Battling COVID-19 in the occupied Palestinian territory

Moss, Dana M.; Majadle, Ghada

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30237-0

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“…During the pandemic, the dehumanisation they are exposed to further escalated. For instance, Palestinians living under occupation were excluded from Israel’s vaccination schemes despite the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak in areas like Gaza (Moss and Majadle, 2020). Under conditions of danger for those ‘who count’ – also made unsafe by the pandemic even if safely located inside national and household borders – migrants and other liminal groups have become even more economically and reproductively irrelevant.…”

Section: Rsr Surplus Populations and Reserve Armies Of Livesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social reproduction and pandemic neoliberalism: Planetary crises and the reorganisation of life, work and death

Mezzadri

2022

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This article portrays the COVID-19 pandemic as a planetary crisis of capitalist life and analyses it through the feminist political economy lens of social reproduction. Celebrating the plurality and distinctiveness of social reproduction theorisations, the article deploys three approaches to map the contours of the present conjuncture; namely Social Reproduction Theory, Early Social Reproduction Analyses and Raced Social Reproduction approaches. These provide key complementary insights over the planetary crisis and reorganisation of life, work and death triggered by the pandemic. Through the compounded insights of social reproduction theorisations, the article argues that the pandemic does not represent a crisis of neoliberalism. Rather, it represents its outcome, and deepening of its logics, an argument which is substantiated by exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the reproductive architecture of neoliberal capitalism; on the world of work; and on racialised processes manufacturing different kinds of surplus subjects. In conclusion, the article discusses the political implications of this social reproduction-centred reading of the pandemic for a progressive post-pandemic politics to move beyond pandemic neoliberalism.

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Section: Rsr Surplus Populations and Reserve Armies Of Livesmentioning

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Social reproduction and pandemic neoliberalism: Planetary crises and the reorganisation of life, work and death

Mezzadri

2022

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic sheds light on the devastating impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade since 2007 on the HS in Gaza, which impeded Palestinian efforts to combat COVID-19, including restricting the entry of essential materials needed for the health sectors such as equipment and medications, categorized as “dual-use” items, via the Israeli-controlled Karm Abu Salem crossing, the main commercial crossing. Accordingly, the COVID-19 pandemic sheds light on the devastating impacts of the ongoing blockade since 2007 on the HS in Gaza ( 20 ).…”

Section: The Humanitarian Crisis Of the Covid-19 Pandemic In The Gaza Stripmentioning

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Preparedness and Readiness Strategies for Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Fragile and Conflict Settings: Experiences of the Gaza Strip

Abuzerr

Abu-Aita

Al-Najjar

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health threat of serious concern, especially in conflict settings that face fragility and lack adequate resources and capacities. Gaza suffers from a blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation, environmental deterioration, confiscation of lands, demolition of houses and hospitals, restrictions on movement, lack of control over natural resources, and financial constraints. Gaza's population is consequently living in a poor humanitarian situation with high unemployment rates, poverty, over-crowdedness, and a weak health system. This makes Gaza incredibly fragile and affects its ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic effectively. The pandemic is expected to deepen Gaza's systems' fragility, which is already overstretched beyond their limits. This will hinder its capacity to deal with the pandemic, and other pre-existing pressing humanitarian needs. Therefore, in this review, we comprehensively explored Gaza's policy failures and successes related to the COVID-19 preparedness and response by state and non-state actors and recommend potential solutions and alternatives. We have addressed critical issues including the health system, water, sanitation, hygiene, socio-economic, education, food security, and others. In Gaza, effectiveness in combating the COVID-19 pandemic can only come from committed political will, transparency from all regulators, strategic dialogue, comprehensive planning, and active international support.

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“…The pandemic has proven the dire need for Israel to lift the border closures and the block on essential services and goods so that a properly-functioning healthcare system may be established in Palestine, specifically Gaza. 15 The state-run volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) in the US systematically mobilizes volunteers by using proven protocols on how to successfully start and run a local unit.…”

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COVID–19 and Gaza: The Ideal Time to Establish a Medical Reserves of Public Health Preventive Medicine Specialists

Mahayosnand¹,

Sabra²,

Sabra³

2020

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This paper serves as a policy recommendation to develop a collaborative public–private interdisciplinary healthcare system known as the Gazan Medical Reserve Corps (Reserves) during the COVID–19 pandemic. Due to the high concentration of educated unemployed in Gaza, the Reserves would draw from recent medical school graduates and unemployed physicians. Although initial funds must be awarded by the government and international community to launch the Reserves, the proposed four evidence–based divisions of the Reserves are designed to make a self-sustaining and financially–sound entity. Our literature review demonstrates that the United Nations, various interest groups, and numerous researchers recommend the work of each of the proposed divisions as necessary aspects of a long–term health sector. The Reserves would work with humanitarian organizations, such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and International Medical Corps (IMC), in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO). It is a goal to ultimately transition Gaza out of the need for short–term aid and assistance. The Reserves would also work alongside the local health entities and facilities already present inGaza, such as the medical schools, hospitals, and clinics.

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Battling COVID-19 in the occupied Palestinian territory

Cited by 15 publications

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Social reproduction and pandemic neoliberalism: Planetary crises and the reorganisation of life, work and death

Social reproduction and pandemic neoliberalism: Planetary crises and the reorganisation of life, work and death

Preparedness and Readiness Strategies for Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Fragile and Conflict Settings: Experiences of the Gaza Strip

COVID–19 and Gaza: The Ideal Time to Establish a Medical Reserves of Public Health Preventive Medicine Specialists

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