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Israeli Doctors in Congo to Aid Burn Victims Welcomed by Africans But Rejected by "Doctors Without Borders" for "Occupation"


(Ha'aretz) Cnaan Liphshiz - Israeli burn specialist Dr. Eyal Winkler arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week with a delegation of five medical specialists to treat 50 people who were severely burned in a fire. President Joseph Kabila telephoned the delegation to thank them, but the volunteers of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) Netherlands, who arrived the previous week, did not want to be around the Israeli team. "This is the reality today: Doctors from international aid organizations treat a delegation of volunteer Israeli doctors to Congo as though we were occupiers," Winkler said. "Unfortunately, it's true. International aid organizations here are very pro-Palestinian and not too friendly to Israelis," said Gila Garaway, an American aid specialist.
2010-07-19 09:05:17
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