“What I’m really asking you is if you feel comfortable being in a country which came into being like that? Which had to get rid of people like me and take their place to build its state? Which keeps me from returning, from getting my house back? I mean, you can see the result: You’re physically occupying a house which belonged to other people. And you feel nothing about that?”
- they/them
over 21, white peeps on the ancestral
and unceded homelands of the
hən̓q̓ əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
speaking peoples, just doing our okayest
“Meanwhile, settler colonial states don’t just fund colonial occupation, they actively train each other – the RCMP have taken an active role in training the forces that police Palestinian people. In this way, Canada, through its deployment of military-style RCMP forces, has played a major part in Israel’s ongoing occupation of the West Bank and Palestine.”
The UN reported, “Goods humanitarians are trying to bring into Gaza… ‘seem to be prohibited by the Israelis…’ Some of the medical materials include basic drugs for treating chronic illnesses such as insulin pens.”
According to HRW, “The blockade is preventing sufficient medicine from entering Gaza and disrupting the refrigeration needed for insulin. The blockade is collective punishment of the civilian population, a war crime.”
HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR PALESTINE - HCW4PALESTINE statement
“We are a group of US-based healthcare providers and trainees. We call on the international healthcare community to sign in support of the below statement.
We stand unequivocally in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We are devastated by the violence the Israeli government has carried out against them.”
Health-workers Alliance for Palestine - Urgent Statement Against the Israeli Destruction of the Health System in Gaza
“As health workers, we are watching in horrified despair and anger the targeted devastation of health facilities and the killing of healthcare workers in Palestine. This is unjustifiable, inhumane, and illegal in accordance with international law.”
Open Letter to ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Calling for Ceasefire, IG post
“We cannot fight for reproductive autonomy in the United States while ignoring the struggles of marginalized people for bodily autonomy abroad, especially when the same government is responsible for both our and Palestinians’ reproductive oppression. As healthcare professionals we are committed to preserving life, doing no harm, and advocating for silenced voices. It is our duty to advocate for the health and safety of all people around the world, especially those subjugated to ongoing and brutal structural violence.”
Public Health for Palestine - An Open Letter from Public Health Students and Professionals
“We, the undersigned, stand for a truly anti-racist, decolonized public health sector, and as such, stand unequivocally with Palestine and the Palestinian people. We stand firmly for the liberation of all oppressed groups around the world in their pursuit of freedom and self-determination. The only way we will see true health equity for Palestinians and consequently all oppressed peoples everywhere, is through the end of the ethnic cleansing, genocide and occupation of their land.”
Activate HCW4Palestine Toolkit
“The genocide in Gaza has initiated a global call to action for healthcare workers. The attacks on hospitals, clinics, healthcare workers and patients in Gaza is an attack on all of us. Our sacred spaces of healing have been destroyed and as healthcare workers we are mobilizing our collective effort to confront the moral and ethical depravity of Israeli aggression on our Palestinian colleagues and their patients.”
Doctors Against Genocide - Genocide in Gaza
Action toolkit for healthcare workers, background information, and PCRF Webinar With Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah
Occupation is a Public Health Crisis Too by Anurima Kumar and Meera Rothman, IG infographic
“As public health practitioners, we understand the social construction of health as well as the equal and inherent value of all life. Palestinians’ health—like everyone’s health—is not disposable. Power and money dictate which bodies are deemed worthy of life and which lives are deemed worthy of health.”