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.

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...

Minister: Gaza medical crisis 'unprecedented'

12 June 2011
Ma'an- Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are suffering a critical shortage of medicine and medical supplies, Hamas Health Minister Bassem Naem said Saturday. The crisis was unprecedented even during Israel's...

Ministry: Surgeries canceled in Gaza due to shortages

10 June 2011
Maan News - Doctors in Gaza have been forced to cancel surgeries due to critical shortages of medicine and supplies, a health ministry official said Friday. Ministry undersecretary Hasen Khalef...

Health and non-violent resistance in the West Bank

9 June 2011
(British Medical Journal) The Arab revolution was in our minds during our regular visit to the West Bank for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) child...

Restricting Aid Report

8 June 2011
In order to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid, AIDA international staff members rely on Israeli-issued visas to enter and stay in Israel, and on Israeli-issued permits to move within the...

Trapped in Gaza: Rafah Crossing Closed to Palestinians Soon After Egyptian Pledge to Reopen It

8 June 2011
(Democracy Now) In the Gaza Strip, the Hamas government has asked Egypt to drop restrictions on the Rafah border crossing, just days after the checkpoint opened last week. In...

Eager anticipation for Rafah border opening

26 May 2011
Ma'an- The siege on the Gaza Strip, maintained by Israel and Egypt for the past four years, will soon be significantly relaxed for would-be travelers, a decision that has...

WHO condemns occupation's effect on health sector

19 May 2011
Ma'an- The caretaker Minister of Health said a new victory was chalked at the World Health Organization's 64th assembly this week, when the body passed a resolution condemning the...

EU commissioner calls for 'immediate,' opening of Gaza Crossings

18 May 2011
Maan - EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva called for the "immediate, sustained and unconditional opening of crossings for the flow of humanitarian aid, commercial goods and persons," following her trip...

Local runner wins Gaza Strip's first marathon race

5 May 2011
Reuters- Palestinian runner Nader al-Masri, who trained on pot-holed roads and past bombed-out buildings, won the Gaza Strip's first marathon on Thursday. Masri, who represented Palestine in the 5,000 metres...

Letter to EU on Palestinian Reconciliation

5 May 2011
Dear High Representative, As humanitarian, development and peace-building organisations, we welcome the European Union's long support for Palestinian reconciliation and its significant donor contributions to the Palestinian people. We believe it...

Completing the Keswick Half Marathon for MAP

5 May 2011
Allan completed the Keswick Half Marathon on Bank Holiday Monday 1st May. It was a glorious sunny day for one of the best routes in the country - round...

Netanyahu rejects Palestinian unity deal

5 May 2011
Al Jazeera: Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has rejected a Palestinian unity agreement, calling it a "tremendous blow to peace".His comments on Wednesday come after representatives of Palestinian factions...

Egyptian government to ease siege on Gaza

26 April 2011
Ma'an- The Egyptian government will apply new procedures at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border to ease travel for residents of the besieged coastal enclave, officials said Thursday. During...

Irish medical delegation in Gaza

21 April 2011
Ma'an- Irish medics visited a hospital in Gaza Thursday, to prepare the ground for medical operations there by Irish doctors, delegation organizers said. The group of medics, headed by an...

First families return to their new houses in Nahr el Bared camp

21 April 2011
UNRWA - UNRWA handed over the newly reconstructed homes to the first group of families in the first package out of eight packages of Nahr el-Bared camp. More families...

Empowering people with Disabilities

13 April 2011
(MAP) On March 28 2011, Medical Aid for Palestinians saw the launch of its project entitled "Empowering people with Disabilities to Claim their Rights and Entitlements" with its partner...

UNRWA to increase its coverage of tertiary healthcare services to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

12 April 2011
(iloubnan) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today in a communiqué that following intensive fundraising efforts, the Agency will...

Referrals Update – The Death of a 3 year old

12 April 2011
(WHO) Sajeda Fouad Abu Otaiwy, a 3-year-old girl, died while waiting for referral from Gaza to a hospital in Israel. Sajeda had suffered from meningitis, an inflammation of the...