{"id":11430,"date":"2023-10-18T23:32:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempestmag.org\/v01_2020\/staging\/?p=11430"},"modified":"2023-10-28T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T18:24:51","slug":"healthcare-workers-demand-an-end-to-the-siege-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2023\/10\/healthcare-workers-demand-an-end-to-the-siege-on-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare workers demand an end to the siege on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>n what is considered a war crime by the United Nations, Israel is enacting collective punishment<\/a> on the people of Gaza. Food, water, and fuel have been cut off, as bombs destroy critical infrastructure and humanitarian refuge corridors. In efforts to raise alarms about the immense humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a grassroots collection of unionized nurses, doctors, and Palestine liberation<\/a> activists in the U.S. have collaborated on the following statement and petition.<\/p>\n

The goal of the statement is not only to publicly state our demands, but also to organize resistance to what the US government is supporting. As of this publication, over one hundred healthcare workers have signed on. Signers represent a broad group of health workers including registered nurses, nurse educators, medical doctors, paramedics, medical students, medical researchers, and more. The initiators of the statement plan to reach out to signers to discuss possible next steps.<\/p>\n

End the siege on the Gaza Strip!<\/h4>\n

As healthcare workers, we mourn the loss of life everywhere, regardless of nationality.<\/p>\n

The Gaza Strip has had a healthcare system near the breaking point for decades. Home to millions of displaced Palestinians – half of whom are under 18 years old, the UN has long recognized<\/a> the humanitarian crisis stemming from Israel\u2019s apartheid system<\/a>. The siege and bombings have pushed a dire situation into devastating horror, with Israel cutting off electricity, water, and fuel to the Gaza Strip. With air strikes to civilian areas, and ambulances hit with bombs<\/a>, injured are being brought to overcrowded hospitals in cars.<\/p>\n

According to eyewitness accounts provided by Doctors Without Borders\/M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/a> (MSF), \u201cTwo of the hospitals MSF supports, Al Awda and Indonesian hospitals, have both sustained damage in airstrikes, while MSF\u2019s own clinic sustained damage in an explosion on Monday.\u201d Already under severe pressure with the number of injured, hospitals are now being told to evacuate all of their patients, pending a military invasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get calls from our people there in Gaza constantly, patients who have kidney problems, in need for kidney dialysis, who could die in two, three days because they cannot get it, patients with cancer who lost treatment, and other sick people who are in very deep situation,\u201d Palestinian physician Mustafa Barghouti told a reporter<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

As Noi Katsman said of his brother Hayim<\/a>, who was killed in the Hamas attack, \u201cMost important for me and also for my brother is that his death won\u2019t be used to kill innocent people. And sadly, my government is using cynically the death of people to just kill\u2026 I don\u2019t want anything to happen to people in Gaza like it happened to my brother, and I\u2019m sure he wouldn\u2019t have either.\u201d<\/p>\n

We, the undersigned healthcare workers, demand that the bombing and collective punishment of Palestinians end, that the siege be lifted immediately, an end to the illegal occupation, and an end of US military aid to Israel.<\/p>\n

Click here to sign the petition<\/a><\/p>\n

Name, Job title, City, Organization\/Union<\/p>\n

Karen Kortsch, Registered Nurse, Lake Bluff, National Nurses United<\/p>\n

Winnie Lin, Pediatrician, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Sean Petty, RN, Registered Nurse, Bronx, NY, NYSNA<\/p>\n

John Hieronymus, Registered Nurse, Chicago, CNA\/NNOC NNU Shift Change Caucus<\/p>\n

Nida Hasan, Leader, Chicago, United Working Families<\/p>\n

Dan Hurowitz, Registered Nurse, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Victoria Guti\u00e9rrez, RN, Madison, WI, SEIU WI<\/p>\n

Sam Friedman, Research Professor, New York<\/p>\n

Nancy Alverio, RN-CN2, Chicago, CNA\/NNU NNOC<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Lalasz, registered nurse, union steward, Chicago, IL, California Nurses Association\/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA\/NNOC)<\/p>\n

