scholarly journals Risk of obesity on adult male fertility in Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maged M. Yassin ◽  
Said S. Alghora ◽  
Tarik Z. El-Refi ◽  
Mohammed M. Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
Male Fertility ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Palestinian Authority

Rising Cost of Occupation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Assaf Razin
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
The West ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Second Intifada ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Political Units ◽  
Israeli Economy

Since 1967 when Israel when the West Bank and Gaza Strip occupation begun, there has been increasingly taxing social-economic effects on Israel. The second uprising broke out after the collapse of the OSLO agreements, in the early 2002. The Israeli economy was hit twice. It was first hit by the dotcom crash in the US; second, by the 2000-2005 Palestinian . The drastic effects on the Palestinian economy which shortly after split in to two political units (the West bank, controlled by the Palestinian Authority, and the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas). Especially the Gaza strip economy got down to the level of humanitarian crisis. that the early 2000s shock had relatively small effect on the long-term trajectory of Israel's real GDP. The effect on the Israeli economy of the second Intifada shock was mild, and short-lived. globalization proved to be a “shield” against the Palestinian-Israeli military conflicts and regional trade obstacles for the Israeli economy. This means, that the Israeli economy is exposed, however, to alarming long run risks. If, and when, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the long occupation of the of the West Bank territory would trigger political conflicts between Israel and its trade-and-finance partners, this “shield”, provided by Israel high level of integration with the global economy, may break down.

National Prospects and Regional Challenges for Internationalization of the Palestinian Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 65-81
Author(s):  
Umut Koldas ◽  
Mustafa Çıraklı
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
National Level ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Organizational Barriers ◽  
Indirect Control ◽  
Conflict Zone ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

Most of the challenges faced by the Palestinian higher education institutions (HEIs) towards internationalization stem from the problematic nature of bilateral relations of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) with Israel. Evaluating the geo-political, socio-economic, historical, and organizational barriers to internationalization of higher education in the WBGS, the chapter elaborates on the cumulative effects of the Israeli direct and indirect control over the WBGS on the development of universities, the impact of geo-political restraints of being a conflict zone, and logistical restrictions imposed on the movement of academics, visitors, and academic materials. Various domestic challenges including the political and ideological differences within the PA, the quality of national-level governance, and planning in higher education and financing are also highlighted throughout. Referring to the catalysts and obstacles, the chapter concludes with a reflection on the future challenges and prospects facing the Palestinian HEIs in a dynamic yet challenging context.

Childhood lead poisoning in Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 118-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamal M. Safi ◽  
Maged M. Yassin ◽  
Yasser Z. El-Nahhal ◽  
Yehia A. Abed ◽  
Mohamed J. Safi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Childhood Lead Poisoning

The Politics of International Aid to the Gaza Strip

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamer Qarmout ◽  
Daniel Béland
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
International Aid ◽  
The Political ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Legislative Council ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Gaza Strip

International aid to the Palestinian Authority is conditioned in part on democratization and good governance. However, since Hamas's victory in the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council elections and its takeover of the Gaza Strip, aid agencies have supported the international boycott of the Hamas government. This article argues that aid agencies, by operating in Gaza while boycotting its government, subvert their mandates and serve the political interests of donors and the PA rather than the humanitarian and development needs of Gazans. As a consequence, assistance has, inadvertently and unintentionally, increased Gazans' dependence on humanitarian aid, impeded economic development, and enabled Israel to maintain its occupation and the blockade of Gaza.

scholarly journals SOX8 Regulates Permeability of the Blood-Testes Barrier That Affects Adult Male Fertility in the Mouse1

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajeet Pratap Singh ◽  
Connie A. Cummings ◽  
Yuji Mishina ◽  
Trevor K. Archer
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
Male Fertility

Israel and the Palestinian Authority: Jurisdiction and Legal Assistance

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 318-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Wasserstein Fassberg
Keyword(s):  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Political Control ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Military Government ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Military Installation ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
The Military

The Cairo Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area, signed on May 4, 1994, seeks to implement the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self Government Arrangements signed in Washington on September 13, 1993 and, in particular, to put into effect its Protocol on Withdrawal of Israeli Forces from Gaza and the Jericho Area. The primary purpose of the Agreement is then to transfer territory from Israel to the Palestinian Authority. Article V of the Agreement defines this territory as covering the Gaza Strip and Jericho, excluding the Settlements and the Israeli military installation area. The transfer of territory is naturally accompanied by a transfer of legal and political control from the Military Government to the Palestinian Authority. But the Agreement does not simply assign to the Palestinian Authority all legislative, executive and judicial functions within the territory transferred to its control.

scholarly journals Conflict and cooperation in the age of COVID-19: the Israeli–Palestinian case

