Jan 29: Restoring our Environment with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh

Jan 09, 2022
  This webinar will be held online, over Zoom. Register for the webinar here: . Facebook event In this webinar, Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh will describe the catastrophic environmental impact of...
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Suspected Cause of Death of Child in Gaza is Sea Pollution and Delayed Medical Referral

Aug 15, 2017
We are outraged at another child's death in Gaza. This time the cause is not Israeli bombs or tank shells but instead the inhumane blockade of Gaza that has left...
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INFOGRAPHIC Let it Flow: How the Israeli Blockade has brought Gaza to the Brink of a Water and Sanitation Disaster

Mar 22, 2016
One of MECA's main projects in Gaza has been providing clean, safe water to children through the installation of water purification and desalination units at schools and kindergartens throughout Gaza. While we...
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WATCH: Heavy rain causes severe floods in Gaza Strip

Jan 13, 2015
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A West Bank water crisis for Palestinians only

Nov 25, 2014
By Stephanie Westbrook Qarawat Bani Zeid is a small Palestinian town of 3,500 north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. There are no Israeli settlements in the immediate vicinity....
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Gaza on Brink of Acute Water Crisis

Jul 16, 2014
A crater left in Gaza by an Israeli strike last week. (Photo: Joe Catron/cc/flickr)   by Andrea Germanos Amidst the military strikes by Israeli forces, now in their second week,...
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Plant-a-Tree for Palestine: Strengthening the roots of resistance

Feb 02, 2013
For 112 years, the Jewish National Fund has played a central role in the on-going displacement and dispossession of Palestinians from their land and homes. The JNF was instrumental in...
Stories of Our Work

New Factsheet: Water & Sanitation in the Access Restricted Areas of the Gaza Strip

Dec 19, 2012
113,000 people are impacted by Israeli restrictions in the Access Restricted Areas of the Gaza Strip. Sedqi Al-Qara, 50, owns 40 dunums (10 acres) of agricultural land. Sedqi used to...
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