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Joint Advocacy Initiative
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Newsletter
- 26 January 2012
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New JAI magazine released
Palestine UN bid: it includes perspectives and articles on the bid, how Palestinian people perceived it, youth perspectives, PLO
position, legal implications, Palestinian refugees' rights perspective. Palestinian National Rights, the global intifada (uprising)
and popular resistance, grass root Initiatives - BDS Movement, farmers'
steadfastness and fair-trade for justice, are also articles included with
some relevancy.
Shepherds' Nights
Festival 2011
From the 23rd - 25th, December 2011, the fourth
Shepherd' Nights Festival was co-organized in Beit Sahour by the JAI. For
three days, various local bands and groups performed and interacted with the
audience.
The festival aimed at sending a message to the world that the
Palestinian nation has the right of self determination and an independent
state, and to encourage the culture of selecting the Palestinian products as
the first choice and boycott the Israeli products.
Read
more about the festival and performances, and
see pictures.
The Bethlehem Call: Here we stand – Stand with us
Is the final statement of "KAIROS for Global Justice"
conference that was held in Bethlehem on the second
anniversary of the launch of KAIROS Palestine.
14th December 2011,
It includes: description of current context, non-negotiable,
vision, theology, positions and call for actions.
The JAI ends training for youth in: Human Rights and Int. Humanitarian Law
10th, December 2011.
The JAI has organized training for
youth in Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, where 15 young
males and females, ages 18 – 25, from the Bethlehem area participated.
Read
more details and see pictures.
Christmas at the Checkpoint
Personal reflection by Kathinka Aakenes, a GoCY internship program
Norwegian volunteer at the JAI.
Read her personal story, reflection and experience at the Bethlehem - Jerusalem checkpoint during Christmas time.
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More readings - up to date:
Media
reported Israeli attacks on lands and farmers
Media reported anti-Israeli-occupation worldwide actions
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