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Source: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/09/07/robert-fulford-israels-secret-doctors/
The Secret Doctors of Israel
(National Post-Canada) Robert Fulford - When Israeli doctors and aid workers go into refugee camps in Jordan, they change clothes so that they can fade into the background. They must be smuggled in and out. They do not tell others where they are going and when they go home they usually do not say where they have been. Israel does nothing, officially, that could make it look like the medical corps of the rebellion. An Israeli organization, iL4Syrians, operates anonymously in Syria, providing food and medical supplies for those who need them. Its web site identifies no directors or staff but carries a defiant slogan: "Nobody asks permission to kill. We do not ask permission to save lives." They argue that respect for the sanctity of human life expresses Jewish tradition and culture. As they see it, this applies to the toughest and cruelest enemies of Israel as well as anyone else. An Israeli Arabic paper reports: "The Arab countries offer condolences but the best role is provided by the Israelis because they are crossing the border to provide assistance to the refugees, risking their lives without a word of thank you."