MAP campaign update: Over 100 MPs sign Gaza access EDM
Today marks the official dissolution of UK Parliament, and thanks to your support we have created vital momentum for our campaign to ensure parliamentarians are given access into Gaza. Many of our...
View ArticleOutgoing UN Middle East Peace Envoy calls for 'prioritising Gaza'
The outgoing UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, has said that 'prioritising Gaza' is crucial to ensuring peace and the viability of a two-state solution. In his final...
View ArticleSyria: MAP concerned by reports that parts of Yarmouk camp have been seized...
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is extremely concerned by reports that large parts of the Palestinian Refugee Camp of Yarmouk in Syria have been seized by ‘Islamic State’ (IS). The persistent siege...
View ArticleMAP staff and supporters run the 2015 Palestine Marathon
Last Friday saw 3,000 runners take part in the third annual Palestine Marathon, organised by Right to Movement. Among those running were a number of our fantastic supporters, as well as two members of...
View ArticleMinistry of Health: lives at risk in Gaza
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- As millions around the world mark April 7th as World Health Day, the health situation in Gaza continues to worsen as the joint Israeli-Egyptian siege of Gaza continues in its...
View ArticleUN Security Council demands access to Syria's Yarmouk
(Al Jazeera English) Members of the UN Security Council have expressed concern regarding the "grave situation" in the Yarmouk district in the south of the Syrian capital after the besieged area was...
View ArticleWorld not delivering on Gaza reconstruction promises, new report warns
The international community must urgently change its approach to Gaza and deliver on promises of reconstruction, 46 agencies - including Medical Aid for Palestinians - said today in a new report on...
View ArticleMAP's Tony Laurance: 'Gaza: another conflict looms amongst the ruins'
Tony Laurance, MAP CEO, writes in Al Arabiya on the stalled reconstruction of Gaza: Israel’s 51-day conflict with Gaza ended last summer, more than seven months ago. You would not believe it if you...
View Article'A Blink of an Eye': Upcoming exhibition of photos by Bedouin Women in Area C
If you are in Ramallah next week, why not visit our 'Blink of an Eye' exhibition at the Ottoman Court (20-22 April), organised by MAP and our partner, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center?...
View ArticleâA Critical Juncture for the Health of Palestiniansâ
Last month Medical Aid for Palestinians supported the sixth Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance (LPHA) conference, held in Beirut from 20-21 March. Organised by the Institute of Community and Public...
View ArticleLondon Protest Demands Action to Save Yarmouk
On Tuesday, MAP joined protesters gathered outside the European Commission Representation offices in London to call on all European governments to take urgent action to save the estimated 18,000...
View ArticleMotion before Scottish Parliament supports new Gaza report
Following Monday’s release of a report signed by 46 international aid agencies – including Medical Aid for Palestinians – which called for the international community to deliver on promises to rebuild...
View Article"We can restore hope in a just peace for Palestine and Israel"
(MAP trustee, Sir Vincent Fean, writes in the Sunday Herald) Palestinians have the right to statehood, peace with justice and hope. Israelis have the same right to live in safety, with good neighbours...
View Article"A Blink of an Eye" - Bedouin life in the Jordan Valley
Bedouin women living in the Jordan Valley are telling their story of the struggle to continue living on their own lands with the help of photojournalism. At a public exhibition “A Blink of an Eye” in...
View ArticlePalestinians increasingly attempting to cross the Mediterranean
Last week, over 800 migrants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates...
View ArticleLondon Meeting - "For dignity, equal rights and mental health"
(UK-Palestine Mental Health Network) Meeting - Sunday 26th April, 1pm -4pm, Victoria Charity Centre, 11 Belgrave Road, London SW1V 1RB Over the last two decades, while hopes and energies were diverted...
View ArticlePalestinian Medical Delegation Visits the UK
(Article is jointly written with Dr Jamila Sherif*) The right to health is a basic and fundamental human right. In developed countries, the first point of contact with the health care system is...
View ArticlePoll: Majority of parliamentary candidates support UK recognition of the...
Parliamentary candidates standing in next week’s UK General Election have signalled their support for the recognition of the State of Palestine in 2015, according a new poll conducted by Dods. The...
View ArticleSir Vincent Fean: Why it is right to recognise the State of Palestine in 2015
Whoever is elected on 7 May will be called upon to uphold the international humanitarian law which the UK helped to write. The conflict between Israel and Palestine is a big test of that commitment. A...
View ArticleNo refuge: The lives of Yarmouk's Palestinians displaced to Lebanon
Bob Jones, Campaigns and Research Officer at MAP: On a visit to the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el Bared, North Lebanon, last week, I visited a Palestinian family who had fled the conflict in...
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