#Nakba

75 years of Nakba: Time for the UK to stand up for Palestinian dignity, respect and justice

Today, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of what is known by Palestinians as the Nakba (the “catastrophe”) – and rededicate ourselves to bringing this relentless process to an end.

من قلب فلسطين: نظرة لحالة الطوارئ الحالية من الرئيس التنفيذي لجمعية العون الطبي للفلسطينيين.

يصادف اليوم 15 أيار / مايو الذكرى الثالثة والسبعين للنكبة، وهو اليوم الذي يستذكر فيه الفلسطينيون خسارة 78٪ من وطنهم التاريخي وتهجير الأرواح والعائلات والمجتمع.

The heart of Palestine: a personal view of the current emergency from MAP’s Chief Executive

MAP CEO Dr Aimee Shalan places the current emergency in Palestine in the context of the ongoing Nakba.

MAP joins UK charities urging the government to uphold the rights and dignity of Palestinians

On the eve of Nakba Day, MAP joins 15 other UK charities urging the government and Parliament to uphold the rights and dignity of Palestinians as they face ongoing dispossession.

تنضم جمعية العون الطبي للفلسطينيين (ماب) إلى الجمعيات الخيرية في المملكة المتحدة لدفع الحكومة البريطانية على دعم حقوق الفلسطينيين وكرامتهم

تنضم منظمة العون الطبي للفلسطينيين (MAP) إلى 15 منظمة إنسانية، تنموية وحقوقية أخرى والتي مقرهم المملكة البريطانية المتحدة والتي جميعها تعمل من أجل حقوق الشعب الفلسطيني لإصدار البيان التالي في يوم النكبة.

Ongoing Nakba amid the pandemic: further catastrophe looms for Palestinian refugees unless international support is maintained

On the anniversary of the Nakba, MAP is warning that only sustained international support can prevent further humanitarian suffering among Palestinian refugees.

Helping to bring a brighter future for young Palestinian refugees

MAP's ‘Adolescents Health and Life Skills Education’ programme, run in partnership with local NGO NISCVT, provides free health and lifeskills education to young people living in the 12 official Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

Nakba day: “My hope is to return to Palestine and live in peace”

Read thoughts from staff in MAP’s team in Lebanon on the Nakba and their lives as Palestinian refugees.

Collapse of healthcare for Palestinians in Lebanon inevitable without urgent action

Today Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) released a new report, warning that the health “system” for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is scarcely fit for purpose.

MAP joins 90+ organisations to call for Commission of Inquiry into violence against Gaza protesters

Joint letter on behalf of a cross-regional group of 95 national, regional, and international organisations calling on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently launch an independent investigation into alleged violations of international law by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory - occurring in the context of the "March of Great Return" and Nakba protests.

Displacement and disability

Seventy years have now passed since the Nakba, or ‘Catastrophe’, when over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes due to the actions of armed groups during the creation of the State of Israel. Around 100,000 of them found shelter in Lebanon.

Seventy years of ongoing Nakba

Today on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba ('catastrophe') MAP CEO Aimee Shalan writes from Gaza: