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            <td> <span style="display:none !important"> samidoun
                posted: "Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity
                Network is a signatory of the following statement:
                5 August 2014
                For humanity and the little remained credibility of
                international law:
                Un Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stand for law and
                Justice or resign!
                M" </span>
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style="color:#000000;">5 August 2014<br>
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style="color:#000000;">For humanity and the little remained credibility
                                                          of
                                                          international
                                                          law:</span></strong></p>
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style="color:#000000;">Un Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stand for law
                                                          and Justice or
                                                          resign!</span></strong></p>
                                                    <p style="direction:
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style="color:#000000;">Mr. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,</span></strong></p>
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style="color:#000000;">We, the under signed Palestinian human rights and
                                                        community-based
                                                        organizations
                                                        are extremely
                                                        disappointed by
                                                        your
                                                        performance,
                                                        notably by your
                                                        biased
                                                        statements, your
                                                        failure to act,
                                                        and the
                                                        inappropriate
                                                        justification of
                                                        Israel’s
                                                        violations
                                                        of IHL, which
                                                        amount to war
                                                        crimes. Until
                                                        today, you have
                                                        taken no
                                                        explicit and
                                                        tangible
                                                        measures to
                                                        address the
                                                        recent Israeli
                                                        attacks in the
                                                        occupied
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        territory (oPt)
                                                        since 13 June.
                                                        Moreover, your
                                                        statements have
                                                        been either
                                                        misleading,
                                                        because they
                                                        endorse and
                                                        further Israeli
                                                        false versions
                                                        of facts, or
                                                        contrary to the
                                                        provisions
                                                        established by
                                                        international
                                                        law and to the
                                                        interests of its
                                                        defenders, or
                                                        because your
                                                        words justify
                                                        Israel’s
                                                        violations and
                                                        crimes.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">You have undeniably assumed a biased position
                                                        toward the
                                                        current attack
                                                        on Gaza and
                                                        Israeli
                                                        violations in
                                                        the West Bank by
                                                        failing to
                                                        clearly condemn
                                                        Israeli unlawful
                                                        actions in the
                                                        OPT, while, on
                                                        the other hand,
                                                        not hesitating
                                                        to accuse –
                                                        sometimes
                                                        mistakenly –
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        combatant in
                                                        Gaza of
                                                        violations of
                                                        international
                                                        law. This bias
                                                        can be noted in
                                                        the following
                                                        excerpts:</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">The Secretary-General strongly condemns the
                                                          killing today
                                                          of at least 10
                                                          Palestinian
                                                          civilians in
                                                          shelling
                                                          outside of
                                                          an UNRWA school
                                                          in Rafahproviding
                                                          shelter to
                                                          thousands of
                                                          civilians. 
                                                          The attack is
                                                          yet another
                                                          gross
                                                          violation of
                                                          international
                                                          humanitarian
                                                          law, which
                                                          clearly
                                                          requires
                                                          protection by
                                                          both parties
                                                          of Palestinian
                                                          civilians, UN
                                                          staff and UN
                                                          premises,
                                                          among other
                                                          civilian
                                                          facilities.</span></em></p>
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style="color:#000000;">Such <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.un.org/sg/statements/?nid=7904"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">statement</a>,
                                                        by failing to <strong>name
                                                          the
                                                          perpetrator
                                                          (Israel)</strong>,
                                                        is not only
                                                        biased, but also
                                                        offensive
                                                        to UNRWA, itself
                                                        a UN agency, as
                                                        well as to other
                                                        UN agencies and
                                                        international
                                                        organizations
                                                        the struggle to
                                                        provide relief
                                                        and protection
                                                        to Palestinians
                                                        in Gaza. UNRWA,
                                                        which has <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-mourns-loss-ninth-staff-gaza"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">lost
                                                          nine staff in
                                                          Gaza</a> since
                                                        the beginning of
                                                        Israel’s
                                                        Operation
                                                        Protective Edge,
                                                        hosts around <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_04_08_2014.pdf"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">270,000
                                                          internally
                                                          displaced (25%
                                                          of Gaza’s
                                                          population)</a> in
                                                        its
                                                        shelters. UNRWA’s preliminary
                                                        analysis on a
                                                        previous attack
                                                        against one of
                                                        its schools has
                                                        indicated that
                                                        it had been <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/israelgaza-attack-un-school-gaza-potential-war-crime-must-be-investigated-2014-07-30"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">hit
                                                          by Israeli
                                                          artillery,
                                                          constituting
                                                          an
                                                          indiscriminate
                                                          attack and
                                                          likely a war
