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My thoughts, assertions and observations on issues important to me as a Jew, a Zionist, a Revenant in Yesha and as an inquisitive human being.
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- YMedad
- Shiloh, Benjamin District, Samaria, Israel
- American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.
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The local employees at the Talpiot consulate, which serves the whole Jerusalem area, include no or almost no Jews.
The US consulate in Jerusalem OFFICIALLY states that Jewish doctors are to be paid almost twice as much as Arab doctors. http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Medical/JRS%20-%20Jerusalem
Anon 10:02 - it's actually Israeli doctors and technically, an Arab Israeli doctor could also receive up to twice the rate in Ramallah since that authorization is based on the prevailing local rates. If the PA ups the rates, the other doctors can receive more, too. The Consulate does not force you to pay a higher rate. if you want to take your life in your hands because you are Jewish and travel to Bethlehem or Ramallah, you can pay less, if you live to tell the tale.
Right, I don't think they did it with bigotry in mind.
It is still true that on that list, the one Jewish doctor is the only one who gets almost twice the rate as all the rest.
The prices are specified by the American government and not the free market, so that is not the reason for the difference. (I think the prices there are far above free-market prices.)
America, which often portrays itself as a beacon of freedom and equality, would do well to avoid discrimination.
Read again:
"Doctors’ names marked (*) on the reverse are
authorized to charge the higher rates listed above marked (*) based on prevailing local fees."
"based on prevailing local fees."
and it's from 2012.
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