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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

1/🧵on when I witnessed+reported #IsraelWarCrimes to @IntlCrimCourt September 6 (2019), I worked as field medic in the Great March of Return in #Gaza . This demonstration included 100s of Palestinians from all walks of life-young/old, children/adults, men/women, Muslim/Christian.

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@BenNephrology

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🧵on @CMA_Docs silence: Today I left #Gaza after 2 weeks of providing humanitarian care.UN called Gaza a "human rights crisis and humanitarian disaster" but @CMA_Docs is silent.They weren't silent on #ukraine . Are Palestinians not worth speaking up for? 1/

“Gaza is a massive human rights crisis and a humanitarian disaster”

Ajith Sunghay is the head of the UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Back from a recent field visit to Gaza, Sunghay answers questions about the human rights situation there.

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@BenNephrology

6 months

In September, Dr. Hammam, Dr. Rafat and I (in #Gaza ) started to develop a training program in nephrology. Dr. Rafat was killed in an Israeli air strike November 17. Dr. Hammam was killed in an Israeli air strike November 12. Both were Heros #CeasefireNOW

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@BenNephrology

4 months

16/For those who hope for #FreePalestine with #peace ,this must be free of #IsraeliOccupation . As @IntlCrimCourt remains politically paralyzed,we hope @CIJ_ICJ can help Palestinians finally achieve #justice with #dignity . #IsraeliWarCrimes + #Genocide must be prosecuted. End of 🧵

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@BenNephrology

4 months

2/They walked along separation wall between #Gaza + #Israel , demanding Palestinians be allowed return to lands from which they were forcibly displaced-this right enshrined in 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13)+ 4th Geneva Convention

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

8/ By the time we returned to the demonstration area, the sniper fire had intensified, and there were intermittent bursts of machine gun fire. There were no guns on the Gaza side, only flags and signs.

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@BenNephrology

4 months

3/As a medic, I was experienced. I started a first aid team during my undergraduate () +completed advanced trauma and life support courses as a licensed physician. But I wasn't trained to respond to #IsraelWarCrimes

University of Waterloo - Campus Response Team (UWCRT) | Waterloo ON

University of Waterloo - Campus Response Team (UWCRT), Waterloo, Ontario. 1,502 likes · 60 were here. Campus Response Team (CRT) is a student-run service of the Waterloo Undergraduate Student...

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@BenNephrology

4 months

4/I arrived before the demonstration to meet my team members,get into uniform, and review the kits (backpack of supplies). We worked in teams of 4. My team included 2 highly experienced paramedics from Gaza, and 2 physicians. #Gaza #WarCrimesByIsrael @IntlCrimCourt @CIJ_ICJ

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@BenNephrology

4 months

5/When demonstration started,first wave of gunshots were from snipers. We could see snipers on top of a hill on the Israel side- similar to hill in the center of this google image photo. Our team of medics were behind all the demonstrators. @IntlCrimCourt @CIJ_ICJ @PHRIsrael

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@BenNephrology

4 months

15/Report found that both 1000s of demonstrators were shot with live ammunition, 100s killed, 100s more with life-altering injuries. An @IntlCrimCourt investigation was to follow but ground to a halt- this despite scathing reports from @hrw @amnesty

Israel: Apparent War Crimes in Gaza

Israeli forces’ repeated use of lethal force in the Gaza Strip since March 30, 2018, against Palestinian demonstrators who posed no imminent threat to life may amount to war crimes.

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@BenNephrology

4 months

13/By Feb 2020, the @UN Independent Commission of Inquiry (from Feb 2019) had already indicated "reasonable grounds to believe that during the Great March of Return, Israeli soldiers committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law."

No Justification for Israel to Shoot Protesters with Live Ammunition

Arabic | Hebrew The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 Gaza protests

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

14/ and also that Israeli snipers shot at journalists, health workers, children and persons with disabilities, knowing they were clearly recognizable as such. That the Independent Commission found that war crimes occurred didn't surprise me- I saw them with my own eyes.

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

12/ I've been doing international work for over decade, taken courses on #InternationalHumanitarianLaw and #HumanRights , so I knew I'd witnessed war crimes. I submitted testimony to Ms. Fatou Bensouda (judge in charge of ICC investigation),reply Feb 2020. @CIJ_ICJ @IntlCrimCourt

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@BenNephrology

4 months

9/ A boy, about 15 years old, started running towards me. He stopped, bent over, then stood up. Before he started running again, he was shot in head, ~30 m away.He fell to ground-I assumed he was dead+instructed team to collect a woman who was shot in leg.

Battlefield Triage and Resource Allocation during a Pandemic: Learning from the Past and Adapting...

The principle of medical triage, where patients are sorted into categories to guide the order in which they receive treatment, dates back to Baron Dominique Jean Larrey, the surgeon general of...

