Sunday Sept 7, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT - Online

JVP HAC webinar: Fast and Slow Genocide: Gaza and the West Bank

Speakers:

Aseel Aburass - Aseel Aburass is a humanitarian professional specializing in human rights and health in conflict settings. She currently serves as Director of the Occupied Palestinian Territory Department at Physicians for Human Rights Israel, where she leads legal and humanitarian interventions, documents violations, and advocates for systemic change and accountability..

Dr. Mark Perlmutter - North Carolina based orthopedic and hand surgeon with extensive experience as a medical volunteer in disaster and conflict zones. Dr. Perlmutter has completed over 40 missions to such places as Haiti, ground zero on 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Zimbabwe, and Ukraine. Working with the Palestinian American Medical Association in collaboration with the World Health Organization he has completed three missions in Gaza post October 7, 2023 and has witnessed firsthand the genocidal trauma inflicted on Palestinians, in particular children.

To register: JVP health events — JVP Health Advisory Council

COSPONSORS:

American Friends Service Committee / USA Palestine Mental Health Network / People’s Health Movement / American Friends Service Committee / FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University / Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) / Jewish Voice for Peace Academic Council / Just World Educational / Boston Worker’s Circle