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The Education of Doctors in Palestine |
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Palestine/Israel
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 |
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This
subject is very close to my heart. This is not an academic
dissertation but a talk based on my own observations, feelings and
ethos.
Historical
perspective - What
was happening just over 90 years ago? Third battle of Gaza. Turkish
and British each had ten divisions. The British had enlisted Arab
help in driving the Turks from Palestine after General Allenby
promised them independence!
In
the Autumn of 1917 there were British and French cruisers shelling
Gaza. This was one of the many battles being waged by the 'great'
powers to carve out their empires; this was the driving force for
WW1.
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Not a Quart into a Pint Pot but a Quart from a Pint Pot |
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Palestine/Israel
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 |
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Water for Gaza's
1.5 million People
I
will use a broad brush in this talk. I am no expert on water so I
use my ordinary medical knowledge and environmental insight. It is a
very technical subject and it is easy to lose sight of the wood for
the trees. My interest was stimulated by knowing that the public
water supply was undrinkable in the main and by my concern that the
potently toxic and non-degradable dioxins, PCBs etc were probably
present in the groundwater due to the burning of plastic etc at low
temperatures. These can be teratogenic, carcinogenic and mutagenic.
Also the charity I founded - the Dove and Dolphin, decided to
provide stainless steel tanks for drinking water in schools. I
wanted to be sure the bowser water used was pure.
A
brief history. Settlements were recorded here in Gaza in 3000 BC.
One writer said it was rich with trees. This stop on the Via Maris
was a good one for a very good reason no doubt - there was sweet
water in the wells and in the river to the south. It was truly an
oasis. Dr Eyad Sarraj told me that as a boy just after WW2 he
remembers running down to the beach with birds in the trees and fish
to see in sparkling sea. At that time the population of Gaza was
around 70,000 I am told. The population of Palestine was 1.85
million, one third being Jews - almost all of whom were of recent
immigres from Europe, and two thirds Palestinian Arabs. Now there
are 11 million people living in Palestine, 6 million being in that
part which is named Israel. So the population has grown sixfold in
sixty years.
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Requiem for principle and law in Britain |
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Political
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
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How Britain's political and military leadership pays scant regard to justice and the law, especially when it comes to the Palestine-Israel conflict.
In the crossbenches stands Lord Boyce, former British Chief of Defence Staff. In a “defence” debate with his peers on 22 November 2007, he spoke of blood on the deck of the Ministry of Defence; fellow warriors have been pleading for the weapons and leaving almost empty handed. Brown without an 'e' is in the frame. The register of peers' interests show that this ex-sailor [Lord Boyce] holds a remunerated directorship in VT Group plc. This little business sells warships to Her Majesty’s Government, among other boys' toys. Hansard records no declaration of his possible interest in the hardware central to the debate..
General Lord Guthrie GCB, LVO, OBE, DL and Chief of Defence Staff before Lord Boyce, filled the chamber with his honeyed voice. This soldier had a similar view to the sailor. Now, the register shows him to be a part of Colt Defense LLC. Assault rifles is its stock in trade and security services another string to a deadly bow. Few “defence” companies can neglect an “industry” which is third only to oil and killing in Iraq, and which is yet another facet of the supreme international war crime from which all other crimes flow. Hansard – no pecuniary interest in this debate was declared by him.
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Palestine/Israel
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
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Second Response to BMJ re Boycott of Israeli Medical Association
I perceive there is a good deal of denial within many responses. Where there is not denial, there is ignorance about the grotesque injustice and suffering that has been meted out to these people over 59 years.
Moshe Machover sent me this statement yesterday.
http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/news/article476
5 Birzeit students arrested as Israeli army targets student population
Right to Education Campaign, Birzeit University, 1 August 2007
In the last 3 days, 5 Birzeit University students were arrested by the Israeli army, most of whom belong to the university's Student Council. The detainees are; Eyad Omar Abu Arqub, Fadi Yunis Jaber, Jalal Hosni Abu Khaled, Omar Abdelrazaq Abdellatif (all members of the Student Council) and Ahmad Mahmoud Hassan.
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Palestine/Israel
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008 |
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Correspondence in Rapid Response BMJ re Boycott of Israeli Medical Association
I recently returned with six colleagues from my seventh visit to the
remnants of Palestine. The suffering of the 3.7 million people has
never been greater. The siege that was put in place by 29 nations,
including Israel, in March 2007 was another cruel and unlawful turn
of the screw.
And yet the picture painted by Dr Blachar in the letter quoted by
Owen Dyer is one of IMA interest and benevolence. Unlike the British
press, the Israeli fourth estate is searching and pulls no punches.
It is fair to assume that the members of the IMA are well informed
about their neighbours in the Occupied Palestine Territories - OPT.
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