Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, @BCH Director, Pulmonary Genetics Center @BWH and BCH. Asthma genomics; precision medicine; pulmonary genetics

Boston, MA
Joined September 2013
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Hola, soy palestino. đŸ‡”đŸ‡ž Y como la honestidad es poco comĂșn en mi polĂ­tica, permĂ­tanme confesar algunas cosas. 1947. La ONU me ofreciĂł un estado. Junto a Israel. Fronteras, independencia, reconocimiento. Dije que no. Mis lĂ­deres prometieron que la guerra "arrojarĂ­a a los judĂ­os al mar". En cambio, lo perdĂ­ todo y lo llamaron catĂĄstrofe. No porque no me ofrecieran un estado, sino porque lo rechacĂ©. 1948–2025. Los estados ĂĄrabes podrĂ­an haberme integrado, dado derechos, pasaportes, dignidad. En cambio, me encerraron en campos de refugiados durante generaciones, para que siguiera siendo un arma contra Israel. Construyeron palacios para ellos y cĂĄrceles para mĂ­. Me usaron como propaganda, no como personas. 1967. Tras otra guerra perdida, podrĂ­a haber construido un estado en Cisjordania y Gaza. En cambio, insistĂ­ en "ni paz, ni reconocimiento, ni negociaciones". Tres noes. Cincuenta años despuĂ©s, sigo sin Estado. Resulta que el rechazo no paga el alquiler. Oslo, dĂ©cada de 1990. Israel dijo: «IntentĂ©moslo». Me dio autonomĂ­a. Armas para la policĂ­a. Miles de millones en ayuda. ÂżQuĂ© hicieron mis lĂ­deres? Robaron el dinero, armaron milicias y lanzaron una intifada. Atentados suicidas en lugar de escuelas. Cohetes en lugar de fĂĄbricas. Gaza, 2005. Israel se fue por completo. Sin colonos, sin soldados. Tuve la oportunidad de convertir Gaza en un Singapur mediterrĂĄneo. VotĂ© por HamĂĄs. La convirtieron en Mogadiscio junto al mar. ÂżMiles de millones en ayuda? TĂșneles, cohetes y palacios para sus lĂ­deres, mientras mi gente come comida enlatada en la oscuridad. ÂżDemocracia? No he tenido elecciones en casi 20 años. HamĂĄs mata a los disidentes en Gaza. Fatah los encarcela en Cisjordania. Mis lĂ­deres cancelan elecciones porque estĂĄn demasiado ocupados luchando por el poder. ReligiĂłn. En lugar de construir un futuro, pongo a clĂ©rigos en televisiĂłn enseñando a los niños a odiar a los judĂ­os. Glorifico a los "mĂĄrtires" que hacen estallar autobuses. CrĂ­o a mis hijos con canciones de sangre y fuego en lugar de libros y ciencia. Cambio la esperanza por la guerra santa. Mundo ĂĄrabe. Los regĂ­menes ĂĄrabes me llaman "hermano". Pero pregĂșntenles cuĂĄntos palestinos pueden vivir libremente en LĂ­bano, Siria, Egipto o Kuwait. Me excluyen, pero celebran mi muerte, porque mi muerte es su excusa. Absurdo. Sigo diciendo que quiero "construir un estado". E irĂłnicamente, justo al lado estĂĄ Israel: el vecino que construyĂł una democracia prĂłspera, una potencia tecnolĂłgica, granjas en el desierto, ciudades de polvo. Sin petrĂłleo, sin riqueza infinita, solo coraje. PodrĂ­a haber aprendido, copiado, colaborado. En cambio, elegĂ­ la envidia y la rabia. ObsesiĂłn antijudĂ­a. PodrĂ­a haber aceptado a los judĂ­os como vecinos. PodrĂ­a haber dicho: "Dos naciones, dos estados". En cambio, repito: "Del rĂ­o al mar". En lugar de exhibir el honor, la hospitalidad y la rica cultura ĂĄrabe, mostrĂ© solo la cultura de la espada: la ira, el extremismo y la sangre. En lugar de gritar salaam (paz) a los israelĂ­es, gritĂ© muerte a los judĂ­os. Y luego finjo sorprenderme cuando los israelĂ­es no confĂ­an en mĂ­, cuando estĂĄn enojados, decepcionados y convencidos de que no quiero coexistencia en absoluto. Responsabilidad. Culpo a Israel de todo. Siempre. ÂżMis lĂ­deres roban miles de millones? Culpa de Israel. ÂżHamĂĄs dispara cohetes desde hospitales? Culpa de Israel. ÂżGlorifico la muerte mĂĄs que la vida? Culpa de Israel. La responsabilidad no es mi fuerte. Soy palestino. PodrĂ­a haber construido una naciĂłn, muchas veces. ElegĂ­ el rechazo, la corrupciĂłn y la guerra sin fin. PodrĂ­a haber vivido en paz con Israel, pero elegĂ­ vivir a la sombra de su destrucciĂłn. AsĂ­ que sĂ­, soy una vĂ­ctima. Pero con demasiada frecuencia, soy vĂ­ctima de mis propios lĂ­deres, de mis propias decisiones y de mi propia negativa a abandonar el odio. Y esa, querido lector, es la tragedia que nadie quiere admitir.