                                                          crime</a>.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">Moreover, by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.un.org/sg/statements/?nid=7885"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">condemning</a> the
                                                        storage of
                                                        weapons
                                                        in UNRWA schools
                                                        without offering
                                                        a complete
                                                        details and a
                                                        proper account
                                                        on international
                                                        law, your
                                                        statements
                                                        endorse Israeli
                                                        excuses to <em>unlawfully, <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10547:on-the-23rd-day-of-the-israeli-offensive-indiscriminate-artillery-shelling-complete-families-annihilated-unrwa-shelter-shelled-and-15-civilians-killed-more-corpses-recovered-from-debris-of-houses-extreme-shortages-of-electricity-and-water-supplies-ra&catid=36:pchrpressreleases&Itemid=194"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">indiscriminately</a> </em>target
                                                        such civilian
                                                        objects.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">In addition, by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.un.org/sg/statements/?nid=7901"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">condemning</a></span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">the reported violation by Hamas of the mutually
                                                          agreed
                                                          humanitarian ceasefire which
                                                          commenced this
                                                          morning. He is
                                                          shocked and
                                                          profoundly
                                                          disappointed
                                                          by these
                                                          developments,</span></em></p>
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style="color:#000000;">the Secretary-General reveals a reckless
                                                        endorsement of
                                                        Israeli version
                                                        of facts,
                                                        blaming Hamas
                                                        for violating
                                                        the cease-fire,
                                                        even though
                                                        admitting that
                                                        “[t]he
                                                        Secretary-General
                                                        notes that the
                                                        UN has no
                                                        independent
                                                        means to verify
                                                        exactly what
                                                        happened”, and,
                                                        still, demanding
                                                        “the immediate
                                                        and
                                                        unconditional
                                                        release of the
                                                        [falsely
                                                        allegedly]
                                                        captured
                                                        soldier”.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">The following <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.un.org/sg/statements/?nid=7892"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">statement</a> further
                                                        illustrates the
                                                        Secretary-General’s
                                                        ignorance of
                                                        facts on the
                                                        ground:</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">The Secretary-General has learned with concern
                                                        that leaflets
                                                        are reportedly
                                                        being dropped by
                                                        the
                                                        Israeli Defence Forces
                                                        in the northern
                                                        Gaza Strip this
                                                        evening, warning
                                                        tens of
                                                        thousands of
                                                        residents to
                                                        leave their
                                                        homes and
                                                        evacuate to Gaza
                                                        City.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;"><em>If true </em>[our emphasis], this would have
                                                        a further
                                                        devastating
                                                        humanitarian
                                                        impact on the
                                                        beleaguered
                                                        civilians of
                                                        those areas of
                                                        the Gaza strip,
                                                        who have already
                                                        undergone
                                                        immense
                                                        suffering in
                                                        recent days.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">The drop of leaflets had been a <a
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href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/world/middleeast/by-phone-and-leaflet-israeli-attackers-warn-gazans.html?_r=0"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">known
                                                          practice</a> since
                                                        the beginning of
                                                        the Israeli
                                                        operation in
                                                        Gaza,
                                                        contributing to
                                                        a scenario of <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_04_08_2014.pdf"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">more
                                                          than 480,000
                                                          internally
                                                          displaced</a>.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">In the same <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          href="http://www.un.org/sg/statements/?nid=7892"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">statement</a>,</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">The Secretary-General strongly urge[d] all sides
                                                        to avoid any
                                                        further
                                                        escalation at
                                                        this time[,
                                                        noting] that all
                                                        sides must meet
                                                        all obligations
                                                        under
                                                        international
                                                        humanitarian
                                                        law, both
                                                        towards
                                                        civilians ahead
                                                        of impending
                                                        attacks, as well
                                                        as maintaining
                                                        proportionality
                                                        in any kind of
                                                        military
                                                        response,</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">Revealing an undue equalization of the two sides
                                                        of the conflict
                                                        and failing to
                                                        address the
                                                        greater impact
                                                        of violations
                                                        committed by
                                                        Israel,  which
                                                        has<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/humanitarian_Snapshot_5_%20august%202014_oPt.pdf"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;
                                                          color:#8c1600;">killed
                                                          at least 1,814
                                                          the vast
                                                          majority of
                                                          whom are
                                                          civilians</a>,
                                                        during its
                                                        operation in
                                                        Gaza.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">Mr. Secretary-General,</span></strong></p>
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style="color:#000000;">When you make no distinction between oppressors
                                                        and victims, in
                                                        all your
                                                        statements,</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">When you name Palestinian combatants as
                                                        perpetrators of
                                                        violations and
                                                        war crimes while
                                                        you ignore
                                                        naming Israel,
                                                        as you used to
                                                        do in referring
                                                        to specific
                                                        actions,</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">When you avoid codifying Israeli actions amount
                                                        to war crimes,