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@BenNephrology

4 months

6/About 75 m away, a teenager had been shot by sniper. My team ran to him. One of his friends was already yelling at him "Ahmad"- the boy had been shot on the right upper chest-Exit wound visible on his back. He was in shock, and having difficulty breathing.

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

7/ Two of us starting carrying him to trauma stabilization point ("TSP"). We had to stop to do emergency needle decompression of tension pneumothorax, then brought got him to the TSP (where higher level of care and more equipment available).

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@BenNephrology

4 months

10/The woman was a health care provider who was caring for protester who'd been shot.Our team applied tourniquet, then carried her to TSP. She had blood all over her white coat, which clearly identified her as health worker. She had been one of my first #Gaza med students in 2013

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@BenNephrology

4 months

11/Since only 2 of my team were needed to carry her to TSP, the other 2 team members went to the boy who'd been shot in the head. He was still alive but unconscious, with a major head injury when he was brought to the TSP. @CIJ_ICJ @IntlCrimCourt

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

5 months

When licensed doctors use their power to interfere with interviews of candidates standing against #WarCrimes and #GenocideByIsrael , those doctors should never have privilege of interviewing or teaching medical students or residents again.Sign survey

Protect medical trainees from anti-Palestine bigotry in medical placement process

A recent CBC news article revealed that pro-Israel groups planned to use their influence to manipulate the professional placement of medical students. End this manipulation and investigate the CaRMS...

www.cjpmecontent.org

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

5 months

On October 23, @SarahJama_ was censured and removed from @NDP caucus for calling for a #ceasefire in Gaza. She is inspiring and has consistently fought against oppression. I'm 100% on #TeamJama

Al Jazeera English

@AJEnglish

5 months

“We have an obligation to challenge settler colonialism in us.” Canadian elected official Sarah Jama has been censured at the Ontario provincial parliament for her stance on Palestine. She refuses to apologise and is fighting the censure in court.

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

As we watch @CIJ_ICJ Hague trial on #GenocideByIsrael in #Gaza , health workers in Gaza still call out for international community to intervene. #HumanityForAll means "war on children" must end. My interview with @AJEnglish - none of us will be silent until #FreePalestine

Al Jazeera English

@AJEnglish

4 months

“My physician friends in Gaza have been screaming that the international community needs to make this stop.” Canadian doctor Ben Thomson was suspended from his hospital and targeted online after speaking up for Palestine, yet he remains committed to demanding a ceasefire.

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

2 months

Today, with several conscientious colleagues, we wrote @CMA_Docs : Our letter and requests are based on human rights organizations , international humanitarian law, and a collective concern regarding humanity of all people, including Palestinians. @who #humanrights #humanity 2/

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

2 months

Our letter outlines specific actions items we urge the CMA undertake. Given the urgency of the situation in Gaza, we request a meeting with CMA leadership in the next 14 days to discuss next steps. (Letter attached,1100 signatures follow) @CMA_Docs @who #humanrights #humanity 7/

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

2 months

"Dear CMA leadership, We are a coalition of healthcare workers who are deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in Gaza and are profoundly disappointed in the CMA’s silence and lack of action on this important @CMA_Docs @who #humanrights #humanity 3/

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

2 months

and the tragic impact of this violence on the children of Gaza (over 10,000 children killed). These issues fall within the scope of the CMA to address, as demonstrated in previous conflicts such as in Ukraine. @CMA_Docs @who #humanrights #humanity 6/

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

2 months

issue. Attached is a letter which has been signed by over 1,100 healthcare workers across Canada who share our concerns. The letter highlights the following pressing issues: the complete destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system, @CMA_Docs @who #humanrights #humanity 4/

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@BenNephrology

2 months

the catastrophic humanitarian crisis, rising anti-Palestinian racism in Canadian healthcare institutions, discriminatory healthcare access to newcomers from Gaza, @CMA_Docs @who #humanrights #humanity 5/

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

5 months

Health care providers who are learners (medical students or residents) have been targeted for Palestine advocacy. This fund supports legal expenses.Please donate/share on social media. Health care providers are #NotATarget @nccm #Ceasefire in #Gaza

Stand With Our Healthcare Heroes: Protecting Integrity and Advocacy in Healthcare

Welcome to our Stand With Our Healthcare Heroes. This campaign is dedicated to supporting healthcare professionals who face challenges for advocating for justice and ethical practices in their field....

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

3 months

Nasser health complex in #Gaza being evacuated this am after bombardment. #warcrimes by #Israel , amid mass forced displacement ( #Nakba ) and ongoing silence from @JustinTrudeau @JoeBiden #RishiSunak . If @CIJ_ICJ decision re #GenocideByIsrael didn't wake u up, nothing will.

