Gaza

Dear Friends, I’m sure you’ve followed the tragic news from Gaza and Israel over the past several days. In the wake of the killing of an Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza by Israeli security forces, subsequent missile strikes from Gaza into southern Israel, and retaliatory...

While the leaders of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza rarely start the day with good news, one morning in mid-May was the exception for Ahli’s director, Suhaila Tarazi. She awoke to word that the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ) was awarded...

Recently-released research on child welfare in Gaza by the Norwegian Refugee Council makes for sobering reading. Researchers studied the welfare of children since the right-of-return demonstrations at the border began in the spring of 2018. The report finds that “68 percent of schoolchildren in areas close to...

Ms Suhaila Tarazi, director of Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, talked with AFEDJ’s John Lent in East Jerusalem on February 27, 2019. She spoke about the dire conditions the people of Gaza encounter each day and, in this video, about the challenges staff of...

More from Episcopal News Service on how recent U.S. cuts in aid affect the lives of Palestinians, including those served by Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City and Princess Basma Center for Disabled Children in East Jerusalem. Please consider making a donation though our secure,...

When the outpatient clinic at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza collapsed into its foundation in early December, it seemed like the culmination of anannus horribilis for the 120 year-old institution. Clashes at the border and deep unrest in Gaza last spring, the effects of U.S. cuts...

At 2 p.m. on December 6, Suhaila Tarazi, Director of the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, was stunned to receive word that the 120-year-old outpatient clinic located on the hospital grounds suffered a complete and catastrophic collapse. No one was injured in the disaster. According to Hanna...

Leaders from Ahli Hospital in Gaza and the Princess Basma Center in East Jerusalem join AFEDJ Board Chair Bishop Barry Beisner to talk about the drastic impact U.S. cuts in aid will have on the humanitarian institutions of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

On October 2, 2018  the Most Rev. Suheil Dawani, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, shared this open letter about the implications of the U.S. Government’s cuts in aid to Palestine. Click here...

“If we don’t receive money for providing therapies for children, we will have no choice but to close down in a few months because we will not have money to pay salaries or our suppliers.” –Ibrahim Faltis, Princess Basma Center Director Check out this story...