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Contextualising Gaza: Colonial violence and occupation
Chloe Skinner, Philip Proudfoot and Ali Reda write that while 7 October events precipitated a declaration of war, it is paramount to remember that a constant state of war, displacement and oppression has shaped Palestinian reality for over seven decades.
Blog
Tectonic shifts: A conversation with Darryl Li
A conversation about the unfolding crisis in Gaza and some of its wider implications for the Palestinian struggle and the solidarity movement..
Blog
Language is a powerful weapon in the Israel-Palestine conflict
Ammara Maqsood and Amandas Ong describe how the terminology of the powerful too often trivialises war, dehumanises those who suffer and erases the past.
Blog
Voices from Gaza
Translated transcripts of personal text messages, voice notes, and social media posts Gazan friends and loved ones have managed to send.
Research paper
The anthropological rise of Palestine
This article traces the rise of anthropological scholarship on Palestine and/or Palestinians from 2011, providing a comprehensive bibliography of anthropological publications related to Palestine over that period.
Blog
War on Palestine
In this blog post, Cultural Anthropology gathers together published articles on Palestine/Israel.
Blog
The attack on Gaza and the role of anthropologists
In this piece, Santiago Ripoll highlights the importance of anthropology and social theory when approaching the ongoing attack on Gaza.
Report
Trapped: The impact of 15 years of blockade on the mental health of Gaza’s children
A Child's Rights Resource Centre report on the impact that living through five escalations in violence and a pandemic, as well as a life-limiting land, air and sea blockade, has had on children’s psychosocial wellbeing.
Blog
Beyond grief: To love and stay with those who die in our arms
Devin G. Atallah asks, 'What does it take to love our babies, our living, and our dead in the midst of Israel's genocidal colonial conquest?'
Factsheet
Frequently asked questions on ICRC’s work in Israel and the occupied territories
This web page aims to make information accessible to all those who feel the ICRC can help them, as well as address frequently asked questions about ICRC's work and international humanitarian law.
Article
Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel’s starvation of Gaza
An interview with the executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the US, and an expert of famine and humanitarian crises.
Article
Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages ar
Babies are being 'delivered into hell' in Gaza with many others likely dying as a result of conflict with Israel and increasingly dire conditions in the enclave, UN humanitarians warned.
Multimedia
From Israel’s blockade to the siege on Al Shifa Hospital: Public health in Gaza
In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP's Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with 2023 FMEP Palestinian Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Yara Asi about public health in Gaza.
Research paper
State of the health-care system in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war
This article details how the Israel–Hamas conflict has exacerbated a health care system in an already critical condition.
Article
The humanitarian health effects of the Israel-Hamas war among Gaza civilians
Frayed health care and an overwhelmed global humanitarian system imperil the health of civilians in Gaza, cautions John Hopkins University expert Paul Spiegel.
Policy document
On the brink: War and public health in Gaza ar
A document detailing Gaza's urgent and immediate need for all necessities of life, including recommendations of public health priorities.
Multimedia
Health crises in Palestine – Panel Discussion
A FAIR network panel discussion with panellists Professor Yara M. Asi, Halla Keir, Professor Francesco Checchi and Zeina Jamaluddine, chaired by Professor Shelley Lees.
Research paper
Social and political determinants of health in the occupied Palestine territory (oPt) during the COVID-19 pandemic: who is responsible?
This article discusses the situation after the Palestinian authority reacted to the coronavirus outbreak, introducing strict lock down measures to limit community transmission.
Background report
War in the Gaza Strip: Public health situation analysis
A public health situation analysis concerning the population living within the Gaza Strip and affected by the acute emergency resulting from large-scale military operations by Israel and Hamas.
Article
Gaza conflict: how children’s lives are affected on every level
An article describing how children living in Gaza have never known anything but overcrowding, shortages, conflict and danger.
Report
Participatory vulnerability analysis in the north of the Gaza Strip
This report draws on a workshop, focus group discussions and key informant interviews to understand the vulnerability of communities and livelihoods in the northern Gaza Strip, including how this enabled the design of resilience-oriented actions.
Report
Gender alert: The gendered impact of the crisis in Gaza ar
This document provides an overview of the situation in Gaza and articulates UN Women’s work as part of its six-month multisectoral response to the crisis.
Research paper
Gender relations and power dynamics in WFP Palestine beneficiary households study – WFP and UN Women 2022
A study to assess gender dynamics and power relations in WFP Palestine beneficiary households and propose recommendations to improve the gender transformative potential of WFP programming.
Comment
Violence in Palestine demands immediate resolution of its settler colonial root causes
An editorial calling for the violence in Palestine to end.
Blog
‘Pity the region’* – Gaza and the politics of health in the Middle East
A blog on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Briefing
Palestine: Water crisis in the Gaza Strip
This report analyses the WASH crisis aggravated by current hostilities and seeks to provide an alert on the severity of the crisis.
Report
The political economy of health in the Gaza Strip (Occupied Palestinian Territory)
This document presents the results of a political economy analysis of the health sector in Gaza, based on a wide-ranging literature review and in-depth semi-structured interviews with policymakers, health officials and carers.
Policy document
Gaza war: expected socioeconomic impacts on the State of Palestine
This policy brief highlights some of the direct impacts of the Gaza war on the lives of Palestinians, estimating losses in gross domestic product and showing the effects of Israeli measures and military operations on the health system in Gaza.
Report
Gaza up close arHE
Everything you need to know about the closure on Gaza, from its high unemployment and shortages of electricity and clean water, to the policy choices of Israel that deny movement, violate rights and block development.
Multimedia
Is aid sustaining Palestine’s occupation?
In this episode of 'Rethinking Humanitarianism', hosts Heba Aly and Melissa Fundira speak to guests Yara Asi and Chris Gunness about aid and humanitarian responses in Palenstine.
Report
Palestine – The political economy of Gaza – responding to economic vulnerability, 28 September 2021
A thematic report of the political economy of Gaza, involving the analysis of stakeholders, power relations, and social conflict across time and space.
Briefing
Information Preparedness and Community Engagement for El Niño in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region frptes
El Niño can be viewed as a multi-hazard event, and considerations for information needs cut across different populations and risks, including direct weather-related hazards, reduced agricultural production, greater food insecurity and malnutrition, increased transmission of infectious diseases and effects on…
Report
A Study of Socio-Cultural Practices and COVID-19 Preventive Measures in South Sudan
The study principally investigates whether the socio-cultural practices of South Sudanese influence their responses to COVID-19 measures that the Government of South Sudan has adopted to stop the spread of the virus. Its findings record the ways in which they…
Factsheet
Why social science matters for humanitarian action?
A factsheet on the role of social science in Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA).
Infographic
Crisis in Sudan: Note on displacement from Sudan to South Sudan ar
This infographic summarises the insights from a recent briefing note on displacement due to the crisis in Sudan.
Briefing
Crisis in Sudan: Briefing note on displacement from Sudan to South Sudan ar
This Key Considerations brief focuses on the historical and socio-political dynamics humanitarian agencies need to consider when providing assistance to South Sudanese fleeing Khartoum and other parts of Sudan to South Sudan, and to Sudanese fleeing Sudan to South Sudan.
