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Gaza's Humanitarianism Problem

  • Citation: Feldman, Ilana. “Gaza's Humanitarianism Problem.” Journal of Palestine Studies 38, no. 3 (2009): 22–37.
    • Topics:
    • Reframing IR and Development
    • Keywords:
    • Middle East and North Africa
    • Gaza
    • humanitarianism problem
    • politics of aid
    • humanitarian intervention

This essay explores the possible negative consequences of identifying the current situation in Gaza primarily as a humanitarian problem. Scholarship on the complicated effects of humanitarian action in general, the early history of humanitarian intervention in the lives of Palestinians, and the current politics of aid in Gaza all underscore these problems. The essay reflects on several aspects of what can be called the ““humanitarianism problem”” in Gaza by considering both how humanitarianism is sometimes deployed as a strategy for frustrating Palestinian aspirations and the often unintended political effects of the most well-intentioned humanitarian interventions.

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