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Settlers treat electrocuted Palestinian boy
Itamar Fleishman
Published: 15.10.12, 23:22
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1. Strickly PR, propoganda & hasbara
(10.15.12)
2. Yupppppp
(10.16.12)
3. You expect a thank you?
Mark ,   Cleveland OH   (10.16.12)
If a Roman legion doctor offered aid to a sick Jewish child in the year 20 AD, would the Jewish village that housed the boy send roses and a thank you letter to the Roman commander? Small gestures change nothing.
4. #1, Hasbara is necessary
Jacob Erickson ,   Holon, Israel   (10.16.12)
We wouldn't need to publicize things like this which are just part of every day life and acts of random kindness if the people who don't like that we exist spread their own propoganda against us.
5. Wow
Rob ,   NYC   (10.16.12)
A medic gave a child medical treatment.
6. Wow
Paul ,   Boston, MA   (10.16.12)
Rob in NYC- guess what would happen if a settler child came to an Arab village for treatment? He (and those who brought him there) would likely be lynched. So yes, while a medic helping a child is normal and expected, it would likely not happen if the roles were reversed.
7. #6
(10.16.12)
Weekly, Arab youth from nearby villages egged on and incited by "activists" (paid by the UK foreign office, Norwegian government and the EU) throw rocks at Neve Tzuf vehicles, and sometimes try to go into Neve Tzuf itself to pogrom the Jews. So the headline is actually "Medic saves life of cousin of Jihadist who tried to murder the medic's baby last week"
8. #3 wrong analogy
(10.16.12)
Imagine a Turkish soldier's wife going to a Christian doctor on Cyprus.
9. Disgusting comments #1,3,5
Korem ,   NYC   (10.16.12)
Considering the campaign people like you have been doing to demonize Israelis and make them seem like inhuman, mindless monsters, I think having a news story like this to prove you wrong is very appropriate. This is also very minor compared to the medical treatment and expensive complex surgeries done in Israeli hospitals for children from Gaza with deformities.
10. #1 - Hasbara = inconvenient truths
William ,   Israel   (10.16.12)
Whether you call it PR or propaganda, this story (and many others of settlers helping Arabs) is fact. A fact that hurts your agenda ot paint all settlers as evil, racist, violent Zionists. The truth is - a tiny minority of settlers would ever fit that description. The rest are peaceful and do indeed have working relations with their Arab neighbors. Just more inconvenient truths for the foreign instigators.
11. #3 - but many small gestures together add up
William ,   Israel   (10.16.12)
Sometimes the Arabs aid Jews and sometimes the Jews aid Arabs. On the ground, you'll find that average citizens work better together than the media and politicians on each side would have you believe. Jews have been doing this for years - from saving the children of young mothers in remote villages to major heart surgery for young children. (go ask one of the founders of Hamas about the latter one) Most notable in the article is that despite all of the lies from the media and their own leaders, these Arabs knew to go immediately to a Jewish settlement for quality treatment, empathetic care, and professionalism. One can see - they expected NO violence or rejection from the settlers. Perhaps the average Arab knows more than you do way back in Cleveland.
12. #5 - the wow part is that it came from a settler
William ,   Israel   (10.16.12)
since most foreign instigators are busy painting settlers as evil, racist, violent people, a fact like this story goes a long way to paint the truth. I assume the next time an article like this is presented, you'll pass over it.
13. #5 Western media portray Israeli "settlers" as ...
Zvi   (10.16.12)
vicious, racist, evil, child-murdering crazies. That is not true. It was never true. It will never be true. The western media portray Israeli "settlers" and ordinary Palestinian villagers as being locked in an interminable battle over land. That isn't true either. It was never true. Most of the settlements consist of hilltops that were barren before the settlements were built, and which nobody cared about before the Israeli towns were there. The reality is that despite attempts by West Bank crazies, the PA, explicitly anti-Israel NGOs and agenda-toting journalists to lie to the world, a West Bank Arab family knew that the best chance to save their child's life was to bring him to an Israeli medic who lived nearby. That Israeli "settler" medic immediately dropped whatever he was doing at home and rushed to help the Arab boy. It wouldn't be a "wow" in Israel. It isn't a "wow" in the West Bank - unless one believes western or Arab media. And those outlets, of course, won't mention this.
14. #3
(10.16.12)
If that Roman legion had never been there in the first place that Palestinian would not be there either. How ironic, no?
