Winter brings new challenges to the Bedouin of the Jordan Valley
The Trefaat community sits on top of a wadi in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank's 'Area C'. Steep hills rise behind their houses, which could offer land for their cattle to graze. The hills...
View ArticleMAP condemns raid on Hebron hospital
Amid continuing turmoil in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli security forces inside a hospital in Hebron in the early hours of Thursday morning....
View ArticleLondon conferences highlight physical and mental health challenges for...
Protecting healthcare Last week, Medical Aid for Palestinians joined researchers, frontline healthcare and humanitarian workers and activists calling for an end to escalating attacks on healthcare...
View ArticleA day in the life of a Palestinian ambulance crew
Since the start of the current violence and instability affecting the West Bank, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has recorded 306 attacks against its ambulances and paramedics by Israeli...
View ArticleMAP'S largest-ever medical mission visits Gaza
This week, a group of MAP/IDEALS medics traveled from the UK to Gaza as part of our ongoing support and training for local Palestinian staff at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The team – comprising...
View ArticleIsrael threatens to demolish MAP-supported kindergarten in the Jordan Valley
The community of Badu Ka’abne lies at the end of a beautiful, winding road that travels between the West Bank cities of Taybeh and Jericho, offering some of the best views in the area. Driving...
View ArticleMAP Gaza Director featured among Guardian âNGO heroes of 2015â
The hard work of Medical Aid for Palestinians’ team in Gaza was recognised recently in the Guardian, who have featured MAP’s Director of Programmes in Gaza, Fikr Shalltoot, in their list of ‘NGO...
View ArticleBREAKING: Bedouin homes in Abu Nuwar demolished by Israeli forces
MAP has today learned that a number of demolitions have taken place at the Bedouin community of Abu Nuwar in the Jordan Valley, which is visited regularly by MAP’s mobile clinic. The structures so far...
View ArticleIsraeli demolitions make 25 homeless in Bedouin community of Abu Nuwar
UPDATE: According the the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), five tents provided to the displaced families as humanitarian relief after their homes were destroyed have been...
View ArticleâTheir resilience is amazing, the doctors just keep going and they do it...
With six major outbreaks of violence in 10 years, and over 10,000 injuries in the 2014 attacks on Gaza alone, medics in Gaza are sadly well-versed in dealing with major trauma injuries. However, the...
View ArticleUN decries Abu Nuwar demolitions, calls for immediate end to planned transfers
OCHA press release, 19 January 2015: Today, the Coordinator for Humanitarian and UN Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Robert Piper, and the Director of UNRWA...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Sheikh Mohammad Imran Bamieh
We were very saddened to hear that one of our Patrons, Sheikh Mohammad Imran Bamieh, passed away in December after long illness. Sheikh Bamieh gave very generous support to MAP over many years from...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Dr Fathieh Saudi
"We are saddened by the passing of Dr Fathieh Saudi. She was a paediatrician but better known to most as a poet and writer. For many of us, we have heard her passionately read her poems in numerous...
View ArticleSevere winter flooding puts lives at risk in Gaza
This week, Gaza has been hit by torrential winter rain and severe flooding, exacerbating the territory’s humanitarian crisis and placing the health of Palestinian families at serious risk. Winter...
View ArticleMAP provides emergency aid to flood-hit families in Gaza
On Thursday our team in Gaza reported that winter storms and flooding had displaced 100 families in the southern city of Rafah. With reconstruction stagnant – due in large part to Israel’s...
View ArticleA new hope for Palestinian burns patients
Burns injuries are a global problem that affect over 11 million people each year – the equivalent of 30,000 people burned every day. 95% of burn injuries occur in poor countries and over 70% affect...
View ArticleWHO: Erez permit approvals for patients leaving Gaza for treatment 'lowest...
According to a new report from the World Health Organisation, permit approvals for patients seeking to leave Gaza through the Erez crossing into Israel reached their lowest rate in 7 years during...
View ArticleUK Parliamentarians witness occupation on MAP-Caabu delegation
As Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the West Bank continue to accelerate - with over 400 Palestinians made homeless since the start of the year - a group of UK parliamentarians visited the...
View ArticleMAP assesses neurosurgery capacity in Gaza
In Gaza, Medical Aid for Palestinians is committed to enhancing the surgical capacity in hospitals across the territory. To this end, in August 2015 MAP undertook an assessment of neurosurgical...
View ArticleRichard Burgon MP: 'Palestine: Dignity In The Face Of Cruelty'
(Morning Star) AS AN MP, discussion of Palestine and Israel is never far away from you — in the news, in Parliament and in correspondence from members of the public. It was a privilege to visit...
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