published in the Health and Human Rights Journal Journals in the medical, social, and political sciences have begun to highlight an appreciation of structural racism,… Read More »Ghosting Palestine: Hiding Health and Human Rights Violations – July 26, 2021
first published in Seattle Times People inspect the rubble of the destroyed Abu Hussein building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City in the… Read More »Palestinian oppression and despair in stark relief in Netanyahu’s war – May 19, 2021
first published in Counterpunch As my grief and outrage mount at the predictable escalations of violence in Israel/Palestine, I once again marvel at the chasms… Read More »The Nakba Continues – May 14, 2021
First published in Mondoweiss A PALESTINIAN FARMER FROM THE VILLAGE OF QARYUT INSPECTS THE REMAINS OF HIS OLIVE TREES ON OCTOBER 9, 2012, AFTER AFTER… Read More »‘NYT’ coverage of happy boars of Haifa is just another way to ignore settlers’ crimes – April 11, 2021
first published in Truthout A Palestinian woman, wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic, walks past graffiti with a slogan in Arabic reading: “protect… Read More »Under Israeli Apartheid, There Are Two Different Pandemics – February 28, 2021
I am on the steering committee of the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council and helped author these letters. March 1 Dr. Fauci, Please… Read More »Letters to Dr. Fauci from the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council February 28 & April 9 2021
first published in Mondoweiss This past year, the isolated loneliness of being a writer has been magnified by the cruelties of the pandemic. Spending five… Read More »‘Writing for the sake of collective survival’ — the emotional brilliance of the Palestine Writes Festival – December 9, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss Much of the analysis of COVID-19 and Palestine examines the pandemic through a political lens. Palestinians in Israel and the territories… Read More »The pandemic’s savage political revelations, from the U.S. to Palestine – August 8, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss On June 25, 2020, the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council cohosted with founding members of the Palestine-Global Mental Health… Read More »The twin challenges to Palestinian mental health of occupation and pandemic – July 7, 2020
There is a Yiddish folktale about a man who lived with his wife, eight children, mother, and father?in?law in a one?room house. He was miserable… Read More »With Apologies to Sholem Aleichem…An Old Rabbinic Tale (truly) – September 23, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss. Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic as it impacts Israel/Palestine provides us with a unique case study of the realities of health… Read More »Who Matters? Pandemic in a time of structural violence – May 5, 2020
First published in MOndoweiss The announcement that nine cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Gaza filled me with a new level of anxiety and… Read More »Forward global thinking on Covid 19
first published in The Seattle Times Special to The Times As an obstetrician-gynecologist and member of Physicians for a National Health Program, I have long… Read More »Coronavirus: A good argument for Medicare for All – March 18, 2020
first published in Mondoweiss The Trump administration plan for Israel/Palestine, ironically titled “Peace to Prosperity: a vision to improve the lives of the Palestinian and… Read More »Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ is a flawed, ahistorical plan with major health consequences – February 27, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss I was recently passing through customs where I popped my US passport face down on a little machine which then opened… Read More »A hierarchy of vulnerability – February 1, 2020
