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The Alliance for Water justice in Palestine and 1for3.orgestablish the Chris Affleck Education Fund

The Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine lost a treasured comrade and stalwart advocate for justice when Chris Affleck succumbed to pancreatic cancer on June 2, 2026.   Bearing witness to what she learned during trips to Palestine in 2009 and 2015, Chris worked with us with unflagging determination for more than a decade.  On March 30, just two months before her death, she joined our Stand Out at Harvard Square, carrying a sign reading ‘US Stop Arming Israel’.   

Chris’ long span of social activism going back to the Civil Rights Movement, her commitment to achieving justice in Palestine and her 35 years as a public school teacher are described in her obituary and The Boston Globe as well as in social media and The Palestine Chronicle.  

Chris greatly admired the projects for health, the environment (including access to clean water), and education being supported in Palestinian refugee camps by one of our Boston-area partner organizations, 1for3.org.  As a former teacher, she had been especially eager to visit the innovative Zahrat al-Yasmeen kindergarten at the Lajee Center in Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp that opened in 2021.  Although she was unable to make a third trip to Palestine to visit the school, she eagerly followed its progress and supported it with personal donations.  

In honor of Chris and her legacy, the Alliance and 1for3.orgplan have set up the Chris Affleck Education Fund which we hope will help sustain the operations of the kindergarten for years to come.   Tax-deductible donations can be made on a special page on the 1for3.org website which will give additional information about the school and how donors’ funds will be used.  

Please join us in honoring Chris’ extraordinary life with a gift that keeps hope alive for the children of Palestine. 

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Humanitarian Situation Report. Oct 22, '26

Highlights

  • In the West Bank, 148 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces or settlers between 13 and 19 October, including 69 in olive-harvest-related settler attacks.

  • Since 1 September, 272 olive-harvest-related settler attacks have been documented, exceeding the totals recorded during the entire 2024 and 2025 harvest seasons.

  • Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Jerusalem governorate, bringing to 14 the number of mosques vandalized by settlers since the beginning of 2026 in the West Bank.

  • According to WHO, 146 attacks on health care were recorded in the West Bank between January and September 2026, resulting in four fatalities and 43 injuries, alongside 131 instances of obstruction to health-care delivery.

  • In Gaza, as of 22 October, eight children had been reported killed and 20 injured in just six days. These are among hundreds of children who have been reported killed since the announcement of the October 2025 ceasefire.

  • According to the Gaza Market Monitoring Committee, the price of food items soared. Potatoes reportedly rose by 72 per cent, and the food basket increased by 20 per cent on average.

  • Due to funding shortages, Food Security Sector partners are only being able to reach less than one million people out of an estimated 2.1 million in Gaza with monthly food aid from October 2026 onwards. Meanwhile, 60 per cent of funds required by the Shelter Cluster to help people prepare for the cold and rainy season remains unmet and 11 partners might have to cease the delivery of drinking water by truck.

  • Across the Strip, trauma, surgical and rehabilitation supplies, as well as specialized medicines for noncommunicable diseases remain scarce due to ongoing aid entry restrictions. Oncology diagnostics and imaging are severely compromised.

Read the full report online

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Fresh olives undergo washing at an olive mill in the Arraba village, Jenin governorate, before being processed for oil extraction, 22 October 2026. Photo by OCHA