NGO Action News – 05 February 2016

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 “as is” without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.

NGO Action News
05 February 2016

Europe

• On 10 February, in London, the P 21 gallery under the auspices of Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JFJFP) is launching a book discussion by James Rodgers entitled “headlines from the Holy Land”. The former BBC correspondent in Gaza will examine the challenges which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict presents for diplomats and for the new media.

• On 13 February, in Salisbury, UK, the Sarum College is Organizing a conference: Britain and Palestine: Past History, future Role.

• The Contemporary Art Gallery Mosaic in London, on 17 February is launching a book “ Gaza as Metaphor ” , which contains a collection of essays by journalists, writers, doctors, academics and others.

The United States of America

• The Centre for Palestine studies at Columbia University on 11 February is organizing a lecture “Palestine Re-Covered: Reading a Settler Colonial Landscape” by Abdul Rahim al-Shaikh, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Birzeit University and Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, associate researcher at Mada al-Carmel-The Arab Centre for Applied Social Research.

• On 18 February, the James Gallery at the Graduate Centre of CUNY in New York is hosting a book presentation entitled “Nothing makes Sense Why Should I?” by Palestinian writer Suad Amiry which describes the reality of living under the protracted Israeli occupation.

• On 18 February, the Palestine Centre in Washington D.C. is hosting a panel presentation on “Understanding the current Palestinian Revolt: its context and consequences for Palestinian society”. The speakers are Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Rania Khalek, an independent journalist.

Middle East

• The Palestinian Centre for Human rights (PCHR) on 3 February organized an activity in solidarity with administrative detainee, journalist Mohammed al Qeeq who had been on hunger strike for a consecutive 72 days and whose health is critical. In parallel, the centre published its weekly report (29 January – 3 February 2016) on “Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.

The United Nations

• On 2 February, UNWRA appealed to donors for $ 414 million to meet the critical humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees affected by the conflict in Syria.

• On 2 February, OCHA published its weekly (26 January – 2 February) Protection of Civilians report highlighting developments and incidents in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.