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Israeli medical team saves sight in MyanmarProf. Jacob Lavee's New Organ Donor Prioritization Plan Adopted into Law, and Draws International AttentionSheba's Prof. Raphi Walden Awarded the French Legion of HonorIsraeli Researchers Make Significant Progress in Heart Tissue EngineeringSheba's Dr. Jacob Kuint and colleagues find that postpartum depression negatively affects infant developmentSheba's Dr. Shai Izraeli discovers novel alternative to chemotherapy for children with leukemiaSheba, NYU researchers to draw genetic map of wandering JewA new school of thought: A plan to open the country's fifth medical school brings opportunities to re-think doctor trainingSarah Ferber of Sheba in Israel shows that potentially, patients with diabetes can be donors of their own therapeutic tissueStudy shows why simple carbs are bad for youStudy traces high carb link to heart attacksIn pursuit of a happiness geneUsing PlayStation to heal severe burn trauma Israel, PA and Jordan cooperate as flu threat grows Babies given transfusions in the womb do wellDecrease In Sense Of Smell Seen In Lupus PatientsSheba Doctor Publishes Inflammatory Breast Cancer Drug AdvanceSheba's Prof. Mordechai Shani to be Awarded Israel's Top Award: "The Israel Prize" for Lifetime Achievement The Last Soldier Goes Home Keep on giving: U.S. donor not deterred by financial downturnIsrael's first center for child abuse victims opens at Sheba Medical CenterInnovative cardiac valve prosthesis developed at ShebaHigher A1C Levels Linked to Lower Brain Function: Study Published by the American Diabetes Association Suggests Lowering A1C Levels Could Reduce Decline in Cognitive Function Gaza War Update II from Sheba Medical CenterIDF Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi at Sheba: "I Thank Sheba for its Remarkable and Irreplaceable Work on Behalf of the Nation and its Soldiers!"Medical Update on the Gaza War'Not all Israelis are bad': Eight-year-old Palestinian cancer patient treated near Tel Aviv grateful to Israeli doctors
'Not all Israelis are bad': Eight-year-old Palestinian cancer patient treated near Tel Aviv grateful to Israeli doctors
Date01/09/2009
AuthorMeital Yasur Beit-Or
SourceYnet

Even though he is currently his Israel, while most of his family is in the Gaza Strip, Imad Tanani watches almost no television. His young daughter, eight-year-old Wala, is a cancer patient treated at the oncological department at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv. Imad says he prefers not to expose his daughter to the difficult images from Gaza because they frighten her.

"She is very concerned about what's happening in Gaza and asks: 'Daddy, what if they attack our house by mistake?'" Imad told Ynet Thursday. "She tells her mom not to let her brothers go outside because it's dangerous."

The concerned father says he takes his daughter to the supermarket and buys her presents to help her deal with the anxiety.

"I tell her that they're not attacking everyone. There's a mess right now, but eventually it will end," he says.

The Palestinian child, who is being treated by Israeli doctors and nurses, understands the complexity of the situation.

"The doctors are Israeli and they take good care of us," she says. "Not all Israelis are bad. There are some good ones and some bad ones."

Meanwhile, the family of Israeli cancer patient Nachman Raphael Fadida is staying with him at the hospital, next to the Palestinian children. The six-year-old child's mother, Liat, says that she had not spoken to the Palestinian families.

"I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, a child is just a child, yet on the other hand I know that those children will become martyrs one day," she says.

Sheba hospital director Prof. Ze'ev Rothstein says he has a different vision: "The assistance to the wounded and sick knows no politics and boundaries. We save lives, prevent suffering, and promote peace between us and the Palestinian people. Perhaps one of these days their leaders will also realize it." 

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