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Gaza Under Attack: 2014 and Beyond

Today marks six years since the shocking seven week assault on the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014. ‘Operation Protective Edge’ as it was termed by Israel, saw over 2,300 people killed in Gaza and over 11,000 injured. During the conflict, 500,000 people were internally displaced and over 20,000…

UK charities ask: Is the UK government abandoning the Palestinian people?

As a group of UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations working to support the rights and welfare of the Palestinian people, we are gravely concerned by the Israeli Government’s threat to annex more Palestinian land. The UK government has, at times, asserted that annexation ‘could not pass unchallenged’. …

World Refugee Day: Refugees Deserve Rights and Respect

The 20th of June marks World Refugee Day. This is an international day used to honour refugees and recognise their struggles and humanity. Interpal have worked with Palestinian refugees for over 25 years. We acknowledge their humanity and act for them everyday. The Palestinian refugee crisis is the longest running…

More Than Refugees: Memories of Loss and Stories of Hope

In 1948, over 750,000 Palestinian men, women and children were expelled from their homes and forced to live as refugees in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. 72 years later, the Palestinian refugee population has grown to more than 5 million. Palestinians who experienced the Nakba…

“Unliveable” by 2020: The bleak reality of life in the Gaza Strip

In 2012, a UN report warned that the Gaza Strip would be “unliveable” by 2020. Since the report, Gaza’s 2 million residents have experienced eight more years of brutal siege and two major military assaults, killing and injuring thousands of people. We are six months in to 2020, and more…