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[JesseJ @61jesser]

Matt Morgan: Hope as a direction of travel https://t.co/iHLVzKvCj6

[JesseJ @61jesser]

https://t.co/owiqSOy1Gp

[Reuters @Reuters]

Palestinians ran in central Gaza for the 10th edition of Palestine International Marathon, which brought together some 1,900 participants, according to organizers. The marathon followed a two-year halt due to the war

[Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social @markgkenny]

Read this. Beautiful piece.

[JesseJ @61jesser]

“Paramedics have become direct targets, pursued relentlessly in a blatant violation that confirms a total disregard for all norms and principles established by international humanitarian law,” Alongside journalists https://t.co/7wt6Mnu150

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"'Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again"
https://t.co/kP2vaHdV2l

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@DocEmUK @dave_dlt You are so undervalued - your GP peers know every word is true. Unless NHS funding is put into a public forum for realistic discussion, British primary health care is doomed to user pays, servicing those who can pay not who need and health prevention out the window. Hang in there

[JesseJ @61jesser]

I want to go to US to march https://t.co/1y6GBPl5Uq

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Best piece I've read on the US assault on Iran:
"Those who loathe the clerical establishment may still recoil at the spectacle of foreign jets in Iranian skies and the explicit declaration that their state is to be dismantled."
https://t.co/2sYaIvHx6K

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.

Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: https://t.co/sqRrbM7bZ0

[Dr. Ezzideen @ezzingaza]

Today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @MSF announced that it will refuse to provide the names of its staff to the Israeli authorities, a condition imposed to renew its operating license in Gaza.

Many people outside Gaza rushed to celebrate this as a “victory,” a “brave stance,” and a symbolic act of resistance.

But here, on the ground, we do not live on symbols.
We live on consequences.

Let us speak plainly, and without slogans.

If MSF’s operations are suspended or restricted, this will not be a political loss.
It will be a human catastrophe.

It means:
• Roughly 20% of hospital capacity in Gaza could disappear overnight, one out of every five hospital beds gone.
• One in three pregnant women may lose access to medical support during childbirth, in a setting where maternal and neonatal risks are already extreme.
• Over 635,000 people could lose daily access to clean water, as MSF currently provides approximately 4.5 million liters of water per day.
• Tens of thousands of patients, including children, trauma victims, and people with chronic diseases, may lose essential medical care.
• Critical mental health programs may collapse, in a society suffering from mass trauma, despair, and psychological breakdown.

This is happening in a territory where:
• Over 70% of the population is displaced
• Thousands live in unsafe, collapsing tents
• The health system is already exhausted and partially paralyzed
• Respiratory disease, malnutrition, and epidemics are rising
• Children are growing up without stability, education, or hope

And yet, people far from this reality, sitting in safe homes, in distant countries, are applauding this decision as if it were a moral triumph.

It is easy to celebrate “principles” when you are not the one who will bleed for them.
But in Gaza, the price will be paid in hospital closures, untreated infections, complicated births, dehydrated children, and preventable deaths.

This is not a theoretical debate.
This is not activism.
This is survival.

*A Personal Note*

My own clinic operates in partnership with MSF.

I was informed that my name, along with others, may be placed on internal lists “for protection,” so we are not targeted or harmed.

Let that sink in.

We are now living in a reality where medical workers fear being attacked, where our names must be documented for safety, and where providing healthcare requires navigating political threats instead of focusing on saving lives.

This is what healthcare in Gaza has become:
Not medicine.
Not dignity.
But risk management under siege.

If MSF’s priority is public statements, reports, and political confrontation, then this decision aligns with that mission.

But if the true mission is to save lives in one of the worst humanitarian disasters on Earth, then this decision risks becoming another burden on a population that has already been crushed beyond endurance.

Once again:
Those far away will celebrate.
And those trapped here will pay, with their health, their futures, and their lives.

This is not resistance.
This is not victory.
This is the slow suffocation of a wounded people.

#WoundedGaza #msf

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@DrSteveTaylor Keep telling how it is - thanks for representing us - GPs deliver so much

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@DrSteveTaylor Australia introduced Urgent Care clinics in cities, some rural towns- bulk billed - so free. Doesn't matter where live or "acute" problem. Servicing xs demand but wrong care. GPs paid $2500/day (£1250). Unsurprisingly primary care losing GPs. Patients overinvestigated, no f/up...

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@yousef_ki1 .

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@arisaqz1 .

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@DrSteveTaylor @ShaunLintern @BBCHughPym @AliJaneMoore @wesstreeting You can request all you like will not be enough appointments to satisfy demand. Meanwhile Australia is fast tracking registration for British trained GPs who are highly prized...

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@DrSteveTaylor @ProfKarolSikora So much more choice of jobs and relocation assistance with bridging loans for mortgages

[JesseJ @61jesser]

https://t.co/XNYLopXrIk

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@AlexCrawfordSky @medialens Thoughts are with you and recognise your bravery under attack

[JesseJ @61jesser]

@DrSteveTaylor @DrEmmaNash Shout it out loud!