                                                        while you insist
                                                        on prescribing
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        reactions as
                                                        grave breaches
                                                        of IHL,</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">When you always advocate unlawfully the Israel
                                                        right to
                                                        self-defense,
                                                        while having not
                                                        pointed out the
                                                        Palestinians
                                                        legitimate and
                                                        legal right to
                                                        resist
                                                        occupation,
                                                        colonization and
                                                        institutionalized
                                                        discrimination,</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">When you adopt and advocate Israeli false
                                                        stories, while
                                                        not mentioning
                                                        Palestinians’
                                                        narrative,</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">When you disregard facts on grounds clearly
                                                        resulting from
                                                        Israeli attacks,
                                                        while you seek
                                                        the immediate
                                                        and
                                                        unconditional
                                                        release of a
                                                        falsely captured
                                                        soldier who was
                                                        in the battle
                                                        field, </span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">You do not maintain peace and security; nor do
                                                          you ensure
                                                          human rights.</span></strong></p>
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style="color:#000000;"> By reviewing yours statements, it becomes
                                                        evident you have
                                                        not been
                                                        fulfilling your
                                                        mandate. In
                                                        contrary, your
                                                        statements have
                                                        not only allowed
                                                        the continuance
                                                        of Israel’s
                                                        killing our
                                                        people, but
                                                        also, encouraged
                                                        States to
                                                        continue
                                                        providing Israel
                                                        with impunity.
                                                        As you cannot
                                                        say the truth,we
                                                        advise you to
                                                        either
                                                        drastically
                                                        change your
                                                        positioning –
                                                        not only in
                                                        words, but also
                                                        in your efforts
                                                        to, through the
                                                        UN, effectively
                                                        end the current
                                                        conflict – or to
                                                        resign. For us,
                                                        if you continue
                                                        playing this
                                                        role, you prove
                                                        what our people
                                                        feel, that you
                                                        are a partner
                                                        in, or at least
                                                        an enabler of,
                                                        the ongoing
                                                        violations of
                                                        international
                                                        humanitarian law
                                                        committed by
                                                        Israel against
                                                        our, families,
                                                        children, women,
                                                        elders – against
                                                        our people.</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;">—————-<br>
                                                        Signatures<br>
                                                        —————-</span></p>
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style="color:#000000;"><strong>Individuals:</strong><br>
                                                        • Richard Falk
                                                        Former United
                                                        Nations
                                                        Special Rapporteur on
                                                        human rights in
                                                        the Palestinian
                                                        territories
                                                        occupied since
                                                        1967<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Luisa Morgantini Former
                                                        Vice President
                                                        of the European
                                                        Parliament<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Ahmad Muhaisen –
                                                        President of The
                                                        association for
                                                        twining French
                                                        cities and
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        refugee camps<br>
                                                        • Breyten Breytenbach Poet,
                                                        writer, painter
                                                        and activist<br>
                                                        • John Pilger is
                                                        a journalist,
                                                        film-maker and
                                                        author </span></p>
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style="color:#000000;"><br>
                                                        <strong>Palestinian
                                                          and
                                                          international
                                                          human rights
                                                          and civil
                                                          society
                                                          organizations:</strong><br>
                                                        • BADIL Resource
                                                        Center for
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Residency and
                                                        Refugee Rights –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Occupied
                                                        Palestine and
                                                        Syrian Golan Heights
                                                        Advocacy
                                                        Initiative
                                                        (OPGAI)
                                                        – Biet Sahour<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Alternative
                                                        Information
                                                        Centre (AIC)
                                                        – Biet Sahour<br>
                                                        • ADDAMEER Prisoner
                                                        Support and
                                                        Human Rights
                                                        Association –
                                                        Ramallah<br>
                                                        • Palestinian
                                                        Non-Governmental
                                                        Network
                                                        (Umbrella for
                                                        133
                                                        organizations)<br>
                                                        • Palestinian
                                                        General
                                                        Federation of
                                                        Trade Unions<br>
                                                        • General Union
                                                        of Palestine
                                                        Workers<br>
                                                        • General Union
                                                        for Health
                                                        Services Workers<br>
                                                        • General Union
                                                        for Public
                                                        Services Workers<br>
                                                        • General Union
                                                        for
                                                        Petrochemical
                                                        and Gas Workers<br>
                                                        • General Union
                                                        for Agricultural
                                                        Workers<br>
                                                        • Union of
                                                        Women’s Work
                                                        Committees<br>
                                                        • Palestinian
                                                        Boycott,
                                                        Divestment,
                                                        Sanctions
                                                        National
                                                        Committee (BNC).
