\">Vijay Prashad<\/a>, who will discuss his book \u201cLetters to Palestine: Writers Respond to War and Occupation\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Palestine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 27 September &#8211; 4 October the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.map-uk.org\/\">Medical Aid for Palestinians<\/a>\u00a0(MAP) Charity Challenge team will cycle across the West Bank over 5 days to raise funds for medical aid for Palestinians as part of the challenge\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.map-uk.org\/downloads\/events\/cycle-palestine-2015-small-final.pdf\">Cycle Palestine 2015<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>United Nations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 7-8 September, the ±¬ÁÏÍø\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/unispal.un.org\/unispal.nsf\/home.htm\">Palestinian<\/a>\u00a0Rights Committee, in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States, held an International Meeting on the Question of Palestine in Brussels under the theme\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/event\/international-meeting-on-the-question-of-palestine\/\">\u201cIsraeli settlements as an obstacle to peace \u2013 possible ways forward\u201d<\/a>. On 9 September, the Committee met with civil society organizations for consultations.<\/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-4935","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\/4935","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=4935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}