  {"id":5103,"date":"2013-10-21T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2013-10-21T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T09:00:29","slug":"ngo-action-news-21-october-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2013\/10\/21\/ngo-action-news-21-october-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 21 October 2013"},"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>21 October 2013<\/h2>\n<h3>EUROPE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paixjuste.lu\/\">Le Comit\u00e9 pour une Paix Juste au Proche-Orient<\/a>\u00a0organized a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.paixjuste.lu\/?p=7357\">conference<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a011 October 2013\u00a0in Luxembourg, on the blockade of the Gaza Strip as well as two movie\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.paixjuste.lu\/?p=7357\">screenings<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a015 and 16 October 2013. The association will also organize several different\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.paixjuste.lu\/?p=7357\">artistic events and conferences<\/a>\u00a0throughout the month of\u00a0November 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eccpalestine.org\/\">The European Coordination Committee for Palestine<\/a>\u00a0published on\u00a09 October 2013\u00a0a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eccpalestine.org\/tell-your-meps-to-support-new-rules-on-israels-participation-in-eu-programs\/\">e-tool<\/a>\u00a0allowing its supporters to send a message to members of the European Parliament and ask them to take action to support the recently approved EU guidelines on Israeli settlements.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/\">The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/a>\u00a0convened a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/dublin-public-meeting-israel-palestine-international-law-the-icc-and-beyond-with-shawan-jabarin-and-michael-kearney\">panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a011 October 2013\u00a0in Dublin on\u00a0<em>The International Criminal Court and beyond<\/em>. Two esteemed experts on international law and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,\u00a0Shawan Jabarin\u00a0(Al-Haq) and\u00a0Dr. Michael Kearney\u00a0(University of Sussex) were invited to speak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NORTH AMERICA<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/adalahny.org\/\">Adalah-NY<\/a>\u00a0is organising two protests in New York City on\u00a027 October 2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adalahny.org\/event\/1088\/protest-idan-raichel-self-proclaimed-israeli-propagandist-and-army-supporter\">at the Beacon Theater<\/a>, against Idan Raichel, self-proclaimed Israeli propagandist and army supporter &#8211; and on\u00a029 October 2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adalahny.org\/event\/1087\/protest-israel-philharmonic-orchestra\">at the Alice Tully Hall<\/a>\u00a0against the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americantaskforce.org\/\">The American Task Force on Palestine<\/a>\u00a0will celebrate its 10th\u00a0Anniversary at its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gala.atfp.net\/\">annual Gala<\/a>\u00a0taking place in Washington on\u00a029 October 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/palestine\/\">The Center for Palestine Studies<\/a>\u00a0is presenting on\u00a030 October 2013\u00a0the event\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=579621918740366&amp;set=oa.239223229564418&amp;type=1&amp;theater\"><em>Palestine and the Public Intellectual, Honoring Edward Said<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at the Columbia University Low Library Rotunda. Renowned scholars\u00a0Judith Butler\u00a0and\u00a0Cornel West\u00a0will take part in the event. RSVP\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/new.sipa.columbia.edu\/experience-sipa\/events\/judith-butler-and-cornel-west-in-conversation\">required<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmep.org\/\">The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP)<\/a>\u00a0hosted a discussion on\u00a09 October 2013\u00a0on the theme\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonpeacecenter.net\/node\/10689\"><em>Two States or One? The Future of Israelis and Palestinians<\/em><\/a>. FMEP also organized on\u00a017 October 2013\u00a0the event\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1djUsnHOh16n9muXLQwH6KiiFaHhbtwo6kfHm24ONEfE\/viewform\"><em>1973: The Road to War<\/em><\/a>, presenting Israeli historian\u00a0Yigal Kipnis\u00a0new book.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jccmanhattan.org\/\">The JCC in Manhattan<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jccmanhattan.org\/center-for-israel\">David H. Sonabend Center for Israel<\/a>\u00a0are organising on\u00a031 October 2013\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jccmanhattan.org\/center-for-israel?page=cat-content&amp;progID=28945\">panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0entitled\u00a0<em>Is peace possible now? The current\u00a0<\/em><em>Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative<\/em>. Scheduled speakers are\u00a0Tal Becker, Principal Deputy Legal Adviser at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and\u00a0Ghaith Al-Omari, Executive\u00a0Director at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP). The discussion will be moderated by\u00a0Ethan Bronner, Deputy National Editor of The New York Times. Tickets are available using this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jccmanhattan.org\/center-for-israel?page=cat-content&amp;progID=28945\">link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/\">Jewish Voice for Peace<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/\">Mondoweiss<\/a>\u00a0have put together a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/forum-state-paradigm\">collection of articles<\/a>\u00a0to mark the 20 years since the signature of the Oslo Accords, entitled\u00a0<em>What Comes Next?: A forum on the end of the two-State paradigm<\/em>, investigating the current state of thinking about one-State and two-State solutions. Their latest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2013\/10\/israelpalestine-recognized-comprehensive.html\">article<\/a>\u00a0<em>Once the one-State reality in Israel\/Palestine is recognized, the basis for a comprehensive peace will be clear<\/em>\u00a0has been published on\u00a017 October 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mecaforpeace.org\/\">The Middle East Children Alliance (MECA)<\/a>\u00a0organised on\u00a017 October 2013\u00a0at the University of California\/Berkeley a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/us2.campaign-archive1.com\/?u=4850389ae3e2d55804103e6af&amp;id=fea420d881&amp;e=2c2e337210\">joint presentation<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Josh Ruebner\u00a0(US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation) presenting his new book\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joshruebner.com\/?page_id=687\"><em>Shattered Hopes: Obama&#8217;s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and representatives of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dci-palestine.org\/\">Defense for Children International Palestine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>New Yorkers Against the Cornell-Technion Partnership (NYACT)\u00a0will be hosting on\u00a023 October 2013\u00a0in New York a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/171774193020237\/\">panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<em>Militarization, Domestic Spying, and the Boycott of Israel<\/em>\u00a0with\u00a0David Swanson\u00a0(RootsAction),\u00a0Fahd Ahmed\u00a0(Desis Rising Up and Moving &#8211; DRUM),\u00a0Riham Barghouti\u00a0(Adalah-NY) and\u00a0Anna Calcutt\u00a0(NYACT).