The Germans had more right to execute Edith Cavell than Israel to kill this doctor
Killed: Dr Hammam Alloh.
Around 200 medical workers in Gaza have been killed during Israel’s current assault on the enclave, we are told.
Among them is Dr Hammam Alloh, who died caring for patients at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
A British doctor, Louise Raw, compared his death with that of nurse Edith Cavell during World War One:
The likes of @SuellaBraverman have forgotten, if she ever knew, Cavell’s brave words:
'Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.'
Dr Alloh knew this. The 200 dead nurses & doctors knew this. They gave their lives for love.#Palestine
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— Dr Louise Raw (@LouiseRawAuthor) November 13, 2023
But Edith Cavell was arrested and convicted by the Germans for helping allied soldiers escape German-occupied Belgium and enter the neutral Netherlands, which was a war crime according to German law at the time.
Questions have been raised over whether the sentence was legal, but even Miss Cavell agreed that the German authorities had the right to carry out justice over her.
They had more right to do so than Israel has to kill medical staff at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, in fact – people who have done nothing more than carry out their duty of care to patients there.
Dr Raw is absolutely right to contrast the reactions to Miss Cavell’s death with those to the staff at al-Shifa.
Why was it more objectionable to execute a nurse who was a war criminal than it is to murder medical staff in a facility that it is a war crime to attack?
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