Rapports

The Humanitarian Coordinator for the oPt, Maxwell Gaylard, yesterday described the Gaza blockade as "an assault on human dignity with serious humanitarian implications," at the launch of the 2009 Consolidated Appeal. The blockade, which began in June 07 and has…

Jerusalem- United Nations humanitarian agencies along with international and national non- governmental organisations operating in the oPt (West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip), appealed today for USD$ 462 million to fund humanitarian assistance programmes. These programmes respond to the deteriorating…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Living conditions for most Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) have continued to deteriorate in 2008. The year began with a renewed sense of hope for progress, following the resumption of relations between…

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the International Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF…

As of Sunday, 2.11.08, new Israeli army guidelines are in force, requiring Palestinian medical personnel from the West Bank who work in Jerusalem hospitals to come in only through the Qalandiya checkpoint in Ramallah. Medical personnel from the West…

October Overview While the truce between Israel and the Hamas authorities in Gaza was still observed in October, daily life of the population continued to be a struggle. There has been no improvement in the access of people through Gaza's…

Executive summary Following the peace agreement between Israel and Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in 1993, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (Palestine RC) was allowed to operate as an independent humanitarian organization in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The National Society,…

Jerusalem/Ramallah 23/10/2008 The Palestinian National Authority has awarded five contracts worth over €2.8 million Euros, provided by the European Union through PEGASE, to improve the road networks in five West Bank municipalities. Road networks will be improved in the following municipalities,…

September Overview Internal tensions between authorities in Gaza and Ramallah are having an increasing humanitarian impact on Gazans' access to basic services, while Israel's closure of Gaza crossing points continues, with only a slight increase in the number of truckloads…

Vienna, 8 October 2008 - The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has made an urgent appeal for Arab funds for emergency assistance to some thirty thousand Palestine refugees whose homes were destroyed by fighting last…