Blog 2021 – Alice Rothchild

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From Deir Yassin to Gaza — the long history of the suppression of reports on Palestinian health – October 6, 2021 October 6, 2021Alice Rothchild
first published in Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2021/10/from-deir-yassin-to-gaza-the-long-history-of-the-suppression-of-reports-on-palestinian-health/ A PALESTINIAN MAN WOUNDED AT THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER LIES ON A BED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AT THE SHIFA HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY, ON APRIL 2, 2018. PHOTO BY DAWOUD ABO ALKAS. (C) APA IMAGES. Academic journals and research in the medical, social and political sciences have highlighted a renewed understanding of structural ...
Ghosting Palestine: Hiding Health and Human Rights Violations – July 26, 2021 July 27, 2021Alice Rothchild
published in the Health and Human Rights Journal https://www.hhrjournal.org/2021/07/ghosting-palestine-hiding-health-and-human-rights-violations/ Journals in the medical, social, and political sciences have begun to highlight an appreciation of structural racism, and the personal and public health costs of bigotry and chronic stress. For oppressed populations, understanding these forces is critical to the establishment of basic human rights, including the right ...
Palestinian oppression and despair in stark relief in Netanyahu’s war – May 19, 2021 May 20, 2021Alice Rothchild
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 early morning Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo / Adel Hana) By Alice Rothchild Special to The Times Gaza is roughly a 26-by-6-mile strip of land with 2 million people living under a brutal ...
The Nakba Continues – May 14, 2021 May 20, 2021Alice Rothchild
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 of misunderstanding and miscalculations in describing events as they unfold and the script that frames most mainstream media reporting. (Recently, The New York Times is a notable exception.) The both-sides-have-their reasons-but-Israel-is-the-victim stories follow ...
‘NYT’ coverage of happy boars of Haifa is just another way to ignore settlers’ crimes – April 11, 2021 April 12, 2021Alice Rothchild
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 THEY WERE UPROOTED OVERNIGHT, NEAR THE NORTHERN WEST BANK CITY OF NABLUS, IN AN ATTACK BLAMED ON JEWISH SETTLERS FROM THE NEIGHBOURING. PHOTO BY NEDAL ESHTAYAH. COPYRIGHT APA IMAGES. On April 9, ...
Under Israeli Apartheid, There Are Two Different Pandemics – February 28, 2021 April 12, 2021Alice Rothchild
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 yourself and your family” in Gaza City, on February 27, 2021. MAJDI FATHI / NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES There is growing concern regarding the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine, nationally and internationally. As ...
Letters to Dr. Fauci from the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council February 28 & April 9 2021 April 12, 2021Alice Rothchild
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 use your Israeli prize money to buy vaccines for Palestine published in Mondoweiss Dear Dr. Fauci, We are writing to you as “fans” of your work. As health professionals, we so often found ourselves ...

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