Webinar Series: COVID-19 and the Healthcare Systems in Israel/Palestine

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The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) invite you to join a 3-part webinar series: COVID-19 and the Healthcare Systems in Israel/Palestine.

For nations around the globe, the COVID-19 crisis is both creating new challenges and exacerbating existing ones. This is especially true in Israel-Palestine, where Israelis and Palestinians live in close proximity, all under overarching Israeli authority but under regimes that afford them separate and grossly unequal access to health services.

In this context, the webinar series, co-moderated by FMEP’s Lara Friedman and MEI’s Khaled Elgindy, will examine how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting the very different and yet highly interconnected environments in Israel-Palestine, highlighting expert voices on the ground.

Check back to this page for video versions of each webinar.

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Tuesday, March 31 (11am-12pm ET) — Part 1: The Gaza Strip
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Featuring:

  • Tania Hary, Executive director, Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
  • Dr. Ghada Al Jadba, Chief of Health Programme in the Gaza Strip, UNRWA
  • Omar Shaban, Founder and director, PalThink for Strategic Studies
  • Lara Friedman (co-host), President, FMEP
  • Khaled Elgindy (co-host), Senior fellow and director, Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs, MEI

Wednesday, April 1 (11am-12pm ET) — Part 2: The West Bank and East Jerusalem
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Featuring:

  • Tareq Baconi, Analyst for Israel/Palestine and Economics of Conflict, International Crisis Group
  • Jessica Montell, Executive director, HaMoked
  • Lara Friedman (co-host), President, FMEP
  • Khaled Elgindy (co-host), Senior fellow and director, Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs, MEI

Friday, April 3, 2020 (11am-12pm ET) — Part 3: Israel
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Featuring:

  • Henriette Chacar, Editor and reporter, +972 Magazine
  • Ran Goldstein, Executive director, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
  • Lara Friedman (co-host), President, FMEP
  • Khaled Elgindy (co-host), Senior fellow and director, Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs, MEI