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TAWANEH JOURNAL=20
Doctors' Healing Touch Reaches Across a Mideast Divide
By JOSEPH BERGER
Published: July 26, 2004
AWANEH, West Bank - It was a routine examination, a lanky doctor =
checking a frightened boy's chest with a stethoscope, then showing him =
how to use an inhaler for the wheezing he suffers when playing too hard.
But the doctor was Israeli, the boy Palestinian and the exam took =
place in a dusty West Bank hill town in a schoolhouse converted for the =
day into a makeshift clinic.
A group of 650 Israeli doctors has been sending a contingent once =
a week to various places in the West Bank and Gaza to offer health care. =
The doctors say they want to show a gentler face of Israeli society =
after the violence of the last three years.
Khalid Moussa, a villager who visited the clinic to have an =
ophthalmologist check his son's eyes, said the doctors' visits were a =
needed overture that he hoped would teach Israelis about Palestinian =
culture.
"If you antagonize me, I fight back," he said. "If you respect me =
and honor my existence, I'm willing to give you my last piece of bread =
to show you the same attitude."
The visits are also an example of the efforts by people on both =
sides of the conflict to keep up a conversation even as civilians and =
fighters on both sides are killed. Israeli and Palestinian families who =
have lost children in the conflict meet to share their grief and press =
for peace, and there are organized dialogues for teenagers.
Recently, residents of Mevasseret Zion, a Jerusalem suburb, and =
Beit Sourik, an adjacent Palestinian village, flew kites as a =
demonstration of the neighborly relations they say will be damaged by =
the barrier that Israel is building between them.
The doctors are members of Physicians for Human Rights, an =
organization started in 1983 that dissents from many Israeli policies =
and says Israel could do more to achieve a peace accord.
Although they regard the Palestinian doctors with respect, the =
Israeli doctors also know that there are too few specialists in the West =
Bank and that the poor often find it hard to get to doctors and =
hospitals because of the Israeli checkpoints set up to curb militants' =
attacks.
The group offers its services free, and some of the doctors taking =
part concede that their work here is more a gesture than anything else.
Dr. Dani Schurr, a 55-year-old pediatrician who normally works in =
a Jerusalem clinic, said he came out several times a year. "I want to be =
able to say that in this time I didn't just read the newspapers, but I =
went through the barricades and I worked with the people," he said. =
"It's a way to show another face of an Israeli."
On a recent day, eight doctors and four paramedics left Jerusalem =
in four vans and traveled 45 minutes into West Bank territory near =
Hebron before they veered onto a dirt road up to this farming village of =
stone and mud hovels.
Two hundred villagers awaited them in a rough-and-tumble line =
along a schoolhouse terrace, mostly women in long dresses and head =
scarves carrying small children. Other villagers were arriving on =
donkeys and tractors. Examining beds had been assembled from school =
desks covered with thin mattresses. Blankets served as partitions.
Dr. Schurr examined more than 30 children. There was a 3-year-old =
with a cleft palate, a toddler with a parasite brought on by eating =
unwashed vegetables and a 10-month-old girl with fever and diarrhea. =
"There's nothing to worry about, she's not very ill," he told the mother =
of the girl. "She's teething."
Dr. Abdel Rahim Johshan, a Palestinian, joined him for a =
consultation.
Hamad Ranim Aburam, 8, pale and slender, was the wheezing boy. Dr. =
Schurr offered a diagnosis of exercise-induced asthma and had a medical =
assistant bring in an inhaler.
"Lots of kids, as they grow up, the symptoms disappear," he =
assured Hamad's mother.
A local Palestinian Authority official, who helped arrange the =
visit but did not want to be identified because of the subject's =
delicacy, said, "The main reason we do this is the message of =
cooperation, the message that we can live with each other.''
Issa Jabrill Saleem , a 50-year-old olive and wheat farmer whose =
12-year-old daughter, Amana, was given penicillin for a sore throat, =
sounded a note of caution. "If you come here once in many years, it =
doesn't help," he said. "If you come to visit and see the people and =
talk to the people, this is more helpful."
Dr. Yoel Donchin, a professor of anesthesiology at Hadassah =
University, said that in this setting, the Arab-Israeli conflict became =
mere background noise. "One man said, 'This is a bullet hole from you,' =
and we discussed it without bad feelings," he said.
"It's like a Bertolt Brecht play," he said. "We tell them, 'You =
killed my father,' and they tell us, 'You killed my mother,' and we =
discuss it without emotion."
Itzik Sendrik, a spokesman for the doctors' group, said: "Hatred =
is a political item. Take away the politicians and let ordinary people =
live with each other, and they will do it."
Dr. Bettina Birmans, a neurologist, confessed: "I don't think we =
do much medically wise. But listening to people, talking to people, they =
get a different view of Israelis and us of the Palestinians."
