Al Jazeera: British doctors treat injured in resource-strapped Gaza
Al Jazeera English recently joined MAP & IDEALS surgeons on their latest mission to Gaza: Gaza City - In July 2014, 30-year-old Mahmoud Abu Shaqfa was playing with his children in al-Shati refugee...
View ArticleMPs visit Occupied Palestinian Territories: In their own words
Last week, a cross-party delegation of UK Parliamentarians visited the West Bank, on a trip organised by MAP and our partners Caabu. Here is what they witnessed, in their own words. [View the story...
View Article'I always wanted to be a doctor' - Asfari-MAP scholar Amani Mohsen tells her...
Medical Aid for Palestinians, in partnership with the Asfari Foundation, have granted four one-year scholarships for Palestinian medical and health professionals to undertake a postgraduate Master’s...
View ArticleâI believe it is a privilege to lessen peopleâs sufferingâ: Asfari-MAP...
Medical Aid for Palestinians, in partnership with the Asfari Foundation, have granted four one-year scholarships for Palestinian medical and health professionals to undertake a postgraduate Master’s...
View ArticleBaroness Morris: "we should ensure life-saving sanctuary for Syriaâs...
During a House of Lords debate on the humanitarian situation in the Middle East this week, MAP President Baroness Morris of Bolton emphasised the need to ensure that the thousands of Palestinians who...
View ArticleMAP statement on tragic passing of Cycle Palestine participant
Dear supporters, We are very sad to report that on Monday one of our riders on the Cycle Palestine trip, Steve Onyett, suffered a suspected heart attack during the first day's ride and tragically...
View ArticleâWhen I received the scholarship, I jumped for joy!â Asfari-MAP scholar...
Medical Aid for Palestinians, in partnership with the Asfari Foundation, have granted four one-year scholarships for Palestinian medical and health professionals to undertake a postgraduate Master’s...
View ArticleMP John Nicolson reflects on visit to the West Bank
Kirkintilloch Herald, 3 October 2015: Former journalist John Nicolson was one of 56 SNP candidates who won a seat in the General Election back in May this year. Mr Nicolson, now the MP for East...
View ArticlePalestinians injured and ambulances attacked as clashes hit West Bank
Almost 700 Palestinians have been injured in clashes which have erupted in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. A number of Palestinians have been killed, including a thirteen year old boy from Aida camp...
View ArticleUK surgeons assess plastic and burns reconstructive surgery in Palestine
This summer, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) undertook an assessment of reconstructive and plastic surgery provision in the West Bank and Gaza, as we examine future avenues for supporting the...
View ArticleâEducation and service to others are my top prioritiesâ: Asfari-MAP...
My name is Ibrahim Youssef Al Miari, and I was born in Lebanon in 1982. My family fled to Lebanon from Palestine in 1948, and have lived in Ein El Helweh camp ever since, which is where I grew up....
View ArticleMedics in harm's way amid West Bank clashes
As clashes continue to rock the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with four Palestinians dead and hundreds injured, even those seeking to help the wounded have found themselves in harm’s way. Since 2nd...
View ArticleSarah Champion MP: 'What Can We Personally Do to Get Lasting Peace Between...
(In the Huffington Post UK) I am by nature an optimist. When I visited Palestine recently with a cross-party group of MPs, I went with the hope that the two-state solution was still a possibility, but...
View ArticleViolence, death and injury in the West Bank
The violence which has erupted this month across the West Bank - including East Jerusalem - and Gaza has now claimed 32 Palestinian lives and caused hundreds of injuries. The majority of these have...
View ArticleBaroness Morris: "Until the Palestinians are freed from occupation this...
This week MAP President Baroness Morris of Bolton has co-signed the following letter in The Times on the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Alan Duncan MP, who recently visited...
View ArticlePalestinian Women in East Jerusalem Issue Call for Protection
Palestinian women in occupied East Jerusalem have issued a call to the international community for protection. The Jerusalemite Women’s Coalition said, "we feel displaced even at home, as the Israeli...
View ArticleBattling breast cancer in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Early detection of breast cancer is the best guarantee for recovery, and this month Medical Aid for Palestinians has been working to improve community...
View ArticleIsraeli forces raid Palestinian hospital in East Jerusalem
As clashes continue across Israel-Palestine, the Al Makassed Hospital was this week raided by Israeli security forces demanding that staff hand over the medical records of Palestinian patients treated...
View ArticleUN officials call for respect of health premises, right to health care on...
UN officials have called for the right to health to be respected following raids by Israeli forces on al Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem. You can read about MAP's response to the current crisis...
View ArticleHeads of UN and Red Cross call for protection of medical workers
This week, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, released an joint statement about the...
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