Report: Shin Bet foot-dragging keeping Gazans from doctors visits

Hmmmm I am confused. Canadian customs and security officials are not responsible for ensuring that US citizens get to their Canadian medical appointments (or any other appointment) on time (or at all). The same applies to US officials with regard to Canadian citizens. Why then would anyone think that Israeli security officials have that responsibility. Perhaps the report should criticize Gazans for electing a government run by Hamas.

How can anyone with a heart or soul be so cruel? Perhaps they don't have a heart or a soul play-ing such games with sick people and their need to get to their doctors visits. Shame, shame, shame on them! Utterly Disgusted , Dutch P.S. I am passing this report on to others I know and place it on the internet. I imagine, others will feel sick too. Shin Bet is a dis-grace to the human race and should be shut down.

that Palestiniens in Gaza & the West Bank prefer to come to Israel to be treated in our hospitals, 2 words "better care". Besides people from the territories always came to Israel for work, fun & health concerns, that is before the intifada. Gaza & the West Bank had time & money to build health facilities. They prefer to keep the donations in Swiss bank and play cowboy & indian games, just not to lose the face. The cement embargo was only implemented recently.

Who knows what you might get stolen from you by the IDF on the borders of Gaza?

"The peace loving Israelis are blocking the imports of cement to Gaza, along with dozens on dozens of what we in the Western would would consider essential goods" No surprise there. If it wasn't for the fact that the Western world is watching, Israel would deny the Gazans all medical treatment, I have no doubt...

The peace loving Israelis are blocking the imports of cement to Gaza, along with dozens on dozens of what we in the Western would would consider essential goods.

Nina says the Gazans have a hospital that Isreal didn't destroy. That's good but is it sufficient for 1.5 million people?. Or are they people ?. Yakov accuses me of "focusing stupid blind hatred on us" by which I assume he means the Israelis or Jews. It might interest him to know that in 1967 when I was 16 years old I was a fervent supporter of Israel. But over the years since I have seen the cruel and inhuman treatment meted out to the Palestinians and the illegal expropriation of their land and my sympathies have changed. I have always admired the Jewish people and have been appalled at what Christians have done to them over centuries. I have visited Auswitch and for me it was a pilgrimage. So, I hate nobody but I believe in justice for all.

If Hamas had spent all that money on a modern hospitals and the health care in general, they would have money to make rockets to murder Jewish women and children. In that case there would be no Cast Lead operation. Israelis have hearts, but they also have brains, in contrast to some Irish guy.

Brian as Nina pointed out the Palestinians have an operating hospital ?Shifa ?incidentally built by us Israelis during our occupation with Israeli tax money. I am sure to your disappointment was Shifa was not turned to rubble in our operation Cast Lead though if the shoe had been on the other foot?. If you had taken the trouble to actually read what I wrote you would understand that the ones responsible for the destruction and lack of civilian infrastructure including modern medical facilities is the Hamas and the Palestinians themselves. And maybe you can answer my question in an intelligent manner. Why do all the bleeding hearts focus your stupid blind hatred on us and not ask the Hamas and the Palestinians Why not build and educate ?and don?t BS me they can?t and it?s the occupation- with the billions in ?, $ & £ they receive? Instead of building they buy weapons and preach Shihad?

You must be kidding. Do expect from Israel to help treating the sick palestinians.The war criminals can not be healers. As occupying country they are obliged by the international laws to provide the palestinians with health care. But who can force Israel to behave as a civilized country when the of the american Veto backing them up

Gaza DOES have a hospital, Shifa, which Hamas was happy to use as HQ during Cast Lead, and which was NOT bombed because Israel, although knowing this, respected the sick and wounded and held back. However, this hospital is not at a high level, so Palestinians prefer using their evil genocidal neighbor's facilities, and try bombing them at doctors' appointments-after THEIR treatment, of course. Oh, and between Israeli hospital visits Palestinians like to pass the time by accusing them of stealing their organs.

Palestinians have to make up their mind. Do they want to be independent of Israel or not? If independent, then they need to use all the welfare the world gives them and invest in hospitals and doctors instead of bombs and missiles. If dependent on Israel, then they still have to stop the terror. Palestinians have only themselves to blame for their predicament. The world is getting tired of their complaining. It has more important things to worry about. Israel is enjoying a vibrant economy and culture and looks to the future for a happier and fulfilling life. Palestinians can dwell in their obsessive fantasies as they fall further behind or wake up and join civilization.

If Hamas had spent all that money you spoke about on a modern hospital it would now be rubble. Haven't you heard of Operation Cast Lead ? The fact is to treat sick people in this way is a symptom of a serious callousness on the part of Israeli society. Have you no hearts !

I do wonder if Israel is so terrible, as per the UN Commissioned report, than why the condemnation of Israel for thoroughly checking the backgrounds of those who may ascribe to assisting those intent on murdering Israelis? The sick and feeble who desire medical treatment among the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip should be cared for by the UN in European or Arab countries. If the Hamas led government in the Gaza strip had spent the billions given them in aid over the past years on the construction of a modern hospital all of this article would be irrelevant. Also consider how much in raw materials where used to build defensive positions and bunkers by the Hamas that could have ben used to improve the infrastructure and notably medical facilities? Why cross into Israel? Why not go through to hospitals in Egypt? Should there not been a UN enquiry into this? Furthermore why do the poor Moslem Palestinians persist on teaching their children and youth to become martyrs instead of learning to become doctors like those upper and middle class Palestinians made wealthy by bribery and embezzlement? Maybe if the Palestinians in Gaza concentrated on educating and improving their infrastructure themselves then there would be no conflict nor ?occupation?.

this to me sounds s PR play to get sympathy. Israeli changed the procedure to be inline with the Oslo Accords, there is only one channel for this, in the past we had every HMO acting as authority of this and seeking priority. Now there is one way for all , easier, less costly and less administration. The way it should be.

Why can't Saudi Arabia or Egypt or Syria or Iran pay for these people to get medical treatment? These people never lose an opportunity to terrorise Israel with Kassams and Grads ,why the hell should they expect israel to take care of their medical needs? Oh yes and what about the MILLIONS given to the PLO and Hamas and Fatah--why haven't they spent this money to build hospitals and get doctors for their people? No, they'd rather steal the aid for themselves.

Here we have a group (the Gazans voted for Hamas) who have declare publicly time and time again that they wish to physically destroy us. In addition missiles are fired at us from there on almost a daily basis and we have to provide them with medical care. Let them get treatment from their Egyptian "brothers" on their other border.

into the abyss. Israel is falling, they just don't notice yet.

Hamasville has declared itself in a state of war with Israel. Is it really that common in the world to demand your enemy keep you healthy?

clinics.. Pal pefidy and duplicity knows no bounds ,a contemptible flock.

Her words and paragraphs are not connected, not clear what she want to say. After all, Gaza is independent entity, and is not clear why Israel should provide its human and monetarily resources for the local government which hostile to the Jewish state. It seems that author is insane. At least. Or drunk. Probably.

Maybe if those Gazans would arrive at Erez crossing together with Gilad Shalit they would get a better chance. actually they want for themselves what they have been denying, not for months but for years, to one Israeli who also wants to enter in Israel....