Reports

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 Leaders from the international community, including the UN Secretary General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the UN…

Highlights • During the first quarter of 2018, the deteriorating socio-economic situation in the Gaza Strip, characterized by shortages in the electricity and fuel supply, uncertainty in the funding of key services and renewed clashes has deepened…

Almost 30 per cent of the structures targeted in the first quarter of the year were residential, and the rest livelihood-related structures or community infrastructure. Of note, nearly a third of the affected structures during this…

HIGHLIGHTS The Gaza Strip continues to suffer from the chronic fuel and water crises, the glaring absence of any sustainable socio-economic improvements to the distressed economy, the lack of progress in the reconciliation process as well as…

HIGHLIGHTS On 15 March, signifcant political and financial support was expressed for UNRWA, its mandate and critical services to Palestine refugees at a Ministerial Conference in Rome entitled “Preserving Dignity and Sharing Responsibility: Mobilizing Collective Action for…

HIGHLIGHTS • Slight increase in demolitions and seizures during February. • Most structures targeted supported agricultural, herding and commercial livelihoods. • Eight EU-funded structures demolished or seized, including a school in an area planned for settlement expansion. OVERVIEW February 2018 recorded…

HIGHLIGHTS On 15 March, an extraordinary high-level conference – co-hosted by Sweden and Jordan and chaired by the UN Secretary-General - will take place in Rome to address UNRWA’s current and unprecedented funding crisis. On 12 March,…

KEY FIGURES At the end of Feb 1/20 partners (0 UN, 1 INGO) and 1/33 HRP projects are partially funded. West Bank/East Jerusalem Demolition response Demolished structures: 70 of which 20 (28%) are residential, displacing 81 individuals, including 35…

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…