{"id":4731,"date":"2016-04-15T19:30:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T19:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4731"},"modified":"2016-04-15T19:30:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T19:30:24","slug":"ngo-action-news-15-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2016\/04\/15\/ngo-action-news-15-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 15 April 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;\"><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. The United Nations 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\u00a0April 2016<\/h2>\n<h3>The United States of America<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 13 April, the Centre for American Progress hosted a panel discussion on \u201cSecuring the Economic Future of Palestine\u201d on what the US and its allies can do to improve Palestinian economic prospects event in the absence of a two-State solution.<\/li>\n<li>On 13 April, in New York, the Syracuse Peace Council hosted an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/life-occupied-palestine-personal-accounts\/\">event<\/a>: \u201cLife in Occupied Palestine: Personal Accounts\u201d by Ahmed Hmeedat who will recount his experience growing up in a refugee camp.<\/li>\n<li>On 13 April, Soho Play House presented a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabamerica.com\/events\/play-field-tour-nyc\/\">play<\/a>: \u201cThere is a Field\u201d by Jen Marlowe about the events of the second intifada.<\/li>\n<li>On 20 April, the Columbia University is hosting panel discussion on the role of literature in politics: \u201cAmerican Writers on Palestine\u201d moderated by Bruce Robbins.<\/li>\n<li>On 25 April, the University of Chicago is hosting an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aub.edu.lb\/Events\/Pages\/EventDetails.aspx?ItemId=2637\">event<\/a>\u00a0\u201cSalvaging Palestine: Art, Collaboration and Binational State\u201d by W.J.T. Mitchell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Europe<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On 13 April in Amsterdam, the Maynooth University Department of Geography together with the Social Justice Research Cluster presented a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/maynooth-conference-empire-extra-territorial-violence-in-palestine-nuim\">panel discussion<\/a>: \u201cEmpire and Extra-Territorial Violence in Palestine\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>On 13 April in Ireland, Queen\u2019s University Belfast hosted Merav Amir\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/belfast-activism-resistance-and-the-new-security-logic-in-israel-palestine\">lecture<\/a>\u00a0\u201cActivism, Resistance and the New Security Logic in Israel\/Palestine\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>On 16 April in London, on the occasion of Prisoner\u2019s Day, a Palestinian prisoners\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/palestine-prisoners-parade\/\">parade<\/a>\u00a0will take place.<\/li>\n<li>On 17 April in London, the Palestine\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestinecampaign.org\/events\/palestine-fair-trade-excel-london-exhibition\/\">Fair<\/a>\u00a0Trade NGO from Ramallah will exhibit products from Palestine at the natural and organic products exhibition which will take place at the ExCel Centre in London.<\/li>\n<li>On 18 April, the Ireland-Palestinian Solidarity Campaign is honoured to present Palestinian-Israeli lawyer Aouda Zbidat from Addameer to mark Palestinian Prisoner\u2019s Day 2016. She will\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/limerick-palestinian-lawyer-aouda-zbidat-palestinian-political-prisoners-from-children-to-internees-ipsc\">discuss<\/a>\u00a0human rights violations facing Palestinian political prisoners in occupied Palestine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Australia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 8 May, Australian friends of Palestine Association is hosting a presentation of Professor Stuart Rees\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afopa.com.au\/stuart-rees-book-launch\/\">new novel<\/a>\u00a0\u201cA Lover\u2019s Country\u201d about the plight of the Palestinians and how love and courage triumph against formidable odds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Palestine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dubai Cares announced a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/DPA\/DPR\/unispal.nsf\/47d4e277b48d9d3685256ddc00612265\/41b3ebe65f15696885257f95004edfb1?OpenDocument\">new programme in Gaza<\/a>\u00a0<u><\/u>amounting to USD 3,103,824 over the next two years to ensure access to education for 2,570 refugee Palestinian children, in partnership with UNRWA.<\/li>\n<li>Defence for Children International Palestine (DCI-Palestine) released a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nwttac.dci-palestine.org\/\">new report<\/a>\u00a0detailing the wide-spread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system.<\/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-4731","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\/4731","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=4731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}