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.

Baroness Morris Appointed as MAP President

9 December 2011
MAP is delighted to announce that Baroness Morris takes over from Lord Patten as our new President. Speaking at MAP's London office Baroness Morris described how she "was really...

Amersham Lodge supports MAP community training centre

9 December 2011
Helping sick children in areas of political instability is the latest project to be assisted by Amersham Masonic Lodge. Members recently visited the headquarters of MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)...

FILM - Life In The Shadows: Palestinians in Lebanon

17 November 2011
(MAP) What is it like to live in a refugee camp in Lebanon? This powerful film highlights the plight of some tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees who are...

Terminal Decline? Palestinian Refugee Health in Lebanon

17 November 2011
This report has been in development for over a year and ispart of MAP's ongoing work to raise the profile of the health challenges facing Palestinian refugees living in...

Israel maintains block on tax transfers to PA

14 November 2011
(Maan News) Israel's cabinet decided on Monday to continue to withhold the transfer of tax revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority, a measure it imposed two weeks ago after...

Hoda's Story

3 November 2011
In March 2003, 12-year-old Hoda Darwish was sitting at her desk in a UN elementary school in Khan Younis on the Gaza Strip when an Israeli high-velocity bullet was...

ECHO Lebanon and oPt Strategy

3 November 2011
(MAP) The ECHO Unit has now split into divisions and there is a specific individual'/team that will deal with issues in oPt and Lebanon with 40million euros committed to...

Voices from East Jerusalem

3 November 2011
DCI-Palestine has just released a new report: Voices from East Jerusalem: The Situation facing Palestinian Children. The report addresses the impact of Israel's unilateral annexation of East Jerusalem, through...

UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership

31 October 2011
(Daily Star) The United Nations' cultural agency decided on Monday to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as...

MAP Event - Palestinian Refugee Health in Lebanon

25 October 2011
MAP briefing paper launch in association with the SOAS Palestine Society and the Council of Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) The findings of MAP's report reveal that Palestinian health care in Lebanon...

MAP Conferences 2011 Summary

20 October 2011
1) Liberal Democrat Conference MAP held a fringe event at the Liberal Democrat conference asking 'what role should Britain play in regards to Palestine?' The event, co-hosted by the New Statesman,...

Palestinian UN bid: Is there a role for Britain?

20 October 2011
(CMEC) Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu effectively blocks negotiations… the Palestinians threaten a unilateral declaration of statehood… a Democrat US administration and the Europeans (notably the French, the Germans and...

The Messenger Dove Show 28th October - Logan Hall

20 October 2011
Musical event featuring the two great talents Hadeel and Zajel. See the event details here

London Palestine Film Festival 2012

20 October 2011
Submissions are now open for the 2012 London Palestine Film Festival. The 2012 Festival will open in late April at the Barbican Cinema and run for two weeks. Film and video...

Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance Second Conference (LPHA)

20 October 2011
(Lancet) "Health of Palestinians inside and outside the Occupied Palestinian Territory" The Center for Research on Population and Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of...

Foreign Office Questions - Livni Visit

20 October 2011
Mr Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what prior agreement was reached between the Government and the Government of Israel on special mission...

MAP Report Launch

19 October 2011
MAP will be launching our first briefing paper - 'Terminal Decline? Palestinian Refugee Health in Lebanon" on the 17th November at 7pm at the KLT Lecture Theatre at SOAS....

Israel Plans to Expel Bedouin Communities from Area C, West Bank

18 October 2011
(B'Tselem)The Civil Administration (CA) is planning to expel the Bedouin communities living in Area C in the West Bank, transferring some 27,000 persons from their homes. In the first...

URGENT APPEAL - Release of Palestinian child detainees

18 October 2011
(Defence for Children International) On 11 October 2011, Israel and Hamas announced a deal to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the freeing of Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. Under...

MAP Event: Palestinians in Lebanon

13 October 2011
MAP is launching a major report into Palestinian health in Lebanon at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at 7pm on the 17th of November. The event...