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

Dr Carly Kirshen is Derm program director at @uOttawa ,who asked for names of medical student applicants who wanted a #gaza #CeasefireNOW ,to interfere with their career.She was exposed,yet is still employed,still program director.National @CBCNews reported tonight.Shame @ARJalali

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

6 months

1/Nov30, I met with @JustinTrudeau office,with @MSF_canada and @UOSSMUS to urge1. Canada PM to call4 #CeasefireNOW in Gaza, and 2.Publicly demand parties respect international humanitarian law,esp. related to protection of health care workers/facilities .

Israeli air strike on ambulances kills 15, injures 60, Gaza officials say

Officials say vehicles were transporting critically wounded patients from al-Shifa Hospital to Rafah border crossing.

www.aljazeera.com

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

6 months

Today @UOSSM @muslimmeds @HumanityAux held press conference to urge Canadian government to address health crisis in Gaza, call for #CEASEFIRE_NOW and support Humanitarian law in light of repeated Israeli bombings of hospitals. Still waiting @JustinTrudeau

Toronto Muslims Media (@toronto.muslims) • Instagram reel

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

3 months

A🧵on Anti-Palestinian racism at @UCalgaryMed . In Nov 2023, medical students were welcomed to make submissions to an art show focused on #occupation , #Racism ,or #SettlerColonialism . This was partially covered in @brish_ti great piece (more details here):

‘Abuse of power’: Hospitals, med schools crack down on Palestine advocacy

Immediate suspensions, harsh repercussions plague health-care workers advocating for Palestine, a Breach investigation has found

breachmedia.ca

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

2 months

🧵On beautiful Reem, a child I met in #Gaza in March (2024), who is now dying due to #Israel targeting of health care, and how it affects all children and adults with #cancer . @AmericanCancer @cancer_hn @theNCI @CDC_Cancer @CR_UK @cancersociety 1/

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

North American media barely says peep about South Africa bringing Israel to @CIJ_ICJ for #GenocideGaza ,while Irish gather in town squares in #SolidarityWithGaza . Think of our #gaza brothers and sisters tonight, cold, hungry and unsafe. Our work isn't done until #PalestineFree

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@BenNephrology

4 months

The @PedChairsCan and @CanPaedSociety have been silent despite more than 10,000 children killed by #IsraelGenocide in #Gaza . "A war on children"- these organizations' silence is shameful and cowardly. Here's a template from @TheBMA because "it is the right thing to do"

The BMA

@TheBMA

4 months

"It is vital that the UK stands up for human rights and medical neutrality during this crucial period if, for no other reason, than it is the right thing to do." @DrPhilBanfield & @DrLatifaPatel have written to Govt requesting urgent support to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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@BenNephrology

5 months

Israel continues assault on #Gaza civilians and health care system. This must stop. #WarCrimesbyIsreal must stop. According to the fourth article of the Geneva Conventions, civilians and health care facilities must not be targeted. Shame on @JustinTrudeau . Sign this please

Kavita Algu

@KavitaAlgu

5 months

Healthcare workers in Canada: Please add your voice to/share this open letter calling for concrete action from our government in the face of the humanitarian and human rights crises in Gaza.

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

1 month

From 40 beheaded babies (there were none), to mass rape (there was no mass rape), to denying genocide/war crimes (experts confirm both) - media has been complicit in dehumanization of Palestinians in #gaza - prerequisite to ongoing #israel #Genocide_of_Palestinians

Abier

@abierkhatib

1 month

I’m so happy that @mehdirhasan has gone independent Fantastic journalism right here.

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@BenNephrology

4 months

One of canada's top reporters, @brish_ti contract cut short at @CBCNews after multiple top pieces of highly rated/influential work on #Gaza . Cbc loss is @AJEnglish @AlJazeeraWorld @theintercept @thenarwhalca @MotherJones gain.

Brishti Basu

@brish_ti

4 months

An update: My one-year contract role with @CBCNews has been cut short after 5 months, due to budget cuts, and will officially end on Jan. 29. I'm grateful to have had the chance to tell impactful stories on a national level and to work with some really great people.

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@BenNephrology

4 months

#Gaza is still under attack,continues to have severe shortages of medications,electricity,food, and trained physicians. If you are a surgeon, please consider signing up to support the wounded in #Gaza . I will be going soon but am not a surgeon. @MSF @UNRWA @ICRC @AlJazeeraWorld

Osaid - #NotATarget 🗝 🇵🇸

@OsaidesserMD

4 months

My cousin Khaled Alser is the only general surgeon is still working at the only hospital that takes care of trauma patients in Gaza Strip. He was in my class and just completed his training, he takes care of all trauma including chest, abdominal, head, and mostly penetrating .1

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

6 months

As we see growing targetting of health professionals who speak up for Palestinian human rights, @RitikaGoelTO quite rightly centers the importance of advocacy in medicine, to confront systemic racism. This is exactly what medicine needs. #edi @Royal_College

