Inspiring and heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying,I Shall Not Hate is Dr. Abuelaish's account of his extraordinary life and a portrayal of everyday life in Gaza. The Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor born and raised in the Gaza Strip has been crossing the lines that divide Israelis and Palestinians for most of his life--as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line and as a humanitarian who sees the need for improved health and education for women as the way forward in the Middle East.
His daughters were killed by Israeli fire in 2009, during Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip. His response to this tragedy won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge, Abuelaish called for the people in the region to start talking to each other. His deepest hope is that his daughters will be "the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis."
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Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
Izzeldin Abuelaish, MD, MPH, is a Palestinian medical doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp. He is the author of the recently published book, I Shall Not Hate. He received his elementary, preparatory and secondary education in the refugee camp schools. He received a scholarship to study medicine in Cairo, Egypt and then a diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of London. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health; University of Toronto.
Territory, southeastern Mediterranean Sea coast. Area: 140 sq mi (363 sq km). Population (2009 est.): 1,492,000. The region lies northeast of the Sinai Peninsula and is also the location of the city of Gaza, which has been a prosperous trading centre for much of its history and was first mentioned in the 15th century BCE. Often besieged by invaders, including Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians, it declined in importance after the Crusades. It was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from the 16th century. After World War I (1914–18) the city and the strip became part of the British mandate of Palestine. Following the first Arab-Israeli war (1948–49), the territory was occupied by Egypt, and the city became that country's headquarters in Palestine. The occupied area was later reduced to an area 25 mi (40 km) long, which became known as the Gaza Strip, still under Egyptian control. In the Six-Day War (1967) it was captured by Israel. The area's chief economic problem was the extreme poverty of the large number of Palestinian Arab refugees living there. In 1987, rioting among Gaza's Palestinians marked the beginning of the first intifadah. Continued unrest led in 1993 to an agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization granting limited self-rule to the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. A breakdown in further negotiations in 2000 led to another outbreak of violence. In an attempt to stem the fighting, Israel withdrew all its soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, and control of the territory was transferred to the Palestinians.
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Azzeldin Abuelaish came to Statistics Canada this winter (Ottawa, Canada). I confronted him on his speech. After complaints, the internal electronic News media @statcan decided not to publish an article on his presentation. He is just a fraud trying to convince people that Muslims are peaceful. He is trying to seduce Jews and western people that he is thinking peace but when confronted he is not for peace. He is just a dangerous speaker. Unfortunately because of his book, we are doing the mistake to invite him on our tribunes and he is propagating his lies. Beware.
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