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Oct. 7 at @Columbia. Thanks to @cbhillel and the students for organizing.
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A must read
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of the 1619 Project, sent her young daughter to a struggling public school, convinced that upper-middle-class parents could lift it up, writes @coldxman. Read Coleman’s full piece here: bit.ly/4h5mLjX
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of the 1619 Project, sent her young daughter to a struggling public school, convinced that upper-middle-class parents could lift it up, writes @coldxman. Read Coleman’s full piece here: bit.ly/4h5mLjX
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The most striking chart I’ve seen in a while
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Hamas’s fascist militias attacked civilians in Khan Younis today, shooting, wounding, and kidnapping several, then retreated straight into the Nasser Hospital Medical Complex, where they’ve built torture rooms and interrogation chambers in full view of UN agencies and international NGOs. And still, the “pro‑Palestine” industrial complex won’t say a word. Not Hasan Piker, not the DSA, not SJP or AMP, not the activist mobs, influencers, journalists, Hollywood names, singers, members of Congress, or Senate candidates. None of them will touch the fact that Palestinians are being brutalized by Palestinian oppressors like Islamist terrorists such as Hamas, throughout Gaza and especially inside Gaza’s hospitals - because for them, Palestinian lives only seem to matter when Jewish Israelis are involved. Tell the truth - is that not the case? Am I wrong?
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Abdul El-Seyed deleted this post. It would be a shame if it went viral.
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You would think that data showing remarkably low levels of child malnutrition in Gaza would be front page news. Nope. Perhaps because the data is causing experts to ask: should a famine even have been declared in Gaza in the first place?
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Good morning! It’s that time of year again - PMC 2026! My 10th year riding for cancer research. There’s still time to give - profile.pmc.org/pmc/BR0156
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In Buddhism we understand that every action comes with a consequence. Due to my decision to stand up for my Jewish friends I am losing a few people from my life. Today I parted company with Tony Pontius who has run my record label BGP for a number of years. I wanted to release 'We Will Dance Again' but he was unequivocal and said 'I want nothing to do with this song' and I responded 'ok, we are done'. When someone is gutless it really does not hurt to say goodbye. My faith in humanity will not diminish and the truth will always win. I will release it!
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Why hide the hate? Or their true intentions?
The San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain opened with a giant banner saying “Destroy Israel”. Not surprising from a place where all Jews were forcibly converted, expelled or killed. History repeats itself.
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Our Jewish fellow citizens are an important part of our history. We CANNOT let antisemitism win. The Venn diagram of people who spread antisemitism and people who want to destroy western civilization is just a circle. If it spreads, everyone suffers. It’s like the Jihadist saying goes, “first the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.”
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People say the left and the right can’t agree on anything these days. But there is this one thing:
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For those interested, this is the full 10 minute interview with Sophia Salma Khalifa, the Muslim Arab Israeli who exposed the lies of apartheid and so many other lies, and destroys them with elegance, eloquence and grace. It is one of the best and most inspiring interviews I’ve personally ever seen. A must watch for decent human beings. Credit: @prageru
Muslim Arab Israeli Sophia Salam Khalifa explains the truth of how it started and the ethnic cleansing of the Jews from Gaza in 2005
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A friend in Israel is my age with a young family. They are in a bomb shelter with an infant & children right now. He tells me — ‘morale is high; we’re exhausted & worse but in it to win it. And we feel fellowship profoundly with the Americans; we are part of something bigger than us.’ It’s a fellowship of free people, and one that I hope Iranians themselves may join after decades of brutal repression.
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What are the American Jews who voted Hillary, Biden and Kamala thinking today? You’ve opposed the greatest Israel ally in American presidential history. Worse than that, many of you called him Hitler! Will any acknowledge their idiocy? Reconsider their priors? I hope so.
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