Reports

Of note this week All employees of PA ministries including teachers and health care workers continued an open strike against the non-payment of their monthly salaries over the last six months. The only group of employees to…

The United Nations (1) is submitting the 21st bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 23 August - 5 September 2006 inclusive. (2) 1. Overall Progress: All indicators used…

Of note this weekIn the Gaza Strip: - The IDF pulled out of eastern Gaza City following a five day incursion. Twenty (20) Palestinians, including three children, were reported killed during the five days, and more than…

(from "Forced Migration Review" Issue 26) by Greta Gunnarsdóttir UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East, with over 2 ,000 staff, almost all of whom are refugees themselves. Originally envisaged as an organisation with a temporary mandate, UNRWA's programmes have…

The United Nations (1) is submitting the 20th bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 9 - 22 August 2006 inclusive.(2) Having remained closed since 25 June for regular…

The United Nations (1) is submitting the 19th bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 26 July - 8 August 2006 inclusive.(2) The Rafah crossing has remained closed for regular…

The UK has committed £3 million ($5.5m) to help ensure water, sanitation and electricity services are kept running by paying for essential operation, maintenance and repair work. The payment will help to ensure that water, sanitation and electricity services are…

International agency Oxfam is calling on donor governments, meeting in Stockholm Friday, to resume international aid to the Palestinian Authority in order to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Oxfam believes that the Palestinian Authority stands to…

The humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip continued to deteriorate in 2006. The primary causes of this deterioration were Israeli access and security restrictions and the military incursions together with the Palestinian Authority (PA) fiscal crisis (freezing…

Context: The Israeli military operation inside the Gaza Strip continued in August for the third consecutive month despite renewed international efforts to bring about an end to hostilities and to address the humanitarian needs arising from the current violence. In the…