  {"id":4950,"date":"2015-04-30T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4950"},"modified":"2015-04-30T09:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T09:00:45","slug":"ngo-action-news-30-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2015\/04\/30\/ngo-action-news-30-april-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 30 April 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>30 April 2015<\/h2>\n<h3>ASIA<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Thailand will organize a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1647997068753761\/\">Public Meeting<\/a>\u00a0in Bangkok on 7 May. PSC Thailand and the BDS Campaigns will report on their activities and launch their online fundraising campaign for Palestinian refugee families in Bangkok.<\/li>\n<li>PSC Thailand will also hold its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1625101211038422\/\">annual commemoration<\/a>\u00a0of the Nakba in Bangkok on 19 May. The theme will be &#8220;One Year After Operation Cast Lead: The State of Palestinian Civil Society Today&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>EUROPE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PSC organised a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/birmingham-palestine-awareness-day\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=PSC+update%3A+more+than+800+candidates+...&amp;utm_source=YMLP&amp;utm_term=Read+More\">Palestine Awareness Day<\/a>\u00a0in Birmingham on 3 May and will\u00a0organise a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/walk-for-palestine\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=PSC+update%3A+Palestinians+under+attack&amp;utm_source=YMLP&amp;utm_term=Read+More\">Walk for Palestine<\/a>\u00a0in London on 9 May.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/susan-abulhawa\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=PSC+update%3A+more+than+800+candidates+...&amp;utm_source=YMLP&amp;utm_term=...ign.org%2Fevents%2Fsusan-abulhawa%2F\">Conversation<\/a>\u00a0with the Palestinian author and human rights activist\u00a0Susan Abulhawa will take place in London on 2 June. The event is organised by the\u00a0School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)\u00a0Palestine Society (University of London), Bloomsbury Press and Palestine Solidarity Campaign.<\/li>\n<li>After completing a tour in the West Bank, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedomtheatre.org\/\">Freedom Theatre<\/a>\u00a0will showcase its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/freedom-theatre-uk-tour\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=PSC+update%3A+Palestinians+under+attack&amp;utm_source=YMLP&amp;utm_term=Read+More\">new production<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0UK\u00a0from 13 May to 20 June.\u00a0The play is inspired by the real stories of a group of militants who during the height of the second Intifada took refuge in the Church of the Nativity.<\/li>\n<li>The UK Chapter of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/icahduk.org\/icahd-uk-2015-spring-conference-judaizing-palestine\/\">Israeli Committee against House Demolitions<\/a>\u00a0will hold its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/icahduk.org\/icahd-uk-2015-spring-conference-judaizing-palestine\/\">Annual Spring Conference<\/a>\u00a0in London on 30 May.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLe\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paixjuste.lu\/\">Comit\u00e9 pour une paix juste au Proche Orient<\/a>\u201d (CPJPO) is organizing a series of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.paixjuste.lu\/?cat=10\">events<\/a>\u00a0in the framework of its project \u201cSpring for Palestine\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bxl.demosphere.eu\/rv\/6828\">Running Team Palestine<\/a>\u00a0organised a race in Liege, Belgium on 3 May. The next race will take place in Brussels on 31 May.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestina-komitee.nl\/agenda\">Nederlands Palestina Komitee<\/a>\u00a0is organizing several exhibitions and screenings during the month of May.<\/li>\n<li>The UK Chapter of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/icahduk.org\/icahd-uk-2015-spring-conference-judaizing-palestine\/\">Israeli Committee against House Demolitions<\/a>\u00a0just launched its new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icahduk.org\/\">website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ISRAEL<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zochrot.org\/\">Zochrot<\/a>\u00a0invited its supporters to join the March of Return to a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 war, organized by the Association for the\u00a0Defence of the Rights of the Displaced People\u00a0in Israel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NORTH AMERICA<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 22 April, the Student Senate of Earham College in Indiana, USA, passed a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earlhambds.cmail2.com\/t\/r-l-alitkg-iuhytdiutd-h\/\">resolution in support of divestment<\/a>\u00a0from companies directly involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestine: Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, and Caterpillar.<\/li>\n<li>A special\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/08\/mohammad-sabaaneh-april-22-2015-at-7pm\/\">meeting<\/a>\u00a0of the New York Comics and Picture-story Symposium was held on 22 April at Parsons college. At the event \u201cBeyond Handala: Editorial Cartooning and Comics in Palestine\u201d, Mohammad Saba\u2019aneh, editorial cartoonist for the Palestinian daily newspaper\u00a0Al-Hayat Al-Jadid, shared his work and the work of his fellow Palestinian cartoonists, and discussed the landscape for cartooning and comics under Israeli occupation and beyond.<\/li>\n<li>American Friends of ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA invites its supporters to its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwausa.org\/gaza5k\/cities-and-dates\">fourth annual Gaza 5K walk\/run<\/a>\u00a0on 16 May 2015 in Washington, DC to show solidarity with the children of Gaza.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriticalPalestineStudiesAssociation\">Critical Palestine Studies Association<\/a>\u00a0hosted on 29 April a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriticalPalestineStudiesAssociation\">book talk<\/a>\u00a0with the scholar Norman Finkelstein entitled \u201cMethod and Madness: The hidden story of Israel\u2019s assaults on Gaza\u201d at the City University of New York.<\/li>\n<li>The Israel-Palestine Working Group held a conversation on the Palestinian Economy on 24 April.<\/li>\n<li>Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the New School in New York are inviting participants to attend an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/818851088197409\/\">event<\/a>\u00a0on the Political Economy of Palestine: Challenges of Colonialism and Neoliberalism on 8 May.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Working Group of the Palestinian Rights Committee met on 27 April and heard a briefing from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dci-palestine.org\/\">Defense for Children International-Palestine<\/a>\u00a0on its recent report\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dci-palestine.org\/operation_protective_edge_a_war_waged_on_gaza_s_children\">\u201cOperation Protective Edge: A War Waged on Gaza\u2019s Children\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Palestinian Rights Committee held its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2015\/gapal1332.doc.htm\">meeting<\/a>\u00a0on Friday 1 May and approved two requests from civil society organizations to be accredited to the Committee and one request for observer status.<\/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-4950","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\/4950","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=4950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}