Un Ponte Per is not directly present in Palestine, where it has chosen not to operate as an NGO in order not to be subject to the controls and restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities. Always convinced that the Palestinian issue needs a political solution before humanitarian intervention, UPP has chosen to support local organisations and civil society for many years through civil peace interventions and non-violent accompaniment to protect the right of peasants and farmers to access their land and mitigate settler violence. After the events of 7 October 2023, and the ensuing humanitarian catastrophe generated in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli genocide, UPP chose to support its local partner UAWC through a fundraising campaign - 'Water for Gaza' - with which it is supporting Palestinian families through food and water distributions. It has been supporting the Palestinian refugee population in refugee camps in Lebanon for years, and carries out denunciation and advocacy campaigns by joining, among others, the call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
Since the beginning of Israel's genocidal military offensive on 7 October 2023, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is beyond humanitarian catastrophe. Among the civilian infrastructures indiscriminately affected are those that have always ensured the livelihood of families and communities, such as agriculture and fishing. Fishing activities in particular, which historically have been a […]
Since October 7th 2023, Israel has launched an extremely violent military attack against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. Since then, a vicious genocide has been underway, causing an unprecedented humanitarian emergency, affecting more than 2 million people now reduced to starvation, and resulting in the almost total destruction of civilian infrastructure, including homes, […]
