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Youth
Education
and
Activation
Project
(YEAP)
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First
Initiative-Campaign
against Forced
Population Transfer (FPT):
The YEAP participants
joined BADIL, the FPT
Coalition and the
marginalized populations
living in the villages
surrounding Nablus in
the 1st Popular
Initiative in the
Campaign against FPT
which was implemented in
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BADIL-Zochrot Joint
Action:
Preparations were
underway in the first
quarter for the
implementation of the
2013 BADIL-Zochrot Joint
Action which focuses
promoting the results of
the 2012 Joint Action,
mainly the Vision Paper
in order to build the
culture of return among
Palestinian and Israeli
society. The activities
of the 2013 Joint Action
consist primarily of
“Open Days” taking place
at academic institutions
to create awareness
surrounding the
practicalities of
return.
Local Youth Refugee
Network (LYRN) and the
Civil Society Activists
Forum (CSAF):
Both the LYRN and CSAF
continue to grow in
scope through the
recruitment of
Palestinian human rights
defenders from Mandate
Palestine. Both bodies
participated in the
United against Apartheid
and Land Day
initiatives.
Academic Activists
Training:
Thirty-five students
enrolled for the BADIL
course, “Palestinian
Refugees under
International Law”,
given at Al-Quds
University.
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Al-Awda
Award
Competition |
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This is the 7th year of
BADIL’s Annual Al Awda
Award. BADIL launched
the 2013 Award on 28
January 2013 under the
slogan “Generation by
generation, we will
continue to protect our
fig and olive trees.”-
Tawfiq Zayyad. All
categories and winners
will be recognized at
the award ceremony which
will take place during
World Refugee Day
activities in July.
Category |
Deadline |
Award amounts |
Best Nakba
Commemoration
Poster |
12 April |
1st:
2000 USD
2nd:
1000 USD
3rd:
700 USD |
Best Caricature
for World
Refugee Day
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31 May |
1st:
1000 USD
2nd:
800 USD
3rd:
600 USD |
Best Photograph
by Youth |
31 May |
1st:
900 USD
2nd:
600 USD
3rd:
400 USD |
Best Story for
Children |
31 May |
1st:
2000 USD
2nd:
1000 USD
3rd:
700 USD
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For more information on
the criteria for the
award categories and
further details
(English) and
(Arabic).
In addition to BADIL’s
own promotion of the
award through local
media channels and
BADIL’s social media
platforms, the Al Awda
Award Competition was
promoted on Electronic
Initifada (EI).
see here>> |
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Ongoing
Nakba
Education
Center (ONEC) |
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BADIL has published the
following productions on
the ONEC website in the
first quarter of 2013:
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“Dead Olives &
Settlements: Three
Farmers in Abud”,
see here>>
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“Israeli Justice!
Dura-el-Qara”,
see here>>
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“Origins of
Exile”, Lydd,
see here>>
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“Everything that
Stands…”, Susiya,
see here>>
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Qalqilya Photo
Story,
see here>>
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Education
and
Advocacy
Tools: |
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January 2013 – Israeli
Apartheid Week Poster –
“Palestinian Loss of
Land 1947-2013:
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Israeli
Policies Combine
Apartheid, Colonialism
and Occupation” in
partnership with itisapartheid.org.
See here>>
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January 2013 – Al-Majdal
Issue #51 – “Palestinian
Citizens in Israel:
Defying the Ongoing Nakba”
See here>>
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March 2013 – Haq Al-Awda
Issue #52 –
“Palestinians inside the
Green Line: 65 years
confronting
displacement,
confinement and
Apartheid” (translated
from Arabic).See
here>>
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March 2013 – “Campaign
against Forced
Population Transfer”
t-shirt and eco-friendly
bag
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Local Mobilization:
Campaign Against Forced
Population Transfer in
Area C
BADIL facilitated the
implementation of 2
popular initiatives in
March under this
campaign: in Khan Younis
(Gaza) and in Awarta
(Nablus District). The
village of Awarta, east
of Nablus, suffers from
land confiscation and
repeated settler attacks
from the illegal
settlement of Itamar,
which was established in
1984. The Primary
Public Girls School in
Awarta was built on
lands classified as Area
C under the Oslo Accords
and as such was selected
for the location for the
initiative. A host of
organizations
participated in and
contributed to the
successful
implementation of the
initiative: Birzeit
University, the Awarta
Parents Council, Awarta
Village Council, the
school board and the
Ministry of Education
and Higher Education,
Nablus Governorate. The
day-long agenda was
founded in the concept
of volunteerism and
revitalizing this
concept among
Palestinian youth.