Anonymous, PhD Candidate in Epidemiology, New York City<\/p>\n

Glenn Allen, PharmD, BCPS, Chicago<\/p>\n

Linda Green, Physician, Mount Rainier, Progressive Labor Party<\/p>\n

Anne Krantz, M.D., Chicago<\/p>\n

Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle, Global Patient Services Director \/ Medical Interpreter, Chicago, N\/A<\/p>\n

Cliff Willmeng, Registered Nurse, Emergency Department, Minneapolis, I am in Minnesota Nurses Association but endorsing as individual<\/p>\n

Hoda Ghamlouche, Director, International Patient Services, Chicago<\/p>\n

Wasim Alghoul, Sr. International Coordinator, Chicago, Lurie Children’s Hospital<\/p>\n

Erin Raether, RN, Community Health Registered Nurse, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Kellen Gildersleeve, RN, Austin, National Nurses United<\/p>\n

Holly Hagan, Professor, School of Global Public Health, New York, New York University<\/p>\n

Dennis Kosuth, RN, Chicago, NNU and CTU<\/p>\n

Diane hirsch garcia, Retired lvn, Los angeles, California nurses association<\/p>\n

Rupal Yu, MD MPH, Family Physician, Chapel Hill, NC<\/p>\n

Andrew Yu, Respiratory Therapist, Carrboro<\/p>\n

Jesse Soodalter, MD, Atlanta, Grady Memorial Hospital<\/p>\n

Dr Howard Ehrman, Retired Chicago Assistant Health Commissioner & UIC Assistant Professor, Chicago, People\u2019s Response Network (PRN)<\/p>\n

Lisa Landry, RN, Austin TX, NNU<\/p>\n

Consuelo Vargas, RN, Chicago, NNU<\/p>\n

Marcie Cohen, MD, Boston, Boston Health Csre for the Homeless Program<\/p>\n

Gordon Schiff, Associate Professor, Boston, Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n

Mark Eisenberg MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, cambridge<\/p>\n

Jules Gelbort, RN, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Nathaniel S, RN, Los Angeles, California Nurses Association<\/p>\n

Aashutosha Lele, Medical scribe, Minneapolis<\/p>\n

Karyn Pomerantz, Retired public health educator\/librarian, College Park, Progressive Labor Party, plp.org<\/p>\n

Daniela Kantorova, PsyD, Program Director, Oakland, CA, The Wright Institute<\/p>\n

Mihir Chaudhary, Critical Care Fellow, Chicago, University of Chicago<\/p>\n

Claire Valderama-Wallace, PhD, MPH, RN, Associate Professor, California State University, East Bay<\/p>\n

Anita Barrows, Psychologist, Berkeley CA, Jewish Voice for Peace<\/p>\n

Ryan Veseling, Firefighter\/Paramedic, Waukegan, IAFF Local 473<\/p>\n

Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot, Research Scientist, New York City,<\/p>\n

Sherin moussa, Access manger of Globale patients services, Chicago, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab<\/p>\n

Anonymous, Registered Nurse, Chicago, NNOC<\/p>\n

Tanya Zakrison, Trauma Surgeon & Professor of Surgery, Chicago, University of Chicago<\/p>\n

Janette Corcelius, Saint Paul<\/p>\n

Daisy Goodman, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lebanon, NH, Dartmouth Health<\/p>\n

Alicia Butler, RN, Queens, NYSNA<\/p>\n

Andrea Lyman, MD, MSc, MS, Health Department consultant, New York<\/p>\n

Rayan Karim, IT Professional, Port Jefferson<\/p>\n

Janis Yue, Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Anti Police-Terror Project (organizational endorsement), Mental Health First (MH First program), Oakland, Contact: Daniela Kantorova, PsyD<\/p>\n

Anicia Santos, Technology Advisor for Epidemic Preparedness, Los Angeles, Public Health Awakened<\/p>\n

