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It's easy to feel individually helpless in the face of such massive structural problems. Charity isn't a solution to Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people, but we can make a real difference right now to people in Gaza in dire need of medical aid.

Providing medical aid to Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees

For over 30 years, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been reaching out to Palestinian communities, striving to deliver health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and ...