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Jewish and Arab Doctors United Against a Common Foe
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Made Jewish-Israelis Recognise the Role tha Arab-Israelis Play in Society by Amal Shahada What would happen if Arab doctors decided to stay at home? This is a question which former director of the Mossad, Efraim Halevy, posed amidst the current Coronavirus
pandemic. Efraim was referring to the Arab-Israeli (sometimes referred to as the “1948 Arabs�) doctors, who make up twenty per cent of all physicians in Israel. Arab-Israeli doctors can be found in hospitals throughout all regions of Israel, and many of hold high positions in their fields. For instance, a large percentage
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