Reports

Heartbreaking reports of death and destruction are pouring out of Jerusalem, where violence has flared between Israeli forces and Palestinians. (Click here for a link to a telephone interview, prepared for radio by Standard News Network, with Mary Kate…

Background During August security conditions continued to deteriorate, with rising numbers of deaths and injuries and damage to property. UNRWA's West Bank field staff reported the greatest difficulties of mobility and access since the start of the crisis. Numerous confrontations and…

"Humanitarian Update" is a fortnightly publication of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) intended to familiarise relief practitioners and wider audience in Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel with major humanitarian…

Executive summary Critical developments in the Palestinian economy during 2000-2001 have exposed long-standing structural weaknesses, which have been aggravated by sharp declines and widespread disruption in economic activity over the period. A high and volatile rate of unemployment, a chronic trade…

Islamic Relief Continues Its Support To Crisis-Torn Palestine with a US$1.1 Million Relief Programme From October 2000, Islamic Relief's Palestine Office has been responding to the deepening tragedy that has engulfed the people of Gaza Strip and The West Bank…

Appeal Target CHF 3,402,499Period covered: 01 January - 30 June 2001 (Last Programme Update issued: 02 January 2001 ) "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 14.4% Related Appeals: 01.64/01 MENA: regional programme Outstanding needs: CHF 2,910,848 Update: There has been a poor response…

Rome - The UN World Food Programme today launched an emergency operation to assist 270,000 Palestinians no longer able to meet their food needs because of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Over the next six…

Action by Churches Together (ACT) International should remain the focal point for the humanitarian assistance in the Palestinian Territories, Rev. Dr. Konrad Raiser, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, said at an international ecumenical consultation on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.…

UNRWA Press Release S/11/2001 Surrounded by a crowd of Palestine refugees from the Husseinieh community, on 8 August His Excellency, Mr Kishichiro Amae, the Ambassador of Japan to Syria, officially opened the blue doors of UNRWA's new distribution centre, from…

UNRWA Press Release J/7/2001 AMMAN - UNRWA today officially opened an extension to its mother-and-child health (MCH) clinic at Jabal Hussein camp, which was constructed through a contribution of some $45,000 from the Japanese Embassy in Amman. In a ceremony held…