Peloni: Please don’t miss the Update posted below Avi Abelow’s first artilcle in which supporting testimony is offered related to the charges made by the father of Lt. Uri Shani, HY”D, killed on Oct. 7, regarding Rambam Hospital.
Avi Abelow
Rambam health care campus main building. Photo by unknown – hospital archive, CC0, Link
Yehoshua Shani, father of Lt. Uri Shani, HY”D, killed on Oct. 7 fighting the jihadi invaders from Gaza:
What happened this Shabbat in the intensive care unit at Rambam Hospital demands an immediate investigation.
Three days ago, my nephew Eitan, an IDF combat soldier, was seriously wounded in Lebanon and hospitalized at Rambam Hospital together with three other soldiers from his unit who were also wounded.
Since then, we have been living with tremendous anxiety for his well-being.
Eitan was sedated and on a ventilator. Only yesterday afternoon did he wake up, suffering from burns all over his body, pain, fever, and hallucinations.
And then night came.
A new shift entered the ward. According to the family, every member of the nursing staff on that shift was Arabic-speaking.
At a certain point, all the families were removed from the ward and the doors were locked.
You have to understand the situation:
Four seriously wounded IDF soldiers, who had just returned from fighting in Lebanon, were left alone behind locked doors, without their families, while the entire staff on duty was Arabic-speaking.
I want to say this clearly: Given the security reality in which we are living, this is a situation that, from the families’ perspective, raises serious questions and creates a profound sense of insecurity. These feelings must not be dismissed, and these questions must not be swept under the rug.
The family members asked to be allowed inside.
Not to interfere with the staff’s work.
Not to sit there for hours.
Just to go in for a second and see that Eitan was okay.
Again and again they asked.
Again and again they were refused.
At a certain point, David, Eitan’s brother, decided that he had to see with his own eyes what was happening to his brother. He forced his way through the door and entered the ward.
And what he describes seeing there is simply inconceivable.
Eitan was not okay.
According to David, his wounded brother was lying there begging for water, and at that moment none of the staff was beside him to respond to him.
A soldier seriously wounded in Lebanon.
Only hours earlier, he had awakened after being sedated and ventilated.
Suffering from burns, pain, fever, and hallucinations.
Begging for water.
With no family member beside him.
And at that moment, no one approaching him to help.
Then Eitan whispered something even more serious to his brother.
According to David, Eitan told him that when members of the staff turned him over in his bed, they did so brutally, “like a sardine,” in Eitan’s words, and his head was slammed against the bed.
These are things Eitan himself told his brother.
I am not prepared to simply let this pass.
And when David cried out over what he was seeing, instead of someone stopping and asking the obvious question, what happened here, and why is a wounded soldier begging for help? a hospital security officer was summoned to deal with David, who had entered the ward to check on his brother.
We also tried to involve the IDF unit responsible for hospitalized soldiers.
There was no representative available there for the family.
And there is something else that particularly infuriates me.
When a terrorist or security detainee is hospitalized, the State of Israel makes sure to place security personnel with him, among other reasons to ensure that no harm comes to him during his hospitalization.
Yet here we have four IDF soldiers who were seriously wounded in battle in Lebanon, and their families are removed from the ward. They remain behind locked doors, without an IDF representative there for them, while the entire staff on duty, according to the family’s testimony, is Arabic-speaking.
We know how to place guards around a terrorist.
But who is guarding our soldiers?
I am not claiming that every Arabic-speaking staff member constitutes a danger. Certainly not.
But in the reality of war, when wounded and helpless soldiers are hospitalized after battle, the IDF’s responsibility toward them does not end the moment the helicopter reaches the hospital.
The IDF must ensure that they are protected, properly cared for, and that there is an available military representative for their families.
And I ask:
Who is responsible for this failure?
Who is responsible for a situation in which the families of four seriously wounded soldiers find themselves outside locked doors?
Who was supposed to ensure that these soldiers received attention at every moment?
Who checked what was happening behind those doors?
And who, on behalf of the IDF, was supposed to be there for the soldiers and their families?
I demand that the management of Rambam Hospital and the IDF immediately open a thorough investigation into this incident.
I demand that all security-camera footage from the ward and corridors during the relevant hours be preserved immediately.
I demand an investigation into exactly who was on duty, why all the families were removed and the doors locked, what response Eitan received when he asked for water, how he was treated and moved in his bed, where the staff members were during those minutes, and who was responsible for the shift.
And I demand an answer to another question that we must not be afraid to ask:
Was the fact that the entire staff on duty was Arabic-speaking completely irrelevant to what occurred, or is there something additional here that requires investigation?
I am not determining the answer in advance.
I am demanding that the question be investigated.
Not every Arab staff member is responsible for what happened, and I am not casting suspicion on an entire community. But neither should the families of wounded soldiers be expected to ignore the situation or the fears it raised for them.
These four young men were not injured while on vacation.
They were wounded as IDF combat soldiers in Lebanon, defending the State of Israel.
When they are lying wounded, in pain, and helpless in an Israeli hospital, the State of Israel owes them one basic thing:
To protect them.
