Our Partners in Israel and Palestine

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Key Facts

• Capital: Israel maintains that Jerusalem is its capital city, a claim not recognised by the UK and the international community. The UK locates its embassy in Tel Aviv.
• President: Shimon Peres
• Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Palestinian leader: Mahmoud Abbas
• Population:
  • Israel: 7.3m
  • Palestine: 4.4
• Religion:
  • Israel: Jewish 76%, Muslim 16.1%, Christian 3.4%
  • Palestine: Muslim 97%, Christian 3%

• Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, English, Russian
• Literacy:
  • Israel: 97%
  • Palestine: 92%

• Life expectancy:
  • Israel: 80.7 years
  • Palestine: 73.3 years
• GDP per capita (US $):
  • Israel: 28,409
  • Palestine: 1,500

Information Sources: Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Operation World (Biblica Publishing, 2010)

Bethany

Bethany Girls’ School

The Four Homes of Mercy

Bethlehem

• A population of 30,000, approximately 50% Muslim and 50% Christian.
• Three Palestinian Refugee camps with around 20,000 inhabitants.
• Unemployment is higher than 60%.

BASR (Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation)

Caritas Baby Hospital

Middle East Council of Churches Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees (DSPR)

Hope Secondary School

The SIRA School

Talitha Kumi School

Gaza

• A tiny patch of land 20 miles long by 5-10 miles wide.
• Up to 70% of the population live below the poverty line.
• A population of 1.4 million – one of the highest overall growth rates and population densities in the world.

Al Ahli Hospital

Hebron

• Unemployment has been as high as 70%

Arab Evangelical School

Jerusalem

• A population of approx 33% Palestinian and 67% Israeli (plus other nationalities)

Helen Keller Centre

Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation

Princess Basma Centre

Rawdat El Zuhur

St John Eye Hospital

Spafford Children’s Centre

Nazareth

Nazareth School of Nursing

Nablus

St Luke's Hospital

Ramallah

• A population that was entirely Christian until after the 1948 war, when refugees from many parts of Palestine settled there.

Annahda

Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Centre (ETVTC)