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Michael Goldfarb: Doctors Without Borders must confront its ideological blind spots
The organization has met the low bar of condemning October 7, but I have not seen it call Hamas to account in even the mildest terms
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On Oct. 17, 2023, immediately following a deadly explosion in the parking lot at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) posted a statement on X unequivocally blaming Israel for a “massacre.”
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Satellite imagery, intelligence assessments and forensic evidence and media investigations swiftly pointed to strong evidence that an errant Hamas or Islamic Jihad rocket was the cause. Yet nearly three years later, MSF’s accusation remains online.
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In July, a National Post article by Dave Gordon gave MSF an opportunity to explain that X post — and the organization’s broader conduct — in response to a new report published by EiGHT, an initiative established by professionals from leading international NGOs to strengthen accountability across the human rights and humanitarian sectors.
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