{"id":268464,"date":"2021-11-04T12:21:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=268464"},"modified":"2021-11-30T12:26:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:26:54","slug":"ngo-action-news-4-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ngo-action-news-4-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 4 November 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>In the period since 28 October, many CSOs published statements to criticise and protest the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defense to designate prominent Palestinian CSOs as terrorist organizations. Among them, the <u>six Palestinian civil society organizations<\/u> targeted by this decision released the position paper \u201cDangerous Designations, Israel\u2019s Authoritarian Dismantling of Palestinian Civil Society, an Attack on Human Rights and the Rule of Law\u201d. <u>Al-Haq<\/u> also published the report \u201cDesignated Shrinking Space: Israel\u2019s Systematic Harassment Campaigns Against Al-Haq, are the Acts of an Illegal Apartheid Regime\u201d. The <u>Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies<\/u> published a statement from a group of 235 regional and international organizations calling for the international community to take action to protect Palestinians human rights organizations. <u>Human<\/u> <u>Rights Watch<\/u> published a letter sent by 288 US-based organizations demanding that the US government condemn Israel\u2019s crackdown on human rights groups. In addition, <u>Addameer<\/u> issued a statement reiterating its commitment to continue defending Palestinian prisoners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 28 October, <u>Peace Now<\/u> published an article analyzing the policy of the new Israeli government in the settlements since its establishment. The CSO argues that the new administration did not respect the \u201cstatus quo\u201d in the settlements policy it had initially proclaimed, adding that the government has actively worked to promote settlements and deepen the Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian territory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 27 October, <u>Al Mezan<\/u> issued a press release calling for an international intervention to end Israel\u2019s restrictions on the entry of medical equipment and supplies into Gaza. According to the organization, the Israeli authorities have imposed a ban on diagnostic medical devices commonly used for patients testing positive for COVID-19 and on medical imaging devices, among other essential medical equipment. In addition, 38% of essential drugs and 22% of medical disposables had been at \u201czero stock\u201d in Gaza in August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>North America<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 1 November, <u>Americans for Peace Now<\/u> published the article \u201cHard Questions, Tough Answers: Israeli settlements, Palestinian NGOs, and US-Israel relations\u201d. In this article, Yossi Alpher, an independent security analyst, discussed the recent announcement by Israeli authorities of new West Bank settlement construction, and the declaration of six Palestinian NGOs as \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 29 October, the <u>Foundation for Middle East Peace<\/u> (FMEP) published the podcast \u201cSpotlight on Al-Haq with Shawan Jabarin\u201d in which FMEP discussed with the General Director of Al-Haq the recent Israeli decision to designate this organization and five others as a \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 26 October, <u>J Street<\/u> published a press release welcoming the US State Department\u2019s statement condemning the ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and opposing plans to advance thousands of new settlement units throughout the West Bank. The CSO further encouraged the US government to take additional steps to support a two-State solution. <u>Churches for Middle East Peace<\/u> also published a statement welcoming the Biden Administration\u2019s opposition to recent actions of the Israeli Government, including its opposition to settlement expansion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>United Nations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 29 November, the <u>UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the <\/u><u>Palestinian People<\/u> will hold the annual commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at UN Headquarters in New York with a special session of the Committee, including high-level Member States representatives. Concurring events are also planned at the UN Offices at Geneva (UNOG), Nairobi (UNON) and Vienna (UNOV).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-268464","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\/268464","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=268464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268464"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=268464"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=268464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}