How Syrian Rebels and Their Families Find Themselves in Israeli Hospitals
Judeo-Druze values.
June 22, 2017
How Syrian Rebels and Their Families Find Themselves in Israeli Hospitals
Judeo-Druze values.
Since 2013, over 3,000 Syrians have been brought to Israeli hospitals to receive medical treatment. In most cases, they are taken to the border fence separating the two countries and then transported by Israeli military personnel. Coordinating the effort is Salman Zarka, a Druze physician and IDF veteran who credits medical ethics, Jewish and Druze religious values, and the memory of the Holocaust for the Jewish state’s decision to engage in this humanitarian endeavor. Terry Glavin explains how it works:
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