                                                        The Committee
                                                        includes the
                                                        following
                                                        organizations:
                                                        Council of
                                                        National and
                                                        Islamic Forces
                                                        in Palestine,
                                                        Palestinian NGO
                                                        Network (PNGO),
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        National
                                                        Institute for
                                                        NGOs, Global
                                                        Palestine Right
                                                        of Return
                                                        Coalition,
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Trade Union
                                                        Coalition
                                                        for BDS (PTUC-BDS),
                                                        Federation of
                                                        Independent
                                                        Trade Unions,
                                                        General Union of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Workers,
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        General
                                                        Federation of
                                                        Trade Unions,
                                                        General Union of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Women, Union of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Farmers, General
                                                        Union of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Teachers,
                                                        General Union of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Writers,
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Federation of
                                                        Unions of
                                                        University
                                                        Professors and
                                                        Employees
                                                        (PFUUPE), Union
                                                        of Professional
                                                        Associations,
                                                        General Union of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Peasants, Union
                                                        of Public
                                                        Employees in
                                                        Palestine-Civil
                                                        Sector,
                                                        Grassroots
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Anti-Apartheid
                                                        Wall Campaign
                                                        (STW), National
                                                        Committee for
                                                        Grassroots
                                                        Resistance,
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Campaign for the
                                                        Academic and
                                                        Cultural Boycott
                                                        of Israel
                                                        (PACBI),
                                                        National
                                                        Committee to
                                                        Commemorate
                                                        the Nakba, Civic
                                                        Coalition for
                                                        the Defense of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Rights in
                                                        Jerusalem,
                                                        Coalition for
                                                        Jerusalem, Union
                                                        of Palestinian
                                                        Charitable
                                                        Organizations,
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Economic
                                                        Monitor, Union
                                                        of Youth
                                                        Activity
                                                        Centers-Palestine
                                                        Refugee Camps,
                                                        Occupied
                                                        Palestine and
                                                        Syrian Golan Heights
                                                        Initiative.<br>
                                                        • The Joint
                                                        Advocacy
                                                        Initiative of
                                                        the East
                                                        Jerusalem YMCA
                                                        and the YWCA of
                                                        Palestine (JAI)
                                                        - Biet Sahour<br>
                                                        • Baladna-
                                                        association for
                                                        Arab Youth –
                                                        Haifa<br>
                                                        • Hamleh - Arab
                                                        center for media
                                                        development –
                                                        Haifa<br>
                                                        • Al Zahra’
                                                        Society for
                                                        Women
                                                        Empowerment
                                                        – Sakhnin<br>
                                                        • Assiwar- The
                                                        Feminist Arab
                                                        Movement in
                                                        Support of
                                                        Victims of
                                                        Sexual Assault –
                                                        Haifa<br>
                                                        • Association
                                                        for the defense
                                                        for the Rights
                                                        of the
                                                        Internally
                                                        Displaced in
                                                        Israel –
                                                        Nazareth<br>
                                                        • Alsebat association
                                                        for heritage
                                                        Preservation –
                                                        Nazareth<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Alternative
                                                        Tourism Group
                                                        (ATG)
                                                        – Beit Sahour<br>
                                                        • Yabous Cultural
                                                        Center –
                                                        Jerusalem<br>
                                                        • The Edward
                                                        Said National
                                                        Conservatory of
                                                        Music –
                                                        Jerusalem<br>
                                                        • Palestinian
                                                        Students’
                                                        Campaign for the
                                                        Academic Boycott
                                                        of Israel<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Gaza BDS Working
                                                        Group<br>
                                                        • University
                                                        Teachers’
                                                        Association in
                                                        Palestine<br>
                                                        • Medical
                                                        Democratic
                                                        Assembly<br>
                                                        • Pal-Cinema
                                                        (Palestine
                                                        Cinema Forum)<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Youth Herak Movement<br>
                                                        • Union of
                                                        Women’s Struggle
                                                        Committees<br>
                                                        • Union of
                                                        Synergies—Women
                                                        Unit<br>
                                                        • Union of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Women Committees<br>
