Join us on Monday, April 1st, at 7:00 PM for a moderated discussion with Drs. Guy Shalev and Lina Qassem-Hassan of Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI). Together, we will talk about their efforts to promote equality and justice for all people living under Israel’s responsibility control, as well as the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank.
Dr. Guy Shalev—Guy is PHRI‘s Executive Director and a research fellow at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law Under Extreme Conditions. He is a medical and political anthropologist specializing in the intersection of medical professionalism, ethnonational politics, and bioethics in Israel/Palestine. Guy received his Ph.D. from The University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill in 2018, and his publications have appeared in American Anthropologist, Israeli Sociology, and Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry.
Dr. Lina Qassem-Hassan—Lina is the Chairperson of PHRI‘s Board of Directors. She is a family medicine specialist with Clalit Health Services in the Haifa and Western Galilee District, specializing in end-of-life care. In addition to regularly volunteering with PHRI‘s West Bank mobile clinic and medical delegations to Gaza, Lina volunteers with their Prisoners and Detainees department, accompanying Palestinian hunger strikers. Recently, Lina volunteered with PHRI‘s emergency make-shift clinic for survivors of the October 7 massacre and has spoken out about her belief that all victims of this war deserve medical treatment.