15. The haters return
Neal ,   Minneapolis, USA   (10.16.12)
I suppose I shouldn't find it hard to believe that Jew-haters would attack Ynet for running the story of Jews helping save the life of an Arab boy. Jew-haters don't need a reason. But I can imagine the screaming front-page headlines and extensive, condemnatory TV coverage had the boy been turned away and subsequently died. To some people, Jews can do no right. What I don't understand is why they read Ynet.
16. Settlers to the rescue.
Phil ,   Los Angeles   (10.16.12)
While reaching out to your fellow man in an act of kindness is commendable, please don't wait for a Nobel peace price. The article is trying to show one act of kindness by settlers as if it is an everyday conduct by settlers. It ain't so, just go to Hebron and see how settlers encourage their kids to throw stones at Palestinan kids. There has been too many cases of Palestinians left bleeding to death while Israelies stood and watched to ignore.. Still, the good action of these few settlers is noteworthy.
17. Being deliberately obtuse...
Howard Immanuelson ,   US   (10.16.12)
You guys I'd have to assume are being deliberately obtuse. If a Jewish child's life was saved by a Roman physician I'd expect the parents to say "thank you", yes. They may not love the Romans afterwards but they've restored their child to them that would have otherwise died. Those folks are under no obligation whatsoever to help the sick and wounded Palestinian kid. They did it because it's the right thing to do regardless of the circumstances. A sick Jewish kid brought to a Pal village would likely not escape with his life. This is propaganda? Only to the jaded and callous.
18. weird, but believable
Larry ,   Los Angeles   (10.16.12)
Weird that they come to the settlers for help. They probably feel that their own hospitals are not as good as the Jewish ones, which is probably true. The fact that there is no good will generated is also believable since the Arabs are not one for building good will in the face of their own peer pressure to hate all Jews. They use us when they need us and hate us the rest of the time. Some neighbors, huh?
19. #5 yes a medic treated a child
Ilan   (10.16.12)
We are Israelis and we recognize that Palestinians are God's children as we are
20. Most talk backers here are ridiculous....
Realist ,   NYC   (10.16.12)
What do you think would happen if a Jew entered a Palestinian village and asked for help......umm most likely he would be murdered. That's the difference. Hopefully the boy they saved won't grow up to be a terrorist.
21. Not news
Aviela ,   Lower Migron, Israel   (10.16.12)
Jewish (human, settler GASP) medics help injured Arabs every single day. Not news.
22. @16
deavman ,   Acco, Israel   (10.16.12)
You say: "There has been too many cases of Palestinians left bleeding to death while Israelies stood and watched to ignore" OK I believe you...I will assume that you have the documented cases on hand, please enlighten me by giving links or equivalent......
23. Why does Haaretz never report the humane things settlers do?
zionist forever   (10.16.12)
24. assistance "does not help us develop good relations"
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (10.16.12)
That such gestures don't seem to change the bitter attitude the Palestinians have toward Israel and its Jews was made evident in a recent documentary. An Israeli was doing a story about the people from Gaza getting medical treatment in Israeli hospitals. The mother of a child whose life had been saved discussed (on camera!) her fond wish that he would grow up and one day die as a martyr fighting Israel. The child's doctor, hearing this, was understandably left speechless. Some people are filled with a special kind of hate that no kindness, no "hearts and minds" campaign, can overcome.
25. Settlers treat electrocuted Palestinian boy
Ricardo ,   Miami, USA   (10.16.12)
Despite the BS comments at the end of this story it is nice to see how a mother can find help for her kid in stress at a Israeli settlement, while cannot get any help t her own village
26. To Mark from Cleveland:
Purple Canary ,   Binyamina, Israel   (10.16.12)
You're missing the point. The Palestinians claim they are afraid of the bad, evil settlers, that the Jews are committing atrocities and so on and blah blah. As this article shows, the Palestinians don't appear to have a problem bringing their children to the nasty settlers for medical treatment. And yes, when someone saves your child's life, a simple thank you (not, as your sarcastic example suggested some grandiose gesture of appreciation) would really be the human thing to do. Instead of sneering, perhaps you should do the human thing to and start to wonder if perhaps your venom against Jews isn't misplaced.
27. Not only deformities...
Purple Canary ,   Binyamina, Israel   (10.16.12)
Israeli hospitals treat children and adults from all over Africa and Asia for life-threatening diseases. Thousands - and I mean thousands, flotilla advocates please note - come from Gaza into Israel every year - so long as they can get approval from the PA, which isn't always available. Recently, although they're trying to keep it quiet - Haniye's brother-in-law received medical treatment in Israel. To all the Israel bashers out there - how do you like them apples?
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