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdsmovement.net\/\">The Palestinian BDS Movement<\/a>\u00a0urges the American pop artist Rihanna to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2013\/biz\/news\/rihanna-and-other-artists-who-play-israel-feel-the-pressure-1200729050\/\">cancel<\/a>\u00a0her concert in Tel Aviv scheduled on\u00a022 October 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tolef.org\/\">Tree of Life Educational Fund<\/a>\u00a0organised on\u00a019 October 2013\u00a0in New York its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nyc.tolef.org\/\">Fourth Annual conference on Israel and Palestine<\/a>, on the theme\u00a0<em>We Refuse to be Enemies: Voices of\u00a0Conscience from Israel and Palestine.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/visualizingpalestine.org\/infographic\/Admin-Detention\">Visualizing Palestine<\/a>\u00a0published on\u00a010 October 2013\u00a0their latest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/visualizingpalestine.org\/infographic\/Olive-Harvest\">visual<\/a>\u00a0<em>Uprooted<\/em>, denouncing the 800,000 olive trees uprooted in Palestine since 1967.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceofpalestine.ca\/\">The Voice of Palestine<\/a>\u00a0presented on\u00a012 October 2013\u00a0its new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceofpalestine.ca\/?p=4087\">programme<\/a>\u00a0featuring a discussion with\u00a0David Klein, professor at California State University Northridge who has been targeted by Zionist groups for his support of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdsmovement.net\/\">Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)<\/a>\u00a0movement. The music closing the programme, entitled\u00a0<em>They\u2019re Building a Wall<\/em>, was performed by the Jewish American folksinger\u00a0David Rovics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ISRAEL AND PALESTINE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativenews.org\/english\/\">The Alternative Information Center (AIC)<\/a>\u00a0will organize its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativenews.org\/english\/index.php\/politics\/activism\/7042-join-aic-political-camp-22-27-december\">21st\u00a0international political camp<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a022 to 27 December 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewash.org\/en\/\">The Emergency Water Sanitation and Hygiene group (EWASH)<\/a>\u00a0launched a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirstingforjustice.org\/?page_id=1086\">petition<\/a>\u00a0targeting the EU through its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirstingforjustice.org\/\">Thirsting for Justice Campaign<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/westbank\/index_en.htm\">The European Union Mission in Jerusalem<\/a>\u00a0is organizing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/177908595734345\/\">Euro-Palestinian Water film festival<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a021 October to 7 November 2013\u00a0in different Palestinian cities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularstruggle.org\/\">The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC)<\/a>\u00a0published the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bilinconference.wordpress.com\/\">final statement<\/a>\u00a0of its Eighth International Conference on Nonviolent Popular Struggle entitled\u00a0<em>Towards the Mobilization of Popular Resistance: adopting a unified strategy.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pchrgaza.org\/portal\/en\/\">The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)<\/a>\u00a0released on\u00a010 October 2013\u00a0its weekly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pchrgaza.org\/portal\/en\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=9857:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-03-09-october-2013-&amp;catid=84:weekly-2009&amp;Itemid=183\">Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory<\/a>\u00a0covering the period from 3 to 9 October 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/eng\/\">Peace Now<\/a>\u00a0published its latest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/eng\/Jan-Jun-2013\">report<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a017 October 2013\u00a0stating there was a 70 percent increase in West Bank settlement construction in the first six months of 2013 compared to last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/\">OCHA oPt<\/a>\u00a0released on\u00a012 October 2013\u00a0its latest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/documents\/ocha_opt_protection_of_civilians_weekly_report_2013_10_12_english.pdf\">Protection of Civilians report<\/a>\u00a0covering the period from 1 to 7 October 2013.<\/li>\n<li>The Working Group of\u00a0the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People\u00a0is organizing an event on\u00a021 October 2013\u00a0at the United Nations, with\u00a0Avner Gvaryahu\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakingthesilence.org.il\/\">Breaking the Silence<\/a>\u00a0who will present the collective testimony book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Our-Harsh-Logic-Testimonies-Territories\/dp\/0805095373\"><em>Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers&#8217; Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000-2010<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/%C2%B2\">The World Bank<\/a>\u00a0issued a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www-wds.worldbank.org\/external\/default\/WDSContentServer\/WDSP\/IB\/2013\/10\/03\/000456286_20131003173450\/Rendered\/PDF\/AUS29220GZ0Are030Box379840B00OUO090.pdf\">report<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a02 October 2013\u00a0entitled\u00a0<em>West Bank and Gaza Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy<\/em>.<\/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-5103","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\/5103","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=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}