scholarly journals Trust and prosocial behaviour in a process of state capacity building: the case of the Palestinian territories

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 823-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCA ANDRIANI ◽  
FABIO SABATINI
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Institutional Trust ◽  
Prosocial Behaviour ◽  
Generalized Trust ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
The Gaza Strip

AbstractThis paper contributes to the literature by conducting the first empirical investigation into the determinants of prosocial behaviour in the Palestinian Territories, with a focus on the role of trust and institutions. Drawing on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a representative sample of the population of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, we have found that institutional trust is the strongest predictor of prosociality. This result suggests that, in collectivist societies with low levels of generalized trust, the lack of citizens’ confidence in the fairness and efficiency of public institutions may compromise social order. The strengthening of institutional trust may also reinforce prosocial behaviour in individualist societies, where a decline in generalized trust has been documented by empirical studies.

Urban Development Strategies of City Centers: The Case of Rafah City, Palestinian Territories

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Omar S. Asfour ◽  
Samar Abu Ghali
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
City Center ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
The City ◽  
Commercial Center

City centers worldwide are perceived as essential parts of the city, where city memories are preserved and its identity is expressed. They are planned to satisfy the functional requirements and pleasurable qualities of the city. Under the accelerating urbanization of the modern city, several challenges face these centers including demographic, economic, and environmental challenges. This requires a continuous and incremental urban development process based on clear strategy and action plans. Thus, this study focuses on urban development strategies of city centers, with a focus on Rafah city located in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories. The geographic location of this city near the Palestinian-Egyptian borders makes it a promising commercial city at local and regional levels. Thus, the current situation of Rafah city center has been analyzed, and several development strategies have been proposed. This has been done through a field survey based on observation and a questionnaire directed to city center users. It has been found that there is a great potential of Rafah city center to be developed as a commercial center. In this regard, several strategies and required actions have been proposed in the fields of transportation, environmental quality, shopping activities, investment opportunities, and visual perception.

scholarly journals Assessment of Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Smoking Cessation Management in the Gaza Strip

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
The Impact

Background: Despite its negative effects, approximately 23% of Palestinians (≥ 18 years) smoke cigarettes. Studies have shown physicians to be an important channel for smoking cessation intervention. This investigation examines physicians’ smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in the Gaza strip (Palestinian Territories). Methods and Findings: A convenience sample of 154 physicians in medical and surgical units took part in this investigation (87.7% response rate). The data show that 37.8% of physicians in Gaza smoke, and most of them about 72% smoke in the hospital’s public spaces, thereby implicitly giving public approval for smoking. While 82.4% reported that they advise patients who smoke to stop, the majority (59%) also believe that their own smoking habits negatively influence the impact of that advice. Unfortunately, our survey showed that physicians’ knowledge levels towards smoking addiction and management were lower than expected (e.g. only 34% knew that nicotine dependence is a psychiatric disorder that necessitates treatment). The physicians in this study believed that the primary barriers to failure of their patients’ smoking cessation were the perceived lack of will (81.3%), and the strength of patients’ addiction (67.9%). Moreover, (61%) of physicians did not spend enough time to convince their patients to quit smoking. Conclusion: Smoking is common among Gaza-strip physicians, and unfortunately, most of them smoke in the hospital’s public spaces. Many obstacles face the smoking cessation program that some physicians linked it to patients, and others linked it to the health-care system. Furthermore, smokers in Gaza receive poor care regarding assessment, referral, and management of their smoking habit.

The role of the urban agriculture on food security during armed conflicts in the Gaza Strip

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 493-503
Author(s):  
Hadi Khalil, MA ◽  
Husam Al Najar, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
The Gaza Strip