I expect an investigation and answers.
Not in a month.
Not after the camera footage has been erased.
Now.
Now for my personal commentary. I’m not as politically correct as Yehoshua Shani:
Let’s say they consider themselves “palestinians, as most Arab Muslim Israelis identify, and believe Israel is killing their jihadi brothers and cousins in Gaza. Is it really so far-fetched to think they would exploit their positions on the night shift in a hospital to neglect their medical duties toward IDF soldiers?
Add to that a 1,400-year jihadi ideological background.
Jews must wake up: the Arab Muslim population with Israeli citizenship is a fifth column. Not all of them, but many. They must be treated as the security risk they represent, not blindly trusted in positions that impact Jewish lives, as doctors or nurses in our hospitals.
This is wake-up time for the Jewish people. The time for naively ignoring the jihadi background of our Arab Muslim Israeli citizens is over. The danger of jihad is not just in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria, it’s in our hospitals, pharmacies and buses, all staffed by Arab Muslim Israeli citizens.
We will overcome this. It begins by stopping the denial of a 1,400-year jihad and its impact on Arab Muslims. This is an evil that must be removed from God’s holy land, the land entrusted to the Jewish people to spread holiness and serve as a light unto the nations.
For the United States, or any country, to survive the growing jihad within its borders and the political power it is gaining, all jihadis must be deported. Israel must set the example by implementing this policy first.
Strengthen your faith. Share these truths loudly. Stop being afraid of being called an “Islamophobe.” Saving our lives is more important.
Am Yisrael Chai!!!
UPDATE…
This morning I shared the disturbing post from Yehoshau Shani about his nephew, an injured IDF soldier, receiving horrible mistreatment from the Arab staff at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
Since this morning, two significant public figures have stepped forward, dramatically raising the stakes.
First, Haifa City Council member Zehavit Ben David, from Mayor Yona Yahav’s coalition, publicly confirmed that the allegations are real based on her own firsthand experience at the hospital while accompanying her late father over the past year and a half.
These are her words:
“I promise you that the post about the soldiers is absolutely true. The system there desperately needs to be shaken up and everyone who has fallen asleep on the job needs to wake up.”
She continued:
“What has happened, and what continues to happen, at this hospital is beyond explanation. I’m not here to paint everyone with the same brush, but there is a very big ‘but.'”
She then delivered a devastating indictment:
“The hospital has become a factory of death, filth, and a place lacking adequate medical staff. Everyone there seems convinced the sun rises just for them.”
And she concluded with words that every Israeli should hear:
“Our heroic IDF soldiers deserve to be treated like kings, not like mice. Rambam—wake up, or we’ll come and wake you up ourselves.”
These are extraordinarily serious allegations, especially hinting at the problem of Israeli Arab medical staff, while trying hard not to say it outloud.
Defense Minister Israel Katz has also intervened.
Katz stated:
“I view with great severity the reports concerning the treatment of IDF soldiers at Rambam Hospital. Our soldiers, who risk their lives for Israel’s security, deserve the highest level of medical care and respect. I have instructed the Director General of the Ministry of Defense and the head of the Rehabilitation Department to examine the allegations immediately and present me with their findings.”
He further emphasized:
“Anyone who harms the dignity of our soldiers or fails to provide them with proper treatment will be held accountable.”
He also called on Rambam’s leadership to conduct a comprehensive internal review to ensure that every wounded soldier receives the care, dignity, and respect they deserve.
Our soldiers sacrifice everything to defend the Jewish people. The least we owe them is exemplary care, gratitude, and dignity when they return home wounded. I hope this investigation brings the truth to light quickly and leads to whatever changes are necessary.
As I noted in my post this morning:
Let’s assume these Arab Israelis self-identify as “palestinians”, as most Arab Muslim Israelis identify, and believe Israel is killing their jihadi brothers and cousins in Gaza. Is it really so far-fetched to think they would exploit their positions on the night shift in a hospital to neglect their medical duties toward IDF soldiers?
Add to that a 1,400-year jihadi ideological background.
Jews must wake up: the Arab Muslim population with Israeli citizenship is a fifth column. Not all of them, but many. They must be treated as the security risk they represent, not blindly trusted in positions that impact Jewish lives, as doctors or nurses in our hospitals.
This is wake-up time for the Jewish people. The time for naively ignoring the jihadi background of our Arab Muslim Israeli citizens is over. The danger of jihad is not just in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria, it’s in our hospitals, pharmacies and buses, all staffed by Arab Muslim Israeli citizens.
We will overcome this. It begins by stopping the denial of a 1,400-year jihad and its impact on Arab Muslims. This is an evil that must be removed from God’s holy land, the land entrusted to the Jewish people to spread holiness and serve as a light unto the nations.
For the United States, or any country, to survive the growing jihad within its borders and the political power it is gaining, all jihadis must be deported. Israel must set the example by implementing this policy first.
Strengthen your faith. Share these truths loudly. Stop being afraid of being called an “Islamophobe.” Saving our lives is more important.
Am Yisrael Chai!!!
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