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In the Wake of World Central Kitchen Deaths, a Call for Greater Support of War Zone Humanitarian Workers

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By Ingrid Burke Friedman, Joel Zivot, Ruth Oratz
| JURIST Verified
The authors, two physicians and medical ethicists, argue that the deaths of seven aid workers in an Israeli strike last week show the World Central Kitchen and other NGOs should do more to protect humanitarian workers in the field... Without irony, Chef Jose Andres of World Central Kitchen (WCK) accused Israel of a “crime against humanity” in the recent accidental deaths of seven WCK volunteers by an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
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When medical duty and advocacy are one-sided, both sides suffer

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By Naomi Katz, Ruth Oratz, Yvonne Steinert, Ron Wald
| The Lancet Verified
Roghieh Dehghan and colleagues' Correspondence 1 Dehghan R Smith J Shahid HJ Hadley D Hopkinshaw B Medical duty and advocacy for Palestine. is troubling. It is a one-sided, uncritically pro-Hamas, and scathingly anti-Israel commentary written under the guise of a piece on medical ethics. Genuine concern for humanity demands caring for people caught up on both sides of conflicts.
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Hypocrisy of moral imperatives in the Israel-Hamas war

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By Steven Roth, Hedy S. Wald, Nicole Spence, Ruth Oratz
| The Lancet Verified
In their Correspondence, 1 Dehghan R Smith J Shahid HJ Hadley D Hopkinshaw B Medical duty and advocacy for Palestine. Roghieh Dehghan and colleagues call for ending the violence in Palestine, a worthy goal. But their premise—that they are upholding the core values of respect for life, beneficence, and justice—is at odds with their failure to condemn the culpable party for the crisis in Gaza: Hamas.
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