Ritika Goel

@RitikaGoelTO

6 months

A call to *centre* values such as anti-oppression, anti-racism and social justice *in the practice of medicine* means supporting MDs to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to address the shameful chasm in health outcomes for Black and Indigenous peoples... /1

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@BenNephrology

27 days

"Any Indian who participates...in aboriginal costume without consent of superintendent General...penalty of imprisonment for 1 month."Section 140(3)Indian act.Canada's racist history repeats by ban of Palestinian identity.Respect/love @sasa_ghada #FreePalestina #GenocideByIsrael

Ghada Sasa | غادة سعسع PhD(c) 🇵🇸

@sasa_ghada

28 days

Parliament banned the keffiyeh last week, so I walked into the building yesterday wearing my tatreez keffiyeh, thob, coin necklace, & gold passed down to me by mom Allah yerhamha. We Palestinians are a dignified, steadfast, & loving people. We will live, be visible & be free.

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@BenNephrology

1 month

I had the privilege of going to #gaza in September (2023) and March (2024) and observed the dramatic impact of targeting of health care facilities,on the health of people in Gaza. I discuss my visits here- This Ramadan, donate to rebuild #Palestine and save lives. @IRCanada

IslamicRelief Canada

@IRCanada

1 month

The total siege on #Gaza has had horrific impact on hospitals and healthcare facilities. @BenNephrology shares his recent experience in Gaza where he did not have supplies to save lives. Attacks on hospitals are unacceptable and terrifying. We need an immediate #ceasefire .

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@BenNephrology

2 months

On March 20, I was honoured to be interviewed on @intifada , after the brilliant Dr Ilan Pappe @pappe54 , to discuss effect of #israel targeting of #Gaza health care, and the heros of healthcare in #Gaza . Listen to it here:

Electronic Intifada

@intifada

2 months

🔴 LIVE We are now joined by Dr. Ben Thomson ( @BenNephrology ) a doctor who has been volunteering in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since 2013, and just returned from Gaza. Tune in now:

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Ben Thomson 🇵🇸

@BenNephrology

4 months

Outstanding article by @ShreeParadkar on hypocrisy of canadian pediatric institutions, in face of War on children in #Gaza #GenocideByIsrael Alot of answering to do for @ChildHealthCan @PedChairsCan @CanPaedSociety @SickKidsNews @CMA_Docs

Shree Paradkar: Where are Canada’s leading health voices when it comes to Gaza?

Our institutions must use their reach and power to push governments to demand justice — or at least a cessation of violence.

www.thestar.com

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@BenNephrology

4 months

Organized campaigns have been a key mechanism of the harassment, bullying and silencing of those who speak against #GenocideByIsrael , and for Palestinian rights. This thread is a must see-well documented anatomy of the appalling mobs. #FreePalestine

Tarek Loubani

@trklou

4 months

It is no secret that students, residents, physicians, and others are being harassed for their human rights positions. The scope of this harassment is wide. I will dissect one such campaign, how it is executed, and why the template is so easy to repeat. Anatomy of a campaign. A 🧵

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@BenNephrology

4 months

@DavideMastracci And the Toronto star had it right before they changed it

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@BenNephrology

27 days

A 🧵 on the bravery and courage of @SarahJama_ , brief history of another of my sheros,+why I #StandWithJama . There will be a time when @NDP will be ashamed how they treated a #Shero - someone that should have been their moral compass. #StandWithJama 1/

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@BenNephrology

4 months

National organizations like @CaRMS_CA and @AFMC_e And @AFMC_f are neglecting students by ignoring toxic interference into the application and selections processes. Enough is enough. Important statement from @HA4Palestine @IJVweb @CJPME @CanArabLaw @UofTBMSA and more!

Health Workers Alliance for Palestine

@HA4Palestine

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Our joint statement (), with 9 endorsing organizations, calls on @CaRMS_CA to initiate a full investigation into CBC article which reveals plans to target medical students & interfere with residency app. process due to signing HAP letter. #called2theoffice

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@BenNephrology

3 months

🧵 1/Feb 14, #Israel sent handcuffed prisoner Jamal Abu Al-Ola into Nasser health complex to tell health care workers+1000s of internally displaced people:"Get out of the hospital...because they are going to blow it up." #Gaza #WarCrimesbyIsrael

IDF Sent in Handcuffed Prisoner to Evacuate Hospital, Then Killed Him When He Left

Israel sent a handcuffed Palestinian prisoner into Gaza’s Nasser Hospital to order an evacuation, then killed him when he left.

theintercept.com

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@BenNephrology

1 month

Brilliant Palestinian-Canadian @Ortho_PA_ rightly calls out @CIHR_IRSC @NSERC_CRSNG @SSHRC_CRSH for their anti-Palestinian racism- continuing ties with #israel as they commit #Genocide_in_Gaza . I’m honoured to call you a friend @Ortho_PA_

Ortho PA

@Ortho_PA_

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Let me tell you why Canada’s major academic research bodies are RACIST. Canada has 3 main sources for federal research funding- @CIHR_IRSC , @NSERC_CRSNG and @SSHRC_CRSH . Together, they form “The Tri-Agency”. Everyone in research & academia has heard of the Tri-Agency. 1/

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@BenNephrology

4 months

@BillTieleman @selinarobinson I overcame testicular cancer during med school, receiving radiation treatments prior to classes in the am. The humanity I was treated with then, has only ever been matched by the humanity of the Palestinian people. Don't ever use cancer as an excuse for anti-Palestinian racism.

