• Website: www.map-uk.org, Founded in 1984 in UK.
  • Budget: £ 2.7 million (2007-8) (p.15). Funders include Irish Aid and the Peace for Children Foundation of Sharjah.
  • MAP describes itself as “a British charity” that “works in partnership with local organisations to meet the health and medical needs of Palestinians worst affected by the occupation, the ongoing conflict with Israel and the lack of a just political solution to the crisis.”
  • CEO Steve James claims that MAP focuses on humanitarian work alone: “[w]e don’t take a political view on what’s happening in Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
  • In contrast, according to its 2008 Annual Report, MAP maintains “a strong commitment to engage[ing] in effective advocacy work on the root causes of the crises we respond to.”
  • MAP blames the “devastating” situation of the Palestinians on the “Israeli Separation Wall” (pg. 6). Israeli security concerns are erased.  
  • MAP accuses Israel of “indiscriminate sanctions” and “collective punishment” against the Palestinians.
  • Designated beneficiary of proceeds from the highly controversial play “Seven Jewish Children – a play for Gaza.”