A Doctor in Galilee The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Isreal

"Scarcely any personal narratives of the lives of Israel's Arab minority exist. Kannaneh's fascinating exposure of this little-known subject is written with passion and authority. Essential reading for students of the Israel/Palestine conflict." ---Dr. Ghada Karmi "A moving account of the plight of the Palestinians by one of them---a physician struggling to alleviate his people's lot." ---Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus "Our libraries are full with historical and political analyses of the Palestine question, but we still have very few personal diaries and journals that help to humanize the complex reality of the torn land. This personal account is a unique and vital contribution." ---Ilan Pappe "His account of the rank racial discrimination, difficult social circumstances and pervasive poverty of most Palestinians in the Jewish state is leavened by Kanaaneh's humor and his eye for striking detail. This is a truly touching book that is hard to put down." ---Rashid Khalidi Hatim Kanaaneh is a Palestinian doctor who has struggled for over 35 years to bring medical care to Palestinians in Galilee, against a culture of anti-Arab discrimination. This is the story of how he fought for the human rights of his patients and overcame the Israeli authorities' cruel indifference to their suffering. Kanaaneh is a native of Galilee, born before the creation of Israel. He left to study medicine at Harvard, before returning to work as a public health physician with the intention of helping his own people. He discovered a shocking level of disease and malnutrition in his community and a shameful lack of support from the Israeli authorities. After doing all he could for his patients by working from inside the system, Kanaaneh set up the Galilee Society, an NGO working for equitable health, environmental and socio-economic conditions for Palestinian Arabs in Israel. This is a brilliant and entertaining memoir that shows how grassroots organizations can loosen the Zionist grip upon Palestinian lives. Hatim Kanaaneh, M.D., completed his medical and public health degrees at Harvard in 1970. He then returned to Galilee where, in 1973, he became the Public Health Doctor of the sub-district of Acre. He is the founder of the NGO, the Galilee Society (The Arab National Society for Health Research and Services). He has written extensively on human rights.

Dr Hatim Kanaaneh completed his medical and public health degrees at Harvard in 1970. He then returned to Galilee where, in 1973, he became the Public Health Doctor of the sub-district of Acre. He is the founder of the NGO, the Galilee Society (The Arab National Society for Health Research and Services).