A Call for an Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire in Gaza From a Public Health and Disability Advocacy Perspective
Dielle Lundberg, MPH
Short / permanent link to the essay:
https://link.medium.com/BiYDDxAZDGb
On January 25, 2024, I moved this essay from this website where I first published it on December 8, 2023 to the Medium platform. Use the button below to go the essay. This page contains a list of related and recommended resources to accompany the essay and also details the specific changes I have made to the essay since its publication.
Related & Recommended Resources:
Public Health Writings and Media:
Alix Faddoul, Alix, Geordan Shannon, Khudejha Asghar, Yamina Boukari, James Smith, and Amy Neilson. “The Health Dimensions of Violence in Palestine: A Call to Prevent Genocide.” The Lancet 403. January 4, 2024. Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02751-4/fulltext#%20
“The Public Health and Humanitarian Impacts of the Israel-Hamas Conflict in Gaza: A Panel.” The Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University. 2023. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcMKlx-eJQw
Coghlan, Rachel, James Smith, and Osaid Alser. “Morphine for Gaza? Limits of Care during Genocidal Violence.” The Lancet. January 16, 2024. Available from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00014-X/fulltext
Disability Justice Writings and Media:
Wong, Alice. “Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice.” The Disability Visibility Project. 2023. Available from: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/02/why-palestinian-liberation-is-disability-justice/
Allie Cannington. “CRIP CALL TO ACTION: Why disabled people living in the US need to be calling for a long lasting ceasefire in Israel-Palestine.” The Disability Visibility Project. 2023. Available from: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/11/12/crip-call-to-action-why-disabled-people-living-in-the-us-need-to-be-calling-for-a-long-lasting-ceasefire-in-israel-palestine/
“Gaza: Israeli Attacks, Blockade Devastating for People with Disabilities.” Human Rights Watch. 2023. Available from: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/01/gaza-israeli-attacks-blockade-devastating-people-disabilities
“Gaza: Israeli Restrictions Harm People with Disabilities.” Human Rights Watch. 2020. Available from: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/03/gaza-israeli-restrictions-harm-people-disabilities
Updates to the Essay:
The essay was originally published on December 8, 2023, and I have made several updates to it since. I will continue to document specific notes describing additional changes made here:
12/11/2023 at 8:43 PM PST: Added two links to the following sentence: “A ceasefire may also create space to secure the release of those who have been taken hostage (link) and those who have been incarcerated without any due process (link).”
12/20/2023 at 11:15 AM PST: Adjusted formatted for improved accessibility. No changes were made to the article text.
1/7/2023 at 9:15 PM PST: Updated the essay to reflect the latest death counts and to re-format the references for improved accessibility.
1/24/2023 at 9:25 AM PST: Finished re-formatting references for improved accessibility, updated death and injury counts, added additional references published in the last month, expanded the section about censorship, and added content discussing how the South African government has presented a case to the International Court of Justice charging Israel with genocide.
1/25/2023 at 1:30 AM PST: Updated the introduction to refer to the Queer Artists for Palestine letter, condemning Israel’s use of pink-washing to justify apartheid and occupation. Moved the essay from this website onto the Medium Platform.