Medicine not politics

[eumelia]

The Guardian published an article calling to boycott the Israeli Medical Association.

One of our Doctors, who is a Emergency Pediatrician at Tel Ha'Shomer Hospital, put a minute and a half video on YouTube: Medicine not Politics.

A group of British physicians published a letter in the guardian — claiming that the Israeli medical association should be expelled from the international community for being inhumane
You have seen the facts. Don’t the British doctors know the facts? Don’t they understand the facts? Do they distort the truth for political reasons? I urge our British colleagues to withdraw heir letter. We are not politicians, we are physicians and we do everything in our power to help all people.

I'd also like to mention that a large portion of the medical population in Israel is Arab, in Senior Positions as well as first year interns. Many Arabs are nurses and other caregivers with in the medical population.

I ask you to spread this around, to leave a comment, to get this out there. What the British physicians are asking for will be even more detrimental to the all Palestinians (living within the Green line and across it) and all Israelis.

ETA:The original story can be found here - Hebrew link.

In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.

וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.

Comments

[shari.livejournal.com]

Mel - you forgot the Guardian link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,2062435,00.html

Alas, I can't comment directly on the weirdjews post, cuz am not a member...

Thanks!!!

Sharon

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Fixed on both!

Thanks.

[shari.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks! (now i can Digg the weirdjews post!)

[shari.livejournal.com]

OK, I Dugg your WJ post.

Feel free to add the Digg link somewhere in there:
http://digg.com/world_news/Weird_Jews_Medicine_not_politics (http://digg.com/world_news/Weird_Jews_Medicine_not_politics)

Thx again! :)

[hakuzo.livejournal.com]

It has never been as black and white as they wish to make it. During the crusades, even though Saladin was the bitter enemy, there was much respect, exchanging of horses, and even shared meals.

Anyway, there isn't much separation between Arab and Israeli genetically speaking is there? Aren't you closely related? Ishmael and Israel came from the same womb...

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Yes, Arabs and Jews tend to share a lot of genetics.

Ishmael and Issac were both sons of Abraham, but to Hagar and Sarah respectively.

[hakuzo.livejournal.com]

Ah, ok I am getting my stories mixed... Who was it that struggled in the womb then?

[morin.livejournal.com]

Yaakov (Jacob) and Esav did. Another generation down, Issac (Israel)'s sons.

[hakuzo.livejournal.com]

Pardon my confusion, I used to read the scripture daily, but these days all I have time for are text books. Also, my scriptures of choice have changed since then.

Thank you for the correction. =)

[morin.livejournal.com]

My pleasure :) I'm not religious but I find cultural knowledge can be useful.

[hakuzo.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

[hakuzo.livejournal.com]

You know, in spite of each religion discounting the other, I think Christianity could be the peaceful intermediary. There is relative peace between Christian and Jew, and Christian and Muslim both respect Mother Mary, couldn't that be some sort of bridge? There are other similarities as well, each came from Isaac, each came from the same area, each has the same holy ground...