Peace-building through health: challenges and opportunities for an American NGO working with Israelis and Palestinians

摘要

Current events around the world make peace-building more challenging than it has ever been. Yet many health professionals continue to engage in activities that bridge their Hippocratic Oath with community/country-wide and even regional activities that attempt to resolve conflicts. This commentary will summarize the efforts and highlight the challenges of one organization, Healing Across the Divides, in its efforts to improve the health of marginalized populations and sow seeds of peace in an intractable peace-building challenge, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.