In the middle of a Washington Times report about Palestinians being treated in Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center, reporter Joshua Mitnick writes something astonishing:
Fatah officers such as Abdallah Shelieh, meanwhile, have been avoiding Gaza City’s main facility, Shifah Hospital, for fear of Hamas security forces who have set up military positions on the roof and in their own wing of the hospital.
Military positions inside a hospital? Imagine the headlines if Israel were to do such a thing.
The fact that Barzilai’s staff treats Palestinians without regard for their political affiliation may not be noteworthy enough for MSM, though the reaction of the patients certainly is:
But when the father of a wounded security officer from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction tells a reporter that he wants “to say thank you to all of the people of Israel,” it seems that the center’s work is changing at least some hearts and minds.