This study aims to assess the potential of urban agriculture to secure daily needs during the armed conflicts, in addition to assess the contribution of urban agriculture in alleviating poverty level and unemployment rate for its practitioners. A combination of both quantitative and qualitative research methods was employed in this study. In the quantitative design, 129 randomly selected urban farmers from the area of the survey completed the self-administered close-ended questionnaires, whereas the statistical analysis presents the socio-demographic, economic, and other aspects of the households. The qualitative data collection included interviews with six governmental and nongovernmental officials.The results show that 89.2 percent of the urban agriculture practitioners are feeling food security. However, a small percentage of the households who practice urban agriculture are still experiencing difficulties with food security. In the meantime, the armed conflict forced most of the urban farmers to evacuate their homes or lands; thus, only 34.9 percent of urban farmers managed to gain food during the 2014 armed conflict.In a nutshell, urban agriculture significantly and positively contributes to alleviating household food insecurity in the study area. However, its role was very limited during the 2014 armed conflict.

scholarly journals الذكاء الاستراتيجي كمدخل لتطوير الأداء المؤسسي في المنظمات الصحية غير الحكومية بقطاع غزة

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-180
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Senior Management ◽  
Weak Effect ◽  
Institutional Performance ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Strategic Intelligence ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Gaza Strip

هدفت الدراسة التعرف إلى دور الذكاء الاستراتيجي في تطوير الأداء المؤسسي في المنظمات الصحية غير الحكومية بقطاع غزة. وقد استخدم الباحثان المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وتم اختيار مجتمع الدراسة من موظفي المنظمات الصحية غير الحكومية بقطاع غزة حيث بلغ عددها (52) منظمة بعدد موظفين (936) موظفًا، وتم اختيار عينة عشوائية طبقية، واستخدمت الاستبانة لجمع البيانات، وبلغ حجم عينة الدراسة (246) موظفًا، وتم توزيع استبانات على عدد المبحوثين وفقًا لعينة الدراسة، وتم استرداد (234) استبانة بنسبة استرداد (95.1%). وتوصلت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج أهمها: وجود علاقة ذات دلالة إحصائية بين عناصر الذكاء الاستراتيجي وتطوير الأداء المؤسسي في المنظمات الصحية غير الحكومية بقطاع غزة، ووجود أثر ذو دلالة إحصائية بين عناصر الذكاء الاستراتيجي (تفكير النظم، الشراكة، الدافعية) وتطوير الأداء المؤسسي في المنظمات الصحية غير الحكومية بقطاع غزة، وتبين أن باقي المتغيرات تأثيرها ضعيف. وأوصت الدراسة بمجموعة من النقاط أهمها: ضرورة اهتمام الإدارة العليا في المنظمات الصحية غير الحكومية بجميع عناصر الذكاء الاستراتيجي، والعناصر التي تساهم في تطوير الأداء المؤسسي التي أظهرت النتائج أهميتها، وأثرها في تطوير الأداء المؤسسي. This study aimed to identify the role of strategic intelligence in developing institutional performance in health NGOs in the Gaza Strip. The researchers used the descriptive analytical method, and the study population was selected from the staff of the non-governmental health organizations in the Gaza Strip, where the number of (52) organizations with the number of employees (936) employees, and a stratified random sample was used, and the questionnaire was used to collect data, and the size of the study sample was (246) Employee, questionnaires were distributed to the number of respondents according to the study sample, and (234) questionnaires were retrieved with a percentage of recovery (95.1%). The study reached a set of results, the most important of which are: a statistically significant relationship between the elements of strategic intelligence and the development of institutional performance in non-governmental health organizations in the Gaza Strip, and a statistically significant effect between the elements of strategic intelligence (systems thinking, partnership, motivation) and the development of institutional performance in organizations Non-governmental health in the Gaza Strip, and it was found that the rest of the variables have a weak effect. The study reached a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: the need for senior management in non-governmental health organizations to pay attention to all elements of strategic intelligence, and the elements that contribute to the development of institutional performance whose results have shown importance, and their impact on developing institutional performance.

scholarly journals Economic and post - disaster in Gaza: الاقتصاد وما بعد الكارثة في غزة

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bissan Rajab Fares, Mohammed M. El Mougher, Mohamed Ramadan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
The State ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Post Disaster

      The Gaza Strip suffers from the economic destruction caused by the wars and siege, which constitutes a disaster for the Palestinian people. In this research, We discuss the role of the economy in the aftermath of the disaster and compare the State of Iraq in the face of its disaster and how it managed to get out of that crisis. There was an interview with Professor Naser Awad in the Ministry of Economy, On how to get out of the economic crisis in Gaza.  

