Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is considered a climate hotspot due to its natural water scarcity, low levels of socio-ecological resilience, social tensions and political conflicts, and ongoing immigration crisis. Over the…

HIGHLIGHTS ● Relative quiet returns to Gaza after serious escalation of hostilities in November. ● Significant increase in the supply of water in Gaza following increase in electricity supply from previous 5 to 16-18 hours a day. ● Food…

In August 2018, the Trump administration slashed more than half a billion dollars in U.S. assistance to Palestinians. Its first target was the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…

FAO is further developing a monitoring, early-warning and risk-mapping system to help farmers manage an invasive species in Africa, and roll out solar energy projects for farmers in Gaza, as part of innovative projects awarded funding…

Humanitarian agencies operating in the Gaza Strip warned today that a prolonged closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing, Gaza’s almost exclusive point for the entry of goods, may exacerbate the already dire situation of services and…

JERUSALEM – The Government of Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, has provided the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) with a generous contribution of CHF1.5 million (approximately US$1.5 million) to provide much-needed…

2017 IN REVIEW HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT Humanitarian situation in 2017 The humanitarian context of the oPt is unique among today’s crises and remains directly tied to the impact of the occupation, which marked its 50th year in June 2017. A…

HIGHLIGHTS ● Donations of $3.5 million avert a halt of emergency fuel program in Gaza, preventing the collapse of vital services; available funding will be exhausted by mid-2018. ● Newly-built classrooms demolished in a Bedouin community located in…

Delivered at press conference in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza, 14 March 2018 Good afternoon. Members of the media, donors, national partners; thank you for coming. Today, I am pleased to be in Gaza for the launch of the…

to assist 68 700 people FAO requires USD 13.8 million period January – December 2018 In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinians continue to be affected by the protracted crisis, repeated shocks, restrictions on movement of goods and people, limited productive…