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BRIEF INTRODUCTION of DR MADS GILBERT
DR MADS GILBERT was born in 1947. He is a Norwegian physician and humanitarian activist. He is a specialist in anesthesiology and head of the emergency medicine department at the University Hospital of North Norway. He is a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Tromsø.
Dr Gilbert has a broad range of experience in international humanitarian work. He has volunteered
at a kibbutz (Israel), Angola, Myanmar, Cambodia, Lebanon etc. Since 1970s, he has been actively involved with helping the Palestinians. He has served as a doctor several times in Palestine for NORWAC (Norway Aids Committee)
His home city of Tromsø is the twin town of Gaza since 2001. Tromsø has sent more health workers to Palestine than any other in the world.
His 2009 book "Eyes in Gaza" on the Gaza War has been translated into several languages. Dr Gilbert has been lauded as a "hero" on social media for his work in Gaza.
Dr Gilbert was on emergency assignment for the Norwegian Aid Committee (NORWAC) with the surgeon Dr Erik Fosse to support the humanitarian effort at al-Shifa Hospital during the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. During this period foreign journalists were barred from entering the Gaza Strip. As international media reported from outside the conflict zone, Dr Gilbert maintained frequent contacts with Norwegian media, CNN, BBC, ABC and Al Jazeera.
Dr Gilbert draws a clear distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. “I’m a strong anti-racist, there is not a milligram of anti-Semitism in me. But I oppose apartheid and colonialism.”
He adds "This is not a difficult conflict, it is an illegal occupation – it continues, it expands and it costs thousands of innocent Palestinian lives. These people have the right to defend themselves, the right to resist. The right to resist implies also the right to resist with arms, if you’re occupied.”
How would you feel if I came to your house, threw u out, chased u out of your kampung then claimed its mine. Then build a wall to prevent u from ever returning to your kampung. And when u resist to reclaim your house & land - I bomb u, destroy your schools, hospitals, kill your children & women. How would u feel now?
That has been the fate of the Christian & Muslim Palestinians since 1948.
Occupied, colonised and now ethic cleansing by Apartheid Israel. And spurred on by the big bullies US, UK etc.
As of 2013, Israel had been condemned in 45 resolutions by UN Human Rights Council. Formed in 2006, the Council had resolved almost more resolutions condemning Israel than on the rest of the world combined.
The UN General Assembly has adopted a number of resolutions saying that the strategic relationship with the USA encourages Israel to pursue aggressive and expansionist policies and practices. The 9th Emergency Session of the General Assembly was convened at the request of the Security Council when the USA blocked efforts to adopt sanctions against Israel.
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