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Healthcare

  • Title page of report titled 'An Overview of Health Conditions and Services in the Israeli Occupied Territories,' published by the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, August 1987.

    An Overview of Healthcare Conditions and Services in The Israeli Occupied Territories By The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC)

    Report found the Institute for Palestine Studies. Published in August 1987 in Jerusalem

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  • Drawing of three soldiers in uniform, standing in front of a closed, marked door with the word "occupé" (occupied) written on it. One soldier is pointing at the door while the others observe.

    Physicians for Human Rights: Fact Finding Mission To The Occupied Territories

    Retrieved from Elia Zureik’s Library. Report published in the United States on Feb 13th, 1988.

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  • Cover of a book titled 'The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees: Fifteen Years of Primary Health Care Development, 1979-1994,' showing smiling children outdoors.

    The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees Fifteen Years of Primary Health. Care Development 1979 - 1994

    Pamphlet found in the Institute for Palestine Studies. Published in Jerusalem in 1994

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  • Title page of a report titled 'The Status of Palestinian Children during the Uprising in the Occupied Territories', Part II 'Collective Punishment', authors Anne Elizabeth Nixon with Beth Ann Goldring, with section on Education by Jennifer Bing-Canar and Anne Elizabeth Nixon, sponsored by Rädda Barnen, Swedish Save the Children, January 1990.

    The Status Of Palestinian Children During The Uprising in The Occupied Territories

    Part II of the Collective Punishment Report for Save The Children Sweden. Chapter (I) outlines Obstruction of Medical and Health Care

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  • PHR - ANNUAL REPORT: 1993 FOCUS ON: THE TRANSFER OF HEALTH SERVICES TO A PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

    A report on the Oslo-Agreement’s transfer of of responsibility over the health system from Israel to a Palestinian authority. Report outlines key gaps between the deal and foretells future issues in Gaza’s healthcare system

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  • MAP Canada Interview with Dr Haider Abd el-Shafi on Gaza's Healthcare System

    MAP Canada Interview with Dr Haider Abd el-Shafi on Gaza's Healthcare System

    Dr Haider Abd el-Shafi, President of the Red Crescent Society in Gaza and an administrative member of the Makassed Charitable Society.

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  • Typewritten newsletter from the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees, dated January 13-19, 1988, discussing medical relief efforts in West Bank and Gaza.

    Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committee Emergency Newsletters #1,2,3

    Dated Jan and Feb 1988

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  • Cover page of a report titled "Palestinian Health: Toward a Healthy Development Strategy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip" by Mustafa Barghouthi, M.D., published by the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees in Jerusalem in 1993.

    Palestinian Healthy: Toward a Healthy Development Strategy In The West Bank And Gaza Strip by Mustafa Barghouthi, M.D. Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committee

    This paper has four major objectives: 1) review the main characteristics of the health situation in general, and primary health care in particular, in the occupied territories; 2) identify basic principles and priorities for future development strategy and planning, 3) try to represent the Palestinian view on the question of health within the context of the ongoing peace negotiations; 4) try to articulate Palestinian expectations of the European governments and NGOs and the UN agencies that are involved or wish to be involved in the health sector in Palestine.

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  • Brochure or report cover with medical symbols and the title 'The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees Jerusalem' and the subtitle 'Objectives, Organization, and Activities 1979-1990'. The top features a caduceus symbol with a Star of David and wings.

    The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees: Objectives, Organization, and Activities 1979-1990

    Pamphlet on The Union’s work and mission. Includes data and case studies of what it deals with

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  • Cover page of a publication from the Association of Israeli-Palestinian Physicians for Human Rights, dated 1994, with text in English and Arabic.

    Report by PHR: Association of Israeli-Palestinian Physicians for Human Rights Review of the Oncology and Hematology Services In the Gaza Strip 1994

    In this review, a comparison will be drawn between the oncology and hematology services in hospitals in Israel, and the condition of oncology and hematology services in the Gaza Strip. The report offers a historical analysis that is crucial to understanding Gaza’s oncology and hematology services.

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  • Cover of a 1967 bulletin titled 'The Facts About the Palestine Problem', featuring a photo of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem with birds flying nearby, and the words 'The Occupation' at the bottom.

    Arab Women’s Information Committee and The Friends of Jerusalem. The Facts About the Palestine Problem: Supplement, June 1968 — Jerusalem, June 1967

    Brief summary of Israeli violence in East Jerusalem during the Naksa (June 1967). Summarizes the attacks on the Victoria Augusta Hospital

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