Well over nine months into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, many of the Palestinians throughout the area who survive Israel’s attacks have been disabled by either direct blasts or by the fallout from crumbling buildings. Meanwhile, access to medical care is severely limited, and over the weekend reports came out that polio had made its return to Gaza, where vaccines are generally inaccessible except to Israeli soldiers. Our guest in this segment is a Bay Area emergency doctor who just returned from his second trip to Gaza since October, providing emergency medical care amid the ongoing genocide. Dr Mohammad Subeh is a Palestinian American ER doctor who normally works at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View.
Follow Dr Mohammad Subeh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/docsubeh/
We spend the rest of our live show in Washington DC, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting for a series of diplomatic meetings starting Wednesday, with an address to congress, a meeting scheduled with President Joe Biden on Thursday, and then with former president Donald Trump this Friday in Mar-a-Lago. He’s also expected to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris during his trip. We’re first joined by Maria LaHood, the Deputy Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights who has worked on legal projects related to justice in Palestine for decades, including on the Rachel Corrie legal case nearly 20 years ago. The Center for Constitutional Rights has urged the US Department of Justice to open a federal criminal investigation into the Israeli Prime Minister during his visit to the US, for his responsibility for genocide, war crimes, and torture, saying there is “overwhelming evidence” that, under Netanyahu, Israeli forces have committed these crimes against Palestinians during the nearly 10-month assault on Gaza.
Read CCR’s complaint: https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/ahead-netanyahu-visit-dc-center-constitutional-rights-calls-doj
We stay in Washington DC, to bring on a Bay Area activist who’s traveled to the capital in order to protest the Israeli Prime Minister’s visit. Our guest is Reem Assil, an activist and chef, and owner of the Bay Area restaurant Reem’s California. Reem is a longtime member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center or AROC.
This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is muralist, social art practitioner, educator, and clinical psychologist Susan Greene. Susan is also the founder of Art Forces – a global political mural project largely focused on Palestine.
Check out the fundraiser that Susan mentions in the interview: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sumud-mural
Follow the Sumud Mural Project on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sumudmuralproject/
Check out the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project: https://olympiarafahmural.org/
Check out Susan Greene’s website: https://susangreene.org/
Check out the Art Forces‘ website: https://artforces.org/
Follow Art Forces on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artforces/
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