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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15602/fortunate-arabs
The Fortunate Arabs in the Middle East
(Gatestone Institute) Bassam Tawil - The two million Arab citizens of Israel have become the subject of envy by their Palestinian brothers in the West Bank and Gaza. An example can be seen in Arraba, a town of 26,000 located in the Galilee. "There are 400 physicians in Arraba," said Dr. Tarek al-Sa'di, an internist from the town working at Rambam Hospital in Haifa. "Arraba has the highest number of physicians [per capita] in the world." Plastic surgeon Yusef Nassar, also a resident of Arraba, remarked: "I have several clinics all over the country. Who comes to my clinics? From many cities and villages, Jews and Arabs alike." Saeed Yassin, a veteran family physician from Arraba, is the father of three physicians - two boys and a girl. "I also have two other sons who are pharmacists," he said. The residents of Arraba note that the number of female physicians in the town is higher than that of males.