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MAP calls for accountability for violations against medical teams and killing of Palestinians

MAP is deeply concerned by loss of life and injuries caused by the Israeli security forces at protests in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) which have followed US President Donald Trump’s Jerusalem announcement earlier this month.

MPs raise concerns about rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem, threat of forcible transfer in the West Bank

Read our round-up of how UK Parliament's discussions of Palestinians' rights int he wake of US President Donald Trump's announcement on Jerusalem.

Perpetual crisis: Health conditions for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

MAP's Advocacy and Campaigns Team report on the health - and healthcare - challenges in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps.

Trump's announcement threatens the heart of Palestinian healthcare

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump declared that the United States now recognises Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel, and announced his intention to move the US embassy to the city.

UN Special Rapporteur questions the legality of Israel’s occupation

A new report by Professor Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the oPt, considers whether Israel’s role as an occupying power has reached the point of illegality.

Parliamentarians witness barriers to health caused by prolonged occupation

This month MAP’s CEO, Aimee Shalan, was in the West Bank with Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East’s (LFPME) delegation of Emily Thornberry MP, Fabian Hamilton MP and Andrew Slaughter MP, witnessing the barriers to health and dignity caused by life under prolonged occupation.

Israel’s Universal Periodic Review: Calling on the UK to raise Palestinians’ right to health

MAP and LPHR have called on the UK Government to engage with the upcoming Universal Periodic Review of Israel’s human rights record in January 2018.

Shadow Foreign Secretary visits MAP-supported cancer clinic in the West Bank

This week Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) was pleased to welcome our local MP (Islington South) and the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry, to the MAP-supported Dunya Women’s Cancer Centre in Ramallah.

MAP delivers petition demanding health and dignity for Palestinians

On Wednesday 1 November, on the eve of the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) delivered our petition to No.10 Downing Street, calling on the UK Government to do more to support the rights to health and dignity of Palestinians.

60 Parliamentarians urge UK Government action on Gaza emergency

A group of 60 British MPs and Peers have this week called on the UK Government to take urgent action to address Gaza’s continuing humanitarian emergency.

London event: Gaza on the brink?

Join Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in Parliament to discuss the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, and whether Gaza is on the brink of an irreversible crisis.

Dr Philippa Whitford MP talks about her recent visit to Gaza with MAP

Dr Philippa Whitford, Member of Parliament and breast cancer surgeon, spoke at the Scottish National Party's conference about her recent visit to Gaza as part of MAP’s multidisciplinary breast cancer mission.

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