MAP at the Labour Party Conference
MAP, in partnership with the New Statesman, held a fringe event around the Labour Party Conference in Manchester this week looking at the fallout from the recent bloody conflict in Gaza that saw over...
View ArticleRecognising Palestine: Letter from MAP President
One month after the ceasefire was announced in Gaza, Medical Aid for Palestinian's President, Baroness Morris of Bolton, has written to the Telegraph urging Britain fulfil her obligation to the...
View ArticleMental Health and War: A Special Focus On The Gaza Strip
Hosted by the UK-Palestine Mental Health NetworkSpeakers:Dr Brian Barber, Dr Nimisha Patel and Dr Derek SummerfieldChaired by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)October 10th 20146.30pm - 8.30pmVenue -...
View ArticleMAP Debate on Palestine at Conservative Party Conference
Panellists in Birmingham discussed the future of both Israel and Palestine during a fringe event hosted by the New Statesman and Medical Aid for Palestinians. The panel were downbeat about the chances...
View ArticleGaza â Putting Lives Back Together Again
The ceasefire in Gaza is just over a month old but there has been little rest for those trying to pick up what is left of their lives in the aftermath of the greatest destruction the tiny strip of...
View ArticleDCI Palestine: 'Demand justice for the Children of Gaza'
Defence for Children International (DCI) Palestine are calling on President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron to support the United Nations Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry into...
View ArticleThe moment to recognise Palestine is now
Palestinian physician, Haidar Abdel-Shafi, once said that “we cannot take care of health and education as long as we live under occupation”. Today following years of failed negotiations and repeated...
View Article'A momentous vote on Palestine'
Writing in the Church Times, Sir Vincent Fean, who served as British Consul-General in Jerusalem from 2010 to 2014, argues that the time has come for the UK to recognise the State of Palestine. On 13...
View Article'UK deplores Israeli government settlement decision'
Following the Israeli announcement of plans for further settlement building in East Jerusalem, the Foreign Office has issued the following statement: UK deplores Israeli government decision to advance...
View ArticleHappy Eid al-Adha!
Happy Eid al-Adha to all those celebrating today and over the weekend from all of us at MAP!
View ArticleIn the Eye of a Man-Made Storm
Pierre Krähenbühl (UNRWA) When I was awoken by a call from our Gaza director at 6:20 in the morning on July 30, it was instantly clear the news wouldn't be good. And it wasn't. A U.N. Relief and Works...
View Article'MPsâ historic chance to help Middle East peace'
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)'s former Chairman and former HM Consul-General to Jerusalem, Robin Kealy, has added his name to the call for the UK to recognise Palestine in a letter to the...
View ArticleGaza donors: Will they get it right this time?
$5.4 billion has been pledged by the international community for the reconstruction of Gaza. In Al Jazeera, Medical Aid for Palestinians' CEO, Tony Laurance, warns that this time, the international...
View ArticleBritish Surgeons Face "huge" Gaza Challenge
Latest MAP Surgical Mission Prepares to Leave for Gaza On a chilly London morning a team of orthopaedic surgeons at Kings Hospital prepared for their upcoming mission to Gaza that leaves this...
View ArticleRecognition of Palestine: Thanks for your support!
On Monday 13th October, MPs voted overwhelmingly to recognise Palestine as a state. 274 MPs, on all sides, voted 'yes' urging the Government to “recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of...
View Article'Gaza Still Needs Rebuilding' MAP CEO talks to Huffington Post
Every week, Huffington Post’s ‘The WorldPost’ asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. In October, they talked to Medical Aid for Palestinians’ CEO, Tony Laurance,...
View ArticleWHO: 'MAP provided more aid during Gaza attacks than any other NGO'
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP) significant contribution to Gaza’s health system during this summer’s bombardment. In a report, which reveals...
View ArticleLancet Palestinian Health Alliance: Call for abstracts
The Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance (LPHA) has released a call for abstracts for its Sixth Annual Conference, “Health of Palestinians”, due to take place in March 2015 in Beirut. The MAP-supported...
View ArticleLatest from British Surgical Mission to Gaza
MAP caught up with Dr. Naveen Cavale, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon from King’s College Hospital in London, who has just returned from his second trip to Gaza as part of the MAP-Ideals team...
View ArticleMAP President Speaks out on Palestine
My Lords, the last four months have witnessed some of the most distressing and tragic events in a region which for too long has been scarred by violence and turmoil. From the plight of the Yazidis on...
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