(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored eight medical delegations to serve the besieged, imprisoned and war-torn people of Gaza.) Operating rooms and clinics are closed on Fridays – the holy day. A few of us started our day […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored eight medical delegations to serve the besieged, imprisoned and war-torn people of Gaza.) Each day we hear more stories. Here are a few: During the 2014 war on Gaza, access to water […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored eight medical delegations to serve the besieged, imprisoned and war-torn people of Gaza.) Yesterday afternoon, I met with a group of women I’ve talked with in my last three or four visits […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored eight medical delegations to serve the besieged, imprisoned and war-torn people of Gaza.) In my language I know of no word or words sufficient to describe the scenes we saw today as […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored eight medical delegations to serve the besieged, imprisoned and war-torn people of Gaza.) This morning, all of the physicians in our group worked at Shifa Hospital. Grant O’Keefe is in general and […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored eight medical delegations to serve the besieged, imprisoned and war-torn people of Gaza.) Saturday evening as we prepared for the bus trip to Gaza, Amos Givertz of “Don’t Say We Didn’t Know” […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has been sponsoring delegations to Gaza since 1993. In 2009, the group began offering medical service work to the people of Gaza.) Leaving Gaza is always difficult: difficult to leave our friends knowing that their imprisonment continues, difficult to contemplate how much strength it takes for them to maintain their […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has been sponsoring delegations to Gaza since 1993. In 2009, the group began offering medical service work to the people of Gaza.) Saying “Farewell” to friends – friends we have returned to and friends we have just met – is unsettling. We are so very thankful for this time in […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has been sponsoring delegations to Gaza since 1993. In 2009, the group began offering medical service work to the people of Gaza.) The Call to Prayer awakens us each morning at about 4:30 – through our window, we hear calls from many different mosques – the sound is beautiful. Through […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has been sponsoring delegations to Gaza since 1993. In 2009, the group began offering medical service work to the people of Gaza.) What a delightful start to the day! This picture of kindergarten children performing a traditional dance only partially captures the fun they were having. We delivered donated school […]
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