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lior Lehrs
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Government Relations ◽  
Conflict And Cooperation ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Disaster Event ◽  
The Impact

Abstract How do disasters influence conflict and diplomacy in conflict areas? The scholarship shows that while they can provide opportunities for cooperation and ‘disaster diplomacy’ between parties to a conflict, they can also intensify tension and hostility. This article uses the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, exploring the impact of the crisis on relations between the rival parties and examining the conditions under which an ongoing pandemic might lead to either conflict or cooperation in a conflict area. The research is based on within-case analysis, comparing three conflict arenas: Israel–Palestinian Authority relations in the West Bank; relations between Israel and the Palestinian community in East Jerusalem; and Israel–Hamas government relations in the Gaza strip. The article outlines the possibilities and limitations of ‘disaster diplomacy’ in intractable conflicts and contributes to the literature by identifying how different contexts, relations and actors in each conflict arena affect the development of patterns of conflict and cooperation with regard to the pandemic. The study analyses the factors that shape how the pandemic affects the conflict, and the COVID-19-related diplomacy, in each sub-case, with attention to three main variables: the structure of the conflict arena, domestic politics and the developments in the pandemic. The analysis addresses the unique conditions of an ongoing global pandemic, as opposed to an isolated disaster event, and traces the changing impact of the pandemic on the conflict and on disaster-related cooperation at various stages.

scholarly journals Detection of Poliovirus Circulation by Environmental Surveillance in the Absence of Clinical Cases in Israel and the Palestinian Authority

1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1670-1675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Manor ◽  
R. Handsher ◽  
T. Halmut ◽  
M. Neuman ◽  
A. Bobrov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Wild Type Virus ◽  
Type Virus ◽  
Environmental Surveillance ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Afp Surveillance ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns

The global eradication of poliomyelitis, believed to be achievable around the year 2000, relies on strategies which include high routine immunization coverage and mass vaccination campaigns, along with continuous monitoring of wild-type virus circulation by using the laboratory-based acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance. Israel and the Palestinian Authority are located in a geographical region in which poliovirus is still endemic but have been free of poliomyelitis since 1988 as a result of intensive immunization programs and mass vaccination campaigns. To monitor the wild-type virus circulation, environmental surveillance of sewage samples collected monthly from 25 to 30 sites across the country was implemented in 1989 and AFP surveillance began in 1994. The sewage samples were processed in the laboratory with a double-selective tissue culture system, which enabled economical processing of large number of samples. Between 1989 and 1997, 2,294 samples were processed, and wild-type poliovirus was isolated from 17 of them in four clusters, termed “silent outbreaks,” in September 1990 (type 3), between May and September 1991 (type 1), between October 1994 and June 1995 (type 1), and in December 1996 (type 1). Fifteen of the 17 positive samples were collected in the Gaza Strip, 1 was collected in the West Bank, and 1 was collected in the Israeli city of Ashdod, located close to the Gaza Strip. The AFP surveillance system failed to detect the circulating wild-type viruses. These findings further emphasize the important role that environmental surveillance can play in monitoring the eradication of polioviruses.

scholarly journals Effect of unilateral testicular torsion at different ages on male fertility

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 030006052091879
Author(s):  
Xinyu Zhang ◽  
Jianzhong Zhang ◽  
Zhonglin Cai ◽  
Xiyou Wang ◽  
Wenhong Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnancy Rate ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Male Fertility ◽  
Testicular Torsion ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Time To Pregnancy ◽  
Female Partners ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Student’S T

Objective To investigate the effect of early-life unilateral testicular torsion on adult male fertility. Methods Clinical information was collected for 122 patients who had experienced unilateral testicular torsion at a median age of 15.5 years. The recent pregnancy rate and time to pregnancy experienced by the patients’ female partners were assessed by structured interviews. Data were analyzed by the chi-squared test and Student’s t-test. Results Seventy-two patients with testicular torsion met the criteria for inclusion in our analyses; 49 had undergone orchiectomy, while 23 had undergone surgical repositioning/orchiopexy. The pregnancy rate and median time to pregnancy were 83.67% (41/49) and 1.6 years, respectively, in the orchiectomy group, whereas they were 91.30% (21/23) and 0.75 years, respectively, in the repositioning/orchiopexy group. The recent pregnancy rate was higher in patients with torsion in childhood than in patients with torsion in adolescence; it was lowest in patients with torsion in adulthood. Surgical repositioning/orchiopexy yielded a significantly better recent pregnancy rate among the three groups, based on age at the time of torsion, and a shorter time to pregnancy than orchiectomy in patients with torsion in adolescence. Conclusion Onset of unilateral testicular torsion early in life has a negligible effect on adult male fertility.

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