(JNi.media) Israeli EMT service Magen David Adom CEO Eli Bin responded to a report on the failure Red Crescent paramedics to stop and help a Jewish family attacked by Arab gunmen last Friday, told Channel 10 News his organization has also submitted a protest to the International Red Cross, alongside the harsh complaint from Israel’s foreign ministry.
Two men, Rabbi Yaakov Litman, 40, and his son Nathaniel, 18, were murdered last Friday, shortly before Shabbat, near Otniel, in the Hebron area. According to Channel 2 News, a Red Crescent ambulance passed by the scene of the crime, slowed down, and, realizing the victims were Jews, drove off without stopping to help.
“As far as we’re concerned, this is very serious,” said Bin. “Magen David Adom personnel are taught to treat the wounded not by their religion. We call on the President of the Belgian Red Cross to examine this issue and find a just resolution.” He told the TV news channel the standards at the Palestinian Red Crescent were Third World like in terms of their quality and organization.
Bin gained notoriety recently in Israel, when he told Ma’ariv he would have saved the life of a terrorist, even if the latter had just slaughtered Bin’s own daughter. “It’s my Jewish and Israeli pity,” he said. “I would have treated him. I would have wanted to kill him, that would have been my real feeling, but I have no doubt that I would have cared for him.”
On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Foreign Ministry to file a strong protest with the Red Cross, which governs the Red Crescent. The Red Crescent driver, apparently, told the survivors of the shooting attack to contact MDA.
A later investigation by MDA revealed that the Israeli ambulance driver who had arrived at the scene discovered the Red Crescent paramedics sitting in their ambulance, and not assisting the Jewish wounded.