Peres on MDA affair: No difference between bloods

Israeli President Shimon Peres expressed disgust at the revelation by Ynet that MDA refused a blood donation from MK Pnina Tamano-Shata (Yesh Atid) at the Knesset.

"There can be no differentiation between one blood and the other in the State of Israel. All citizens are equal. We need to write new directives and to allow every Israeli citizen to donate blood. The Ethiopian people are precious to the State of Israel. They are salt of the earth," said Peres.