The Palestinian Authority has decided to stop allowing Palestinians to get medical treatment for serious medical conditions in Israeli hospitals. This is in protest of Israel's cutoff of part of the tax revenue it collects for the PA in an amount equal to the pensions and bonuses that the PA pays to terrorists and their families. The Israelis don't want to support the targeted killing of their own people; that makes sense to me. The PA doesn't want its sick people to get treatment; that seems like a truly bizarre decision.
Some background is needed to understand just how crazy this decision is. Israel has some advanced medical facilities; the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority do not. Treatment for serious cancer and many other life-threatening conditions is only available at the Israeli institutions. For the last 50 years, Palestinians from the West Bank get treatment at these Israeli institutions. Last year, there were 3500 such patients. Now, the PA is cutting this off.
This move is the equivalent of the PA putting out a death sentence on these sick Palestinians. It will not hurt anyone in Israel. It seems like a massive forced suicide chosen by the PA.
Some background is needed to understand just how crazy this decision is. Israel has some advanced medical facilities; the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority do not. Treatment for serious cancer and many other life-threatening conditions is only available at the Israeli institutions. For the last 50 years, Palestinians from the West Bank get treatment at these Israeli institutions. Last year, there were 3500 such patients. Now, the PA is cutting this off.
This move is the equivalent of the PA putting out a death sentence on these sick Palestinians. It will not hurt anyone in Israel. It seems like a massive forced suicide chosen by the PA.
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