Partnership in the Hospital, Division in Politics: A Pediatrician Speaks About Jews and Arabs in Israel
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Prof. Israel Amirav, a pediatrician, has written an article about the relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel's healthcare system. According to him, many doctors, nurses and other hospital staff work together every day, at patients' bedsides and in treatment rooms.
According to Amirav, this professional partnership is important, because everyone shares one goal: to care for children and patients. He notes that there is a large gap between the reality inside the hospital and the situation in the political arena, where Jews and Arabs do not always act together.
In the article, Amirav addresses the political exclusion of Arab citizens of Israel. He asks why politics seeks to separate Jews and Arabs when, in many workplaces, the partnership between them appears natural and everyday.
The question of partnership between Jews and Arabs, and of political representation for Arab citizens, remains a contested issue in Israel. Amirav's article presents the viewpoint of one physician, and it reminds readers of the connection between shared work in hospitals and the larger questions about Israeli society.
Sources: זמן ישראל
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