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.

400 miles for MAP

18 July 2011
After being delayed for a little while I've finally got myself in gear (excuse the pun…) and on Monday 25th July 2011 will be undertaking a 5 day charity...

Call for Papers

18 July 2011
The Center for Research on Population and Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut, in collaboration with the Institute of Community and Public...

Locked Out

15 July 2011
In Locked Out, Christian Aid calls for an honest and meaningful dialogue about the Palestinian refugee crisis, which engages all stakeholders, together with the introduction of a process that...

The flotilla and the siege – resistance and complicity

13 July 2011
Miri Weingarten - Open Democracy -Despite widespread Greek support for the Palestinian cause, the Greek government bent to intense pressure from various quarters and declared that the flotilla's boats...

Born at a checkpoint

7 July 2011
(IRIN) For three years now a UK medical journal, the Lancet, has been working with Palestinian health professionals and researchers to document the effects of stressful living - coping...

Middle East Quartet Statement

4 July 2011
The following statement was issued by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, and European Union): The Quartet remains concerned about the unsustainable conditions facing the civilian...

In-depth study tour

1 July 2011
(Experience Tours) Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about the realities of life today in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel. Receive analysis from courageous Palestinians and...

MAP at the Palestinian Film Festival

1 July 2011
As part of the London Palestine Film Festival, MAP hosted the UK premiere of My Name is Ahlam, by Palestinian director Rima Essa. My Name is Ahlam is a...

Making a Difference: Burns Update

1 July 2011
Cramped and inadequate living conditions can often lead to domestic fires. And because burns units are few, and military checkpoints on the roads make them hard to reach, accidents...

MAP takes MP Delegation to West Bank

1 July 2011
This June MAP, in conjunction with the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU), led a delegation of four Liberal Democrat MPs to visit our projects in the West Bank. The...

Medicines for Gaza stuck at Israeli crossing

28 June 2011
Maan News - Gaza's medicine shortage has reached "alarming proportions," international aid group Oxfam said Friday, quoting medical officials saying that drugs were held up at Israel's crossing into...

World Refugee Day

20 June 2011
(Christian Aid) 4.8 million Palestinians are living as refugees. This report looks at how addressing this issue will help unlock the peace process. Despite competing narratives and differing interpretations of...

Lord Patten steps down as MAP President

17 June 2011
MAP President Chris Patten stepped down at the start of May to take over from Sir Michael Lyons as head of the BBC Trust. Lord Patten joined MAP in February...

Make ‘Freedom for Palestine’ a Chart Hit!

17 June 2011
As the Israeli military blockade of Gaza enters its fifth year, a new campaign has been launched to get the song 'Freedom for Palestine' by OneWorld into the UK...

MAP’s Fitness Fundraisers

17 June 2011
1) Congratulations to all of MAP's community fundraisers who have been working hard to support our work over the past months. Nine-year-old Orla raised £225 for MAP by completing a...

Red Cross donates stockpiled medicine to Gaza hospitals

15 June 2011
Ma'an- The Red Cross in Gaza announced Tuesday that it had donated all of the medicine in its local warehouses to public Gaza hospitals as the health sector remained...

WHO Gaza Referrals - Update

15 June 2011
During May 2011, the Israeli District Liaison Office (DCL) processed 1,076 patient applications for permits tocross Erez checkpoint to access hospitals in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Israel and...

UN marks 5 years of Gaza siege

14 June 2011
Ma'an- "If the aim of the blockade policy was to weaken the Hamas administration, the public employment numbers suggest this has failed," a UNRWA spokesman said Tuesday as the...

UN study: Gaza unemployment rate remains among the worst in the world

14 June 2011
(Haaretz) UNRWA report says 45.2 percent of Gazans in working age are unemployed, dropping more than 5,900 jobs to 190.365 in the second half of 2010. The unemployment rate in...

Medicine delivered to Gaza amid hospital crisis

14 June 2011
Ma'an- Israeli Civil Administration officials said Monday that 19 trucks of medicine were transferred to the Gaza Strip as doctors warned that the enclave's health sector was on the...