Our task as health professionals is to cultivate it actively, to extend our care beyond politics, identity and borders. If our oath to care means anything, it means standing against the destruction of life and the systems that perpetuate it. To the public: when health professionals raise their voices in response to humanitarian crises, this is not politics. Sevda Önder is a physiotherapist and a founding member of Health Workers for Palestine. Alongside colleagues, she defends the right to health for all and has spoken out against the destruction of healthcare systems and the targeting of health professionals in Gaza.