Israel Letter

AN OPEN LETTER FROM ISRAELI MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN

MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS LETTER

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden 

President of the United States 

The White House 

Washington, DC 

United States of America 

The Honorable Kamala D. Harris 

Vice President of the United States 

The White House 

Washington, DC 

United States of America

October 21st, 2024

Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris,

We are 117 Israeli physicians and medical personnel who would like to express our support for the American Medical Professionals letter sent to President Biden and Vice President Harris on Oct 2nd.

For the past year, we have witnessed from afar the terrible humanitarian calamities in Gaza -the bombing of civilians, including women and children; the famine; the infectious epidemics; the lack of medical supplies and medications and the military attacks on healthcare facilities.

Since the October 7th massacre, we have been living in a state of constant turmoil- thousands of citizens are evacuees, over a hundred are still hostages in Gaza and dozens were killed by missiles or terror attacks. We have treated casualties, soldiers with PTSD, children with anxiety and returned hostages.

Unfortunately, as Israeli civilians, we cannot offer any medical assistance or support to the thousands of Gaza patients in need, not even to the many chronically ill patients who had been treated in Israeli hospitals before October 7th.

Despite ongoing protests in Israel against the current government, against prime minister Netanyahu and against Israel’s policy of ongoing war and occupation, we feel helpless and unable to influence the state of affairs.

We feel it is crucial that you know many of us oppose the war and the actions of the State of Israel in it.

We too, as stated in the American healthcare workers’ letter, are simply healing professionals who cannot remain silent about the ongoing disaster taking place in Gaza in our name, and we too urge you, to stop the madness.

Sincerely,

Adi Ronen Argov, Clinical and Educational Psychologist

Adi Volanski Narkis, Clinical Psychologist

Allon Aslanov Farbstein, MD, Psychiatrist

Amit Tirosh, MD, Endocrinologist

Anat Mendelson Machnes, Psychotherapist

Anat Raphael, Integrative Psychotherapist

Anna Glick, Psychoanalyst

Anwar Jammal, MD, Dermatologist

Arlette Mintzer, Clinical Psychologist

Arnon Reuveni, Clinical Psychologist

Arnona Zahavi, Psychoanalyst

Atara Indursky, MD, Pediatric Surgeon

Avishay Sarfatti, MD, Pediatric ICU Physician

Avital Weiss, MD, Family Physician

Badir Morsi, MD, Pediatrician

Bareket Schiff Keren, MD, Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Specialist

Barry Danino, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

Basheer Karkabi, MD, Cardiologist

Bettina Birmanns, MD, Neurologist

Bina Cohen Sacher, MD, Gynecologist

Bruria Ben Zeev, MD, Pediatric Neurologist

Carmel Kaminer, Internal Medicine Registered Nurse

Carmit Avni Bachar, Registered Nurse

Chen Shochat, Social Worker

Dan Hochberg, Registered Nurse

Dana Zeid, MD, Endocrinologist

Daniel Flusser, MD, Rheumatologist

Daniel Solomon, MD, General Surgeon

Danny Rosin, MD, General Surgeon

Daphna Shochat-Bagon, MD, Endocrinologist

Dganit Froimovicz, Pediatric Physical Therapist

Dorit Peri Halpern, LCSW, Social Worker, Certified EMDR therapist

Eliana Almog, Psychotherapist

Eran Kozer, MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Specialist

Evgeny Reider, MD, Anesthesiologist and ICU physician

Gabriela Cohen, Osteopath

Galia Barash, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist

Gideon Flusser, MSc, MD, Radiologist

Gomer Ben Moshe, Registered Nurse and Midwife

Guy Gillor, PhD, Public Health Researcher

Guy Weiss, MD, Gastroenterologist

Hagit Lobel Hagai, Social worker and Psychotherapist

Henry Szor, MD, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst

Idit Schwartz, MD, Internal Medicine Specialist

Ido Lurie, MD, MPH, Psychiatrist

Ilana Molash, Registered Nurse

Ilana Trachtenberg, Registered Nurse

Inbal Brenner, MD, Psychiatrist

Inbal Lustig, PhD, Social Worker and Psychotherapist

Irena Shofaniyeh, DMD, Medical Advisor and Dentist

Iris Granot, MD, Oncologist

Jamal Daghash, MD, Palliative Medicine Specialist

Jana Saleh, Registered Nurse

Karen Turgeman, MD, Endocrinologist

Keren Ben Dov, Registered Nurse

Lama Abo Ajaj, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Leeor Shachar, MD, Family physician

Lia Eshet, MD, Family Physician

Lior Biran, Clinical Psychologist

Liron Tal, Social and Clinical Psychologist

Lo’aa Qormata, MD, Internal Medicine Specialist

Lucy Aitchison, MD, Family Physician

Majd Nassar, MD, Pediatrician

Marek Glezerman MD, Gynecologist

Marina Brod, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist

Mical Raz, MD/PhD, Internal Medicine Specialist and Health Policy Researcher

Michal Arad, Palliative Nurse Practitioner

Michal Feldon, MD, Pediatric Rheumatologist

Michal Fruchtman, Clinical and Educational Psychologist

Michal Halevy, Registered Nurse

Miri Tsadok, Clinical Psychologist

Miriam J. Hirschfeld, PhD, Registered Nurse

Moran Kalisman, Registered Nurse and Midwife

Naomi Lippin, Social worker and Psychotherapist

Nardine Sharif, MD, Pediatrician

Nirith Ben Horin, MSW, Couples and Family Therapist

Noa Noy, Palliative Care Registered Nurse

Noa Rachel Rosenthal, Registered Nurse

Noa Vardi, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Ohad Moran, Clinical Psychologist

Omer Elad, MSW, Social Worker

Orit Bartur Navot, MD, Family Physician

Orit Rubinstein, MD, Pediatric Oncologist

Rachel Pex, Registered Nurse and Midwife

Racheli Bar-Or, Social Worker and Psychotherapist

Ran Oren, MD, Gastroenterologist

Rawiya Hafaja, Registered Nurse

Raya Leibowitz, MD/PhD, Oncologist

Rivka Perel Etkin, Social Worker

Rivka Warsawsky, Psychoanalyst

Roni Gilboa, Integrative Medicine Therapist

Roni Gur Lavy, MD, Pediatrician

Ronit Moshonov, DMD, Dentist

Ronit Robinson, Oncology Registered Nurse

Rotem Tellem, MD, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Specialist

Ruchama Marton, MD, Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist

Ruth Ben Asher, Clinical psychologist

Ruth Soffer-Elenkave, MSW, PhD, Social Worker

Salome Dunaevsky, Clinical Psychologist

Sara Carmeli, PhD, Speech-language Pathologist

Smadar Freudenberg, BPT NDT, Physiotherapist

Tali Levin, Registered Nurse

Talia Schwartz, PhD, Social Worker

Tami Pollak, Psychotherapist

Tomer Barak, MD, Internal Medicine Specialist

Tsvia Horesh, Music therapist

Tuly Flint, PhD, Psychotherapist

Uri Hadar, PhD, Clinical Psychologist

Uri Kotzer, Clinical Psychologist

Yaara Shaham MS. BCBA, Behavioral Analyst

Yaron Yagil, MSW, PhD, Social Worker

Yasir khatib, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon

Yigal Shochat, MD, Otolaryngologist

Yoel Donchin, MD, Anesthesiologist and ICU Physician

Yvonne Deutsch, Social worker and Psychotherapist

Zachy Avraham, Social Worker

Zuraya Hadad, Social Worker and Psychotherapist