Doctors without Borders issues rare statement calling for ceasefire in Israel/Palestine conflict
Doctors without Borders issues rare statement calling for ceasefire in Israel/Palestine conflict
MSF Canada Executive Director Joseph Belliveau has written to PM Justin Trudeau urging him to bring about an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
My colleagues and I, like so many Canadians, were aggrieved and outraged by Hamas’ deliberate and unconscionable attack on Israeli civilians. We are now horrified by Israel’s incessant and indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians and civilian spaces, including hospitals, in Gaza.
The relentless killings, destruction of essential infrastructure and withholding of items including water and medicines essential for survival amount to brazen and repeated violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). IHL remains the clearest expression of our global agreement to preserve a space for humanity in war. For governments committed to this principle and legal framework, including Canada, now is the time to defend it wholeheartedly and unequivocally.
More organizations, particularly Canadian and U.S. based humanitarian aid orgs, charities and doctors associations need to make statements like this.
War sucks ass even if our "friends" and "friend's friends" are doing it.
More organizations, particularly Canadian and U.S. based humanitarian aid orgs, charities and doctors associations need to make statements like this.
Many did already and did so regarding many aspects of the Israeli occupation, like imprisonment without access to legal counsel or charges, non persecuted murders and forced displacement by "settlers" supported by the IDF and many more aspects of blatant human rights violation.
But the western governments close their eyes, put their fingers in the ears and scream "LALALALALA" whenever pressed on the topic.
I see members of "Doctors without borders" being mistakenly hit with missiles in the future.
The statement may have been related to this, https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-mourns-killing-our-colleague-gaza - although it's pretty clear medical workers themselves have been subjected to threats and bombardments, which is probably enough on its own.