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In a Hospital under Fire from Gaza
(National Post-Canada) Avi Benlolo - Dr. Rabia Darawasha is an Israeli-Arab surgeon at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, where Hamas rockets land in the vicinity and "Code Red" alerts send staff and Israeli and Palestinian patients scrambling for cover. I asked him if treating Israeli soldiers was difficult for him. He replied, "The Hamas do not represent me. The soldiers represent me." He added, "This is my country; my family is here." Dr. Darawasha comes from Iksal in northern Israel. His father and uncle, he says, have always had positive interactions with the Jewish people - both socially and professionally. As an Arab, he has never felt discriminated against or treated as a second-class citizen by Israel. In fact, when he graduated from medical school in Romania, Israel embraced him, gave him money to continue his studies and gave him job opportunities.