Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

An urgent call for the immediate release of Israeli hostages - The Lancet : The past few days have been harrowing for Israel. We are in shock at the greatest loss of civilian life since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.1 Civilians—Jewish, Christian, and Muslim—were massacred on a scale that is incomprehensible, in a calculated act of terror. Jewish families have been massacred in their homes, foreign agriculture workers have been slaughtered in the fields, hundreds of young people in a party were shot in the back while escaping,2 and Bedouin children have been shot dead by Hamas militia.

“Never Again” loses all its meaning—can Holocaust survivors survive again? - The Lancet : I have been a geriatrician for more than half of my nearly 74 years and a Jew all my life. In my early days practising in Canada, I felt privileged to look after veterans of the First World War. To me, these older soldiers (mostly men), who had suffered so terribly in the service of their country, were now safe. I enjoyed every minute that I looked after them: treating their lungs destroyed by poison gas, holding their gnarled and battle-scarred hands, listening to their war stories, and helping them with their post-traumatic stress disorder.

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The American Medical Association, the leading doctors' lobby, is calling out the GOP. - POLITICO : The tension between the AMA and Republicans threatens gridlock on bills affecting how doctors practice and how much they are paid.