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@BenNephrology

6 months

"Civilian hospitals...may in no circumstances be the object of attack, but shall at all times be respected and protected by the Parties to the conflict." Geneva Conventions IV Article 18. Since Oct 7, >150 #Gaza health facilities targeted. #NotATarget

Gaza: MSF condemns deliberate attack on a convoy transporting staff, resulting in one death and one...

One person was killed and one was injured in an attack today, Nov. 18, 2023, on a convoy of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members and their families who had been...

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca

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@BenNephrology

3 months

Outstanding piece @EvanDyerCBC highlighting lack of evidence #israel shared with Canadian government before pulling @UNRWA funding,politics being prioritized over lives of starving children, govt officials agreeing " #GenocideByIsrael " yet incompatible with @JustinTrudeau acts.

Evan Dyer

@EvanDyerCBC

3 months

Key Liberal MP rips his government's policy on Gaza war in private call with constituent

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@BenNephrology

5 months

2023 was the year of international paralysis and complicity in war crimes and geno cide. Will our leaders ( @JoeBiden @vonderleyen @RishiSunak @JustinTrudeau ) still be complicit in 2024? Press conference dec 29 for #Gaza @UOSSM @ActionForPalCa

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@BenNephrology

4 months

Thanks @draliyakhan1 @UOSSM and Dr. Ali Iqbal @McMasterU #nephrology ,4humanizing #Gaza dialysis patients' experience during #genocide . In humanitarian emergencies,non-communicable diseases like kidney disease are often forgotten killer @WHO @UNRWA @MSF_USA

The uncertain fate of patients needing life-saving dialysis treatment in Gaza

Patients with kidney failure need regular dialysis treatments to survive. However, the equipment, supplies and medical staff needed for dialysis have been largely destroyed by the assault on Gaza.

theconversation.com

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@BenNephrology

6 months

"An immediate ceasefire is an urgent priority" "...a group of Israeli doctors support the IDF in bombing hospitals in Gaza. These attitudes, and the slaughter of thousands of children, uncover a complete absence of humanity." #CeasefireNowInGaza

Save the remaining people of Gaza—save the children

An immediate ceasefire in Gaza is an urgent priority, which is a sentiment echoed in Gaza and around the globe. Governments and leaders must understand that Palestinians are in the middle of a...

www.thelancet.com

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@BenNephrology

2 years

@jtrebach Madly writing my reply “this is bs. Where’s the data” then hit number four before hitting send. Guess I should read the whole message before reacting lol

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@BenNephrology

3 months

Outstanding investigation by @brish_ti at @TheBreachMedia - extensive report on anti-palestinian racism in Canada health care. Silencing Palestine advocacy during a #genocide isn't a good look @UCalgaryMed @UAlberta_FoMD @SickKidsNews @Sunnybrook

The Breach

@TheBreachMedia

3 months

Across Canada, doctors are being suspended or removed from tasks they’ve performed for years—all for voicing criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza. In a new investigation, @brish_ti exposes how med schools and hospitals are silencing Palestinian solidarity.

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@BenNephrology

1 year

@jtrebach Today I banned dihydrogen monoxide in all schools and public buildings! Get that poison away from our children!

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@BenNephrology

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7/Like Mulroney,its time4 @JustinTrudeau to be on right side of history.Oct 17: #MSF president "This is inhumane.Egregious level of collective punishment being meted out on people of Gaza must end." Call for #CeasefireNOW , Healthcare workers #NotATarget

Unconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza | MSF

MSF International President Dr Christos Christou calls for humanity to be restored to the Gaza-Israel war.

www.msf.org

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@BenNephrology

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6/In 1988, PM Brian Mulroney at United Nations,said “If there is no progress in the dismantling of apartheid, our relations with South Africa may have to be severed completely.” This was brave stance, against Margaret Thatcher (UK) and Ronald Reagan (USA).

