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

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.

A window looks in to a curved roofed strucure, with people sitting and a woman standing in the far doorway

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.

Survivor and community-led crisis response in Gaza

Mai Jarar with Ahmad Jamal Sourani and Shahnaz Jubran, 2020

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

Learning from community-led resilience responses in the oPt

Sofie Grundin with Luna Saadeh, 2018A report on L2GPs collaboration with YMCA East Jerusalem Women’s Development Program to support communities implementing their own protection and resilience responses.

Self-protection in the occupied Palestinian Territories

Rafael Eguiguren & Luna Saadeh, 2014L2GPs initial study into people’s perceptions of protection threats, challenges and self-protection strategies from research in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.