Cesar Chelala

A physician and writer

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Dec 28, 2023, 5:21 AM

Gaza, a Ravaged Land, and People

The images of Gaza resulting from a blindly destructive military operation that kills thousands of innocent women and children haunts any peace-loving person of the world. The level of destruction waged by the Israeli military is greater than in...

Dec 13, 2023, 8:39 PM

Changing US Policy on Gaza is Overdue

The overwhelming UN General Assembly vote for a cease-fire in Gaza is the clearest demonstration of the desires of the international community to end the Gaza massacre. The UN General Assembly vote follows the UN Security Council vote demanding a...

Dec 12, 2023, 8:48 PM

The French Role in the Export of Torture

Developing countries are routinely condemned and blamed for the use of brutal techniques in trying to obtain information from prisoners. The same condemnation should be extended to industrialized countries that not only use these techniques themselves but export their...

Dec 9, 2023, 1:40 PM

Doctors plead for an end to Gaza’s massacre

Christos Christou, the president of Doctors Without Borders, one of the most committed organizations to international health, has written an open letter demanding an end to the massacre of Palestinian women, children, and non-combatant men in Gaza and, increasingly,...

Nov 29, 2023, 11:32 PM

Thinking about Post-War Gaza

New York – One day hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians will end, and hope will be reborn. One day reason (or plain exhaustion) will prevail. But the remnants of the war –tens of thousands of dead and injured, hundreds...

Nov 25, 2023, 5:35 PM

The Social Shame of Violence Against Women

Women and men are now organizing across cultures and socioeconomic classes to challenge and change gender-based abuse and injustice. In Argentina, for example, there were 22 femicides in 2019, a number higher than the year before. Worldwide, the most...

Nov 21, 2023, 11:49 PM

A New Pandemic is Hitting the World

An epidemic is hitting the US and ordinary citizens are unable to stop it. The reason is simple: the laws protect the killers. And those responsible for making the laws have abdicated their responsibility. The US Gun Violence Archive...

Nov 13, 2023, 10:30 PM

The Power of Human Solidarity

The tide of anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment throughout the world, which seems to be on the rise, demands a historical revision of relations between Muslims and Jews. An almost forgotten episode during World War II can shed light on...

Nov 9, 2023, 4:49 AM

Gaza’s Most Vulnerable Victims

I received a communiqué from a Jewish friend, concerned about the turn of events in Gaza. The beginning paragraph says, “Genocide is not self-defense. I hope that you will raise your voice to your elected representatives. And maybe you will demonstrate...

Oct 31, 2023, 4:34 AM

Messi is Still the Best, Ever

Inter Miami CF star Lionel Messi has won the prestigious Ballon d’Or for a record eight time. He came ahead of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, who scored 52 goals last season, and finished second in the voting. Messi...

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About Me

César Chelala is a physician and writer born in Argentina and living in the U.S. He wrote for leading newspapers all over the world and for the main medical journals, among them The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, The China Daily, The Moscow Times, The International Herald Tribune, Le Monde Diplomatique, Harvard International Review, The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, and The British Medical Journal. He is a co-winner of an Overseas Press Club of America award and two national journalism awards from Argentina.

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