UK expresses 'concern' over new Israeli Settlement Plans
The Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood expressed concern this week over plans for 770 Israeli settlement units between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Foreign Office minister, Tobias Ellwood, said:...
View ArticlePalestinians from Syria risking everything to reach Europe
This week, rescue workers operating in the Mediterranean issued a stark warning that the refugee crisis is deepening, and that more people are dying on the perilous route to Europe than ever before....
View ArticleGaza Medic Profile: Dr Mahmoud Mattar
After the devastating attacks on Gaza in 2014, MAP identified a gap in specialist orthopaedic reconstructive surgery expertise in Gaza. Almost ten years of siege has meant that surgeons have had...
View ArticleMeet our Gaza Limb Reconstruction Team: Adnan Al Borsh
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and our sister charity IDEALS responded to a preponderance of complex limb injuries by sending British surgical teams to Gaza during the 2014 conflict and in the two...
View ArticlePalestinian school under threat of demolition
(Update from our partners CAABU with whom we take out British Parliamentary delegations to witness the situation in the West Bank) A report this week said that the school in the Bedouin community of...
View ArticleMarking World Humanitarian Day
Every year on World Humanitarian Day we make a call to remember those who work tirelessly on the front lines of emergency situations to provide rescue services, medical treatment and support in...
View Article#matchthefineforpalestine supporting Medical Aid for Palestinians!
Update: The #MatchTheFineForPalestine campaign has now passed £68,000. Thank you again to all who have contributed! Medical Aid for Palestinians’ teams in the UK, the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon would...
View ArticleIsraeli airstrikes target Gaza
Last night Medical Aid for Palestinians’ team in Gaza reported that Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Gaza. Tank shelling was also reported across the north and east of the Beit Hanoun area....
View ArticleIsraeli organizations: Israeli government must avoid vilifying the vital work...
A joint statement released by Israeli Human Rights NGOs: Approximately 1.8 million people live in the Gaza Strip. After almost a decade of siege and repeated rounds of bombardments, the economic...
View ArticleSchool year opens in Khan al Ahmar
A statement delivered by David Carden, Head OCHA oPt, on the occasion of the opening of the school year in Khan al Ahmar, a Palestinian community at risk of forcible transfer We come here today to...
View ArticleOver £140,000 raised by Celtic fans' crowdfunder
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) are delighted by the generosity of Celtic FC fans and all those who have donated to the #MatchTheFineForPalestine crowd-funding campaign. They have transformed their...
View ArticleMeet our Gaza Limb Reconstruction Team: Nisreen Naeem
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and our sister charity IDEALS responded to a preponderance of complex limb injuries by sending British surgical teams to Gaza during the 2014 conflict and in the two...
View ArticleTrapped in Gaza
Leaving Gaza to start academic courses around the world is no easy task for Palestinians. Recently MAP heard of several cases of students looking to study medicine or health-related courses outside of...
View ArticleMeet the Gaza Limb Reconstruction Team: Essam Al Haddad
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and our sister charity IDEALS responded to a preponderance of complex limb injuries by sending British surgical teams to Gaza during the 2014 conflict and in the two...
View ArticleWhy is breast cancer killing so many women in Palestine?
Women in Palestine are dying unnecessarily from breast cancer because of a lack of information, support and poor cancer services. In Israel, women are almost twice as likely to survive breast cancer....
View ArticleMeet Gaza's Limb Reconstruction Team: Ahmed Al Qanou
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and our sister charity IDEALS responded to a preponderance of complex limb injuries by sending British surgical teams to Gaza during the 2014 conflict and in the two...
View ArticleWHO: Erez permit approvals fall for Gaza's medical patients
According to the latest figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO), in July three out of every 10 medical patients seeking to leave Gaza for treatment in the West Bank or abroad had their...
View ArticleNew MAP film: Syria's double-refugees
One in five of Syria’s 560,000 Palestinian refugees have now fled the war to neighbouring countries and beyond. In Lebanon, their civil rights are severely curtailed, and many struggle to access jobs,...
View ArticleMeet Gaza's Limb Reconstruction Team: Nasser Al Madhoun
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and our sister charity IDEALS responded to a preponderance of complex limb injuries by sending British surgical teams to Gaza during the 2014 conflict and in the two...
View ArticleImproving Drinking Water Safety in Gaza
The goal of this project which came out of an IDEALS assessment back in 2014 was to improve drinking water safety in Gaza in each of the five governorates. Water in the Gaza aquifer is severely...
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