{"id":258164,"date":"2021-09-09T11:26:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=258164"},"modified":"2021-11-30T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:41:27","slug":"ngo-action-news-9-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ngo-action-news-9-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 9 September 2021"},"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-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--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-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:34;line-height:1.4;\"><h1 class=\"main-title blue\">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 email.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_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 7 September, <a href=\"http:\/\/addameer.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Addameer%20Urges%20to%20Safeguard%20Palestinian%20Political%20Prisoners%E2%80%99%20Rights%20against%20Collective%20Punishment%20and%20Retaliatory%20Measures%20by%20the%20IPS.pdf\">Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association<\/a> issued a press release urging the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) to safeguard Palestinian political prisoners\u2019 rights against collective punishment and retaliatory measures, following large-scale measures adopted by the IPS including the transfer and interrogation of prisoners. Addameer warned that such measures stand in stark contrast to Israel\u2019s responsibility as an occupying power under the Fourth Geneva Convention, serving as collective punishment against all Palestinian prisoners. Addameer also emphasized that without third-party supervision of IPS policies, the rights of Palestinian prisoners will continue to be violated with impunity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 1 September, <a href=\"https:\/\/gisha.org\/en\/crossings-update-ban-on-entry-of-construction-materials-reversed-border-with-egypt-reopened\/\">Gisha <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gisha.org\/en\/crossings-update-ban-on-entry-of-construction-materials-reversed-border-with-egypt-reopened\/\">\u2013 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gisha.org\/en\/crossings-update-ban-on-entry-of-construction-materials-reversed-border-with-egypt-reopened\/\">Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement<\/a> informed about the Israeli authorities\u2019 decision to reverse the ban on entry of construction materials into the Gaza Strip. Gisha said that, over the past weeks, Israel began implementing changes to its policy on the movement of people and goods to and from Gaza, restoring the situation at the crossings to more or less the situation prior to the May 2021 hostilities. Gisha called on Israel to allow immediate entry of all that is needed nor only for reconstruction but also for normal life and allow travel of people subject only to relevant considerations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 31 August, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamoked.org\/files\/2021\/1665170_eng.pdf\">HaMoked <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamoked.org\/files\/2021\/1665170_eng.pdf\">&#8211; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamoked.org\/files\/2021\/1665170_eng.pdf\">Centre for the Defence of the Individual<\/a> issued the position paper \u201cIsraeli Control of the Palestinian Population Registry and its Implications for Palestinians\u2019 Basic Rights\u201d on the long-standing freeze of the Palestinian population registry, which is effectively controlled by Israel. The paper covers the legal and historical background of this issue, highlighting the predicament of thousands of Palestinian families where one of the spouses is a foreigner without status in the OPT or a West Bank resident with a Gaza address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 29 August, <a href=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/two-days-after-the-meeting-with-president-biden-the-israeli-government-is-promoting-the-plans-in-e1\">Peace Now<\/a> informed that the Jerusalem Higher Planning Council (HPC) will be conducting a hearing in October to discuss the objections filed jointly by the NGO and Ir Amim to the plans to build 3,412 housing units in the E1 area in the West Bank. Peace Now reminded that this plan is considered \u201cexceptionally lethal for the chances for peace and the two-State solution\u201d as it cuts across the West Bank and prevents the development of the area between Ramallah, East Jerusalem and Bethlehem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 28 August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mezan.org\/en\/post\/24046\/Press+Release%3A+The+heightening+of+movement+restrictions+in+Gaza+severely+undermines+the+enjoyment+of+human+rights\">Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights<\/a> issued the press release \u201cThe Heightening of Movement Restrictions in Gaza Severely Undermined the Enjoyment of Human Rights\u201d. Al Mezan warned that in maintaining a comprehensive land, sea and air blockade and closure over the Gaza Strip, Israel violates the full spectrum of Palestinians\u2019 human rights, as the enjoyment of the rights to education, highest standard of health, and work correlates highly with the freedom of movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 7 September, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccpalestine.org\/israel-palestine-it-is-apartheid\/\">European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccpalestine.org\/israel-palestine-it-is-apartheid\/\">(ECCP)<\/a> issued the press release \u201cIsrael-Palestine: It is Apartheid. The EU and its Member States must Acknowledge this Fact and Comply with their Responsibilities\u201d. ECCP called on the European Union to support an immediate end to occupation, forcible transfer, annexation, house demolition and the blockade of Gaza, among others. It called on the Member States to explicitly support the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its procedures related to crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against the Palestinian people and to activate effective sanctions, including the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>North America<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 2 September, <a href=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org\/entry.php?id=38703#.YTotIIhKjIU\">Americans for Peace Now (APN)<\/a> issued a press release to oppose the moves to allow the Jewish National Fund (JNF) to register properties in the West Bank and Jerusalem, a process that is likely to lead to the eviction of thousands of Palestinians from their homes. APN called on fellow Jewish organizations in the United States, particularly those who serve on the board of the JNF, to exercise their influence to ensure that this procedural endeavour does not lead to the eviction of Palestinian families, a process that is certain to have dire humanitarian, political and security repercussions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 27 August, the <a href=\"https:\/\/uscpr.org\/protest-of-biden-naftali-bennett-meeting\">US Campaign for Palestinian Rights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/uscpr.org\/protest-of-biden-naftali-bennett-meeting\">(USCPR)<\/a> informed it was one of ten organizations supporting the protest against US President Biden\u2019s meeting with Israeli PM Bennet. USCPR demanded to \u201cend US complicity in Israeli colonialism, sanction Israel and end the military and diplomatic support that enables ethnic cleansing of Palestinians\u201d in reference to Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>United Nations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 9 September, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/newsroom\/official-statements\/speech-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-palestine-refugees-near\">UNRWA Commissioner<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/newsroom\/official-statements\/speech-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-palestine-refugees-near\">&#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/newsroom\/official-statements\/speech-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-palestine-refugees-near\">General Philippe Lazzarini<\/a> delivered a speech to the 115<sup>th<\/sup> Session of the League of Arab States Council. He insisted that the Agency was irreplaceable and there was no alternative in the region as long as there was no political solution that included a just and lasting solution of the plight of Palestine refugees. He explained that the mandate of UNRWA was a common responsibility and the stability of the region was a common interest. He invited the attending Member States to become an active part of the strategic discussions around the modernization of UNRWA and to attend the international conference, which will be hosted by Jordan and Sweden to ensure they are partners in enabling Palestine refugees on their journey to self-reliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><em>This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information &#8220;as is&#8221; without warranty of any <\/em>kind,<em> and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1239,1512],"tags":[],"country":[],"committee-meeting":[],"class_list":["post-258164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-ngo-action-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258164"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=258164"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=258164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}