I wonder why a resident of Aza (Gaza) has to travel all the way to Haifa for medical treatment.
Why does a resident of the so-called Palestinian Authority area of occupied Israel, have to travel to Jerusalem for medical care?
According to http://www.distance24.org, the distance between Gaza City and Haifa is nearly 100 miles. Gaza City to Cairo is roughly 220 miles, Gaza is not attacking Egypt as it attacks Israel. On the other hand, Jordan’s capital of Amman is only 93 miles.
All mileage figures are “as the crow flies.”
Palestine Airways Limited has one flight a day on odd-numbered days to Amman, with a return flight to Gaza International Airport (GZA) on even-numbered days. A similar arrangement is advertised for Gaza International to Cairo International. (See http://www.gazaairport.com/tic.html# .) There are no flights to Haifa or even Lod (although there are flights from Cairo and Amman to Lod.) There apparently are no airports of any size in what is incorrectly called the “West Bank” (a term left over from Jordan’s occupation following its invasion of Israel in 1948.
Even without air transportation, “Palestinians” can go to hospitals in Jordan. Syria, for the moment, is not an option.
A recent decision by the PA is to discourage its citizens from seeking medical treatment in Israel since the PA is supposed to pay for its citizen’s care.
IN SYRIA injured fighters are brought to IDF frontline medical facilities (think “MASH”); those who require greater treatment are sent to Haifa or Jerusalem. Neither the incumbent Syrian government nor the potential future Syrian government pays for Syrian care.
What the Syrians SHOULD be doing, since Israel is the enemy, is sending the wounded to Jordanian military hospitals; let Jordanian medics deal with them. Jordan can bill the fighters’ sponsors for their care. (Can anyone see Israel sending a bill to Iran? Not hardly.)
OK. People say “Well, if the Israelis provide top notch medical care these people whose primary goal in life is to wipe out Israel and all non-Muslims in it – that includes Christians, don’t forget – that these people will have a change of heart.
It doesn’t work that way. At least one woman whose life Israeli medics saved returned with a bomb to kill those same medics. Muslim mentality. Exception or rule?
Israeli Jews and Israeli Muslims can, and do co-exist – peacefully. Even with rockets falling on Haifa, a Muslim family – with the grandmother in traditional Arab garb – walked along a beach heavily populated with Israeli Jews. No one assaulted them, no one told them to “go back where you came from,” and no one called them names . . . even as rockets fired by Muslim rocketeers rained down on the city.
The difference is that the Muslims from Aza and the Muslims from the so-called West Bank are enemies of Israel and should NOT be treated in Israel facilities. Likewise the Syrians who will, once control is restored, will take up arms against Israel.
If a person lives in Aza, there is no excuse for that person to go to an Israeli hospital; there are other options available, including the Arab capitals of Amman and Cairo.
