#Bedouin

MAP joins 80+ organistions calling for the immediate halt of demolitions and forcible transfer of the Humsa Al Bqai’a Community

The Association of International Development Agencies in Palestine (AIDA) calls on Israel to immediately halt the illegal and forcible transfer of the community of Humsa Al Bqai’a in the Jordan Valley.

New MAP video: Help keep me on the road! MAP’s mobile health clinic

In January MAP's new mobile health clinic hit the road to provide a vital lifeline for Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank. In our new video you can follow the clinic's work and hear from members of the communities it serves.

MAP launches brand new mobile clinic in the West Bank

This month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was delighted to launch the brand-new mobile clinic in the West Bank.

Khan al Ahmar: MAP-supported mobile clinic supporting the community

Rasha Kaloti, MAP’s Programme Officer in the West Bank, recently accompanied the MAP-supported mobile health clinic on a visit to the Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar.

Life in the shadow of the settlements

The MAP-funded mobile clinic, run in partnership with the Islah Charitable Society, is a vital provider of primary health services, first aid training and maternal health to many Bedouin communities.

MAP’s CEO visits Bedouin community Khan al Ahmar

MAP’s CEO, Aimee Shalan, reports on her October visit to the Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar, under imminent threat of demolition and forcible transfer by Israeli forces since July.

Khan al Ahmar update: Demolition suspended

The Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar has been under imminent threat of demolition and forcible transfer by Israeli forces since July. On Sunday 21 October, Israel announced that it was putting on hold the demolition order of the village for a "short, fixed period of time".

Israeli High Court of Justice approves demolition of Khan al Ahmar

The Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar faces an imminent threat of forcible transfer following the Israeli High Court of Justice’s rejection of final appeals against the village’s demolition this week.

Urgent action needed to stop impending demolition and forcible transfer of Bedouin communities

MAP is gravely concerned by Israel’s recent and ongoing demolitions in Palestinian Bedouin communities in the West Bank, including in Khan Al Ahmar, Abu Nuwar and Susiya.

Khan al Ahmar- Abu al Helou Community: A Mental Health Perspective

Razzan Quran, a trained counsellor and MAP’s Advocacy and Communications Officer in the West Bank, outlines psychological suffering in a Bedouin community under threat.

British MPs visit Khan al Ahmar, a community at risk of forcible transfer

Last week, a cross-party group of UK Members of Parliament visited Khan al Ahmar, a Bedouin community in the West Bank threatened with imminent demolition and forcible transfer by the Government of Israel.

“We came here after they kicked us out of our homelands during the Nakba and now they want to kick us out of this land” - Israeli Supreme Court ruling on Khan al Ahmar

MAP strongly condemns yesterday’s ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court in favour of demolishing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, which places the community at risk of forcible transfer.