  {"id":4944,"date":"2015-07-15T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4944"},"modified":"2015-07-15T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:00:35","slug":"ngo-action-news-15-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2015\/07\/15\/ngo-action-news-15-july-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 15 July 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>15 July 2015<\/h2>\n<h3>Europe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/\">Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/a>\u00a0organised on 10 July the Downing Street Vigil for Gaza&#8217;s lost children and other Palestinians killed in Israel\u2019s war last summer.<\/li>\n<li>The Palestine Solidarity Campaign will hold on 23 July a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/solidarity-for-palestine-an-evening-of-fundraising-for-psc\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Stand+in+solidarity%3A+join+us+for+dinner%21&amp;utm_source=YMLP&amp;utm_term=Book+your+tickets+today.\">fundraising dinner<\/a>\u00a0event in London. The event will be attended by high-profile speakers including\u00a0Prof Manuel Hassassian, Palestine\u2019s Ambassador to the UK; Diane Abbott, Labour MP; Salim Alam, PSC and Diana Neslen, Jews for Justice for Palestinians and by Ajmal Masroor who will make an appeal.<\/li>\n<li>The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/book-launch-the-51-day-war-resistance-and-ruin-in-gaza\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Stand+in+solidarity%3A+join+us+for+dinner%21&amp;utm_source=YMLP&amp;utm_term=pv84_moreinfo.jpg\">several book-launching events<\/a>\u00a0for Max Blumenthal\u2019s new book, \u2019The 51 Day War: Resistance and Ruin in Gaza\u2019 in the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li>In remembrance of last year\u2019s war in Gaza, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on 22 July will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/ngoactionnews.nsf\/1c0b3ab87dc4f2f8852568f8007759fd\/:%20http:\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/film-birds-fly-fida-qishta\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Stand+in+solidarity%3A+join+us+for+dinner%21&amp;utm_source=YMLP&amp;utm_term=pv84_moreinfo.jpg\">screen\u00a0in Slow in the UK\u00a0the movie<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWhere Should The Birds Fly?\u201d by Fida Qishta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Americas<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Israel Palestine Working Group held on 13 July a Chatham House rules meeting with Kirsten Hagon, Oxfam and discussed AIDA\u2019s report on Gaza \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/sites\/www.oxfam.org\/files\/file_attachments\/bp-charting-new-course-stalemate-gaza-130415-en.pdf\">Charting a New Course.<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>A concert and book tour for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lepoissonrouge.com\/lpr_events\/children-of-the-stone-tour-july-8th-2015\/\">CHILDREN OF THE STONE\/DAL\u2019O±¬ÁÏÍøA<\/a>\u00a0took place on\u00a09 July in New York featuring the powerful Palestinian composer and world musician Ramzi Aburedwan, his Arabic-French Dal\u2019Ouna Ensemble and author Sandy Tolan who read excerpts from the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Worldwide<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 2 July, War on Want, Campaign Against Arms Trade and Palestine Solidarity Campaign released the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoparmingisrael.org\/arming-apartheid\/\">report<\/a>\u00a0entitled \u201cArming Apartheid: UK complicity in Israel\u2019s crimes against the Palestinian people\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>On 7 July, Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture have launched an investigative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gazaplatform.amnesty.org\/\">online tool<\/a>\u00a0mapping Israeli attacks in Gaza during the conflict of July and August 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The Rand Corporation published a research\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/research_reports\/RR740.html\">report<\/a>\u00a0on costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.<\/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-4944","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\/4944","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=4944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}