Criminalising Palestinians: History and Borders in the Construction of the Palestinian Threat

This article investigates the role of the Israeli border in the process of criminalising Palestinians. Defining Israel in contrast to the Arab ‘terrorists’, waiting to attack, necessitates a grand, looming settler- colonial border and the sequestration of an entire population behind a manufactured prison. The justification for this form of border ‘control’ is made possible by the historic truths established by the West in the colonial era. The paper outlines this understanding of Arabs as a ‘bestial’, ‘bellicose’ group that thrives in conflict situations. It moves on to note that the consequence of this characterisation is the global, all-encompassing understanding of the Arab threat. It finally narrows the border wall down as an Israeli tool of segregation, justified by understandings of a racialised, ‘threatening Arab’. The Israeli ‘defence’ of its borders will be reimagined from a Southern perspective as an oppressive system of segregation justified by the ways in which Arabs have historically been constructed

Anti-Diabetic And Toxicological Studies Of Gongronema Latifolium

Gongronema latifolium Benth. (Apocyanaceae) (GL) mempunyai aktiviti menurunkan glukosa yang berpotensi untuk digunakan secara meluas. Kajian ini mengkaji kesan antidiabetik dan toksik GL. Gongronema latifolium Benth. (Apocyanaceae) (GL) possesses a considerable glucose lowering activity to be utilized on a large-scale. This study investigates the antidiabetic and toxic effects of G

Epidemiology of acute diarrheal diseases among Children under five in Gaza Strip: Post war community based study

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing around 760 000 children every year. To study the determinants and the magnitude of acute diarrheal diseases one month after the cessation of the third Israeli aggression against Gaza Strip and to assess its burden among the children under five. This is cross sectional design study. Data has been collected throughout Gaza Strip. The sample size included 705 women from three governorates were surveyed out of five. Eligible women were interviewed using a pre designed, pre tested interview questionnaire. The period (last month) and the point (24 hours) prevalence rates of diarrheal diseases among children under five years were 46.1% and 17.7% respectively. The Sex of the child had no significant effect on both point and period prevalence of diarrhea. More than sixty percent (63.3%) of period prevalence of diarrhea was recorded among children that have no exclusive breastfeeding before. There are no significant differences for the point prevalence as a result of introducing the complementary feeding. Period and point prevalence rates of diarrhea were not significantly related to the room number. Both rates were higher for children in homes without refrigerators but only significant for point prevalence. It was found that 62.1% of the mother increased fluid intake, 54% of them used ORS. Drugs like anti diarrhea and herbal drugs were used by (61.4% and 40.3%) respectively of the participating mothers. Cleaning of drinking water tanks and the domestic tanks have played a role in reducing the occurrence of diarrhea among

PERAN GURU BIMBINGAN KONSELING DALAM MENCEGAH PERILAKU BULLYING PADA SISWA KELAS VIII MTs NEGERI PAKEM TAHUN AJARAN 2017/2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penyebab terjadinya perilaku bullying pada siswa kelas VIII MTs Negeri Pakem, Untuk mengetahui peran guru bimbingan konseling dalam mencegah perilaku bullying di MTs Negeri pakem. Untuk mengetahui langkah-langkah yang dilakukan oleh guru BK dalam mengatasi prilaku bullying pada siswa. Subjek dalam penelitian ini ialah seorang guru BK dan siswa kelas VIII MTs Negeri Pakem. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara dan observasi. Peneliti menggunakan analisis data deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa: Pertama penyebab terjadinya prerilaku bullying karena lingkungan siswa memberi penggaruh terhadap siswa dalam melakukan prilaku bullying ketika dikelas maupun disekolah. Kedua peran guru bimbingan dan konseling dalam mencegah perilaku bullying dilakukan dengan cara, memberikan bimbingan klasikal, layanan informasi melalui papan bimbingan dan leaflet, konseling individu dan kelompok, tindakan preventif, represif dan kuratif. Ketiga langkah-langkah yang dilakukan guru BK untuk mengatasi perilaku bullying yaitu mengidentifikasi masalah, memberikan layanan BK, memberikan hukuman kedisiplinan, dan melakukan pengawasan terhadap prilaku bullying

Trends of intestinal parasites prevalence in the Gaza Strip, 1998-2007: the use of government health records

