Doctors Against Genocide - Practicing Medicine Under Occupation

Update: 2025-04-10

Description

In this episode, we speak with founders of Doctors Against Genocide, Dr. Karameh Hawash-Kuemmerle and Dr. Nidal Jboor.

Join us as we learn more about their upbringing in Palestine and the realities of practicing medicine under occupation. They share a detailed account of how Israel's assault on Palestinian life has reached genocidal proportions, and how initiatives like the Health for Palestine Pediatric Program and Doctors Against Genocide offer resistance through care.

Lastly, tune in for their moving account of how their brave colleagues in Gaza have become their daily guiding light amid genocide denial and global silence.

🎯 In this conversation, we discuss:

➡️ Becoming doctors and practicing medicine under occupation

➡️ How Israel has become hellbent on destroying the fabric of Palestinian life

➡️ Genocide denial

➡️ How to support the work of Doctors Against Genocide

➡️ The bravery of the medical professionals in Gaza

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📌Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction, Family Background & Palestinian Identity

05:23 - Practicing Medicine Under Occupation

09:44 - The Daily Life of Palestinian Students

16:09 - Health For Palestine Pediatric Program

21:04 - Zionism and Hasbara (Israeli Propaganda)

26:29 - Palestinian Right to Exist & Resist

31:40 - The Creation of Doctors Against Genocide

35:45 - Willing Executioners

40:51 - The Science of Genocide

45:36 - October 7th

56:07 - Settler Colonialism