Health Workers 4 Palestine (HW4P) is a United Kingdom-based organization that advocates for health-care workers in the Palestinian territories and for increased access to medical care for Palestinians. The group was founded in 2023 by a group of doctors in following the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack against the State of Israel. HW4P operates the Health Workers 4 Palestine Solidarity Fund, a global mutual aid initiative led by health workers that seeks to invest in a Palestinian-led health-care system in Gaza. HW4P claims to be “the largest health worker-founded and Palestine-focused advocacy group in the UK,” having spread its mission to over 70 cities across the world. ^{1 2}

In 2025, HW4P wrote a letter to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer demanding that he end what it considers “Israel’s genocide” against Palestinians. ³ HW4P has also accused the British Broadcasting Corporation of censoring a pro-Palestinian documentary on the state of health care in the Palestinian territories. ⁴

Activities

Health Workers 4 Palestine (HW4P) advocates for increased access to medical care for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, mostly through social media advocacy. The group’s Instagram account has amassed nearly 90,000 followers and regularly posts support for the Palestinians and criticisms of the Israeli government. ^{1 5}

In February 2026, HW4P hosted the Seeds for Solidarity gala and fundraising event in London to raise funds for the group’s mission; the event raised approximately $411,000. ^{6 7}

In June 2025, HW4P wrote an open letter to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging him and the British government to “to end Israel’s genocide and protect the

Palestinian people.” The letter was signed by nearly 2,500 doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals in support of the Palestinians, and directly called on Prime Minister Starmer, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and all members of Parliament to “condemn the cultures of impunity and indifference, and pervasive anti-Palestinian racism, which have functioned to permit this violence and that have enabled atrocities and breaches of international law to escalate over several decades.” ^{8 3}

In May 2025, HW4P accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of censoring a pro-Palestinian documentary, Gaza: Medics Under Fire, a film detailing the state of health care and medical treatment in Gaza and the West Bank. HW4P organized a protest against the BBC in response to the alleged censorship. ⁴

HW4P also published the Gaza Health Solidarity Declaration, a declaration of healthcare-based rights allegedly owed to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Within this document, the group explicitly calls for “[p]olitical sovereignty” for the Palestinians from what it considers the “‘slow-motion genocide’” of Palestinians by the Israeli government. ⁹

HW4P has also instructed Leigh Day, a leading human rights law firm, to investigate and seek to pursue legal challenges against the United Kingdom’s National Health Service’s decision to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. HW4P claims the acceptance of the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism punishes health-care workers for criticizing the Israeli government and its military response against Hamas following the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack against Israel. ¹⁰

Leadership

Omar Abdel-Mannan is the co-founder and president of Health Workers 4 Palestine (HW4P). ¹ He is a British-Egyptian pediatric neurologist based in London who, since 2011, has participated in medical and teaching delegations to Gaza and the West Bank. ¹¹ He previously founded and led DoctorFly, a digital health start-up that seeks to enable cross-border pediatric consultation between Israel and the Palestinian territories. He is also an analyst at Primary Venture Partners, a technology venture capital firm. Abdel-Mannan received his bachelor’s in medical sciences, bachelor of medicine in surgery, and his master’s in medical sciences from Oxford University, as well as his Ph.D. in neuroscience from University College London. ^{12 13} In a January 2026 Middle East Eye op-ed, Abdel-Mannan accused the State of Israel of “paralysing aid to Gaza,” especially to vulnerable children in need of medical care. ¹⁴

Amira Nimerawi is the co-founder and CEO of Health Workers for Palestine. ¹ She is a pro-Palestinian advocate who, since 2018, has worked as a social impact specialist with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS). She has worked in the West Bank since 2003. Her work focuses on emergency care, reproductive health, and the so-called “gendered impacts of Israeli occupation.” She previously worked as a consultant emergency response coordinator at Speetar, a Boston-based technology and information firm. She is also a former board member at Beder. Nimerawi received her MBA in social impact from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia. ^{15 16} In a January 2026 Middle East Eye op-ed, Nimerawi accused the State of Israel of “waging a reproductive genocide against Palestinian mothers in Gaza.” ¹⁷

1. “Who We Are.” HW4P. Accessed February 25, 2026. https://www.healthworkers4palestine.com/who-we-are/
2. “Donate.” HW4P. Accessed February 25, 2026. https://www.healthworkers4palestine.com/donate/
3. “HCW letter.” HW4P. June 2025. Accessed February 25, 2026. https://www.healthworkers4palestine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HCW-letter.pdf
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14. Abdel-Mannan, Omar. “The real story is not Alaa Abd el-Fattah. It is Israel paralysing aid to Gaza.” Middle East Eye. January 1, 2026. Accessed February 25, 2026. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/real-story-not-alaa-abd-el-fattah-it-israel-paralysing-aid-gaza
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