A call from justice to support the people in Gaza

Abstract

<p> <span>Using Madison Powers and Ruth Faden's definition of ‘well-being,’ the authors argue that Israel, the international community and public health practitioners have a justice-based obligation to assist the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Focusing on Palestinians in Gaza, the authors first outline a normative framework of justice, as articulated by Powers and Faden. Following Powers and Faden's assumption that empirical assessments of justice can be made using the six dimensions of well-being, the authors next present current data on the living conditions in Gaza and describe how these conditions prevent residents from achieving sufficient levels of well-being. Using these indicators to demonstrate that Palestinians living in Gaza suffer deficiencies in these dimensions of well-being, the authors present a strong argument from justice to assist the residents of Gaza. The medical, public health, and bioethics community cannot sit idle while injustice continues.</span> <br></p>