Support Tamara in a triathlon for MAP
16 May 2012
MAP supporter Tamara Qutteineh is putting a bit of Palestinian humour into her fundraising. Not only is she raising money for MAP by taking part in a gruelling triathlon...
Field notes from Gaza
16 May 2012
I thought when going to Gaza for the first time that I wouldn't be surprised by much. On a daily basis I read UN reports, speak to my colleagues...
Israel bows to pressure to end mass hunger strikes by Palestinians
16 May 2012
(The Independent) Israel yesterday agreed to relax significant elements of the regime for Palestinian prisoners in an eleventh hour deal which ended a mass hunger strike that had threatened...
Israel putting any two-state peace deal at risk, says EU
15 May 2012
(Guardian) European Union criticises expansion of settlements and conditions for Palestinians in West Bank and East Jerusalem
The European Union has warned that the prospect of a peaceful and viable...
NGOs highlight Israeli destruction of EU-funded projects
15 May 2012
(EU Observer) BRUSSELS - NGOs have highlighted Israel's ongoing campaign to ethnically cleanse occupied territories as EU ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the problem.
Data compiled by the European...
IDF closes Palestinian school to make way for West Bank training zone
14 May 2012
(Haaretz) Civil Administration issues demolition order against the school, though residents have no access to any other.
Civil Administration confiscated the vehicle used to transport teachers to it.
Teachers initially tried...
Gaza health catastrophe likely due to lack of essential drugs .
9 May 2012
(MEMO) A catastrophic situation is likely in Gaza due to a lack of more than 200 essential drugs, a senior official in Gaza's Ministry of Health has warned. Ashraf...
Hunger Strike Updates
8 May 2012
(PHR-Israel) Bilal Diab and Tha'er Halahela are on day 66 of their hunger strike. Bilal Diab:
Hospitalization:When visited by PHR Israel's independent doctor (Monday April 30th) Bilal was found to...
Gaza health authorities sound alarm on depleting medicines
8 May 2012
Petra- The Gaza government's health ministry on Sunday warned of a "humanitarian catastrophe" resulting from an impending collapse of the health system as stocks of medicine in the Israeli-blockaded...
Foot-and-mouth disease reported in Gaza Strip
3 May 2012
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO) - The detection in the Gaza Strip of a new case of a novel strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) underscores the importance of maintaining...
PHR-Israel Urgent Appeal: Thaer and Bilal Must be Moved to a Hospital.
1 May 2012
Today an independent PHR-Israel physician visited Tha'er Halahla and Bilal Diab, two Palestinian administrative detainees who are on the 63rd day of their hunger strike.
She determined that their lives...
Space, Time, Dignity, Rights: Improving Palestine refugee camps
1 May 2012
(UNRWA) Between international politics and everyday life, transition and continuity, waiting room and home. Against the backdrop of these contradictions, today, roughly one-third of the nearly five million Palestine...
Jerusalem hospital at risk of closure blames PA for crisis
30 April 2012
Ma'an-- An East Jerusalem hospital faces the risk of closure due to financial difficulties which it blames on the Palestinian Authority, a statement said on Sunday.
The hospital administration and...
Unsettling actions in the West Bank
26 April 2012
(Financial Times) The Israeli government disputes the significance of formalising three illegal settler outposts in the occupied West Bank. This legalistic shadow boxing should not distract from the real...
Gaza Hospitals in Critical Need of Medicine and Supplies
25 April 2012
International Business Times - Gaza hospitals are running out of medicine and supplies after months of unanswered calls for help.
Dr Munir al-Barsh, director general of the pharmaceutical department at...
Foreign Secretary Condemns Israeli Settlements
25 April 2012
British Foreign Office Secretary William Hague on Wednesday condemned Israel's decision to legalize three settlement outposts in the West Bank.
"I urged the Israeli government in my statement on 5...
Referrals from Gaza - March Update
23 April 2012
March 2012 report on referrals of patients from Gaza.
In summary:
ยท A 17-year-old female referral patient from Gaza died while undergoing critical heart surgery at Makassed Hospital, after waiting her...
Palestinians Behind Bars: Prisoners Without Human Rights
19 April 2012
Marking the annual Palestinian Prisoners Day of 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights releases the film
This short documentary addresses the issues of solitary confinement and other measures of...
Statement of the Middle East Quartet
12 April 2012
The Quartet noted with concern the increasing fragility of developments on
the ground and called on the parties to work constructively together to take
concrete steps to address the Palestinian Authority's...
Cash shortage stops Gaza kids' summer camps
10 April 2012
AFP - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees is cancelling its annual summer camps for children in the Gaza Strip, saying it has failed to raise enough money.
"It...
