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Israeli necropolitics and the pursuit of health justice in Palestine
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  • Published on: 20 February 2024
    Israeli necropolitics and the pursuit of health justice in Palestine

    Both this commentary and the previous one by Smith et al are both misleading and political attacks on the right for Israel to exist as a free and democratic nation. The Palestinian people of Gaza have been victims of Hamas since they took over in 2005/2006. To dismiss the horrendous terrorist attack of Oct 7 where children and women mutilated and raped, which was actually documented by the terrorists themselves is abhorrent and totally irresponsible of BMJ Global health. In fact prior to Oct 7, thousands of Palestinian Gazans were getting health care in Israel, including family members of Gaza leadership. Thousands of Gazans were crossing the border daily to work in Israeli Farms/Kibbutzim who paid them, fed them and at times housed them, only for them to map out each farm and houses to provide to the terrorists so they know how to attack them. In addition, many of those who worked in those farms/kibbutzim participated in the attacks. Finally, Gaza built an underground network/city under the hospitals and schools to plana and stage their attack on Israel, knowing using the Palestinian/Gazan residents as human shields to they can get sympathy from the world. In addition the communities that were attacked in the Negev, that were formed in the 1920s, were predominantly Jewish, with very few Muslims or "Palestinians" living there. Israel has every right to defend itself against this barbaric attack, as would any country. Health justice and publication of thi...

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  • Published on: 20 February 2024
    The imperative to pursue health justice in Palestine includes addressing trauma and touches everyone

    I am Jewish. My father escaped Nazi Germany in Spring 1939, age 17. He left his mother behind, and she was later gassed in Meinz. This was my unspoken and unspeakable heritage.

    I commend the brave article by Layth Hanbali, Edwin Kwong, Amy Neilson, James Smith, Sali Hafez, and Rasha Khoury, who tell the truth as it is. With them, and with billions around the world, I call on the Israeli government to end the genocide they are committing in Palestine and to bring about an immediate ceasefire. I call on Israel’s allies to act as true allies and let go of vested interest, stop trading arms, and instead engage with Israel to forge a true and just peace.

    We humans have, individually and collectively, suffered severe traumas at each other’s hands. Not only the traumas caused by genocide or war, but also trauma caused by the hunger, displacement, exploitation that go hand in hand with colonisation, extreme inequity, ecological destruction, and with excessive pollution, including carbon pollution. Many humans who are in positions of power may suffer their own legacy of trauma. For example, there is a tradition in the UK to send children as young as eight to boarding school, which is known to leave children scarred and adults with reduced empathy who struggle to engage in and maintain loving relationships.

    Many humans have suffered traumas directly. Others, like myself, have grown up with inherited traumas. We are all interconnected and we are all affected. Our...

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