Brian Mulroney’s anti-apartheid speech was a moment when Canada stood tall

The prime minister’s approach 30 years ago was driven by an intellectual reverence for human rights and a fundamental sense of moral outrage

www.theglobeandmail.com

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@BenNephrology

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Brishti Basu @brish_ti @TheBreachMedia - Health workers in Gaza are killed for existing- it falls on our shoulders to speak the truth for the @IntlCrimCourt and @CIJ_ICJ work re Israels war crimes and #Genocide_in_Gaza . Tomorrow-a thread on this. @yipengGe

Canadian doctors are being tapped for evidence in war crimes case against Israel

International lawyers and investigators are interviewing Canadian doctors who’ve done stints in Gaza to build a case against Israel at the International Criminal Court

breachmedia.ca

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@BenNephrology

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A child dies of starvation every 2 hours in North #darfur camp. The Darfur women's action group @DWAG6 , and @MSF @SAPA_ORG do amazing work- please give to support the children of Sudan. @WHO @Sudan_tweet @amaalnuura #gazahunger

Amal

@amaalnuura

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Subhanallah. We MUST support work of Emergency Response Rooms in Darfur via @sdnsolidarity and @MSF operations!!! @DWAG6 @SAPA_ORG #KeepEyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnDarfur

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As a friend+colleague of @andreasereda , I am disgusted at harassment and bullying by @ZivoAdam . In October , I was doxxed because people didn’t agree when I said israel was committing #genocide - doxing is disgusting behaviour - @andreasereda should be admired- not targeted

Gillian Kolla, PhD

@GillianKolla

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This weekend, well-respected physician Dr. @AndreaSereda was repeatedly harassed on X by a @nationalpost opinion columnist. @itsrobroberts is this type of harassment & bullying acceptable? Please step in & stop your writers from engaging in this type of targeted harassment. A 🧵

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@drkeithsiau Spin the urine to make sure no rbc (appears likely no hematuria), then take a medication history...senokot (more brown red), rifampin, pyridium can turn urine red. Warfarin is sometimes listed as a cause of red urine but it is usually by increasing severity of hematuria

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@drkeithsiau Palms and soles show oslers nodes (painless) and finger tips Janeway lesions (painful) . Typically endocarditis, but differential includes hyperviscosity syndrome, vasculitis, thromboangiitis obliterans, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome...

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@BenNephrology

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@placentadoc Unbounded cruelty, disrespect for the integrity of people, and disregard/disrespect for other human beings seems to be in unlimited supply.

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@BenNephrology

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I've just learned that the Durra pediatric hospital in Eastern Gaza has been targeted by White phosphorus, a banned weapon as per the Chemical Weapons Convention. The hospital is being evacuated. #GenocideinGaza #Palestine

Download the Convention

www.opcw.org

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@BenNephrology

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Very concerning thread by @trklou on Anti-Palestinian Racism at @SchulichMedDent western university medical school- promoting the people who caused harm, ignoring concerns of student safety, during #israel #GenocideinGaza . Shame shame @JohnYooMD .

Tarek Loubani

@trklou

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Western University's Schulich medical school is by now an active supporter of Israel's brutal atrocities in Gaza, which they refuse to condemn. Instead, they condemn and attack students standing against an obvious gen cide, including by promoting people who harm students. A 🧵

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"A textbook case of Genocide unfolding in front of our eyes." Israeli "attacks that amount to war crimes." Excellent piece by @RabeaEghbariah , human rights attorney at #Harvard #law .

The “Harvard Law Review” Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza

The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.

www.thenation.com

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@BenNephrology

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1/ Horrific reports from Gaza- israel has ordered evacuation of Northern gaza (anyone north of wadi gaza)- 1.1 million to go to other parts of Gaza. There are already 400,000 displaced ( @MSF ) and a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions. No water or electricity. Patients are...

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@BenNephrology

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May 1st-National Doctors Day. Healthcare workers across Canada calling out Canadian Medical Association’s @CMA_Docs shameful silence on Gaza. As protest,Canadian doctors are cancelling their CMA membership.Learn more; Join campaign;

Open Letter to Canadian Medical Association regarding Gaza

March 4, 2024 Dear Canadian Medical Association, As over 1,500 healthcare workers and various healthcare organizations across Canada, we are gravely concerned about the ongoing humanitarian and...

docs.google.com

Canadians for Palestine

@Can4Pal

21 days

On May 1, National Doctors Day, we are calling out the Canadian Medical Association for their shameful silence on Gaza. #shameonCMA #exitCMA #NationalPhysiciansDay @CMA_Docs

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@BenNephrology

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As we await @CIJ_ICJ decision whether2recommend provisional measures on Israel for #GenocideinGaza ,remember supporters of #Israel ( #USA , #Canada )commit genocide against #INDIGENOUS populations+ #uk starved millions in #India famine -those who commit genocide fail2acknowledge it.

