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Jewish and Arab health professionals unite in solidarity
May 28, 2021
Staff at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer show their unity in the face of Israel s troubles.
(ISRAEL21c) - Medical staff at hospitals up and down the country have come together in solidarity to call for peaceful coexistence and cooperation between Jewish and Arab medical personnel during trying times.
Staff at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, and Emek Medical Center in Afula, have all taken part in initiatives to try to promote unity.
At Sheba, the staff which consists of both Jewish and Arab doctors and nurses, came together for a special assembly to stress the importance of solidarity and cooperation in t.
Today, on the floor of the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi quoted the last lines of an incredibly powerful poem and song by Israeli writer Ehud Manor: “I can’t keep silent, in light of how my country has changed her face/ Won’t quit trying to remind her in her ears, I’ll sing my cries/Until she opens her eyes.”
“I can’t keep silent about how my country’s changed her face,” Pelosi continued, paraphrasing Manor’s words. “I urge my Republican colleagues to open their eyes and to finally open this president accountable. The security of our country and the future of our very democracy is at stake.”