MAP News provides latest round the clock updates of all major stories that impact on the lives of Palestinians across the Middle East. Will staff on the ground in offices in Beirut, Ramallah, Gaza and London we are able to provide expert analysis and comment on events.

Total blockade of Gaza hits 7th day

12 April 2011
Ma'an- With a truce holding and calm restored in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces informed Gaza crossings officials that terminals would remain closed, citing only "security...

Israeli Forces Escalate Attacks on the Gaza Strip

11 April 2011
(PCHR) Ten Civilians, Including a Woman and Her Daughter, Killed Within 48 Hours In the last 48 hours, Israeli forces have escalated attacks on the Gaza Strip; intensified artillery shelling...

MAP Interview with Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish

31 March 2011
(MAP) Dr. Abuelaish lost three of his daughters during the Israeli attacks on Gaza in 'Operation: Cast Lead'. Today he is based in Toronto and has published a book...

FCO Annual Human Rights Report - Israel and Opt

31 March 2011
(FCO) Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories We welcome the steps that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have taken to protect human rights, but the situation in Israel and the...

Clashes as Bedouin homes taken down

29 March 2011
Ma'an- Seven Bedouin were beaten by Israeli border police Tuesday morning, as Israeli officials from the Civil Administration office carried out a demolition order on 12 tents in a...

Day after evacuation warning, Bedouin get demolition orders

28 March 2011
Ma'an-- A third set of warnings was delivered to the Bedouin of Ein Al-Hilwa on Monday morning, notifying residents that their tent homes and animal shelters would be demolished. The...

5 dead, others injured as Israel shells Gaza

22 March 2011
Maan News - A child, teenager and three adults were killed and others injured by Israeli artillery fire which hit a home east of Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon,...

Workshop at Birzeit University

18 March 2011
(MAP) Underlying MAP's programme of projects in Lebanon and the OPT is a commitment to evidence-based best policy and practice, not only producing evidence by evaluating our projects but...

Clinicians Study Tour - November 2011

17 March 2011
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about health care in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Receive analysis from courageous Palestinians and Israelis who recognize the dignity of every...

Referrals from Gaza - Update

14 March 2011
(WHO) 87% of all applications to cross Erez checkpoint were approved in February. The remaining 13% of patients had their applications denied or delayed and, subsequently, missed their hospital...

Cancer Care Crisis in Gaza

14 March 2011
(IRIN) The cancer started in Fatima Hassami's breast before spreading to her bones, leading to multiple fractures in her left leg and constant pain for the 70-year-old. "I feel so...

Palestinian lives on hold as delays hit reconstruction of Nahr al-Bared

4 March 2011
Michael Bluhm, Daily Star - The failure of contractors to meet deadlines has pushed back by months the return of Palestinians to their homes in the destroyed Nahr al-Bared...

Palestinians try to create 'Facebook revolution'

2 March 2011
AP) - The mass demonstrations sweeping the Middle East are touching the Palestinian territories, where West Bank and Gaza Strip activists are trying to organize their own "Facebook revolutions." The...

The Israelis keep bulldozing their village, but still the Bedouin will not give up their land

1 March 2011
(Harriet Sherwood, Guardian) The tiny village of al-Arakib has been torn down by the Israeli authorities 18 times in seven months, but each time the Bedouin rebuild their homes. The...

Refugee Health in Lebanon: Suha’s Story

24 February 2011
(MAP) Over the last year MAP has been working on a report on the conditions of Palestinian refugee health in Lebanon. One of the major issues is access to...

Interview with Salvatore Lombardo

24 February 2011
(MAP) Salvatore Lombardo is the director of UNRWA in Lebanon, which delivers essential services for over 400,000 Palestinian refugees. Could you describe the conditions in the refugee camps? The overall economic...

Event: Palestinian Films at SOAS

23 February 2011
The LMEI will be screening Fertile Memory (Dir. Michel Khleifi, 1980, 99 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles) as part of next week's Tuesday Evening Lecture followed by a...

Rafah crossing open for second consecutive day

23 February 2011
Ma'an- Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, saying another 300 Palestinians from Gaza will be permitted to cross into the country. On Tuesday,...

Rafah crossing open for second consecutive day

23 February 2011
Ma'an- Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, saying another 300 Palestinians from Gaza will be permitted to cross into the country. On Tuesday,...

Rafah crossing open for second consecutive day

23 February 2011
Ma'an- Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, saying another 300 Palestinians from Gaza will be permitted to cross into the country. On Tuesday,...