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Urgent action: Email your MP, demand protection for Palestinian health workers

The UK must demand accountability for attacks on Palestinian health workers. Health workers are again being killed and injured in Gaza. Please join Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in calling for...

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Human Rights Council opens ahead of key Gaza accountability vote

The UN Human Rights Council begins again this week ahead of a key accountability vote for suspected violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), including in the...

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UK must help protect health workers in Gaza at UN Human Rights Council

This week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) issued a written statement on attacks on health workers in Gaza ahead of the 40th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council. During the session,...

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Event: In the firing line - Medics saving lives and limbs in Gaza

Register for your free ticket Thursday 14 March 2019, 7pm Amnesty International UK, Human Rights Action Centre, London, EC2A 3EA More than 260 Palestinians have been killed and 28,000 injured, many...

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Charity Commission response to complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel and the...

It has come to our attention that UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has published a grossly misleading press release claiming that the Charity Commission has issued a warning to Medical Aid for...

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UN Commission of Inquiry highlights attacks on health workers, finds...

Today the UN Commission of Inquiry investigating suspected violations of international law in the context of the “Great March of Return” protests in Gaza published its report at the UN Human Rights...

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Foodie Fundraising

Is that Za'atar? An evening full of food, culture and fundraising. MAP supporter, Joan, held a Come Dine For Palestine dinner party and put on a magnificent spread of Palestinian food. There were 34...

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MAP invites Prince William to see health projects and humanitarian situation...

Following the announcement that the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, will visit the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) this summer and become the first senior royal family member to officially do...

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Ambulances and hospital under attack amid dangerous escalation in the West Bank

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is gravely concerned by the dangerous escalation in the West Bank, including attacks against Palestinian ambulances and a hospital. According to UN OCHA, since 9...

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MAP joins UK-based organisations welcoming UN Commission of Inquiry report...

(5 March 2019) As a coalition of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations working to support the rights and welfare of the Palestinian people, we welcome the short...

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Naimeh's story: “All cancer patients suffer, but our suffering is...

Naimeh Abed, a 45-year-old mother of six from Gaza, was diagnosed with cancer three times in eight years. The first diagnosis was breast cancer in 2011. She received treatment at Augusta Victoria...

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مؤسسة العون الطبي للفلسطينيين والعديد من...

نرحب نحن الإئتلاف البريطاتي للمنظمات الإنسانية والتنموية وحقوق الإنسان التي تعمل على دعم حقوق الشعب...

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MAP-supported side events at the UN Human Rights Council (Tuesday 19 March)

Ending impunity: The case for the right to health in Gaza Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is supporting two side events at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday 19 March. If you are...

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MAP statement to UN Human Rights Council on the right to health

This week, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s team is in Geneva for the UN Human Rights Council discussions on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. The first discussion of the day...

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Dr Tarek Loubani, medic shot in Gaza, addresses UN Human Rights Council

At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, emergency physician Dr Tarek Loubani addressed assembled states to share his testimony of being shot through the legs while providing medical care to...

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Taking on a challenge

MAP supporter, Jim took part in the sponsored London2Paris cycle ride last August and raised money for Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. He tells us about his experience. If you...

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Emergency Action: UK must demand accountability for attacks on Gaza health...

Health workers and facilities, protected under International Humanitarian Law, have become increasingly under threat in conflicts around the world, including the devastating conflicts in Syria and...

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A dereliction of responsibility: UK charities alarmed by UK decision not to...

(22 March 2019) As a coalition of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations working to support the rights and welfare of the Palestinian people, we express alarm at the...

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Protecting the lives of at-risk babies born under blockade

Being born in Gaza means being born under blockade and closure, with all the severe restrictions to accessing vital, life-saving healthcare that this entails. According to OCHA, 10,000 new-born babies...

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Health workers speak out at the UN with MAP

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been working to ensure that the call for global action in support of Palestinians’ rights to health and dignity is heard at the very highest levels, including at...

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