The horrors of the Gaza war have been revealed by three American\ndoctors who served in hospitals in the Palestinian enclave. Their\nexperiences are captured in a documentary film titled \u2018American\nDoctor\u2019.<\/p>\n
One of them is Mark Perlmutter, a Jewish American doctor with\nexperience treating victims of natural disasters and conflicts in 30\ncountries, including Israel. Yet nothing could have prepared Perlmutter\nfor the horrors he witnessed firsthand amid Israel\u2019s assault on the Gaza\nStrip.<\/p>\n
The suffering Perlmutter and his fellow doctors witnessed in Gaza\nhospitals since Israel launched its wave of attacks against Hamas in\nOctober 2023, as reported by AFP on Wednesday (19\/8\/2026), forms the\ncore of the documentary.<\/p>\n
\u2018American Doctor\u2019 premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will\nbegin screening in selected cinemas in the United States on Friday\n(21\/8).<\/p>\n
Director Poh Si Teng, who previously worked as a visual journalist\nfor AFP and various other media outlets, does not attempt to address the\nrights or wrongs of the conflict, but instead focuses on the work of\nthree American doctors from different backgrounds.<\/p>\n
Perlmutter is Jewish, Thaer Ahmad is a Muslim of Palestinian descent,\nand Feroze Sidhwa is the child of Zoroastrian parents.<\/p>\n
Deciding what to show on screen proved a particular challenge for\nTeng. She said she wanted to convey \u2018the truth effectively\u2019 about\nGaza.<\/p>\n
The documentary stems from that dilemma, when Teng felt that showing\nphotographs of dead children would violate their dignity. Perlmutter\nargued that their duty was to show the American people what their tax\nmoney had funded.<\/p>\n
\u2018It was Israel who stripped them of their dignity,\u2019 Perlmutter said.\n\u2018You do not honour their dignity if you do not allow their memories and\ntheir bodies to tell the story of this trauma and genocide,\u2019 he told\nTeng.<\/p>\n
For the three American doctors, the need to constantly remind people\nof the \u2018urgency\u2019 of the situation in Gaza in media interviews or\nmeetings with members of Congress has become frustrating.<\/p>\n
Teng herself acknowledged that she often faces rejection, and that it\nis sometimes difficult to secure funding for her project because donors\nare reluctant to provide cash for a project that shows the damage caused\nby US-funded Israeli munitions.<\/p>\n
However, Teng feels the moment is shifting towards change, and she\nhopes \u2018American Doctor\u2019 can further alter that narrative.<\/p>\n
Perlmutter expressed a similar hope. \u2018An avalanche of truth begins\nwith a snowflake,\u2019 the Jewish doctor remarked.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/american-doctors-reveal-horrors-in-gaza-caused-by-war-1787133276", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }