The Prime Minister of the State of Palestine, H.E. Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, and the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, have launched the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2020 in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The 2020 HRP appeals for $348 … Continue reading →
This report was originally published by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights. GENEVA (19 November 2019) – The announcement by the US Secretary of State that Israeli settlements do not violate international law is a decisive … Continue reading →
Published by the Elders on 20 November 2019. “The US position is bad law made in bad faith.” – Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders. The Elders today strongly condemned the policy shift announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo … Continue reading →
Support a Palestinian olive tree planting project and receive a certificate bearing the name of your family member or friend which you can send them for Christmas. Your money is passed on to the Palestine Fair Trade Association‘s Trees for … Continue reading →
Since late March 2018, thousands of Palestinians have participated in the weekly Great March of Return (GMR) demonstrations in the vicinity of Israel’s perimeter fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, calling for the Palestinian right of return and the … Continue reading →
Statement issued by Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, on 29 September 2018. I am deeply saddened by reports that seven Palestinians, including two children, were killed, and hundreds of others injured, by Israeli forces … Continue reading →
OCHA reports that in July, Israel tightened its longstanding blockade on the Gaza Strip, worsening the already desperate humanitarian situation. Measures adopted by the Israeli authorities included restricting imports to mainly food and medicine; a complete halt to the exit … Continue reading →
On 22 July, the OCHA Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, today that supplies of emergency fuel provided by the UN for critical facilities in Gaza are being fast depleted. He called on Israel to end restrictions preventing the … Continue reading →
Khan al-Ahmar is one of nine Palestinian Bedouin villages on the Jerusalem to Jericho Road, in the occupied West Bank. Its families were evicted from the Negev Desert in 1952 to make way for an Israeli town. The live in abject poverty, have … Continue reading →
Mindful of centuries of European persecution of the Jewish people and the continuing plight of the Palestinian people The Balfour Project invites the government and people of the United Kingdom to : • learn what the Balfour Declaration and Palestine mean … Continue reading →