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‘Send her to Gaza’: Belgian doctor denies help to Jewish 90yo woman with fractured rib
Russia Today ^ | 1 Aug 2014

Posted on 08/01/2014 5:41:18 PM PDT by mandaladon

A doctor in Belgium has refused medical help to a 90-year-old Jewish woman with a fractured rib, saying that she needs to be sent to Gaza to “get rid of” the sharp pain she is suffering.

“I’m not coming,” the physician said and hung up after receiving the call at 11pm Wednesday.

Bertha Klein, 90, had a fractured rib and was suffering from “agonizing pain.” She had her son, an American citizen, call the doctor via Flanders medical hotline and ask for help on her behalf.

“Send her to Gaza for a few hours, then she will get rid of the pain,” the doctor told the man, as he called back for clarifications, according to local Joods Actueel newspaper. The paper said that the doctor knew right away that it was a Jewish patient's name, and he heard an accent, which might have predetermined his reaction.

The family then called a friend, Samuel Markowitz, who is an alderman of the Antwerp District Council and a volunteer paramedic.

He also called back the doctor and confronted the doctor with his statements. Markowitz managed to record their conversation.

Hershy Taffel, Bertha Klein’s grandson, filed a discrimination complaint with the police.

(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hamas; israel
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To: cherry

I submit that they were wealthy due to their work ethic. They make lazy people jealous.


21 posted on 08/01/2014 6:30:56 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: ncalburt

Chill out. This isn’t a political story. It does reflect the Jew hatred around the globe.


22 posted on 08/01/2014 6:31:58 PM PDT by dforest
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To: mandaladon

This ****ing doctor ought to go to Gaza. He’ll be pissing his little shorts and hiding behind the IDF begging them to protect his worthless hide.


23 posted on 08/01/2014 6:36:03 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Many if the comments are sickening.

Yes, very disturbing for what they tell us about the state of affairs in Europe.

I hope the non Jews (Muslims excepted) in the USA have the balls to stand up and be counted when (not if) this perversity happens here.

Sadly, according to a very good Jewish friend of 44 years, a large percentage of US Jewry has no clue. She says it's like the younger ones have no sense of self preservation. Although plenty in my age bracket (60s) seem to be just as brain dead.

Nonetheless, if it comes to it, we cannot allow leftist pogroms against Jews and Christians. It must be stopped in no uncertain terms.

24 posted on 08/01/2014 6:38:16 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: yarddog

I understand the Mob also uses 22LR for assassinations — not so much noise and the bullet caroms around inside the skull, apparently.


25 posted on 08/01/2014 6:50:28 PM PDT by expat2
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To: cherry

“We Christians will be targeted.”
Unlike the Jews in the early 40’s,we are armed and dangerous.


26 posted on 08/01/2014 7:07:32 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: gorush
Hatred of Jews has always baffled me. My theory is that many are jealous of the strong family unit that produces wealth through a strong work ethic.

It was the Hebrews who brought the concept of Yahweh into the world. Someone downstairs must have a problem with that.

27 posted on 08/01/2014 7:07:45 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: cherry
...sadly too, there have been a number of Jews in America who have gone out of their way to attack Christian traditions such as Christmas nativity scenes....

I think it would be more accurate to ascribe that antipathy to libs and atheists than Jews, although they include Jews.

28 posted on 08/01/2014 7:49:32 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: mandaladon

I’m willing to bet this doctor is a Muzzie. Notice they didn’t mention his name, produce a pic or anything?


29 posted on 08/01/2014 8:15:33 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: yarddog

“As much as I despise Muslims, if I were a Dr. and a 90 year old Muslim woman was injured, I would not hesitate to treat her and treat her as well as I could.”

There’s a long tradition of US military medical personnel treating the wounded of the enemy.


30 posted on 08/01/2014 8:35:20 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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