Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Palestinian medical doctor and founder of the Daughters for Life Foundation.Before his three daughters were killed by an Israeli tank shell during the Israeli incursion into Gaza,Dr. Abuelaish worked as a researcher at the Gertner Institute at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv and was the first Palestinian doctor to receive a staff position at an Israeli hospital.Abueaish is an important figure in promoting Israeli-Palestinian relations.Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
