occupied Palestinian territories and Israel

We publish the appeal of our colleagues from Physicians for Human Rights Israel following the Hamas attack in southern Israel** Dear friends Harming civilians is a crime against international law, fundamental moral values, and our common humanity. Saturday’s Hamas assault in southern Israel included the injury, abduction, and murder of...
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It is with mixed emotions that I write to you today, a week after the assault on Jenin. On the one hand, there is a sense of relief after seeing an end to Israel’s indiscriminate attack on unprotected civilians. On the other hand, it is only a matter of time...
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Dr. Hisham Bawakna, is a public health psychiatrist, a PHRI volunteer and a member of PHRI’s medical delegation to the Gaza Strip. In Gaza, mild post-trauma isn’t considered by local physicians as post-trauma, because it’s normal. Everyone has it. When do you seek help? When it becomes unbearable, when it...
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Physicians for Human Rights Israel petitioned the high court of justice because we cannot let a law enshrining wrongful discrimination between the country’s Jewish and Arab citizens stand. The Citizenship Law violates a slew of fundamental rights, separates spouses, tears apart children and parents and subverts the values of democracy.–In...
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I was only 16 when I found out I had cancer, so you could say I grew up in the hospital. The doctors here know me better than my parents. Some of them treat me like family. I’m 32, and if you see my body today, you wouldn’t believe there’s...
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“My name is Hana. I am the mother of three boys, and we have had three catastrophes. This is the first time I’m talking about it, and I hope someone will listen! The first catastrophe started when my eldest, Ibrahim, was a year old. He fainted suddenly, and there was...
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We share a letter written by our partner Physicians for Humans Rights – Israel and we, too, wish for quiter and safer times ahead for everyone.  Dear friends In these turbulent moments, we want to sound a clear and unequivocal call for protecting human rights. Over the past several days...
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15 Israeli, Palestinian and international health and human rights organizations: Israel must provide necessary vaccines to Palestinian health care systems. As the Israeli healthcare system begins the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Israeli public, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Israeli authorities to live up to their legal...
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italian french spanish arabic Recommendations WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN WITH WATER AND SOAP OR USE AN ALCOHOL BASED SOLUTION AVOID TO GET CLOSE TO PEOPLE, KEEP A DISTANCE OF 1 METRE AVOID CROWDED PLACES DON’T TOUCH YOUR EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH WITH YOUR HANDS AVOID HANDSHAKES AND HUGS UNTIL THE...
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– Occupied Palestinian Territories- Photoreportage by Francesco Pistilli for Medu “Today all the village is here to receive medical assistance “ Salah Haj Yahia, Director of the mobile clinic More than 300 persons, among whom women and children, received specialistic medical care during one-day activities of the mobile clinic in...
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