scholarly journals Palestinian Women Reproductive Health Rights: Knowledge, Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward. A Qualitative Study in Bethlehem Area in the West Bank

Iproceedings ◽  
10.2196/10557 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e10557
Author(s):  
Yara Hadweh
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Health Rights ◽  
The Way

The Illusion of Palestinian Sovereignty

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Hass
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
East Jerusalem ◽  
The Way

This chapter presents an article, originally published in Haaretz, that discusses the illusion of Palestinian soveriegnty. The article argues that the Israeli military's incursions into the West Bank's Area A and even Area B destroy the illusion of Palestinian sovereignty. It is a virtual sovereignty, fragmented and curtailed. Therefore, it is an illusion—but an illusion that works. The strength of the delusion of sovereignty can be seen in the way East Jerusalem residents, and even Palestinian citizens of Israel, often travel to West Bank enclaves and feel a sense of relief. In these enclosures, which are free of any army presence, they get a break from routine Israeli racism and vulgarity. This temporary feeling of rest and relief is only strengthened by the necessary return to Israel via an intimidating path of walls, barbed-wire fences, pointed rifles, threatening policemen and soldiers, and deluxe, verdant suburbs for Jews only.

Child Abuse in the West Bank: Lessons Learnt from a Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 463-476
Author(s):  
Yoke Rabaia ◽  
Margaret A. Lynch ◽  
Rita Giacaman
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Lessons Learnt

scholarly journals Anaemia among pregnant Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2416-2420 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Khader ◽  
H Madi ◽  
F Riccardo ◽  
G Sabatinelli
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
The West ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Occupied Palestinian Territory ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Palestinian Territory

AbstractObjectiveTo assess anaemia prevalence and correlated social and biological determinants among pregnant women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).DesignA cross-sectional survey conducted among pregnant women attending/accessing UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) health centres in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in September and October 2006.SettingFifty-five UNRWA health centres in the oPt (eighteen in the Gaza Strip and thirty-seven in the West Bank).SubjectsA random sample of 1740 pregnant women.ResultsOverall anaemia prevalence was 38·6 % (95 % CI 36·3, 40·9 %). A substantial difference in anaemia prevalence was observed between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (44·9 % v. 31·1 %, respectively), as well as a significant increase in anaemia prevalence in the Gaza Strip compared with an Agency-wide survey conducted in 2004 (44·9 % v. 35·7 %, respectively). Anaemia prevalence was found to increase with age, parity and trimester of gestation.ConclusionsAnaemia still appears to be a public health problem among pregnant women in spite of UNRWA interventions. The West Bank shows prevalence rates similar to those observed in neighbouring countries, while the Gaza Strip has higher rates. Prevalence rates of anaemia among pregnant Palestinian women are more than two times higher than those observed in Europe.

Perceptions of drug use and sexual behaviours of adolescents in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory: a qualitative study

The Lancet ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 382 ◽  
pp. S24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salwa Massad ◽  
Rita Karam ◽  
Ryan Brown ◽  
Peter Glick ◽  
Mohammed Shaheen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Occupied Palestinian Territory ◽  
Sexual Behaviours ◽  
Palestinian Territory

scholarly journals Palestinian Refugees: A Gendered Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-112
Author(s):  
Nof Nasser Eddin ◽  
Nof Nasser-Eddin
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
The West ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
West Bank And Gaza

This article argues that the situation of Palestinian refugees is still relevant till this day. There are around five million refugees living in neighbouring Arab countries, such as Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt, as well as neighbouring areas in Palestine itself, like the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under very precarious conditions. Their situation is extremely unstable as any changes in the region can influence them directly. The need to address this issue is particularly important because Palestinian refugees (as well as internally displaced Palestinians) have been both historically and politically marginalised. In particular, I will argue for a need to gender the debate around the Palestinian refugees, because the distinct experience of women Palestinian refugees has been overlooked within this context. Most literature has focused on the Palestinian refugees as a holistic population, which assumes all refugees share the same struggle. However, understanding the position of women within the context of the refugees and the unique struggles they face is essential to understanding their particular experiences as refugees and in highlighting their differential needs; this is why a feminist perspective is needed within the field of refugee studies. This article is based on a feminist journey drawing on research interviews with female Palestinian refugees in camps in Jordan, and with Syrian Palestinian women in Turkey, Jordan and Europe.

Israeli coalition will prove unstable in the long term

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Way

Significance It requires new legislation and changes to existing laws to establish and run the new government, including a mechanism to rotate the premiership between the pair. Many of the stipulations aim to provide guarantees, given the imbalance of power between Netanyahu and Gantz in the legislature, with the latter having split his own party by entering unity negotiations. Impacts The agreement paves the way for annexations of areas of the West Bank from July. The deal may yet be scuppered, and fresh elections called, if Netanyahu is forced from office because of his criminal indictments. Breaking conventions to offer key committee posts to the opposition may become contentious once the health crisis passes.

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