                                                        • Women’s
                                                        Studies Society<br>
                                                        • Working
                                                        Woman’s Society<br>
                                                        • One Democratic
                                                        State Group<br>
                                                        • Youth Against
                                                        Israeli
                                                        Settlements –
                                                        Hebron<br>
                                                        • Health Work
                                                        Committees
                                                        – Biet Sahour<br>
                                                        • Land Research
                                                        Center (LCR) –
                                                        Hebron<br>
                                                        • Ramallah
                                                        Center for Human
                                                        Rights Studies –
                                                        Ramallah<br>
                                                        • Popular
                                                        Struggling
                                                        Coordination
                                                        Committee (PSCC)
                                                        – Ramallah<br>
                                                        • Lajee Center,
                                                        Aida Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        •
                                                        The EJ-YMCA Rehabilitation
                                                        Program and
                                                        the Beit Sahour YMCA
                                                        – Beit Sahour<br>
                                                        • Ibrahim
                                                        Al Khalil Society
                                                        – Hebron<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Prisoners
                                                        Society –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Center of Youth
                                                        Action for
                                                        Community
                                                        Development
                                                        (LAYLAC)
                                                        – Dhiesheh Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Palestinian
                                                        Grassroots
                                                        Anti-apartheid
                                                        Wall Campaign
                                                        (Stop the Wall)
                                                        – Ramallah<br>
                                                        • Palestinian
                                                        Center for
                                                        Rapprochement
                                                        Between People
                                                        – Biet Sahour<br>
                                                        • Amaan Center
                                                        for social
                                                        health,
                                                        Counseling and
                                                        Development –
                                                        Hebron<br>
                                                        • Popular
                                                        Committee for
                                                        Refugees, Qalqeliah<br>
                                                        • Popular
                                                        Committee for
                                                        Refugees, Salfit<br>
                                                        • Social Youth
                                                        Center, Aqbat Jaber Refugee
                                                        Camp – Jericho<br>
                                                        • Social Youth
                                                        Center, Aida
                                                        Refugee Camp –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Social Youth
                                                        Center,
                                                        Al Arroub Refugee
                                                        Camp – Hebron<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Al Arroub Popular
                                                        committee –
                                                        Al Arroub Refugee
                                                        Camp – Hebron<br>
                                                        • Progressive
                                                        Youth Union –
                                                        Al Arroub Refugee
                                                        Center – Hebron<br>
                                                        • The Phoenix
                                                        Center –
                                                        Al Arroub Refugee
                                                        Camp – Hebron<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Al Fawwar Social
                                                        Center –
                                                        Al Fawwar Refugee
                                                        camp – Hebron<br>
                                                        • Social Youth
                                                        Center, Far’a Refugee
                                                        Camp - Nablus<br>
                                                        • Shu’fat Child
                                                        Center
                                                        – Shu’fat Refugees
                                                        Camp – Jerusalem<br>
                                                        • Shoruq Association, Dhiesheh Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Al Awda Center
                                                        for Youth and
                                                        children
                                                        Rehabilitation
                                                        - Tulkarem<br>
                                                        • Ansar Center,
                                                        Al Walajeh –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Center for
                                                        Defense of
                                                        Liberties and
                                                        Civil Rights
                                                        “Hurryyat”<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Agricultural
                                                        Relief Committee
                                                        – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Bethlehem
                                                        Farmers Society
                                                        – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Ibda’a for the
                                                        Development of
                                                        Children
                                                        Capacity, Dhiesheh Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • The popular
                                                        committee
                                                        - Dhiesheh Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • The women
                                                        Centre
                                                        - Dhiesheh Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • The popular
                                                        committee –
                                                        Al Azza Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Al Phoenix
                                                        Center
                                                        – Dhiesheh Refugee
                                                        Camp – Bethlehem<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Al Walaja Women
                                                        Center –
                                                        Al Walaja - –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Not to Forget
                                                        – Jenin Refugees
                                                        Camp – Jenin<br>
                                                        • Environmental
                                                        Education Center
                                                        – Beit Jala<br>
                                                        • The National
                                                        Charitable
                                                        Society –
                                                        Al Khader<br>
                                                        • The Right of
                                                        Return
                                                        Committees in
                                                        Bethlehem –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Al Walaja Popular
                                                        Committee – –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Al Walaja Sports
                                                        Club –
                                                        Al Walaja - –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Al Walaja Agriculture
                                                        society –
