All stories related to Occupied Palestinian Territories
Gaza: Cancer crisis killing civilians
May 10, 2011
The leading cause of death in Gaza is cancer. With routes to treatment long and complex, civilians are paying the ultimate price
Gaza's farmers still strangled by the blockade
Mar 07, 2011
Gaza’s farmers have the potential to export 2300 tonnes of strawberries, 55 million carnation flowers and 714 tons of cherry tomatoes every year, after meeting the demands of its local market
ACT in Occupied Palestinian Territories
Organisations with HQ in Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches (DSPR/MECC)
- The East Jerusalem YMCA
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan & the Holy Land (ELCJHL)
International organisations in Occupied Palestinian Territories
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
- International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- The East Jerusalem YMCA
- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- diakonia, Sweden
Organisations funding work in Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Act for Peace
- Anglican Board of Mission-Australia (ABM)
- Anglican Overseas Aid-Australia
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)
- Christian Aid (CA)
- Christian World Service (CWS)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden (CoS)
- Diakonie Austria
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Icelandic Church Aid (ICA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
- United Church of Canada (UCC)
About Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Population: 4.1 mill. (6 mill. in diaspora)
- Seat of government: Ramallah and Gaza are administrative centers, Jerusalem is the proclaimed capital of Palestine
- Area: 6.000 sq km (Gaza 360 sq km, West Bank 5640 sq km.)
- Major languages: Arabic, English, Hebrew,
- Major religions: Islam, Christianity, Judaism.
- Life expectancy: 73 years (men: 71, women 75)
- Monetary unit: Jordanian dinar, Egyptian Pound, Israeli shekel
- GNI per capita: US $2,900