Hague condemns Israeli settlement plans
12 August 2011
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following the Government of Israel's decision to advance plans for a further 4,000 East Jerusalem settlement housing units.
The Foreign Secretary said:
"I condemn yesterday's...
Witnesses: Ambulance held at checkpoint after fatal crash
9 August 2011
Ma'an- Israeli forces delayed an ambulance treating victims of a car crash in which a 13-year-old girl died, witnesses told Ma'an.Anhar Sandouk died at the scene of an accident...
Ramadan 2011 appeal- Life saving emergency surgical kits for hospitalised and operated wounded patients in Gaza.
4 August 2011
Project Summary
When emergencies strike in the occupied Palestinian territories they can produce a high number of wounded and injured. Hospitals can find it hard to cope and run out...
Gaza hospitals face critical conditions
2 August 2011
The Palestine Telegraph - The Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip appealed all concerned authorities and human rights institutions to urgently intervene to stop the suffering of hundreds of...
Fuel shortage threatens Gaza hospitals
28 July 2011
(Maan) The director of public medical supplies in the Gaza Strip warned Thursday of an impending "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza hospitals due to fuel shortages.
Bassam Barhum, who oversees ministry...
Palestinian newborns are dying at checkpoints
26 July 2011
(New Internationalist Blog) In their home just outside of Bethlehem, a young couple, Farid and Nadia, put their son to bed. First-time parents, they tiptoe in and out of...
Foreign Office Update - Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories
26 July 2011
(FCO) The last quarter has seen violent clashes on Israel's borders with Syria and Lebanon in protests commemorating the anniversaries of the establishment of the State of Israel and...
Palestinian children routinely jailed for throwing stones
26 July 2011
(New Internationalist Blog) In an Israeli military detention centre in January 2011, an interrogator addressed a boy. Blindfolded and bound, 16-year-old Malek would later remember the words: 'My name's...
Gaza passengers await the unknown
26 July 2011
(Al Jazeera) Despite Egypt "opening" the Rafah crossing, Palestinians living in Gaza have seen no change in border restrictions.The morning sky is blue and bright at 7am in the...
Medical Referrals from Gaza
18 July 2011
(WHO) Each year thousands of Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip are referred by their physicians to hospitals outside of Gaza in order to access necessary, often life-saving,medical services...
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...
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...
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...
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...
