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Articles by Rasha Kaloti
Compounding challenges for Syrian refugees in Türkiye in the wake of the earthquake
The earthquake that affected southern Türkiye and northern Syria on Feb 6, 2023, had devastating consequences, particularly impacting vulnerable communities across these areas. These vulnerable communities include 1·7 million of the 3·8 million Syrian refugees in Türkiye. 1 The earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: a crisis within the crisis.
Lebanon on Life Support: How Politics Wrecked a Nation's Healthcare System
by Sara Abdellatif, Rasha Kaloti, Fouad M. Fouad & Adam P. Coutts The case of Lebanon has demonstrated how multiple man-made and (specifically) politically driven crises that have enveloped the country have created a failed state, social chaos and a public health disaster. The socio-political miasma of hyper-inflation, wage devaluation, extreme poverty, Covid-19, and increasing security risks has fractured the health system.
Israel's deliberate damage of the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip
Last May, Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following weeks of increased violence towards Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The violence by Israeli police was towards Palestinians who were demonstrating the decision to forcibly evict 28 Palestinian families from their homes in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, and give their homes to Israeli settlers after a decade-long legal battle.
Systemic racism is a public health threat, just ask Palestinians
As a Palestinian who has lived under Israeli occupation, I have witnessed first-hand the effects of Israel’s apartheid system on the health and well-being of Palestinians, writes Rasha Kaloti. By Rasha Kaloti October 17, 2010. A Palestinian mother brings her new-born baby to a Palestine Red Crescent medical clinic in Al-Jiftlik, Jordan Valley. Restrictions on the construction and development of public infrastructure force thousands of residents in Al Jiftlik to rely on this small health clinic.
'A Nightmare within a Nightmare': The Coronavirus in Palestine
by Rasha Kaloti A guard tower on the separation wall, which cuts through the Palestinian West Bank. Source: Pixabay CC, Pixabay reference 2427999 In December 2019, COVID-19 started its spread in Wuhan, China. By 11 March 2020, it was declared a pandemic by the WHO Director General, and had spread to 114 countries. Today, there are over three million confirmed cases globally and counting.
The coronavirus in Palestine
Posted Thursday 16th April 2020 / Text By Rasha Kaloti For Palestinians living under occupation, a widespread COVID-19 outbreak would be catastrophic. So how are they keeping it under control? For Palestinians living under occupation, a widespread COVID-19 outbreak would be catastrophic. So how are they keeping it under control? In December 2019, COVID-19 started its spread in Wuhan, China. By March 11, 2020, it was declared a pandemic by the WHO Director-General, and had spread to 114 countries.
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