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Learn more: PMC Disclaimer | PMC Copyright Notice Poverty in Arab-Palestinian society in Israel: Social work perspectives before and during COVID-19Ensherah Khoury and Michal Krumer-Nevo
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Go to:AbstractArab-Palestinian families have one of the highest poverty rates in Israel. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding this population from a social work perspective. This article presents an analysis of 64 supervision sessions held with Arab-Palestinian social workers with the aim of identifying context-specific knowledge on the barriers service users face in their daily lives. Our findings point to three types of barriers: economic, sociopolitical, and cultural/political. The article relates to the intersections of these barriers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Arab-Palestinian, intersectionality, Israel, poverty-aware social work, social work practice, supervision Although poverty is a widespread phenomenon that can harm anyone, in reality it is concentrated in marginalized groups and intersects with other social categories such as ethnicity, gender, and race. In Israel, the Arab-Palestinian community is the segment of society most vulnerable to poverty (Gal, 2017). Arab-Palestinians comprise approximately 21 percent of the Israeli population, with 45.3 percent of families and 57.8 percent of children living below the poverty line (Endeweld et al., 2019). Although studies have examined quantitative parameters of poverty in Arab-Palestinian society from economic, soc