Genocide in Palestine and the social work response
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21495673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn J DePaolis (0000-0001-7933-2128, Eastern Washington University, corresponding author), Edward I Byrnes (Eastern Washington University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Work Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-5479 • E-ISSN: 1470-1227 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02615479.2025.2582722 |
| OpenAlex | W4415929763 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Since 7 October 2023, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have engaged in genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza, based on accepted international definitions, and affirmed by analysis of the facts by preeminent human rights organizations. Irrefutable elements of the IDFs genocide against Palestinians include ‘killing or causing serious physical or mental harm to members of a group and deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.’ This genocide is supported by the U.S. Government despite legal prohibitions against funding nations who are committing human rights violations. Social work professional organizations state fighting oppression and promoting social justice are central to our profession’s values and ethics. The social work education accrediting body asserts that anti-racism and anti-colonialism are core education standards. Nonetheless, social work organizations have remained silent about the genocide in Palestine acquiesce to, rather than challenge, prohibitions against speech on college campuses about the genocide. If social work organizations continue to remain silent, and therefore complicit, with the oppressive status quo it will reveal that the values and standards espoused by social work organizations remain performative words that are devoid of action
Economic Justice · Genocide · Harm · Human rights · Oppression · Status quo · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |