The Civil Society and the Question of Palestine
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12 February 2016
Europe
- An American-Palestinian poet and writer Remi Kenazi is visiting the UK from 9 to 20 February to promote the?release?of his new collection ¡°Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising up from Brooklyn to Palestine¡±.
- On 9 February, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign officially launched a campaign by pledging General Election candidates to support justice for Palestine in the 2016 Irish General Election.
- The Contemporary art gallery ¡°Mosaic rooms¡± in London on 11 February launched an event: ¡°Possible and Imaginary Lives¡± by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh who is??of four Palestinian-Lebanese sisters exiled in different places across the globe.
- On 15 February, Ipswich film theatre of London will screen the??¡°Open Bethlehem¡± by movie director Leila Sansour.
- Rashid Khudairi, Palestinian co-ordinator of Jordan Valley Solidarity network of Palestinian communities is visiting UK from 17 to 26 February in the framework of his campaign ¡°¡±.
- Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organizing a tour in Palestine??for youth all over the world from age range 17 to 25.
United States of America
- On 9 February, Students for Justice in Palestine at Cleveland State University hosted??¡°the Palestinian exception to free Speech¡± by guest speaker Omar Shakir.
- On 11 February, the Church of the Holy Apostles in New York screened a short documentary ¡°¡±, a story of four Palestinian children from the West Bank who are undergoing the ordeal of an Israeli military detention.
Middle East
- On 8 February, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights filed??to the UN Special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, concerning journalist Mohammed Osama al-Qeeq held by Israeli forces. In parallel, PCHR through social media started an advocacy campaign ¡°¡±.?Furthermore, the centre published its??(4 -10 February 2016) on ¡°Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory¡±.
The United Nations
- On 8 February, UNRWA¡¯s Qalqilya based Girls¡¯ School was??by the Islamic Development Bank (IDP) and the Agency.
- On 9 February, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process issued a??on Palestinian unity talks, emphasizing full support by the UN to advance genuine Palestinian reconciliation in line with non-violence, democracy and the PLO principles.
- On 8 February, OCHA published its weekly (2-8 February) Protection of Civilians??highlighting developments and incidents in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.