Physician, author, & filmmaker on Israel/Palestine. Steering committee: @jvplive Health Advisory Council. @Mondoweiss Contributing Writer.
Jun 14, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Dramatic decrease in reporting on the pandemic in Israel/Palestine, despite a worsening crisis in Palestine & continued Israeli aggression. I suspect that now that Israel has Covid 19 under good control, there is little interest in the international media: jvphealth.org/health-human-r…
We know that during the assault on Gaza, much of the population was crowded together and unable to socially distance, without clean water, electricity, and access to health care.
People from a persecuted minority in Cameroon sought refuge in the US. Instead: put in ICE detention and scheduled to be sent back Tues. This is a death sentence Pls @RepJayapal@MariaCantwell@PattyMurray
Last episode of @ThisAmerLife included this story:
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On November 13 Dani Dayan, the Israeli consul general who himself is a settler gave a talk at @Harvard_Law School on the "legal strategy of Israeli settlements." As he began the talk, two thirds of the room got out of their seats, were silent, and
Aug 8, 2019 • 16 tweets • 10 min read
HAPPENING NOW in Seattle: My daughter has joined other Jewish activists in civil disobedience #JewsAgainstICE. ICE office now in lockdown. 700 people arrested by ICE yesterday. This has to stop #NeverAgainIsNow#AbolishICE
Northwest detention center in Tacoma medically tortures undocumented people. Denying pain medication, medical care. Conditions are terrible.
Aug 25, 2018 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Jewish Voice for Peace - Health Advisory Council #WeeklyHumanRightsHero & Violation Aug 19, 2018
Violation: Israeli gov. use of health & health care as a weapon of war - this serious human rights violation comes in conjunction w/ a statement by JVP HAC: jewishvoiceforpeace.org/jvp-health-adv…
Whether through denying entry of many essential medications and medical equipment/technology used for serious medical conditions including cancer treatment or the denial of exit visasfor critically ill patients to receive care outside of the Gaza Strip...