Condition Critical - Life & Death in Israel/Palestine

Aired Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 2:00 PM ET

Today’s Star is Alice Rothchild

How a nice Jewish girl became a Palestine solidarity activist.

About the Guest: Alice Rothchild

Alice Rothchild is a physician, author, and filmmaker who has focused her interest in human rights and social justice on the Israel/Palestine conflict since 1997. She practiced ob-gyn for almost 40 years. Until her retirement she served as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School. She writes and lectures widely, is the author of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience, On the Brink: Israel and Palestine on the Eve of the 2014 Gaza Invasion, and a just released: Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine. She directed a documentary film, Voices Across the Divide and is active in Jewish Voice for Peace. She was in Israel/Palestine in January 2017.

Website: www.alicerothchild.com