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July 2024: Open Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration
On July 25, 2024, following Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, 45 American physicians, surgeons, and nurses sent an urgent open letter to the Biden-Harris Administration.
The letter detailed their experiences working in Gaza since October 7, 2023, and highlighted the humanitarian crisis they witnessed. Despite the gravity of their findings, the administration has not responded.
A Second Effort for Change
On October 2, 2024, nearly every American healthcare worker who has served in Gaza since October 7 signed a second open letter.
In their second letter, they shared additional testimony, and called for a face-to-face meeting with President Biden and Vice President Harris to discuss what they witnessed in Gaza, and how U.S. policy must change.
Why did we write to the White House?
Without U.S. Support the Violence in Gaza Will End Immediately
The United States is Israel’s crucial supplier of weapons, munitions, jet fuel, logistical and maintenance support, diplomatic cover at the United Nations, and legal cover at the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. Our taxes have provided tens of billions of dollars of lethal assistance to Israel just since October 2023. Without our massive military support, the horrifying crimes we witnessed in Gaza will stop immediately.
Americans do not want to spend tens of billions of dollars shooting children, dropping bombs on refugees, starving pregnant women, and torturing nurses and doctors.
We felt compelled to speak out about these crimes because we, as Americans, are directly involved in them.
We urge President Biden and Vice President Harris to meet with us.
We need to meet as soon as possible to discuss what we saw and how American policy should change. You can ask the President and Vice President to meet with us by clicking here.
We are doctors and nurses, not politicians. We would rather be caring for our patients and spending time with our families than lobbying the United States government.
But our consciences will not let us forget what we saw in Gaza, and will not allow us to abandon the million children trapped there
Our Taxes Are Funding This slaughter. Enough.
Our taxes shouldn’t be spent on bombing refugees, starving pregnant women, or torturing healthcare workers.
As healthcare providers, it is our job to save lives. It's what we're good at. But it is impossible to provide meaningful medical care in the face of such a massive and indiscriminate assault on civilians.
Unfortunately, previous attempts to communicate with the White House have gone unanswered. So we are writing again.
USA Authors
Healthcare Workers Advocating for an Arms Embargo
The main authors of the letter are Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Dr. Adam Hamawy, and Dr. Thalia Pachiyannakis.
All are available for media inquiries by emailing doctorsingaza@gmail.com
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
Trauma, Critical Care, and General Surgeon
French Camp, CA
Dr. Mark Perlmutter
Orthopedic and Hand Surgeon
Rocky Mount, NC
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Dr. Adam Hamawy
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Princeton, NJ
Dr. Thalia Pachiyannakis
Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Elkhart, IN
Additional Media Inquiries
All authors are available for media inquiries and interviews. Most signatories are also available for media inquiries and interviews.
Please email medicalcommunityletter@westendstrategy.com to inquire about any specific signatory, or fill out the form below.
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Media Outlets That Have Covered This Story
We’re grateful to the journalists and media outlets who have helped bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza through the voices of American healthcare workers. Here are a few examples of where our story has been featured:
