Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Reviews PERSONAL VIEWS

Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes

BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7471.924 (Published 14 October 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:924

Rapid Response:

Defending the indefensible

Those that defend the forces occupying the remnants of Palestine
against the forthright and indeed very courageous 'Personal View' by Derek
Summerfield could reflect on this piece:-

The Killing of Iman al-Hams:

Executing Another Child in Rafah: Iman al-Hams was a 13-year old
refugee schoolgirl who was executed -- after being wounded -- by an
Israeli platoon commander on the sad sands of Rafah.
http://www.counterpunch.com/barghouti10252004.html

It considers the general ethical/non-ethical position aside from the
particular.

Have any of his detractors been to Gaza recently? They should. I
returned four days ago via two days spent in an Italian hospital.

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

29 October 2004
David S Halpin
retired trauma and orthpaedic surgeon
Devon