                                                        Al Walaja - –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        anti-Wall and
                                                        Settlements
                                                        committees –
                                                        Ramallah<br>
                                                        • MA’AN Development
                                                        Center –
                                                        Ramallah<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Association of
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        prisoners and
                                                        x-prisoners –
                                                        Bethlehem<br>
                                                        • Susya Popular
                                                        Committee –
                                                        Hebron<br>
                                                        • Dair Abu Misha’al Popular
                                                        committee –
                                                        Ramallah<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Al Tawasul Forum
                                                        Society – Gaza
                                                        Strip<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        International
                                                        Solidarity
                                                        Movement.<br>
                                                        • The Refugees
                                                        Rights
                                                        Center –‘Aidoon –
                                                        Lebanon<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Association Najdeh -
                                                        Lebanon<br>
                                                        • Ajyal Association
                                                        – Lebanon<br>
                                                        • The Refugees
                                                        Rights
                                                        Center –‘Aidoon –
                                                        Syria<br>
                                                        • Union of Arab
                                                        Jurists – Jordan<br>
                                                        • The National
                                                        Institution of
                                                        Social Care
                                                        & Vocational
                                                        Training –
                                                        Jordan<br>
                                                        • Australians
                                                        for Palestine –
                                                        Australia<br>
                                                        • Women for
                                                        Palestine –
                                                        Australia<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Collective urgence Palestine
                                                        – Switzerland<br>
                                                        • Palestina Rossa –
                                                        Italy<br>
                                                        • Fronte Palestina -
                                                        Italy<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        Association of
                                                        Humanitarian
                                                        Lawyers<br>
                                                        • International
                                                        Educational
                                                        Development, Inc<br>
                                                        • International
                                                        Lawyers –
                                                        Switzerland<br>
                                                        • Tamkeen-Arab group
                                                        – Switzerland<br>
                                                        •
                                                        The BDS campaign
                                                        in France –
                                                        France<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        association for
                                                        twining French
                                                        cities and
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        refugees camp –
                                                        France<br>
                                                        • The
                                                        International
                                                        Organization for
                                                        the Elimination
                                                        of All Forms of
                                                        Racial
                                                        Discrimination
                                                        (EAFORD)<br>
                                                        • International
                                                        society for
                                                        Human Rights<br>
                                                        • Czech Friends
                                                        of Palestine<br>
                                                        • Initiative for
                                                        a just peace in
                                                        the Middle East
                                                        – Czech Republic<br>
                                                        • Nord-Sud XXI<br>
                                                        • International
                                                        Association
                                                        Against Torture<br>
                                                        • The Palestine
                                                        Solidarity
                                                        Allegiance South
                                                        Africa<br>
                                                        • Palestine
                                                        Legal Action
                                                        Network<br>
                                                        • Russell
                                                        Tribunal on
                                                        Palestine<br>
                                                        •
                                                        Campaign BDS France,<br>
                                                        • 14 Friends of
                                                        Palestine
                                                        (Marin, CA)<br>
                                                        • Canada
                                                        Palestine
                                                        Association<br>
                                                        • Voice of
                                                        Palestine<br>
                                                        • People for
                                                        Peace, London,
                                                        CA<br>
                                                        • United States
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Community
                                                        Network<br>
                                                        • Labor for
                                                        Palestine NY<br>
                                                        • Samidoun Palestinian
                                                        Prisoner
                                                        Solidarity
                                                        Network<br>
                                                        • US Campaign
                                                        for the Academic
                                                        and Cultural
                                                        Boycott of
                                                        Israel<br>
                                                        • Palestine
                                                        Human Rights
                                                        Campaign
                                                        Auckland<br>
                                                        • Al-Awda NY<br>
                                                        • Jews for
                                                        Palestinian
                                                        Right of Return<br>
                                                        • Jews Against
                                                        genocide<br>
                                                        • Palestine
                                                        Solidarity
                                                        Alliance, South
                                                        Africa<br>
                                                        • Assopace<br>
                                                        • Boycott!
                                                        Boycott From
                                                        Within<br>
                                                        • Boycott
                                                        Israeli
                                                        Apartheid
                                                        Campaign –
                                                        Vancouver<br>
• BDS Switzerland </span></p>
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