Volunteers joined in the
cleaning, beautification
and greening of the
school’s grounds. This
included the painting of
the fence, the weeding
and planting of the
garden and the general
clean-up of the
premises. In order to
raise awareness among
the young students, Give
Palestine Theatrical
Group gave a performance
on FPT and many
awareness raising tools
were distributed
including t-shirts,
posters, and the 2012 Al
Awda Award children’s
stories. See
here >>
A similar second popular
initiative was held in
Gaza: the planting of
olive and citrus trees,
implemented by youth and
volunteers from Khan
Younis and Rafah. The
location of the
initiative was the
village of Khuza’a,
which is approximately
500 meters from the
border with Israel.
Israeli Apartheid Week
In commemoration of
Israeli Apartheid Week,
BADIL, in coordination
with a host of local
community-based
organizations,
implemented a photo
exhibition and film
screening at the Peace
Center in Bethlehem.
The photo exhibition
consisted of two
displays: one
highlighting the
apartheid situation
creating by the Israeli
regime in the historic
city of Hebron by the
Hebron Protection
Committee and the other
highlighting the various
military check points
through out the West
Bank by the French
photography team of
Magda and Andrea. The
screening was for Part V
of the 6-part
documentary series
“Chronicles of a
Refugee: the Right of
Return” by Adam Shapiro,
Perla Issa, and Aseel
Mansour.
See here >>
Land Day Initiatives
On 29 March, BADIL, in
coordination with Al
Khader Municipality, and
in cooperation with a
variety of civil society
organizations,
implemented a volunteer
day of olive tree
planting in lands
threatened by
confiscation for the
Apartheid Wall and the
Israeli only by-pass
road #60. Almost 200
Palestinian and
international volunteers
planted 150 olive
saplings in an area of
approximately 15 dunams.
BADIL also issued a Land
Day Statement, “Land
Day: a day to resist
land-grab policies and
ongoing displacement”,
see here>> |
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In
addition to 12 in house
press releases (6 Arabic
and 6 English), BADIL
and its activities made
the following headlines:
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2013 Al Awda Award
Competition,
see here >>
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BADIL’s Survey “One
People United: A
Deterritorialized
Palestinian
Identity, Survey of
Palestinian Youth on
Identity and Social
Ties-2012”,
see here>>
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BADIL’s biennial
“Survey of
Palestinian Refugees
and IDPs 2010-2012”.
see:
link and
link
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ONEC production,
“Villagers on the
Line”
see here>>
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“Human Rights NGOs
request protection
for Palestinians
from forced
displacement from
the UNHRC at their
22nd Session in
Geneva”, see
here >>
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Land Day Initiative
in Al Khader,
see here>>
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BADIL’s Land Day
Statement quoted by
Daily Censored,
see here >>
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Israeli Apartheid
Week activities.
see here>>
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In
addition to 12 in house
press releases (6 Arabic
and 6 English), BADIL
and its activities made
the following headlines:
-
2013 Al Awda Award
Competition,
see here >>
-
BADIL’s Survey “One
People United: A
Deterritorialized
Palestinian
Identity, Survey of
Palestinian Youth on
Identity and Social
Ties-2012”,
see here>>
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BADIL’s biennial
“Survey of
Palestinian Refugees
and IDPs 2010-2012”.
see:
link and
link
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ONEC production,
“Villagers on the
Line”
see here>>
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“Human Rights NGOs
request protection
for Palestinians
from forced
displacement from
the UNHRC at their
22nd Session in
Geneva”, see
here >>
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Land Day Initiative
in Al Khader,
see here>>
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BADIL’s Land Day
Statement quoted by
Daily Censored,
see here >>
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Israeli Apartheid
Week activities.
see here>>
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