Dr. Thayer Ahmed (Palestinian-American Doctor, Chicago)
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By the time I left, I'd seen 13 children shot in the head total. Or at least that's what I recorded in my journal. I probably saw more, but I try to stick to what I actually documented.
By the time I left, I'd seen 13 children shot in the head total. Or at least that's what I recorded in my journal. I probably saw more, but I try to stick to what I actually documented.
He's a Palestinian-American in Chicago named Thayer Ahmed. And we were just sitting next to each other talking before our panel started. And I said, you know, I couldn't believe how many kids I saw shot in the head. I just went through my journal recently, and it was 13. And he said, oh, yeah, I know, me too. You know, almost every day I saw a kid shot in the head. And I was like, oh, okay.
He's a Palestinian-American in Chicago named Thayer Ahmed. And we were just sitting next to each other talking before our panel started. And I said, you know, I couldn't believe how many kids I saw shot in the head. I just went through my journal recently, and it was 13. And he said, oh, yeah, I know, me too. You know, almost every day I saw a kid shot in the head. And I was like, oh, okay.
He's a Palestinian-American in Chicago named Thayer Ahmed. And we were just sitting next to each other talking before our panel started. And I said, you know, I couldn't believe how many kids I saw shot in the head. I just went through my journal recently, and it was 13. And he said, oh, yeah, I know, me too. You know, almost every day I saw a kid shot in the head. And I was like, oh, okay.
So I started asking other people who had been over there, physicians, nurses, midwives, nurse practitioners.
So I started asking other people who had been over there, physicians, nurses, midwives, nurse practitioners.
So I started asking other people who had been over there, physicians, nurses, midwives, nurse practitioners.
Almost everybody had the exact same experience. Almost universally, they said the same thing, which I really was surprised by.
Almost everybody had the exact same experience. Almost universally, they said the same thing, which I really was surprised by.
Almost everybody had the exact same experience. Almost universally, they said the same thing, which I really was surprised by.
I thought that any sensible Biden administration would take that New York Times article as a major opportunity to feign ignorance about what had been going on in Gaza and to say, oh, my God, we can't believe American doctors saw this. And if this is true, then we're going to have to seriously reevaluate the arms that we send to Israel.
I thought that any sensible Biden administration would take that New York Times article as a major opportunity to feign ignorance about what had been going on in Gaza and to say, oh, my God, we can't believe American doctors saw this. And if this is true, then we're going to have to seriously reevaluate the arms that we send to Israel.
I thought that any sensible Biden administration would take that New York Times article as a major opportunity to feign ignorance about what had been going on in Gaza and to say, oh, my God, we can't believe American doctors saw this. And if this is true, then we're going to have to seriously reevaluate the arms that we send to Israel.