Health Workers Plan Global Day of Action to Demand ‘End to the Genocide in Gaza’
January 03, 2025 | Source: Common Dreams | by Brett Wilkins
As Israel’s 15-month annihilation of Gaza continues with intensified attacks on medical infrastructure and workers, an international coalition of advocacy groups is planning a #SickFromGenocide global day of action on Monday “to take a stand against the targeted attacks on healthcare.”
Organizer Doctors Against Genocide (DAG) and co-sponsors including Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Do No Harm Coalition, Labor for Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council, and others are calling on healthcare workers around the world to take a day of mental health leave “to reflect on the immense moral injury of funding a genocide and engage the most important aspect of treatment: publicly demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza.”
Monday’s day of action is set to include a “Sick From Genocide” global vigil and pop-up clinics in cities across the United States, whose government gives Israel billions of dollars in weapons support each year.