UC Healthcare Workers Demand Freedom For Dr Abu Safiya & All Palestine Healthcare Workers

UCSF healthcare workers and supporters of Palestinian healthcare workers attended the UC Regents meeting in San Francisco on July 15, 2026 at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus and demanded the freedom of Dr. Abu Safiya who has been tortured by the Israeli police and is near death. The Palestinian Physicians Syndicate and Doctors Against Genocide called for an global day of action to free Dr. Safiya and the over 400 other healthcare workers who have been kidnapped and are facing torture and concentration camp conditions in Israeli prisons.

They also protested the collusion of the UC Regents and UC bosses with the Zionist regime.

They have targeted and fired UC workers including Dr. and Professor Rupa Marya for speaking out against the genocide and UC's connection with the Zionist regime. She also who spoke outside the meeting from Ireland where she was forced to go to continue her work after she was terminated.

She also discussed the support by UC UAW 4811 and UAW Region 6 for Zionist supporter Scott Wiener who had personally targeted her to get her terminated from her job and is now opposing the California tax on billionaires to fund the healthcare and other programs cut by the Trump government.

UC workers including the CNA UC nurse, UPTE members and CIR Interns and Residents also demanded proper staffing at UC hospitals. They testified that there is an emergency situation from the lack of staffing and the dangers to patients and healthcare workers at the hospital. The healthcare workers also demanded that the UC Regents stop the construction of a thirty meter telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea.

Additional Media:

Health Workers "Sick From Genocide" Speakout At SFGH/UCSF To Release Dr. Abu Safiya & All Prisoners https://youtu.be/nXmpXWn_5MQ

UCSF SFGH Healthcare Workers Speak Out On US Israel Genocide & Demand Freedom For Dr. Abu Safiya
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww-1-6-24-ucsf-sfgh-healthcare-workers-speak-out-on-us-israel-genocide

Stop Genocide & War Crimes By Israel/US
https://youtu.be/ICHSWsX_V5c](https://youtu.be/ICHSWsX_V5c

Doctors Against Genocide
https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/

UC Workers Speak Out On Palestine At UPTE AFSCME 3299 Strike At UCSF Mission Bay campus
https://youtu.be/DEtHkawLV58

UCSF Doctor & SEIU 1021/CWA UPTE Workers Speak Out On Palestine At SF General Hospital
https://youtu.be/GNCfpDus_5g

No Room For Emergency San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/19/ucsf-medical-palestine-speech/

UC Regents, Unions & The Struggle Against Genocide and Zionism
https://youtu.be/xmy2ZJGKYjI

UAW Members Demand that UAW Rescind Endorsement of Zionist & Billionaire Shill Scott Wiener
https://youtu.be/JPfO9KV31Vk

Pro-Israel PAC drops $60K for Scott Wiener who is also supported by UAW 4811 & UAW Region 6
https://missionlocal.org/2026/05/san-francisco-june-election-sergey-brin/

Labor Zionism, Israel, US Labor & Imperialism With Labor Historian Jeff Schuhrke
https://youtu.be/FdS80qLTMZk

Zionist Senator Scott Wiener joins Shawn Fain of UAW, UC President Milliken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-97o81Z031E&t=12s

California Jewish legislators demand that UC and CSU systems protect Jewish students
https://jweekly.com/2023/11/10/jewish-legislators-demand-that-uc-and-csu-protect-jewish-students/

UC, UAW Announce $23 Billion Bond To Fund Scientific Research While Requiring Drug Discounts For Californians
https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wiener-uc-uaw-announce-23-billion-bond-fund-scientific-research-while-requiring-drug

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