Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Gaza Palestinian doctor, peace activist and author of the book “I Shall Not Hate,” nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, gave an hour-long interview on March 18, 2024 to Michelle Rasmussen, the Vice President of the Schiller Institute in Denmark.
The book, from 2010, tells the story of Dr. Abuelaish's life and mission. Despite being born in the Jabalia, Gaza refugee camp, he became a doctor of obstetrics/gynecology specializing in infertility, because he wanted to bring life into the world. He was the first Palestinian doctor on staff at an Israeli hospital. Though he and his family were long-term advocates of peace and dialogue with the Israelis, three of his daughters and a niece were killed in an Israeli artillery attack on their home in northern Gaza during the 2009 Hamas-Israel war. His calls for help on live Israeli TV led directly to a Israeli cease-fire two days later.
Afterwards, he refused to submit to the poison of hate, and the darkness of despair, but chose the light, and hope. He was determined that his daughters would not be “numbers,” but that the world would know their faces and dreams, and hoped that they would be the last to die. He redoubled his efforts to achieve freedom and equality for the Palestinians and a future where Israelis and Palestinians can live peacefully, side by side.
He studied medicine in Cairo, got a diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of London. He completed his residency at Soroka University hospital in Beer Sheva, Israel, a subspecialty in Fetal medicine in Italy and Belgium, and a Master’s in Public Health (Health Policy and Management) from Harvard University.
Dr. Abuelaish continued his educational and peace efforts after moving to Canada, where he is a professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Read his many honorary degrees and humanitarian awards: www.dlsph.utor....
He was in Copenhagen because a documentary film, with the same name as his book, premiered at the Copenhagen film festival CPH Dox.
Both in the film and our interview, Dr. Abuelaish emotionally appeals to the political leaders of the world to stop the ongoing killing in Gaza and help build a bridge to peace. Lyndon LaRouche´s Oasis Plan Solution for the Middle East is discussed as an important element of the peace process.
A book excerpt:
I want this book to inspire people who have lost sight of hope to take positive action to regain that hope and to have the courage to endure that sometimes long and painful journey to peace and a peaceful life. I learned from the Quran that the whole world is one human family. We were created from a man and woman and made into nations and tribes so that we may know one another and appreciate the diversity that enriches our lives. This world must embrace much more justice and honesty in order to make this a better place for all people. I hope my story will help open your mind, your heart, and your eyes to the human condition in Gaza and help you avoid making sweeping generalizations and false judgments. I hope to inspire people in this world, afflicted with violence, to work hard at saving human lives from destructive hostilities. It's time for politicians to take positive actions to build, not destroy. Leaders cannot be leaders if they are not risk takers; the risk they must take is not sending in the soldiers, but finding the moral courage to do the right thing to improve the world's human face in spite of criticism from the haters.
We must work diligently on this journey to peace. Hatred and darkness can only be driven out with love and light. Let us build a new generation, one that believes that advancing human civilization is a shared project among all peoples and that the holiest things in the universe are freedom and justice. If we want to spread peace throughout this planet, we should start in the holy lands of Palestine and Israel. Instead of building walls, let us build bridges of peace. I believe that the disease affecting our relationships-our enemy-is ignorance of one another. Judging others without knowing anything about them is what causes tension, apprehension, distrust, and prejudice.
See the 14 min. video: The Oasis Plan - LaRouche's Solution for the Middle East:
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Contact:
Dr. Abuelaish: izzeldin.abuelaish@utoronto.ca
Daughters for Life Foundation: daughtersforlife.com
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