Dr. Nancy C. Arvold, psychologist\/professor\/therapist, Richmond, PsySR, SWASC, CIIS<\/p>\n

Emily Birnbaum, Family Nurse Practitioner, Oakland, Outpatient Internal Medicine office<\/p>\n

Lara Jirmanus, Primary Care Physician and Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Part-Time, Boston, Harvard Medical School (identification purposes only)<\/p>\n

Michelle Farber, Nurse-midwife, Seattle,<\/p>\n

Andrea Jones Klein, Public Health Professional, Rochester, MN, MAPE<\/p>\n

Courtney Hanlon, MD MS, Physician, Los Angeles, LA General Medical Center<\/p>\n

Michael Lyon, Biomedical Technician (retired), Berkeley CA, Progressive Labor Party<\/p>\n

Christine Ebert-Santos MD, Pediatrician, Frisco colorado usa, Ebert Family Clinic<\/p>\n

Louis E. Weissert, Milwaukee, WI, Medical College of Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Phi Le, Hospitalist, Sleepy Hollow, NY<\/p>\n

Ali Swanson, RN, Hanover, NH, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center<\/p>\n

Nazneen Zaheer, Dr, Lombard, Neonatology<\/p>\n

Sundus Awan, Pharmacist, Nashville, N\/a<\/p>\n

Geraldine Gorman RN PhD, Nursing professor, Chicago, UICUF<\/p>\n

Alan Meyers, MD,MPH, retired pediatrician, Cambridge MA<\/p>\n

Danielle Saleem, Registered Nurse, Chicago, Rush University Medical Center<\/p>\n

Karen Kessler, Registered Nurse Educator, Retired, New Haven<\/p>\n

Ailee Santoyo, PCT, Chicago, Rush University<\/p>\n

Rachel N. Valentino, Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Chicago, IL, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science<\/p>\n

Ashley Saleem, Physician, Chicago, Loyola<\/p>\n

Femmily Robison, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Chicago<\/p>\n

Ellen Isaacs, MD, New York<\/p>\n

Eduardo Ornelas, CRNA, Chicago<\/p>\n

Sahar Nouredini, PhD, RN, CNS, Associate Professor, Hayward, California State University East Bay<\/p>\n

Simon Piller, MD, Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n

Yonah EtShalom, MSN, MPH, FNP<\/p>\n

Rashid Kysia, MD, MPH, Physician, Chicago, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital<\/p>\n

Yazen Abukhaled, Registered Nurse, Chicago<\/p>\n

Carmen Alcal\u00e1, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician, Chicago<\/p>\n

Rayyan Kadi, MD, Emergency Physician<\/p>\n

Jana Gottfried, social worker, Los Angeles, mental health<\/p>\n

Linval DePass, Executive Director, Nonclinical Safety, Durect Corporation, Palo Alto, CA, USA, JVP<\/p>\n

Erika Gimbel, therapist MFT, Oakland, CA, Provider with City & County of San Francisco<\/p>\n

Matthew Musselman, Family Physician, Redwood City,\u00a0 CA, Jewish Voice for Peace<\/p>\n

Kimberly Murray, MSN, WHNP, Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Sandy Eaton, RN, Staff Nurse (retired), Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Nurses Association<\/p>\n

Maren abromowitz, Nurse practitioner, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Catherine DeLorey, RN, DrPH, Director, Boston, Women’s Health Institute<\/p>\n

Ameer Sharifzadeh, MD FAAEM, Emergency Medicine Physician, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Alea Dulapa, Radiation therapist, Livonia, Henry Ford Health<\/p>\n

Thomas Thomson, Nurse Practitioner, Seattle, VA<\/p>\n

AJ Pluss, Physical Therapist, Oakland, CA<\/p>\n

Valerie Gabriel, Registered Nurse, Chicago, IL, RUMC<\/p>\n

Rosemary Kean, RN, MS Retired, Boston, MA, Mass Nurses Association<\/p>\n

Emma Kate Sellers, Health Education Fellow, Public Health Professional<\/p>\n

Martha Karchere, Retired Physicain, Boston, Physicians for a National Health Program<\/p>\n

