Tuesday, July 12, 2011

From Hadassah to Hadassah - What's The Same?

First there was the 1929 Arab attack in Hebron on, among other locations, Beit Hadassah, the free medical clinic.

Now it's Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem:

Hadassah Hospital Under Attack


Hadassah Hospital of Har Hatzofim has become a frequent target of Arab attackers, director Professor Tzvi Stern told MKs in a meeting held Tuesday. Forty-three violent attacks have been reported in 2011 alone, he said.  “They throw rocks at the hospital from roofs of houses in the neighborhood and use slings [to launch rocks] as well. Patients have choked due to tear gas, a doctor fainted, a nurse was injured by a rock,” he said. “The hospital guards wear bulletproof vests and helmets; the medical staff are afraid to travel to the hospital at night.”

...In the lead-up to the debate MK Afu Agbariya protested the assumption of Arab involvement, leading MK Aryeh Eldad to sarcastically propose Eskimo involvement.


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