Israel and Gaza: Keeping Room for Hope Based on Past Cooperation in Public Health

Affiliations

¹ Theodore H. Tulchinsky is with the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel. Aron M. Troen is with the Institute of Biochemistry Food and Nutrition Science, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Dorit Nitzan is with the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel. Ron Lobel is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel. Gordon DeFriese is with the Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Editorial

Theodore H Tulchinsky et al. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;115(7):1046-1049.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308190.

¹ Theodore H. Tulchinsky is with the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel. Aron M. Troen is with the Institute of Biochemistry Food and Nutrition Science, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Dorit Nitzan is with the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel. Ron Lobel is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel. Gordon DeFriese is with the Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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