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Items by Dr Swee Chai Ang
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Now is not the time to despair; it’s the time to stand up for Gaza
Every day since 7 October has been yet another 24 hours of Israel killing Palestinians in Gaza. Water and electricity cut off, food and medicine denied, all that Gaza receives day and night are more and more bombs and devastation. Twenty-two hospitals in Northern Gaza were told to evacuate thousands...
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Reflections on the 39th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre
The steadfastness and courage of Sabra and Shatila are in all of our hearts. Today, we commemorate the cruel injustice inflicted on the Palestinians in the massacre of 1982, knowing that this is just one of the continuous assaults on Palestinians since 1948. We resolve to continue to be...
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The voice of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon must be heard
I have just returned from a visit to Lebanon and the situation there is miserable for Palestinian refugees. Even in the immediate aftermath of the Sabra and Shatilla Massacre in 1982, no Palestinian wanted to leave their host country. During this visit, though, I saw that Palestinians were demonstrating...
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Freedom Flotilla activist: Israel soldiers beat us, stripped us, then robbed us
Founding trustee of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Dr Swee Ang was on board the Al-Awda boat sailing to break the illegal Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip when occupation forces commandeered the vessel. In a personal testimony Ang outlines the violent treatment the unarmed activists received at the hands...
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The forgotten refugees: Survivors of the Sabra and Shatila massacre
When Palestinian refugees were massacred in Beirut in 1982, Dr. Swee Chai Ang, a refugee living in the UK, was working as a young volunteer medic in the camp...