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Take action: The UK must get serious about attacks on Palestinian health workers

According to the WHO, since 30 March hundreds of health workers have been injured in the context of the ‘Great March of Return’ protests. Read more about these attacks, and help us call on the UK to take action to protect health workers in Gaza.

Five things Theresa May should raise with Trump in support of Palestinians’ right to health

This week, US President Donald Trump is on a three-day visit to the UK which will include meetings with UK Prime Minister Theresa May and new Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Downing Street has said that the talks will cover developments in the Middle East, and therefore they present an opportunity for the UK Government to robustly urge President Trump to reverse damaging US policies with regards to Palestinians’ rights to health and dignity.

“When a Palestinian medical student graduates she is told she can’t legally work in medicine”

Alia*, a Palestinian refugee studying to become a doctor at a Lebanese university, spoke to MAP about the barriers to becoming a doctor in Lebanon.

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.

MPs interrogate government over decision to abstain on UN Gaza vote

On Monday, during an Urgent Question discussion in Parliament, MPs responded to government's decision to abstain on a UN Human Rights Council Vote establishing a Commission of Inquiry into recent events in Gaza.

Listen to MAP’s Health Under Occupation event with UN Special Rapporteur

Last month Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Amnesty International UK were honoured to host the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Prof Michael Lynk for a discussion of how protracted occupation is obstructing Palestinians’ right to health.

MAP joins 70+ organisations condemning Israel's unlawful killing of civilians in Gaza

AIDA, a network consisting of more than 70 INGOs operating in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), condemns the unlawful killing of civilians in Gaza

New MAP film from Gaza: Peaceful protest, pain and impunity

Watch MAP's short film, "Peaceful Protest, Pain and Impunity", which goes inside Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital as medical teams responded to Israeli forces' violent response to the Great March of Return last week.

Demand accountability for violence against Gaza protesters

Please email your MP today, and ask them to urge the UK government to take action and support international calls for independent investigations into the killing and injuring of Palestinian protesters, and accountability for violations of international law.

After deadliest day in Gaza since 2014, MAP calls for accountability for killing of protesters

PRESS RELEASE: MAP condemns the killing and injuring of unarmed civilians in Gaza and supports growing international calls for independent investigation and accountability after deadliest day in Gaza since 2014.

UN human rights expert finds Israel “in profound breach” of Palestinians’ right to health

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Prof Michael Lynk, has found Israel to be “in profound breach of the right to health with respect to the Occupied Palestinian Territory” in his latest report.

MAP delivers statement at the UN on right to health of Palestinians

This week Medical Aid for Palestinians' (MAP)'s Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Neil Sammonds, delivered a statement on the right to health of Palestinians at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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