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@BenNephrology

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🧵on Rafah #Gaza cemeteries, history of #Israel violations+pics from my visits Sept(2023)+March 13(2024) In Sept (2023), Rafah in Southern #Gaza had one cemetery-Rafah city cemetery; bombings in 2014 required opening a small beach cemetery as well 1/

Palestinians finally bury their dead in Gaza’s sands

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — For days bodies filled the morgues. Only since guns fell silent have volunteers come to dig graves in the sand in Rafah, Gaza’s “town of martyrs”, devastated by...

jordantimes.com

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@BenNephrology

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@faisalkutty @yipengGe @CMA_Docs To this date, @CMA_Docs has remained silent during #GenocideByIsrael in #gaza , despite over 1000 Canadian physicians calling for them to end their shameful #complicity . @CMA_Docs spoke up for Ukraine, but Thinks Palestinians experiencing #genocide deserve only silence

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@BenNephrology

3 months

#Gaza children starving,humanitarian aid inadequate (need @UNRWA funding),14000 children killed by #GenocideByIsrael but hospital CEOs+politicians lie re:protesters who advocate4 #Ceasefire_In_Gaza . Say"genocide" @JustinTrudeau @theJagmeetSingh shame on u.

Healthcare workers slam their CEOs for slandering pro-Palestinian

Toronto healthcare workers are pushing back against their employers, demanding an apology and a retraction for what they say are “false accusations of antisemitism over the fabricated Mount Sinai

mediacoop.ca

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@BenNephrology

5 months

Outstanding interview with @Tanyaalih and @AJEnglish on the humanitarian crisis in #Gaza - a "graveyard for children" "dying in every possible way." Ongoing famine, widespread infectious disease outbreaks, and still no #Ceasefire_In_Gaza . Shame on @JoeBiden @Israel

AHMED | أحمد

@ASE

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2 children were being killed per day on average in #Ukraine when the #UN stated that children were being killed at a rate not seen since World War 2. ‼️ Today in #Gaza , 100 Palestinian children are being killed by Israel per day on average. — @Tanyaalih on @AJEnglish

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@BenNephrology

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@GoldsteinBrooke @RepJeffries Smearing someone doesn't convert their truths to lies- it simply reinforces that you've no valid criticism of those truths.

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@BenNephrology

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Dr Paul Spiegel ( @pbspiegel ), Director for the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins U "- UNRWA "professional and exemplary...saved thousands of lives." @UNRWA @Humanit_Health #Gaza #GenocideByIsrael

Inside UN Relief Efforts in Gaza | Think Global Health

A recently deployed relief worker on preserving humanitarian principles amid the Israel-Hamas firestorm

www.thinkglobalhealth.org

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@BenNephrology

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🧵 on Ahmad, a 30 year old man I met in #Gaza March 2024, and how #Israel attacks on health care facilities have increased and continue to increase suffering and death of people with kidney disease. @ISNkidneycare @ASNKidney @ERAkidney @CSNSCN @KidneyHealth @worldkidneyday 1/

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@BenNephrology

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@AmieVarley @JullyBlack "In all thy sons " to "all of us," and "and native land" to "on native land" are both just the kinds of progress that white conservatives (or those wanting to ignore Canada's genocidal hiatory) hate...thus all the more reason to celebrate the changes!

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@BenNephrology

6 months

2/In the last 7 weeks, there have been over 300 attacks on hospitals/health care facilities in West Bank and Gaza. Over 250 health care worked in #Gaza killed. Banned chemical weapons have been used against a children's hospital

Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon

Israel’s use of white phosphorus in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injuries, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing a question and answer...

www.hrw.org

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@BenNephrology

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As #Israel commits its final stage of genocide in Gaza/Rafah, I'm reminded by the hundreds of health workers killed by Israel, who serve inspire 1000s protesting our leaders ongoing complicity. @JustinTrudeau @JoeBiden @RishiSunak the Hague awaits you. #DivestFromIsrael

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@BenNephrology

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"My work is supported by core Jewish values tikkun olam (repairing the world), Pikuach nefesh (saving a life)" Humanitarian/professor @Humanit_Health Dr Paul Spiegel @pbspiegel describes experience supporting #Gaza response as Jewish man.Outstanding read

I’ve always helped the victims of war. Why am I being shunned for helping people in Gaza? | Paul...

I have been accused of taking sides and betraying my heritage, but I’m simply trying to alleviate human suffering, writes health expert Paul Spiegel

www.theguardian.com

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@BenNephrology

6 months

3/The urgent need for #CeasefireNOW has been supported by UN resolution (120 for, 14 against), by over 3000 Canadian physicians, 200 Arab/Jewish/Civil Society organizations in Canada, and by multiple international organizations including

MSF: Immediate ceasefire is needed in Gaza to stop the bloodshed | Doctors Without Borders /...

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more deaths in Gaza and allow desperately needed humanitarian supplies in. Since Oct. 27, the...

