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THREAD: COVID-19 has upended life as we know it in 2020
But for the Palestinian people, it also meant further escalation of an already harsh reality of Israeli occupation, settler-colonialism, blockade & failed leadership.
Here are some of our 2020 pieces on the subject:
But for the Palestinian people, it also meant further escalation of an already harsh reality of Israeli occupation, settler-colonialism, blockade & failed leadership.
Here are some of our 2020 pieces on the subject:
"It is imperative to shift the narrative from cooperation and to highlight the Israeli occupation as an instrument of comorbidity," argued @yarahawari in one of our first commentaries on Covid-19 in Palestine. https://al-shabaka.org/memos/in-palestine-covid-19-meets-the-occupation/
In their piece for Al-Shabaka, analysts @fadiquran & Tahani Mustafa discussed the Palestinian Authority's response to the pandemic against the backdrop of the lasting implications of the problematic policies of the past. https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/palestine-and-covid-19-lessons-for-leadership-during-times-of-crisis/
Al-Shabaka's health expert & policy analyst @Yara_M_Asi explored the different ways in which Israel has impacted Palestinians’ ability to respond to and mitigate the disastrous effects of the Covid-19 pandemic https://al-shabaka.org/briefs/occupation-in-the-time-of-covid-19-holding-israel-accountable-for-palestinian-health/
Meanwhile, Al-Shabaka analyst Jaber Suleiman discussed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, combined with what he calls a multilayered crisis, on almost half a million Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. https://al-shabaka.org/memos/palestinian-refugees-and-lebanons-multilayered-crisis/
On the PA's response, @yarahawari & @alaatartir argued in this @PRIOUpdates policy brief that while the #COVID_19 response yielded a strengthening in the perceived legitimacy and popularity of the Palestinian gov, this was very likely to be short-lived https://al-shabaka.org/op-eds/palestine-and-covid-19-global-standards-local-constraints/
In her oped for @IAIonline, @yarahawari pointed to how in the West Bank & Gaza, the curfews, the closure of public spaces, the inability or difficulty to travel, lingering anxiety & perpetual uncertainty are features common to Palestinian life. http://ow.ly/k5xf50BuzZ0
In this oped for @972mag, Al-Shabaka analyst & doctor Osama Tanous wrote of how "instructions like hand-washing, wearing masks, and consulting doctors online are a dark joke when Israel is trying to send Gaza 'back to the Stone Age.'" http://ow.ly/Yi0N50yWfIG
Analysts @Yara_M_Asi & Osama Tanous also joined us for a policy lab on the Palestinian health system's capacity to handle a pandemic, the myths of Gaza's exceptionalism, & how Israel's settler-colonial project had re-shaped Palestinian bodies. https://al-shabaka.org/labs/coronavirus-in-palestine-confronting-the-vulnerability-of-indigenous-bodies/
Also, Al-Shabaka analysts Mohammed Al-Khaldi & @fadiquran join guest policy lab host @marwasf to weigh in on current emergency measures in the West Bank and their ramifications on the Palestinian people's trust in leadership.
