World Affairs

This Gaza Interview Will CHANGE YOU

By: Owen Jones   July 7, 2025
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In the dim chaos of Gaza's emergency rooms-where screams of pain drown out prayers, and bodies arrive faster than supplies-a question hangs in the air, raw and unresolved: Do Palestinian lives matter?

This is not a rhetorical cry. It is a question born from witnessing flesh torn from children's bones, mothers burned beyond recognition, and the gut-wrenching truth that there were no painkillers for a man whose jaw was missing. It's asked by doctors who have stood amid mass casualty events, performing impossible tasks with empty hands.

A Hospital of Horror, Not a Battlefield

During one of the so-called "rescue operations," over 1,400 civilians were killed or injured in mere hours. One foreign doctor recalls being in the ER that night, watching child after child pulled from under the rubble, only to die on the floor, orphaned and in agony.

"We had no painkillers," he recalls. "One man lay there with half his face gone. All I had was a dental block. Every few hours, I came back to refill it. That's all I could do. That's all I could do."

This isn't just about death-it's about the deliberate dehumanization of a people. The Western world watches through curated news bites and headlines that sanitize suffering, calling airstrikes on hospitals and homes a "rescue mission." The doctor, shaking his head, says: "Who was rescued? I was there. We were rescuing burnt children from concrete graves. We were counting the bodies, not Hamas."

The Myth of the "Hamas-Run Health Ministry"

Western media parrots claims of hospitals being used as "military bases," stripping them of their civilian protection under international law. But the doctors-many of them from Britain, Jordan, and other Western nations-challenge this narrative vehemently.

"We had full access to every room. No one stopped us. If someone was firing rockets, our lives would be in danger. We would have seen it. But we saw nothing-except dying children."

So when governments repeat claims that hospitals were militarized, they are not only perpetuating misinformation-they are erasing the firsthand witness accounts of foreign doctors risking their lives to treat the injured.

Rebuilding in the Rubble: The Hospital on Wheels

In the face of this despair, something remarkable is being done. A fully functional mobile neonatal and maternity hospital has already been built-outside Gaza. Solar-powered, self-sufficient, and equipped with operating theaters, NICUs, labs, and birthing suites, it is ready to be driven into Gaza and operational within seven days.

It doesn't need funding. It doesn't need more doctors. It just needs access.

"We're not asking for money," the doctor insists. "We're asking for permission. Let us bring in life."

The vision doesn't stop there. Plans for a pediatric hospital are already underway, backed by private foundations. These hospitals wouldn't be under Palestinian control-they would be international, built and owned by countries like the UK, France, Australia, or Spain. That's intentional.

"You can bomb a Palestinian hospital," the doctor says, "but you can't bomb a British or Australian hospital without diplomatic consequences." The strategy is simple but powerful: protect life through global accountability.

Genocide, Systemic Destruction, and the Will to Act

Under international law, genocide includes the deliberate prevention of births or medical care to a population. Gaza has run out of over half its essential reproductive health medications. Premature babies die for lack of formula. Mothers give birth in tents, under drones.

This isn't just war. This is erasure.

But hope glimmers in the voices of those fighting for access. There are ready-made solutions. The infrastructure exists. The funding exists. The only missing piece is political will.

What Can You Do?

To those watching from afar and feeling helpless, the answer is clear: Don't be silent.

  • Raise your voice. Email your MP, protest, amplify the truth.
  • Demand accountability. Push your governments to allow humanitarian access and end arms sales.
  • Support medical projects. Promote efforts to deliver mobile hospitals and aid on the ground.
  • Refuse to look away. Challenge media narratives. Share the firsthand testimonies. Name the injustice.

"We just want to save lives," the doctor says. "We want children to come in broken and leave smiling. Isn't that what healthcare is supposed to be?"

In a world where pain is politicized and justice delayed is justice denied, standing with Gaza is not a matter of charity-it's a matter of shared humanity.

Because if the world continues to debate whether Palestinians are worthy of saving, then we've already lost the soul of our civilization.

Author: Owen Jones   July 7, 2025
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