De-Healthification of Palestine with Layth Malhis

De-Healthification of Palestine with Layth Malhis

From Rethinking Palestine by Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network

January 29, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

Layth Malhis discusses the concept of 'de-healthification' as it relates to health under settler colonialism.

Layth Malhis discusses the concept of "de-healthification" as the governing logic of health under settler colonialism: the systematic degradation, obstruction, and weaponization of the very conditions that make health of the Indigenous population possible.

People in this episode

Guest: Layth Malhis

Topics covered

  • health
  • settler colonialism
  • Indigenous population
  • de-healthification
  • systematic degradation

Keywords

  • de-healthification
  • health
  • settler colonialism
  • Indigenous health
  • systematic degradation

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Organizations: Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network

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