Urgent health update: Consequences of war on Gaza and West Bank/East Jerusalem-June 16, 2024
Israeli air, land, & sea bombardment continue to cause civilian casualties, displacement, destruction of houses & other infrastructure. Ground fighting continues, particularly in the central Gaza An Nuseirat Refugee Camp, near Deir al Balah; Beit Hanoun, south of Gaza city, in Khan Younis, and in Rafah.
Stand With Hesen
Hesen Jabr, a nurse at NYU Hospital, was receiving a service award when she voiced support for Palestine. She was fired the next day. Here she speaks and reads an open letter to the cowardly American Nurses Association, which has remained silent.
On the duty to protect the people of Gaza: how the collapse of the hospital health care system has reinforced genocidal intent
Article has been officially published in Journal of Public Health and Emergency (JPHE)
Saw the superbly done documentary film, Where the Olive Trees Weep
directed by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo, through the Palestine Museum
About the Film
The film offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. Following Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi and others, the film explores the themes of loss, trauma, and quest for justice.
Palestinian artists launch global platform for resistance and creativity
The Palestinian Artists Consortium is more than a venue for seeing and purchasing art, it is a window into Palestine.
Women Rising Radio #47: Healers Face the Catastrophe in Israel-Palestine
Women Rising Radio #47 is Part Two of a two-part series on the trouble in Israel-Palestine. We profile two physicians who have worked in Gaza. Alice Rothchild is an American MD who helped to build a new state-of-the-art facility for the Gaza Community Mental Programme. Ola Ziaro is a Gazan MD who has worked as a pediatrician and neonatal specialist.
How Israel’s massacre of 270 Palestinians in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp unfolded
Israel kills children, damages infrastructure in West Bank
Under the cover of the war on Gaza, a catastrophe is unfolding on the West Bank