Mahfuz Majumdar, Emergency Medicine\/ Critical Care Physician, Los Angeles, Long Beach Memorial\/LA County<\/p>\n

zehara levin, LCSW, Oakland, California<\/p>\n

Addie Kogab, Psychotherapist, Oakland, Self-employed<\/p>\n

Sheila Bharat, Social Worker\/Therapist, San Francisco<\/p>\n

Anonymous, Registered Nurse, Chicago, Northwestern Medicine<\/p>\n

Emily Grullon, Occupational Therapist, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

justine<\/p>\n

Anna, Psychotherapist and social worker, Northampton, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Ellen Nathanson, Nurse Practitioner, Chicago, IL, Howard Brown Workers United<\/p>\n

Indy Mother and artist, Yucca Valley CA<\/p>\n

Samar Post Jamali, Nurse Practitioner, Portland, MAINE, University of Southern Maine<\/p>\n

John Senesy, PARAMEDIC, SF, IAFF<\/p>\n

Linda Ray, Retired RN, San Francisco, SEIU 1021<\/p>\n

Leland, Nurse Manager, Philadelphia<\/p>\n

Afsaneh talai, Physician, Dallas, UT southwestern<\/p>\n

Bree Ferrin, Family Nurse Practitioner, Brooklyn
\nAnonymous, Physical Therapist, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Pamela Fleming, Physician Assistant, Big Rapids, Corewell Health<\/p>\n

Liz Dumler, RN, MSN, Registered Nurse, Chicago, IL, NNU, UChicago Medicine<\/p>\n

Sophie Howard, Kingston, NY<\/p>\n

Chloe, psychotherapist, Northampton, Advance Psychotherapy Practice<\/p>\n

Juliana Morris, MD, Boston, Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n

Haley C, Nurse Practitioner, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Kate Kozeniewski, Nurse Practitioner, Chicago IL<\/p>\n

Raia, Therapist, Northampton, CAMFT<\/p>\n

Elinore Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Ynez, NP, LA,<\/p>\n

Eric Reinhart, Resident Physician and Political Anthropologist of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois USA<\/p>\n

Lindsey Martin, Psychotherapist, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Carolyn Kraus-Koziol, MD, Physician, Palo Alto<\/p>\n

Malika Baig, MAd, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Lauren Seto, Nurse, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital<\/p>\n

Zee Marcus, Nurse Midwife, Philadelphia, Non-profit birth center<\/p>\n

Sharmain Siddiqui, Medical Student, Chicago<\/p>\n

Renee Levant, Psychotherapist, Amherst<\/p>\n

Jonathon Haven, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Chicago,
\nSachin Kapur, Neurology MD, Orland Park, Northwestern Medical Group<\/p>\n

Kate, Carson, Los Angeles, California Acupuncture Board<\/p>\n

Giulia Sambuca, registered nurse, Oakland<\/p>\n

Madeleine W., Registered Nurse, San Francisco, CNA<\/p>\n

Patrisha Kral, RN, San Francisco, CA, USA, SF General Hospital<\/p>\n

Serena Deverich, MSN, NP, Oakland, San Mateo county public health<\/p>\n

Jorge Aceves, M.D.<\/p>\n

Naeemeh, RN, SF<\/p>\n

Omar Mirza DO, Psychiatrist, New York<\/p>\n

Anonymous, Mental health social worker, Brisbane, Metro south Queensland\u00a0health Australia<\/p>\n

anonymous, Senior Nurse Clinician RN, NP student, Nyc, Nyu<\/p>\n

Geleni Fontaine, Registered Nurse, Licensed Acupuncturist, Newburgh, New York<\/p>\n

Alina Fox, LCSW<\/p>\n

Aya Sato, Nurse, Melbourne, AHPRA<\/p>\n

Kasey Copeland, PCA, Minneapolis, SEIU<\/p>\n

Farrah Malik, MD, Milwaukee<\/p>\n

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