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19 Physicians Shot by IDF While Rendering Aid in Gaza; 1 Physician Known Dead

posted by martyb on Friday May 18 2018, @02:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the war-crimes dept.

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Democracy Now! reports
Meet Tarek Loubani, the Canadian Doctor Shot by Israeli Forces Monday While Treating Gaza's Wounded (Transcript)

As Palestinians vow to continue protesting against the Israeli occupation of Gaza, we speak to a Canadian doctor who was shot by Israeli forces in both legs Monday [May 14] while he was helping injured Palestinians. Israeli forces shot dead at least 61 unarmed Palestinian protesters taking part in the Great March of Return Monday, including one doctor. Canada, Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Belgium have called for an investigation into the killings. The United Nations Human Rights Council has announced that it will hold a special session Friday to discuss escalating violence in Gaza. We speak with Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room medical doctor, one of 19 medical personnel shot in Gaza on Monday.

Audio and video links at the top of the page.

Pacifica Radio KPFK has a partial audio file, available till mid-July, ~7MB for the story. (KPFK is in fund drive mode.)
Gaza coverage begins at 13:25. The doctor's story is from 15:15 - 31:30.
He notes that the doctor who treated him was subsequently shot, resulting in his death--this, while he was wearing high-visibility clothing to denote his first-responder status.

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  • (Score: 1) by loonycyborg on Friday May 18 2018, @06:00PM (1 child)

    by loonycyborg (6905) on Friday May 18 2018, @06:00PM (#681301)

    Don't forget that Britain was WRONG in annexing and partitioning it in the first place. And Ottoman empire was WRONG in annexing it before that too. And many other empires before it, starting from Muslim caliphate.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday May 19 2018, @04:38PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 19 2018, @04:38PM (#681601) Journal

    Starting with the Caliphate? Why? Islam is a newcomer to the empire game. Why not go back to the days of the Assyrian Empire? The Persian Empire? The Roman Empire? Then, the Caliphate. Then, of course, the Seljuk, and then the Ottoman empires. If we look beyond empires, there were various kings and other conquerors who ruled that bit of land for short periods, few of whom had the power to declare themselves emperors.