TY - JOUR
T1 - Grassroots medical peace building
T2 - Training Palestinian physicians in Israel
AU - Kertcher, Chen
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is part of a research project that was funded by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research in Tel Aviv University. I am grateful for Mottie Tamarkin, Ephraim Lavie and the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Based on new scholarship on the importance of health in times of conflict, this paper examines the training of Palestinian physicians in Israel from the 1990s to 2010 as a test case for the theory. It shows that although Israeli governments have adopted a passive policy towards such training, and the Palestinian Authority is officially against such cooperation; in practice, individuals and hospitals on both sides work at the grassroots level with the aid of several NGOs to increase cooperation. Thus, grassroots activities are leading to better cooperation between Jewish and Palestinian health professionals, improving Palestinian health capabilities and establishing a bridgehead for better professional cooperation when a peace settlement is achieved. Health, like other social areas, is part of the explanation why the conflict remains stable and how mutual beneficial cooperation has planted the seeds for future cooperation.
AB - Based on new scholarship on the importance of health in times of conflict, this paper examines the training of Palestinian physicians in Israel from the 1990s to 2010 as a test case for the theory. It shows that although Israeli governments have adopted a passive policy towards such training, and the Palestinian Authority is officially against such cooperation; in practice, individuals and hospitals on both sides work at the grassroots level with the aid of several NGOs to increase cooperation. Thus, grassroots activities are leading to better cooperation between Jewish and Palestinian health professionals, improving Palestinian health capabilities and establishing a bridgehead for better professional cooperation when a peace settlement is achieved. Health, like other social areas, is part of the explanation why the conflict remains stable and how mutual beneficial cooperation has planted the seeds for future cooperation.
KW - Israel-Palestinian
KW - conflict resolution
KW - health
KW - medical peace building
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84903901534&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13623699.2014.926444
DO - 10.1080/13623699.2014.926444
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C2 - 25144955
AN - SCOPUS:84903901534
SN - 1362-3699
VL - 30
SP - 190
EP - 212
JO - Medicine, Conflict and Survival
JF - Medicine, Conflict and Survival
IS - 3
ER -