Rapports

Caritas Jerusalem continues to reach out to the sick and the vulnerable through the SOA 9/2006 program - Focus on surgical interventions - Gaza Caritas Jerusalem had the honor of taking part in the Second Australian Humanitarian Mission. This program…

Overview- Key Issues Healthcare workers intensify West Bank industrial action Palestinian Authority (PA) health care workers announced the escalation of strike action in the West Bank on 21 March. The intensification of industrial action, which first began on 16 February, followed the…

CARE fournit une aide humanitaire d'urgence aux palestiniens dans le village de Oum Nasser, dans le nord de la Bande de Gaza. Cette intervention répond à l'effondrement d'un bassin de rétention d'eaux usées qui a provoqué de graves inondations…

Facts on the ground At 9.30 this morning a large wave of effluence from an emergency filtration basin at the waste water treatment plant in Beit Lahia in north western Gaza flooded into the nearby Bedouin village of Um Al…

Amman, 18 March 2007 - Today the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) received from the Government of Japan a contribution of $4.2 million (JPY500 million) in support of the Agency's regular Food Aid Programme. The Japanese Ambassador to…

Of note this week The IDF imposed a total closure on the West Bank during the Jewish holiday of Purim between 2 - 5 March. The closure prevented Palestinians, including workers, with valid permits, from accessing East Jerusalem and Israel…

Of note this week The IDF conducted its largest scale operation in Nablus city since three years codenamed "Hot Winter". The operation concentrated on the old city of Nablus to arrest eight allegedly wanted Palestinians. During the operation the IDF…

Overview- Key Issues Forced displacement The number of Palestinian structures demolished in the West Bank by the Israeli authorities rose significantly in February 2007. A total of 53 structures including 22 Palestinian homes and other shelters were demolished, predominately in the…

Executive Summary Background Since the onset of the Israeli occupation in 1967, the economy of the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) has been an "income economy" rather than a "production economy"-making the WBGS extremely vulnerable to the Israeli labour and…

Introduction The present Bulletin is dedicated to the analysis of the agro-meteorological situation in the non-European countries of the Mediterranean basin during the period from the beginning of December 2006 to the end of January 2007. This is a period…