Covid-19 in Palestine

The Settler Colonial Context

Nadia Naser-Najjab (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2024
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-5116-0 (ISBN)

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Israel and Palestine were worlds apart during the pandemic that claimed over five million lives globally. While Palestinians were forced to adopt crude survival measures and endure economic privations, Israel was praised as a vaccination world leader. This book demonstrates how Israel utilized the pandemic to tighten surveillance and control over Palestine and the Palestinians. Drawing on theories of settler colonialism and the concept of ‘necropolitics’, the book is a vital testament to the reality of the Israeli settler colonial project today. The author uses case studies and interviews with Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Hebron, Kufr Aqab and the Jalazoon refugee camp to understand the lived experiences of Palestinians. The newest colonial policies are discussed including how Israel activated a counter-terrorism database that could track citizens and ensure they adhered to lockdown regulations. It also shows how Israel destroyed Palestinian infrastructure essential for water, sanitation and hygiene, leaving Palestinians unable to fight the virus. The book shows that, for Palestinians, the pandemic was simply the latest in a long line of national catastrophes in a context where settler colonialism prevails.

Nadia Naser-Najjab is a Senior Lecturer in Palestine Studies at the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, UK. Previously she was Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine. She is the author of Dialogue in Palestine: The People-to-People Diplomacy Programme and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (I.B.Tauris, 2020). Her research is based on first-hand experience and original data collection and focuses on the Palestine-Israel peace process, Palestinian education and Palestinian resistance

Introduction
Chapter One: The Colonial Context of COVID-19
Chapter Two: Life Before and After the Pandemic t:he View from the Gaza Strip
Chapter Three: The Implication of the Division of Hebron and Combating COVID-19
Chapter Four: Jerusalemites Beyond the Wall Facing COVID-19: The Case of Kufr Aqab
Chapter Five: Palestinian Refugees Facing COVID-19: The Case of Jalzoon Camp
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	28.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Unsettling Colonialism in our Times
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7556-5116-2 / 0755651162
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-5116-0 / 9780755651160
Zustand	Neuware