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This doctor quit a Canadian medical body after they published an article praising members of Hezbollah

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JL;DR SUMMARY Dr. Michael Kalin resigned from the College of Family Physicians of Canada after they published an article he and many others believed praised Hezbollah, a terrorist organization in Canada. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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TerrorismHezbollahLebanonCanadian Jewish CommunityMedical EthicsDr. Michael KalinCollege Of Family Physicians Of CanadaControversial PublicationProfessional ResignationsEditorial Oversight

Places mentioned

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Fast forward to this year and to Canada, when the latest issue of the College of Family Physicians of Canada's monthly magazine arrived at Montreal Dr. Michael Kalin's home recently, he couldn't believe what he was reading."
Lebanon
"Walkie-talkies belonging to members of Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon."
Beirut, Lebanon
"The magazine had an article by a Lebanese physician, Dr. Nisrin Makarim, who studied in the States but has no apparent ties to Canada, and she was praising the reactions of her medical staff at the American Beirut University Hospital Centre and how they, as she put it,"
Israel
"That Israeli spy operation when simultaneously thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by suspected Hezbollah members in and around Lebanon and Syria exploded?"
Syria
"That Israeli spy operation when simultaneously thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by suspected Hezbollah members in and around Lebanon and Syria exploded?"
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