The situation in the Holy Land has escalated again following to the assault on a flotilla headed towards the Gaza Strip on May 31. However, His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and President of Caritas Jerusalem, hopes that the young generation of Palestinians and Israelis will one day know peace. Question: The international ...
More than a year after the war, people in Gaza continue to suffer from poverty, poor access to health care and psychological distress. The Caritas mobile clinic is composed of Dr. Jebril Barood and his team of a nurse, a psychologist, a laboratory technician and a driver. They visit six different areas every week in ...
Over the past few days Gaza has experienced cold like never before. Rain and hail have battered the cities and the biting wind has meant that the best place for most people was at home. But for thousands of people made homeless following Israel’s three-week assault on the Gaza Strip, their refuge is nothing more ...
Mrs Asmahan suffers from constant abdominal pain and her 18-year-old son has started to wet the bed. Even though the Israeli attacks on Gaza were three months ago, the fear and the consequences of it are very much present in people’s lives. “I lost my house and all my belongings,” says Mrs Asmahan. “It is ...