Declaration of the Palestine Circle of the Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly Foundation  (FACM)

The force of law must prevail over the law of force

The Palestine Circle of the Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly Foundation (FACM), whose permanent seat is in Jerusalem, capital of the State of Palestine, expresses its total indignation at the declaration of the President of the United States that seems to have perfectly assimilated the Israeli policy of occupation for the fait accompli.

Quaderns de la Mediterrània, nº 25. Paul Balta. Writer and journalist, Honorary member of the ACM Foundation.

Desde la Antigüedad, el Mediterráneo no ha dejado de ser nunca un mar de paradojas. Sus pobladores hicieron de él la principal cuna de la gastronomía y el buen vivir porque tenían el arte de adaptar lo que adoptaban. Es también la cuna de las tres religiones monoteístas reveladas, lo que ha provocado muchas guerras y malentendidos, si bien no ha impedido los intercambios entre los diferentes pueblos de ambas orillas.

FACM, 28.11.2017

The president of the ACM Foundation, Vicent Garcés, calls the opening of the UE to his closest neighborhood to solve the current problems: “Today in the EU, the values of democracy and solidarity are in danger. The economic crisis has increased inequality. The ACM Foundation constantly points out the need for European politics to recognize the human dimension. In our last meeting that took place in Morocco this November, we have seen that an active citizenship is urgently needed to be the protagonist of a citizen resistance against the apparatuses of the system that subtract freedom “. In the day of debate with the citizenship about the future of Europe and the cohesion policy of the UE in Casa Mediterraneo, Alicante.

On October 14, the France Palestine Solidarity Association organized a conference as part of the “2017 campaign, justice for Palestine”. This year coincides with the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. With the intervention of Hassan Balawi, member of the Advisory Board of the ACM Foundation.

An unprecedented success. The meeting of November 23, 2017 for the presentation of the book written by Rita Spanouli (member of the circle ACM – Thessaly) and Giorgos Lepeniotis on a series of tales of the Roma people was a great success.
The Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly Foundation (FCAM) was among the organizers of the event, in collaboration with the Municipality of Larissa, the University of Thessaly, the Federation of Roma of Thessaly and the local association of sociologists.

The number 25 of the magazine Quaderns de la Mediterrània – IEMed is already available. In this issue, the president of the ACM Foundation, Vicent Garcés, writes about the agricultural and food transition in the Mediterranean region.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we say as committed citizenship: It is enough! In the València demonstration, with the members of the Cercle de València de l’ACM and the ACM Foundation, which is a signatory of the Valencian pact against gender violence.

La FACM condamne fermement le terrible attentat subi contre la mosquée soufie Al-Rauda, dans la ville de Bear al-Abd/ Egypte et qui a fait des centaines de morts et de blessés. La FACM affirme que la diversité culturelle et religieuse existant historiquement dans nos peuples ne pourra jamais justifier le fanatisme et la violence.
La FACM et tout son réseau de Cercles Citoyens, présent dans les pays méditerranéens, encourage le dialogue, le… respect mutuel et la solution pacifique des conflits. La citoyenneté et les gouvernements doivent travailler, chacun dans le cadre de ses responsabilités, pour faire prévaloir les droits humains et pour créer les conditions d’égalité, de justice et de paix.