Israel/Palestine â does recognising both states make a difference?
Transcript of a talk by Sir Vincent Fean, UK Consul-General, Jerusalem, 2010-2014 (retired) at SOAS this January - "My deep thanks for the opportunity to discuss the Israel/Palestine conflict, and...
View ArticleMAP in call to EU Foreign Policy Chief
MAP joined 31 other agencies who work in Palestine in signing a letter to Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European...
View ArticleâWhen I grow up, I want to be a doctorâ
“When I grow up, I want to be a doctor,” says Lobna*, an eight years old child who doesn’t have the slightest clue of what a normal childhood is like. Lobna was diagnosed with thalassemia and sickle...
View ArticleâEvery family we knew, every neighbor we had, every relative of ours lost...
The poor housing conditions, the over crowdedness, the narrow dim-lit alleys separating the crudely built concrete shacks where the refugees dwell, and the working-age men sitting idle in shops or...
View ArticleTribute to Mrs Leila Al-Qattan
Medical Aid for Palestinians is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our Patron and one of our most loyal supporters, Mrs Leila Al-Qattan on 27th January 2015. Leila and her husband, Abdel Mohsin...
View Article15 years of dedication to Palestineâs Bedouins
Last December, MAP was sad to say goodbye to one of its most dedicated project coordinators. Abu Negm has been driving around with the mobile clinic since the very beginning of its existence. Not only...
View ArticleUnpaid Gaza doctors and nurses protest unpaid salaries
(Ma'an) -- Dozens of doctors and nurses who have not received their paychecks in months protested in front of the Ministry of Health building in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.Protesters held signs...
View ArticleNew UN data shows challenges for Palestinians Right to Health
The Vulnerability Profile Project (VPP), launched in 2013, is an inter-agency exercise designed to identify vulnerabilities in Area C . This feature provides previously unavailable data on Area C of...
View ArticleKilling by another means
(Al Jazeera) A new new report published by Physicians for Human Rights in Israel(PHR) finds stark disparities between the health of Palestinians and Israelis. Looking at the grim findings in the...
View ArticleGazaâs children at risk from flames
(Jane Rice) Children in refugee camps and temporary shelters are at high risk of burns because of chronic overcrowding and a lack of safe electricity and gas supplies. Nowhere is this more so than in...
View ArticleUN Mission to Gaza meets MAP Team
10 February 2015, Gaza City − The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Mr James W. Rawley, and the head of the WHO office in oPt, Dr Gerald...
View ArticleFour-year-old Hassan's pain after losing immediate family in blast that...
Daily Mirror - Face contorted with pain, little Hassan cries out after being lifted on to the hospital bed for treatment to his horrifically shattered left leg. The four-year-old might never walk...
View ArticleOnly five percent of pledged aid reaches Gaza
IRIN - Just over 5 percent of the money pledged to rebuild Gaza after last summer’s devastating 50-day war with Israel has been delivered, IRIN has learned.More than 2,000 Palestinians – the majority...
View ArticleInside Gaza: Volunteer British surgeons battle to save three boys
Daily Mirror - The doors of al-Shifa Hospital burst open and the shocking cry went out. Gaza’s blood-soaked nightmare had returned. Three Palestinian boys – a teenager and two toddlers – had been...
View ArticleBook tickets for Nigel Kennedy Concert for MAP
Nigel Kennedy - The Hendrix project Monday 9th March 2015 The Assembly Leamington Spa CV31 3NF As part of Michael Mansfield’s Human Aid charity event world famous violinist Nigel Kennedy is performing...
View ArticleEVENT: Baroness Warsi, Baroness Morris & Gavin Shuker MP briefing on their...
On the Ground in Palestine: Baroness Warsi, Baroness Morris & Gavin Shuker MP briefing on their visits to Palestine Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Trish Morris and Gavin Shuker MP will discuss...
View ArticleWHO: Gaza Patients Struggle With Access Restrictions
PNN/ Gaza/ The WHO report on Gaza for January 2015 showed tightened restrictions upon patient referrals, hindering their treatment procedures and more. The report shows that the Rafah border with...
View ArticleGaza's Deadly Blockade
A Palestinian baby dies in a UN centre fire as the ongoing power shortage in Gaza puts children at constant risk. (Jane Rice, MAP) Sixteen-month-old Ezzedin Jad al-Kafarneh died as a result of an...
View Article30 International Aid Agencies: âWe must not fail in Gaza.â
Six months have passed since a ceasefire on 26 August 2014 ended over seven weeks of fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip. As UN agencies and international...
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