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    ‘Something human:’ Mideast fight against virus elicits rare unity

    Mar 11, 2020 5 minutes

    For years, cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians has been in retreat, as peace negotiations became a remote prospect, governments focused on mutual demonization, and President Donald Trump cut support for the Palestinian Authority.

    The coronavirus pandemic, however, has forced the sides to put recriminations on hold and instead work together to save lives.

    Palestinian health care professionals have received training in Israeli hospitals, Israeli labs have analyzed Palestinian COVID-19 diagnostic tests, and doctors on both sides are sharing data.

    Despite decades of arguing over where to draw a border, the spread of COVID-19 has highlighted how Israel and the Palestinian areas in the West Bank are in fact one unit in the battle to preserve public health. Handling the challenge requires the sides to collaborate and resist the tendency to

    Intertwined populationsPrior health cooperationConcerns about Gaza

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