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source: ny tmes
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<P>But the doctor was Israeli, the boy Palestinian and the exam =
took place=20
in a dusty West Bank hill town in a schoolhouse converted for the =
day into=20
a makeshift clinic.</P>
<P>A group of 650 Israeli doctors has been sending a contingent =
once a=20
week to various places in the West Bank and Gaza to offer health =
care. The=20
doctors say they want to show a gentler face of Israeli society =
after the=20
violence of the last three years.</P>
<P>Khalid Moussa, a villager who visited the clinic to have an=20
ophthalmologist check his son's eyes, said the doctors' visits =
were a=20
needed overture that he hoped would teach Israelis about =
Palestinian=20
culture.</P>
<P>"If you antagonize me, I fight back," he said. "If you respect =
me and=20
honor my existence, I'm willing to give you my last piece of bread =
to show=20
you the same attitude."</P>
<P>The visits are also an example of the efforts by people on both =
sides=20
of the conflict to keep up a conversation even as civilians and =
fighters=20
on both sides are killed. Israeli and Palestinian families who =
have lost=20
children in the conflict meet to share their grief and press for =
peace,=20
and there are organized dialogues for teenagers.</P>
<P>Recently, residents of Mevasseret Zion, a Jerusalem suburb, and =
Beit=20
Sourik, an adjacent Palestinian village, flew kites as a =
demonstration of=20
the neighborly relations they say will be damaged by the barrier =
that=20
Israel is building between them.</P>
<P>The doctors are members of Physicians for Human Rights, an =
organization=20
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Israel=20
could do more to achieve a peace accord.</P>
<P>Although they regard the Palestinian doctors with respect, the =
Israeli=20
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Bank and=20
that the poor often find it hard to get to doctors and hospitals =
because=20
of the Israeli checkpoints set up to curb militants' attacks.</P>
<P>The group offers its services free, and some of the doctors =
taking part=20
concede that their work here is more a gesture than anything =
else.</P>
<P>Dr. Dani Schurr, a 55-year-old pediatrician who normally works =
in a=20
Jerusalem clinic, said he came out several times a year. "I want =
to be=20
able to say that in this time I didn't just read the newspapers, =
but I=20
went through the barricades and I worked with the people," he =
said. "It's=20
a way to show another face of an Israeli."</P>
<P>On a recent day, eight doctors and four paramedics left =
Jerusalem in=20
four vans and traveled 45 minutes into West Bank territory near =
Hebron=20
before they veered onto a dirt road up to this farming village of =
stone=20
and mud hovels.</P>
<P>Two hundred villagers awaited them in a rough-and-tumble line =
along a=20
schoolhouse terrace, mostly women in long dresses and head scarves =
carrying small children. Other villagers were arriving on donkeys =
and=20
tractors. Examining beds had been assembled from school desks =
covered with=20
thin mattresses. Blankets served as partitions.</P>
<P>Dr. Schurr examined more than 30 children. There was a =
3-year-old with=20
a cleft palate, a toddler with a parasite brought on by eating =
unwashed=20
vegetables and a 10-month-old girl with fever and diarrhea. =
"There's=20
nothing to worry about, she's not very ill," he told the mother of =
the=20
girl. "She's teething."</P>
<P>Dr. Abdel Rahim Johshan, a Palestinian, joined him for a=20
consultation.</P>
<P>Hamad Ranim Aburam, 8, pale and slender, was the wheezing boy. =
Dr.=20
Schurr offered a diagnosis of exercise-induced asthma and had a =
medical=20
assistant bring in an inhaler.</P>
<P>"Lots of kids, as they grow up, the symptoms disappear," he =
assured=20
Hamad's mother.</P>
<P>A local Palestinian Authority official, who helped arrange the =
visit=20
but did not want to be identified because of the subject's =
delicacy, said,=20
"The main reason we do this is the message of cooperation, the =
message=20
that we can live with each other.''</P>
<P>Issa Jabrill Saleem , a 50-year-old olive and wheat farmer =
whose=20
12-year-old daughter, Amana, was given penicillin for a sore =
throat,=20
sounded a note of caution. "If you come here once in many years, =
it=20
doesn't help," he said. "If you come to visit and see the people =
and talk=20
to the people, this is more helpful."</P>
<P>Dr. Yoel Donchin, a professor of anesthesiology at Hadassah =
University,=20
said that in this setting, the Arab-Israeli conflict became mere=20
background noise. "One man said, 'This is a bullet hole from you,' =
and we=20
discussed it without bad feelings," he said.</P>
<P>"It's like a Bertolt Brecht play," he said. "We tell them, 'You =
killed=20
my father,' and they tell us, 'You killed my mother,' and we =
discuss it=20
without emotion."</P>
<P>Itzik Sendrik, a spokesman for the doctors' group, said: =
"Hatred is a=20
political item. Take away the politicians and let ordinary people =
live=20
with each other, and they will do it."</P>
<P>Dr. Bettina Birmans, a neurologist, confessed: "I don't think =
we do=20
much medically wise. But listening to people, talking to people, =
they get=20
a different view of Israelis and us of the Palestinians."</P>
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these programs beneficial, but you will benefit a lot...a thousand =
times=20
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onditionalprofit.htm</A>=20
When you go there, remember to bookmark or subscribe to get more =
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you say "I think it will benefit me". Then after that I ask that =
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