Informes

From ICRC NEWS 23 The ICRC is doing its utmost to return life to normal for the civilian population of the occupied and autonomous Palestinian territories, who are protected by international humanitarian law. The aim is to do everything possible…

Geneva, June 6, 2002 The Lutheran World Federation/World Service - Jerusalem The humanitarian services, which are supported through ACT, and which have been recently carried out by the Lutheran World federation (LWF) include the following activities: 74 home visits made to patients…

Continued Israeli Violations in the OPT Four Palestinian civilians, including a child, killed by Israeli occupying forces Israeli occupying forces invade Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, Qalqilya and Hebron Israeli occupying forces encroach into Palestinian areas and destroy civilian facilities and agricultural land More than…

The events of recent months and the current sensitive security situation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have once again brought up issues concerning refugee camps and UNRWA institutions. I am mindful of the current attention in…

Maureen Lynch is the Director for Research for Refugees International. For more than 50 years, Palestine refugees in Lebanon have faced mounting problems and international neglect, and never more so than now as the humanitarian crisis in the West…

4000 Palestinians stranded at Israeli Checkpoint in Gaza On May 30, 2002, 4000 Palestinians attempting to cross Abu Houli checkpoint between Gaza and Khan Younis were stopped from crossing for over 24 hours. Both pedestrian and vehicular traffic were stopped; the…

Despite the prolonged military siege on the city of Bethlehem, only recently lifted, local leaders are planning a busy summer for their youth. The Beit Sahour YMCA (Beit Sahour is a small village adjacent to Bethlehem) will launch the…

UNCTAD PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, 2001-2002 (May 2002) 1. Contribution to the report of the Secretary-General to ECOSOC on assistance to the Palestinian people (May 2002- Excerpts) a. Assessment of UNCTAD's development and emergency assistance As result of continued deployment…

As the cities here make nightly news - Bethlehem and Ramallah, Jenin and Nablus - quiet dramas play out daily on the small stages of sandbags and concrete that dictate life in the West Bank today: checkpoints. Here now they…

Warning of a "socio-economic meltdown" in the occupied territories, the International Labour Organization (ILO) today called on Israel to ease movement restrictions on Palestinians and urged the world community to support a dialogue between the two sides. In a new…