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Overview and summary A Canadian Journal of Psychiatry article on the prevalence of psychological morbidity in West Bank Palestinian Children had serious scientific errors and appeared to inappropriately use science in an attempt to further a specific political viewpoint. A…
read moreThe lowly preposition can be a potent agent of spin. Here’s a case in point. On August 24, 2004 undercover Israeli troops captured Adnan and Rateb Abayat, a commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and his brother. All sources agree…
read moreTwice in one week, humanitarian gestures at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba have saved Palestinian children from Gaza who have no medical insurance. A seven-year-old girl suffered second- and third-degree burns over a third of her body after she was…
read moreQ. Rae-Grant, MDEditor-in-chiefCanadian Journal of PsychiatryMay 30, 2004 Dear Editor: In “The prevalence of psychological morbidity in West Bank Palestinian Children”, [1] serious omissions presenting the data were present. Moreover, clearly biased and undocumented statements attributing causality on the basis…
read moreDear Prof. Bloom,In the first paragraph of your response to my inquiry, you wrote “I have examined the issues, namely: the relation of IHLRI to the mission of the Program, the procedures and scope of input into IHLRI content, and…
read moreFrom Gerald Steinberg: UNISON – is a major UK trade union with 1.5 million members, specializingin healthcare related professions. Its recent general membershippublication includes the attached highly offensive article on the“wailingwall”, which cites a notoriously anti-Israel NGO known as MAP.…
read moreLetter to the Editors Comments on `Palestinian refugee conditions associated with intestinalparasites and diarrhoea: Nuseirat refugee camp as a case study’ by T.A. AbuMourad (Public Health 2004; 118:131-42) Laura RosenSchool of Public Health, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel and Gerald M.…
read moreThe following email exchange concerns the political analysis presented by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Harvard School of Public Health, regarding political bias in the HPCR website on Israel’s separation barrier: 1) From: Prof. Gerald M.…
read moreLetter More transparency in reviewing is called for EDITOR-The recent calls for boycotting Israeli scienceassume that Israeli authors are as likely to publish as others.1 In fact, nations are differentially represented in scientificjournals. The total number of publications from a…
read moreGaza, November 1, 2002) The people responsible for planning and carrying out suicide bombings that deliberately target civilians are guilty of crimes against humanity and should be brought to justice, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today. “The…
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