#East Jerusalem

UK NGOs call on the UK Government to support UN resolution on ICJ advisory opinion

We strongly urge the UK Government to vote in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that supports the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the ‘Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem’ and demands concrete measures to uphold international law, especially in implementing accountability for ongoing violations in Gaza and the West Bank.

The British Consulate General in Jerusalem launches the first UK-Palestinian Health Network

The British Consulate General launched the first UK-Palestinian Health Network. The aim is to bring together health partners, volunteers and healthcare workers of UK-based organisations committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the Palestinian people.

Generation Palestine: Growing up Palestinian in East Jerusalem

Growing up amid systematic discrimination and pervasive Israeli military and settler violence, Palestinian children in East Jerusalem experience a host of challenges to their health and wellbeing.

MAP calls for urgent protection of Palestinian children after boy shot outside East Jerusalem youth centre

MAP is calling for urgent and immediate action to protect children in the West Bank, after an Israeli settler shot and injured a Palestinian child outside the building of our partner, the Saraya Centre, in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshippers and obstruct paramedics in Al Aqsa Mosque raid

On 5 April, Israeli forces stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem and attacked worshippers inside.

Summer camps support wellbeing of young Palestinians in East Jerusalem

The Saraya Centre organised a series of summer camps for children, young people, women and teachers living in the tense and insecure environment of East Jerusalem’s Old City.

Ambulance severely damaged as mourners come under attack by Israeli forces in East Jerusalem

A PRCS ambulance has been put out of service after being hit by live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets during Israel’s ongoing attacks on Palestinian healthcare in occupied East Jerusalem.

International Women’s Day: Providing a glimmer of hope for women facing discrimination in East Jerusalem

On International Women’s Day, MAP's Aseel Baidoun spoke to Nour* about her experiences as a woman living in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.

MAP delivers new ambulance to East Jerusalem paramedics amid increasing violence

MAP has delivered a new ambulance to the Palestine Red Crescent Society to bolster the vital work of their paramedic teams.

القوات الإسرائيلية تعيق عمل الطواقم الطبية وتلحق الإصابات بينهم خلال تجدد العنف في الشيخ جراح

Medics injured and impeded during renewed violence in Sheikh Jarrah

Renewed violence by Israeli forces and settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem is bringing back distressing memories of events in May 2021.

Israeli forces raid MAP’s partner providing psychosocial support to children in East Jerusalem

MAP is deeply concerned to learn that Israeli forces raided the building of our partner Al Saraya Centre in occupied East Jerusalem.