In this episode, we sit down with Tirza Leibowitz, Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights–Israel, to talk about PHRI’s groundbreaking report “Genocide in Gaza.”

The paper made global headlines as—for the first time—Israeli human rights organizations openly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. In this episode we examine how the report traces genocide through the systematic destruction of the basic conditions needed to survive: healthcare, food, water, and shelter.

Trigger warning: We discuss difficult issues, including attacks on hospitals, starvation, and the targeting of medical workers.

In this episode, we dissect the new PHRI report “Unlawfully detained, tortured and staved: the plight of Gaza's medical workers in Israeli custody", with a powerful conversation with Maha Loulou, one of the report's authors. The report exposes the devastating realities faced by those on the frontlines of care who have been arrested, interrogated, or silenced for doing their work.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of difficult and painful issues, including imprisonment, torture, and the targeting of medical workers. Please listen with care.

Despite Israel having a public health care system, the cost of medication is at times a deterrent for many low-income and vulnerable populations who may have to choose between prescriptions or other necessities. In this episode, we will dive into the devastating impact that medication payment has on these populations – particularly the elderly and low-income and how Israel's current economic and social crises are exacerbating the issue. Many thanks to Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe for generously funding PHRI's project to provide much-needed medication and equipment for vulnerable individuals and communities in Israel.

For more information about PHRI, please visit our website https://www.phr.org.il/en/.