Sick from genocide: On January 6th take a sick day to stand against the Destruction of Life and Healthcare in Gaza

The genocide in Gaza is not just a distant crisis—it is a direct assault on life itself. that strikes at the core of our collective humanity. The bombings of hospitals, the targeting of healthcare workers, and the abduction of Dr. Hussam Abu Sufiya from Kamal Adwan Hospital are not just assaults on Gaza—they are assaults on the very essence of care, healing, and life itself. These are crimes that reverberate globally, leaving us all wounded.

We are sick.
Sick with grief.
Sick with rage.
Sick with helplessness as we watch the deliberate dismantling of Gaza’s healthcare and the global silence that enables it.

But this sickness has a name: it is moral injury. And we refuse to stand by and let it fester in silence.

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On January 6th, we call on workers, students, and everyone to take a day for their health—physical, mental, and moral. Use your sick days, your mental health days, or unpaid leave to join this mass protest. We call on doctors to give notes to those who need them to call out. This is not just about your health—it is about drawing a line and disrupting the machinery of apathy that allows these crimes to continue unchecked.

This is about action grounded in reality:
• The reality that hospitals are sacred spaces meant for healing, not targets of war.
• The reality that healthcare workers like Dr. Hussam embody our shared commitment to life itself, and their abduction is a crime against all of us.
• The reality that global silence enables genocide.
• The reality that Gaza’s destruction is a political choice—and resisting it is our moral obligation.

We cannot “go on as normal” while the systematic destruction of Gaza unfolds. Our bodies bear the weight of this violence, even from afar. Let us use our collective exhaustion, our heartbreak, and our anger as tools of resistance. Mobilizing, attending rallies, organizing teach-ins, or doing outreach on this day is not a luxury or a privilege—it is a necessity for our shared survival and humanity.

Together, we can turn our sickness into strength, our grief into defiance, and our solidarity into a force too powerful to ignore. For the people of Gaza. For the preservation of healthcare as a human right. For Dr. Hussam and all those who fight to save lives in the face of unimaginable violence. Take the day. Resist.

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NYC Press Conference and rally: Healthcare Workers and Allies Unite for Gaza

Join us on January 6th

As part of the National day of calling out sick from genocide, we are calling on all New Yorkers—especially healthcare workers and medics—to join a press conference, mobilize and demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and bring accountability for the destruction of its healthcare system.

When:
• Press Conference: 2 PM
• Protest: 3 PM
Where: NYU Tisch Hospital 550 1st avenue, Manhattan, New York

This action will honor the courage and legacy of Dr. Hussam Abu Sufiya and all healthcare workers in Gaza who have been targeted, abducted and tortured.

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Together, we will demand:

• Release Dr Abu Safiya and his colleagues .
An immediate end to genocide in Gaza.
• Protection for all hospitals, healthcare workers, and patients.
• Holding the perpetrators accountable

Key Details:
• Signs and Flags: Please bring only signs uplifting the messaging of this action and Palestinian flags. Rally around the core demand for an end to the genocide and the protection of healthcare as a human right.
• Healthcare Workers: Come in your work attire—scrubs, white coats, and uniforms—to show solidarity with Gaza’s medical workers.
• Medics: Bring your kits and join us to represent the urgent need for healthcare and protection of medical services.

Let us gather in unity and focus to make our voices heard. The press conference at 2 PM will amplify the call for justice, and the protest at 3 PM will make it clear that we will not stand by as the genocide on Gaza continues.

Together, we resist. Together, we unite to protect the sanctity of life. Together we fight to end the genocide.

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As we are about to enter the third calendar year of the ongoing genocide, many are still citing statistics that 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past 450+ days. But in an interview on December 30th 2024, Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah confirmed what some medical experts have been saying for months: that the actual “number [of martyrs] is closer to 300,000,” or “around 10 to 12% of Gaza’s population.”

On Monday January 6th people will be calling out sick in New York City and across the U.S. alongside health care workers to take part in mobilizations for Gaza under the slogan “Sick From Genocide.”

Within Our Lifetime has answered that call, alongside Doctors Against Genocide and Healthcare Workers for Palestine. Join us in the streets in Manhattan on January 6th at 2 pm in front of NYU Tisch Hospital:📍550 1st Ave. New York, NY.

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We are here outside NYU Tisch Hospital at 550 1st Avenue in Manhattan. A little snow won’t stop us! Join healthcare workers, medics and New Yorkers as we take to the streets for Gaza and to demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and the 450+ healthcare workers who have been abducted by israeli occupation forces during the ongoing genocide.

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