HAP Webinar: January 18 2023
The Crisis in Palestine: Field Notes from a Health Perspective
Dr. Yara Asi
Assistant Professor
School of Global Health Management and Informatics
University of Central Florida
The health of Palestinians, which is always at risk, is at a new crisis point. More Palestinians died in the West Bank in 2022 than in any year since 2006, most killed by the Israeli. military. Israel continues to restrict Palestinian movement and steal Palestinian land while enabling Israeli settlers to regularly injure and harass Palestinians of all ages, while maintaining its brutal siege of the Gaza Strip. The new Israeli government is more blatantly racist than previous ones, with many ministers openly hostile towards Palestinians. Dr. Yara Asi is a global health researcher who recently returned from doing field work in Palestine. She gave a first-hand account of the situation in the West Bank, including the siege of Nablus for 3 weeks and the effects on the health and well-being of Palestinians.
Yara M. Asi, PhD, (Twitter: @Yara_M_Asi) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in the School of Health Management and Informatics and a Visiting Scholar at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. She is also a 2020-2021 Fulbright US Scholar to the West Bank and a Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. Her work focuses on health, development, and human rights in fragile and conflict-affected settings. She is the author of recent articles in the New York Times and 972 about the health of Palestinians.
Health workers Alliance for Palestine (H.A.P.) 