Occupied Palestinian Territories

Now I know that we don’t have to wait for some donor to come and solve our problems. We can plan and come up with solutions ourselves.

Community Member, Gaza, oPt

Occupied Palestinian Territories

L2GP began research in the occupied Palestinian Territories in 2009 as part of the first round of research into how people perceive and respond to crises. Since then, L2GP has continued to work with local actors in the West Bank and in Gaza to understand how communities respond to protracted conflict and humanitarian crisis.

All reports are available in both Arabic and English.

Another Look at Palestine

It was a river with two banks and a heavenly mother who nursed it with drops from the clouds But they kidnapped the mother so it ran short of water and died, slowly, of thirst. Extract from “A river dies of thirst”, Mahmoud Darwish, 2008 A reflective photo essay looking at more than 5 years of supporting community led responses (sclr) in the West Bank and Gaza, exploring how it has changed people’s relationships with themselves, between men and women, and between communities, authorities and NGOs.

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Research

Survivor and community-led crisis response in Gaza

Learning from community-led resilience responses in the oPT

Self-protection in the occupied Palestinian Territories

Mai Jarar with Ahmad Jamal Sourani and Shahnaz Jubran, 2020

Sofie Grundin with Luna Saadeh, 2018

Rafael Eguiguren & Luna Saadeh, 2014

Reflections and recommendations from the implementation of survivor and community-led crisis response interventions in Gaza in 2019.

A report on L2GPs collaboration with YMCA East Jerusalem Women’s Development Program to support communities implementing their own protection and resilience responses.

L2GPs initial study into people’s perceptions of protection threats, challenges and self-protection strategies from research in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.