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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

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Palestine - Health

Those wishing to find an unbiased and objective view of life in the
"Occupied Territories" in response to Derek Summerfield's attack on
Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, might care to look at the BBC's
published information which can be found at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/803257.stm

It would seem, from the evidence of the published statistics, that
many of those in other middle eastern countries, where no Israelis or few
Americans can be found, would find a better life-epectancy living in the
Palestinian areas under Israeli control.

Isn't the BMJ also about informed opinion?

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

19 October 2004
John Goldman
Psychotherapist
London