Summary
British-Palestinian medic working in Gaza whose statement opens Chapter 28 of From the River to the Sea (From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, lines 2182-2200).
Details
- Every western politician who declared support for Israel’s attacks “has the blood of children on their hands”, said Abu Sitta, speaking from Gaza’s hospital-cum-morgue (line 2186).
- While he labored under Israel’s bombs in Gaza reconstructing and reattaching Palestinians’ blown-off limbs, his family back home in London received a visit from counterterrorism police; in the British government’s eyes even his humanitarianism is highly suspect (line 2200).
Related pages
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, Hil Aked, Imperial boomerang