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A ceremony last week marked the completion of a renovation project in Sebastia, a town in the West Bank that is home to important archeological sites. Officials also laid the cornerstone for a health clinic that will serve seven…
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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations Affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists -- Geneva Member of the International Federation for Human Rights -- Paris The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network --…
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Appeal Target: US$2,879,504Balance requested: US$2,209,483 Geneva, 23 April 2003 Dear Colleagues, Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Occupied Palestinian territories in September 2000, Gaza has been the recipient of crushing economic sanctions, and remains under siege with…
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Information provided by Craif Kippels: Lutheran World Federation representative (Jerusalem) East Jerusalem, April 18, 2003 - There are significant and growing humanitarian needs in the West Bank and Gaza areas of the Palestine territories. In collaboration with other Christian organizations, the…
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Wrapping up its ministerial session today, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) recommended convening an Arab-international forum on the economic and social rehabilitation and reconstruction of Palestine. The recommendation was among a number of conclusions reached…
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When World Vision launched its Career Development Training Course, residents of Salfeet District were finally given the opportunity to beat unemployment by obtaining skills that could help them secure work. World Vision staff were concerned that the threat of war…
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A COALITION of Christian aid agencies has finally been able to deliver desperately needed food to an area of Palestine sealed off from the rest of the world. More than 8,000 Palestinians are trapped in the Mawasi area, surrounded by…
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With great perseverance World Vision, as part of a coalition of Christian International NGOs distributed 1200 food kits and 1200 bags of flour to the Mawasi area in the Gaza strip, which literally was sealed off from the outside…
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IP/03/519 Brussels, 9 April 2003 - The European Commission is providing a further relief package worth €15 million to Palestinian victims of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The aid will support provision of food, medicines, water and sanitation…
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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has come to the assistance of people injured in an Israeli attack in Gaza City and an explosion at a school in the West Bank town of Jenin. Seven people were killed and…
