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JOHANNESBURG – An estimated 45 million people in southern Africa are food insecure, with the number of people without access to adequate, affordable and nutritious food up 10% from last …
Read MoreThis month, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) hoped to attend the 43rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council to once again raise our concerns about challenges to the right to health of Palestinians living under occupation in the West Bank and…
Read MoreThis last week has been extremely worrying for many of us as we try to get to terms with the pandemic, and what it means for our lives. All of you who are affected, in whatever capacity, have the best wishes and thoughts of everyone at PSC HQ. Please t…
Read MoreThe Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) accused the Israeli prison administration of using the Coronavirus as a pretext to impose even more abusive measures upon Palestinian prisoners, rather than providing the necessary tools to help stop the spread …
Read MorePalestinian Medical Relief Society, expresses its relief at the release of youth volunteers Bashir Nasser, Malak Obaid and Ahmad Al Jabari who were arrested yesterday as they were distributing PMRS health education posters and brochures about preventio…
Read MoreIsraeli opposition leader Benny Gantz has called for a unity coalition, vowing to form a government “within a few days” after President Reuven Rivlin officially appointed the leader to establish the next government amid a coronavirus pandemic.While Gan…
Read MoreAn Israeli court on Sunday postponed the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges to May 24 amid fears of the novel coronavirus.The move came one day after Justice Minister Amir Ohana declared a state of emergency in courts due …
Read MoreThe Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs ordered today a closure until further notice of mosques and churches in all the governorates of Palestine, as part of ongoing efforts to curb a seemingly growing spread of novel COVID-19 (coronavirus) which h…
Read MoreMedical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is extremely concerned about the current escalation in Gaza, which began on Friday.Israeli airstrikes, and shelling by tanks and the navy are ongoing in Rafah, Khan Younis, the middle areas, east and west Gaza, Beit H…
Read MoreThe coronavirus pandemic continued today to occupy the main front-page headlines in the three Palestinian Arabic dailies.The papers highlighted confirmation of four new coronavirus cases in the southern West Bank city Bethlehem, the epicenter of the d…
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