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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.
Nov 9, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
Tell your Rep and Senators to #StopTheDeathPlane from leaving TOMORROW!

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 Image Last episode of @ThisAmerLife included this story:

#StopTheDeathPlane
Nov 18, 2019 6 tweets 4 min read
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Jewish Voice for Peace - Health Advisory Council #WeeklyHumanRightsHero & Violation for Nov 18, 2019

HEROES: Students at Harvard University who walked out on a speech by Israel's Consul General in protest of settlements.

Image via @AJEnglish

jewishvoiceforpeace.org/jvp-health-adv… 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...