To evaluate the amount of intestinal parasite infections over a 10-year period in the Gaza Strip. Materials and methods: Data from the Epidemiology Department, Ministry of Health were collected and analyzed statistically. The prevalence of intestinal parasites was monitored and studied for the period 1998-2007. Results: The present study shows results including the records of 471,688 patients (all ages) who had every provided 1 stool specimen to the laboratories of primary health care centers in one of the 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip. It was found that 116,261 specimens were positive for intestinal parasites, representing an overall prevalence of 24.6%. Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia were the most frequently detected intestinal parasites; there is a clear variation in the prevalence of intestinal parasites due to season. Conclusion: Intestinal parasites still constitute a health problem and there were fluctuations in the prevalence from 1998 to 2007. It is recommended that there is a need for health authorities to review health records periodically and examination of stool specimens by one method should be reviewed

The Consistitutionality of Acts of Sovereiginty and Immune Laws

There is No. doubt that the Administrative Decisions should be issued in conformity with the provisions of the law to be described as legitimate, but for certain circumstances some decisions failed to be subject to the  Judicial Review because of its nature, such as Acts of Sovereignty where some acts  are immunized and out of judicial control.Literature and the judicial system have cooperated on a specific position on these decisions, whether they are Acts of Sovereignty or Immune Decisions. Accordingly, the researchers saw the need to set terms and regulations over Administrative Acts. The decisions taken must adhere to the elements and bases of the right Administrative Decision. Especially that Administrative Decisions constitute a violation of the rights and freedoms of individuals. Keywords: Constitutional, Administrative Decision, Immunization, Appeal, Acts of Sovereignty, Laws, Legitimacy. DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/88-16 Publication date: August 31st 201

Rhizomatic Encounters and Encountering Possibilities

Many thanks to Joni Palmer, the panellists, and the participants in the Author Meets Critics session at the Association of American Geographers meeting (April 2008) where the conversation that we continue here began. We appreciate the gracious criticisms and are delighted with the authors‟ enthusiasm. Criticisms offered with such care nurture the larger intellectual project from which the book comes (see Schuurman and Pratt; Aufhauser ). We feel fortunate to be able to address some of the issues identified that we believe need more attention. We thank the editors of Thirdspace for the opportunity. It may seem curious for editors to respond to critiques of an edited collection. But this collection is different, as are the critiques. Edited volumes are usually compilations of works that address a specific topic and reviewers tend to focus on the connections among the chapters. We take up the critiques as laid out here in Thirdspace that cultivate engagement with the book overall rather than with individual contributions. Most of the authors whose pieces are included in the book did not participate in defining it, and their contributions stand independent of our overarching argument. Although their inclusion supports our argument, the pieces stand on their own as individual contributions to both geographical knowledges in feminisms and feminist knowledges in geography

Anaemia among school children aged 6-11 years old in Gaza Strip, Palestine

The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of anaemia among children aged 6-11 old years due to causes other than parasitic infections. The present study was a cross-sectional study that included 1446 school children of both sexes, distributed in three localities (Khanyounis, Gaza and Beit-lahia) of Gaza strip. The cut-off point for anaemia was determined according to the mean of haemoglobin for all studied school age children, which was (12 g/dl) in accordance to WHO criteria. The observed mean level of Hb was 12 g/dl; standard deviation was 0.915 while the normal value is ranged between 8.9-15.2. Anaemia was found slightly higher in girls (36.3%) than boys (34%). The results showed that anaemia constitute a health problem in Gaza with a prevalence of 35.3%. No variation in the prevalence of anaemia among the three studies areas. It is concluded that anaemia still constitutes a health problem among schoolchildren with a present prevalence among school–age children of 35.3%. It is expected that the prevalence of anaemia may be higher than that reported by this study due to Israeli siege to Gaza Strip

Brachyuran crabs of the Yemeni coastal waters (Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Socotra Isands)

The present study examined 2287 brachyuran crab specimens collected in Yemen and material from previous collections partially stored in museums. The specimens were collected from 58 sites along the Yemeni coastal waters at Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Socotra Islands. They were collected from different habitats ranging from sandy shore to mangrove flats and rocky habitats, including different depth zones from the supralittoral zone to 300 m water depth. The present study obtained the first CO1 sequences in the region for 95 brachyuran specimens that were collected from Gulf of Aden