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca

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@BenNephrology

7 months

clearance of Northern Gaza, as ordered by Israel is mass displacement, or mass murder. Article II of the genocide convention "intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group." #GenocideinGaza

Israel is preparing to commit genocide

Israel has already dropped more bombs on Gaza in six days than the U.S. dropped on Afghanistan in a single year. Now, the Israeli military is ordering over one million Palestinian civilians to flee...

mondoweiss.net

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@BenNephrology

6 months

4/Despite collapse of #Gaza 's health care system, @JustinTrudeau office explained they were engaging Israeli government, but calling for these things would disrupt relationship. This is no consolation to health care workers being killed+undermines Canada's moral position.

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@BenNephrology

2 months

What if Reem had cancer Sept (2023)? Sept (2023): Adults with cancer in #Gaza received care (eg.chemotherapy) at Turkish hospital,Children received care at Rantisi hospital March 13 (2024):Both Turkish+Rantisi hospitals have been bombed/non-functional 7/

Israel targets Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza City

At least eight Palestinians killed and dozens wounded in Israeli attacks on Nasser Medical Complex.

www.aljazeera.com

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@BenNephrology

6 months

5/Since this meeting, @MSF_canada convoy was targeted, killing 2- "all elements point to Israeli army responsibility." A former ICC chief prosecutor reports Israel's siege of Gaza is "genocide."

MSF convoy attacked in Gaza: all elements point to Israeli army responsibility | MSF

On 18 November 2023, an MSF evacuation convoy came under fire in Gaza killing two people. After collecting the testimonies of MSF staff present, we consider that all elements point to responsibility...

www.msf.org

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@BenNephrology

4 months

To avoid complicity in #genocide re: #IsraelGenocide on #Gaza ,will you (i) Call for immediate ceasefire? (ii) Stop transferring funds or weapons to #Israel ? @JakeSullivan46 @PentagonPresSec @POTUS @JustinTrudeau @RishiSunak

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@BenNephrology

4 months

@CIJ_ICJ has agreed to provisional measures for Israel #GenocideInGaza . Israel must now face trial for #Genocide - so perfectly stated by @TorontoStar before they changed their headline. How did the world's newspapers cover, distort and vacilate over the announcement? A 🧵

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@BenNephrology

5 months

2024 is a new year, but still the same #WarCrimesbyIsreal in #gaza , targetting health care facilities/personnel. @CIJ_ICJ case re #GenocideByIsrael important, but shouldn't slow advocacy for #Ceasefire_In_Gaza . @MSF_canada @FranceskAlbs

MSF International

@MSF

5 months

After days of artillery fighting in #Gaza 's Middle Area and following late morning evacuation order flyers dropped by Israeli forces for neighborhoods around #AlAqsa hospital where MSF works, MSF took the difficult decision to evacuate staff and their families from the area.

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@BenNephrology

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5/If you are a politician and have not yet condemned #Israel bombing of hospitals,your political future should be over. Looking at you @JustinTrudeau @RishiSunak @JoeBiden . Pray for our brothers and sisters in #Gaza . End of thread

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@BenNephrology

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@DailGerry @mmpadellan He died of asphyxiation due to neck compression, not from fentanyl. Aren't you even slightly ashamed at how simple it is to disprove your posts?

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@BenNephrology

4 months

@HonAhmedHussen This post will go down as the reason you became irrelevant in politics, were rejected by Palestinian communities and your own family. Remove the "honorable " from before your name- you haven't earned it and you certainly don't deserve it.

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@BenNephrology

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@drkeithsiau Ast >> alt can also be seen In Tylenol overdose...think a (alcohol), s(shock) and t (Tylenol or toxins like statin myositis or copper)

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@BenNephrology

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@JaroGiesbrecht When women in public service get verbally assaulted with hateful screaming, it’s not fighting for freedom. Its not thoughtful debate - It’s disgraceful misogyny and should be called out by every self-respecting politician in Canada. @DeputyPM_Canada @cafreeland @CANADALAND

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@BenNephrology

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South Africa @GovernmentZA submitted to International Court of Justice ( @ICJ_org ) documents for Israel committing #GenocideinGaza . Dont claim u didn't know- Will u still be complicit in genocide in 2024? @vonderleyen @JustinTrudeau @JoeBiden @RishiSunak

South Africa files genocide case against Israel at World Court

South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown...

www.reuters.com

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@BenNephrology

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I met Reem in March (2024) in #Gaza . She came to clinic with her mother, with enlarged spleen, liver and lymph nodes. Blood work and the clinical picture was concerning for cancer (likely #lymphoma ) @CMA_Docs @AmerMedicalAssn @TheBMA 2/

Lymphoma Action | Lymphoma in children

This information is about lymphoma in children under 15. It is aimed at parents and carers of children who have lymphoma. It might also be helpful for other adults who are looking after a child with...

lymphoma-action.org.uk

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