On Israel21c, Theo Dov Golan – former Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Health – addresses the media’s misrepresentation of Israeli medical support for even its sworn enemies:
At my recent presentation to the United Nations Correspondents Association, one of the journalists addressed the so-called ‘barbaric treatment of the Palestinians by Israel’, which he was convinced was the whole story. When explaining that events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict results from Israel’s being forced to protect its citizens from Palestinian terror, he exclaimed emotionally: “You Israelis, you Jews who have suffered so much in the past, – from you the world expects a more humane response.”
As a physician, I unequivocally can give proof that the opposite is true. Israel has set an example of a level of humanitarian medical aid to others including Palestinians, which no other nation can compete with.
…Why is it then, that this unprecedented, outreaching and caring behavior of Israel remains unknown and unreported to the general public, although documented and presented at the official bodies of the International Community?
Is it that ‘good news is no news’, or is there a ‘hidden’ agenda of double standards and hypocrisy towards Israel (as addressed in Alan Dershowitz’s book A Case for Israel)? Or are we the people that the world loves to hate? There is a big and unanswered WHY that needs to be addressed.
