Question. Why Is ‘Doctors Without Borders’ Prescribing Anti-Israel Propaganda in Dubai?

...The exhibition’s organizers are themselves guilty of the same sin of omission vis-à-vis Palestinian medical care. MSF could have used this platform as an opportunity to discuss threats to medical access for Palestinians, including the use of medical facilities and infrastructure by Palestinian terrorists to store weapons and plan attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers. Its failure to do so throws into stark relief how the organization’s blind advocacy comes at the expense of its core interests as a medical organization.

Yona Schiffmiller..
Algemeiner.com..
17 January '17..

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, aka Doctors Without Borders) has risen to international stature as a result of the volunteer medical assistance it provides to people in underdeveloped countries and in crisis areas around the world. However, over the last few years, the group has branched out to include political advocacy targeting Israel as a component of its international activity.

The latest example of this egregious misuse of its humanitarian mandate is the “In Between Wars” exhibition that the NGO presented in Dubai last November. Following installments in France and Jordan, the piece purported to provide visitors with a view into the lives of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. Instead, “In Between Wars” served as a mouthpiece for incitement and radicalization.

The exhibition – also available online – refers to the founding of the state of Israel as a catastrophe — the “Nakba” — delegitimizing the very existence of the Jewish state. It goes further and asserts, “The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is rooted in the history of colonization in this part of the world, entwined with the world zionist [sic] movement,” presenting Jewish Israelis as unwelcome and illegitimate foreigners who belong elsewhere.

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Yona Schiffmiller is the Director of the North America Desk at NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institute.

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