5 May 2003
A new report by international donors, which includes the United Nations, has found that a separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank could cut off 12,000 Palestinians from their land, work and essential social services. Read more about International report examines effect of West Bank 'wall' on Palestinians
3 April 2003
In the early morning on 2 April, Israeli military forces broke into and occupied a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)’s girls’ school in Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, and proceeded to use the school as a detention centre for male residents of the camp between the ages of 15 and 40. Read more about Israeli military forcefully occupies UNRWA school
24 March 2003
Child malnutrition is growing in Gaza and the West Bank - and it is a man-made problem, says Christian Aid journalist Dominic Nutt. This piece was published in The Guardian. Read more about Unnatural disaster
23 March 2003
The Union of Health Work Committees Board of Directors has decided to name its new children and youth cultural center in the Rafah Refugee Camp after Rachel Corrie. By naming the center after Rachel, this will provide a lasting outstanding memorial to our Palestinian kids so that they can know and keep in mind that they are not alone in this struggle. Dr. Mona El-Farra writes for Union of Health Work Committees-Gaza. Read more about Gazan branch of Union of Health Work Committees to name new cultural center after Rachel Corrie
15 March 2003
In an unprecedented call for protection, international, Israeli and Palestinian aid agencies joined together today to call upon the Government of Israel to ensure that its military respects the neutrality of all health personnel, services and property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) including east Jerusalem. Since the start of the current conflict in September 2000, 25 Palestinian health workers, including ambulance drivers, doctors, nurses and medical volunteers, have been killed and 419 have been injured. Read more about International, Israeli, Palestinian health workers call on Israeli Government to guarantee health workers protection
12 March 2003
Christian Aid partners in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are stockpiling food and medicines to prepare for the repercussions of a possible war in Iraq. They fear that, as world attention focuses on Iraq, Israeli incursions into the OPT will become even more fierce, with serious humanitarian consequences. Read more about Christian Aid's Palestinian partners prepare for the worst
5 March 2003
Immediate implementation of a political solution leading to two states is the only way to resurrect the devastated Palestinian economy and protect Israel from “murderous attacks,” a senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, said today. Read more about Only political solution can resurrect devastated Palestinian economy - UN
5 March 2003
Twenty-seven months after the outbreak of the intifada, 60 percent of the population of the West Bank and Gaza live under a poverty line of US$2 per day. The numbers of the poor have tripled from 637,000 in September 2000 to nearly 2 million today. Read more about World Bank: 60 percent poverty level in Palestinian territories
18 February 2003
The suffering of Palestinians and Israelis - the deaths and injuries, the economic devastation, the profound insecurity - can end only through a political solution, a top United Nations envoy in the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, said today at a meeting in London. Read more about Suffering of Palestinians, Israelis can end only through political solution, UN envoy says
10 February 2003
Mr Peter Hansen, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has issued an appeal to the international community not to let the West Bank and Gaza slide down its list of priorities as the world focuses on a potential conflict in Iraq. Read more about Aid for Palestinians suffers due to focus on Iraq