scholarly journals Geopolitical Challenges, Complexities, and Future Uncertainties in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Land and Population’s Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmi S. Salem
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
The Political ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
East Jerusalem

Geopolitical challenges, complexities, and future uncertainties have greatly and adversely affected all aspects of life, as well as the well-being of the Palestinian citizens living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), comprised of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. The OPT were militarily occupied by the Israeli forces in June 1967 and, since then, the Israeli military rules have been applied to the OPT. The demographic issues in the OPT have gained a great importance at the political, geopolitical, social, economic, environmental, educational, health-wise, and housing, as well as at other aspects of life. This is due to the fact that demographic issues, along with the land, are the main determinants of the Palestinian choices towards sustainable development in a future, sovereign, independent, stable, and secure state of Palestine to be established in the OPT, with East Jerusalem as its capital. So, because of the limited areas of land which Palestinians have access to; because of the limited natural resources that are available to them; and because of the narrowing of the political horizons and choices available to the Palestinians, the real Palestinian wealth in the OPT is the human being. This article investigates and analyses several geopolitical challenges, complexities, and future uncertainties in the OPT, with a focus on key demographic issues, including human trends and socioeconomic trends, which include marital status, housing, education, and health. Additionally, the article examines the historical background of the present situation. It also provides important recommendations and supporting elements towards developing Palestinian national policies related to the well-being of the Palestinian citizens and institutions within the OPT.

scholarly journals The Role of Human Resources Information Systems in Enforcing Knowledge Management: A field study on the Ministry of Transport in the Gaza Strip

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-49
Author(s):  
Esmail Kassim ◽  
Allaa El Ukosh
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Human Resources Information Systems ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
The Gaza Strip

The study aimed to examin the role of human resources information systems in their dimensions (Training Information Systems, Performance Appraisal Information Systems, Employment Information Systems, Incentive Information Systems, HRIS Information Systems), in enforacing knowledge management in its dimensions, (Knowledge generation, knowledge storage, knowledge dissemination, knowledge application) in the Ministry of Transport in the Gaza Strip. The researchers used the descriptive analytical method. The study population consisted of all employees in supervisory positions in the Minstry of Transport. The questionnaire was used to collect the data required data. The number of respondents was of 62 respondents with a recovery rate (82.3%). Data was analyzed using SPSS statistical program. The study showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the application level of human resources information systems and knowledge management application in the Minstry of Transport. In addition, the application level of human resources information systems impacts the ?application level of knowledge management at a rate of (83.40%).

Independence, Cantons, or Bantustans: Whither the Palestinian State?

2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Farsakh
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Shed Light

The Palestinian state remains an internationally endorsed project, yet an increasingly difficult one to implement. By analyzing the territorial, legal, and demographic developments that took place in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip over the past ten years, this article assesses the extent to which the prospective Palestinian state has become unattainable. A comparison between the South African apartheid experience and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is made to shed light on the ways in which the Palestinian territories are becoming analogous to Bantustans. While historical comparisons are never exact or prescriptive, they raise interesting parallels whose implications need to be considered, if not altered, in any attempt to materialize the project of viable Palestinian independence.

The Evolution of Islamist Social Institutions in the Gaza Strip: Before and during Oslo (a Sociopolitical History)

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Roy
Keyword(s):  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Grassroots Development ◽  
Political Role ◽  
The Muslim Brotherhood ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
First Intifada

This chapter explores the evolution and role of Islamist social institutions in Gaza, beginning with the reformist work and philosophy of the Muslim Brotherhood and continuing through the first Intifada and the Oslo period. Emphasis is given to the primary role of the social sector (e.g., the Islamist institutions' contribution to community development, order, stability, and civic engagement); the political role and meaning of Islamist social work; and the impact of institutional work on grassroots development, community cohesion, and civism. There is no doubt that the Muslim Brotherhood has long used social institutions to spread its ideas and increase its influence. The Muslim Brotherhood's success was tied in large part to the fact that, until the first Intifada in 1987, the Brethren largely refrained from violent resistance against the occupation.

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