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12 September 2002
The recently intensified crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory has exhausted the benefits of development efforts, setting the Palestinian economy ‘on the path of de-development’, warns UNCTAD in its annual report on UNCTAD’s assistance to the Palestinian people. Read more about Relief must be linked to development, stresses UNCTAD report
9 September 2002
Oxfam International is calling for the immediate end to these ‘closure’ policies. New research released today by the international aid agency highlights the suffering of Palestinians living in rural areas of the West Bank. Read more about Forgotten villages: struggling to survive under closure in the West Bank
29 June 2002
The outlook for Palestinian children under Israeli occupation is grim as children’s rights continue to be violated and there is no hope in the near future for a political solution. For children who are old enough to remember the time when they were able to travel from one city to another without hassle, attend school without fear of shelling, and travel without facing a checkpoint, they understand that their life has changed. Read more about The effects of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield on Palestinian children living in the West Bank
2 September 2002
Today, M�decins Sans Frontieres (MSF) released the ‘Palestinian Chronicles’, a report with first-hand testimonies about the daily life of Palestinian civilians trapped by conflict in Hebron and the Gaza Strip, and whose suffering is generally unknown. Read more about MSF report tells story of Palestinian medical personal in Hebron, Gaza
25 March 2002
The World Bank is releasing a report entitled “Fifteen Months – Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis” (the Assessment), which surveys the economic impact of the current crisis and proposes a strategy for managing the Palestinian economy in 2002. Read more about World Bank Report on the Palestinian Economic Crisis
5 August 2002
CARE International today released preliminary findings from two surveys focusing on the health and nutritional status of the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and found that the number of malnourished Palestinian children has increased with 22.5 percent of children under 5 suffering from acute (9.3 percent) or chronic (13.2 percent) malnutrition. The preliminary rates are particularly high in Gaza with the survey showing 13.2 percent of children suffering from acute malnutrition, putting them on par with children in countries such as Nigeria and Chad. Read more about Survey finds high rates of malnutrition and anemia in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
31 August 2002
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands has destroyed every aspect of Palestinian environment. Palestinian land continues to be used as dumping grounds for all forms of waste, while Israel builds chemical factories on confiscated Palestinian land, in illegally established colonies. Read more about Continuing de-development in Palestine
29 August 2002
The Palestinian economy is mired in a deep crisis, with unemployment levels rising significantly over the first half of 2002, according to preliminary figures released today by the Office of the United Nations Special Co-ordinator (UNSCO). Read more about UN: New economic figures for West Bank and Gaza show rapid deterioration leading to human catastrophe
11 August 2002
As international and local organizations now decry the advent of a ‘humanitarian crisis’- placing Palestine within the disaster status of tornadoes or earthquakes- we are witnessing a renewed surge in the presence of foreign organizations and initiatives. In theory aimed at abetting the impending ‘humanitarian crisis’- clearly the result of Israeli military occupation and assault- this shift is but part of a larger system of development which finds sustenance in the Israeli occupation, while further contributing to the de-development of Palestine. Read more about Breaking the complicity: 'Developing Palestine means ending the occupation'