Sidhwa Interview – January 26, 2024

“Trying To Destroy Gaza. Not Just Hamas.” Steve Williamson and guest host Mik Jordahl welcome Feroze Sidhwa to the show. Sidhwa is a trauma surgeon who has served in some of the world’s most extreme trouble spots and situations, most recently, Gaza. He talks about the atrocities he saw during that time as part of the Israeli reprisals, including 13 preteen children as young as two who had been shot in the head – 13 kids in the 14 days he was there.

Sidhwa says, “When I got back, I started talking to other people…we saw some pretty unusual stuff over there. I really wanted to know: Was I the only person who saw these things?”

After reaching out to other physicians who had seen atrocities, he and 44 others signed an open letter to President Biden stating that, based on what they had seen, the Israelis are trying to destroy Gaza. Not just Hamas. He says, “I really thought that there would be media interest in that letter…but there was no corporate media interest whatsoever.” The exception was the New York Times opinion team who wanted to know who exactly saw what. So, they conducted a poll, and 65 volunteer healthcare workers responded.

They were asked: Did you see small children shot in the head or chest? Did you observe severe malnutrition in the population and among their healthcare coworkers and severe psychiatric stress among children, including those who were suicidal? Did you see babies born healthy and returned to the hospital dehydrated and starving? The answers were almost universally yes.

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