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| 2009-01-08 | |
| High-Profile Doctor in Gaza Called an 'Apologist for Hamas' By Jennifer Lawinski (Fox) A high-profile Norwegian doctor who has said the September 11 terrorists were justified in their attack is now treating patients in Gaza and is being accused of presenting "hard-core propaganda" to TV interviewers in his telling of the conflict between Hamas and Israel. Dr. Mads Gilbert has become an unofficial advocate of the Palestinian cause, his critics say.
Gilbert volunteers at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza with the Norwegian Aid Committee (NORWAC), an aid organization funded by the Norwegian government, and he has been interviewed by the media on a variety of issues. Israeli government officials have said Hamas hides weapons in the hospital where Gilbert works. NGO Monitor, an Israeli human rights watchdog group, says Gilbert presents one-sided criticism of Israel to the media and has accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians in its Gaza offensive to stop Hamas from firing rockets into Israel. In addition to being supportive of the terrorist organization Hamas, Gilbert has voiced support for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "The attack on New York did not come as a surprise after the policy that the West has led during the last decades," Gilbert told the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet on Sept. 30, 2001. "The oppressed also have a moral right to attack the USA with any weapon they can come up with." When asked if he supported a terror attack on the U.S., Gilbert said, "Terror is a bad weapon but the answer is yes within the context which I have mentioned." Gerald Steinberg, executive director of NGO Monitor, said Gilbert's characterization of the situation in Gaza is "in the form of incitement of hatred." "We question the accuracy and the political biases — if they exist — by groups that claim to promote human rights, humanitarian and non-political goals," Steinberg told FOXNews.com. "A doctor is someone who is not supposed to take a political side." "We found out he justified the 9/11 attacks.
Here's a guy with a radical political background who is being interviewed as if he were a neutral medical observer," Steinberg said. "He has become an apologist for Hamas, totally violating his obligation as a physician to heal the sick and not contribute to violence." A representative for Sky News said it has not presented a biased picture of the conflict in Gaza when interviewing Gilbert. "We are reporting events as they happen and interviewing all of the protagonists and a wide range of commentators on the situation," the network said in a statement. "Dr. Gilbert is a working doctor in Gaza interviewed by the international news agencies in Gaza. A short interview clip with him has been included in one of our reports. Sky News has consistently reported on the Hamas rocket attacks into Israel, given extensive context and background to the dispute and interviewed the Israeli President live on air for 15 minutes." The BBC did not respond to a request for comment. Gilbert told FOXNews.com that he is neither anti-Israeli nor anti-American. "I did my Ph.D. research in the United States at the University of Iowa in Iowa City," Gilbert said. "I have hundreds of American friends and I have many, many Jewish friends. "I have nothing against the people of Israel. I have nothing against the Jews. In fact, I think that one of the worst things that happened in history was the Holocaust." But Gilbert said he and NORWAC do not hide their pro-Palestinian bias in the Hamas-Israel conflict. "We support the Palestinian people, and that's absolutely no secret that we have been supporting the Palestinian people for many years," Gilbert said. "We have been working tirelessly to improve the medical conditions through systematic training and teaching.... "I do not support the wall on the West Bank and I do not support the siege of Gaza," he said. "This is very simple. If that is biased, so be it. Call me biased." Steinberg said Gilbert's partisanship violates his ethical code. "By justifying terror, supporting Hamas and fueling the conflict, NORWAC and Mads Gilbert have violated the Hippocratic Oath — 'first, do no harm'," he said. The Hippocratic Oath states: "In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing." But George Annas, a professor of medical ethics at The School of Public Health at Boston University, said Gilbert's political stance does not violate ethical codes. "I think its fine for doctors to have political affiliations as long as they make them known. It really doesn't get to be a medical ethics issue unless you get some patients involved," Annas said. Problems might arise, Annas said, "if he has wounded and sick patients and has been taking time away to do interviews and people are dying." | |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 D *** NG IT, I don't recall the Movie Title [again] but this artic reminds me of that old 1970's late nite made-for-TV movie about a AFRICAN-AMER/BLACK VPOTUS whom takes over as POTUS per se for his white predecessor. WEIRD > ITS ONE OF THOSE FEW FLICKS WHOSE TITLES I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER NO MATTER WHAT I DO, BUT THE PLOT I DO VERY WELL. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-08 18:20 |
| #10 As per the MSM-Net, unless PEBO starts saying something to the contray, HE's NOT LOOKING LIKE A PRO-PEACE, PRO-MUSLIM, ANTI-BUSH "NEUTRALIST/MODERATE/CENTRIST", OR EVEN A [former]"GOOD MUSLIM". Lest we fergit [old], USA > NEW 9-11 > IIRC A MAJOR NEW TERRORIST STRIKE(S) UTILIZ NUKES-WMDS, ESPEC "DIRTY NUKES". AGZ US CITIES OR OTHER HIGH-VALUE TARGETS IS POSSIBLE OR LIKELY BEFORE YEAR 2013. At the rate PEBO is going vee Bush WOT policies > Jan 2009 - NLT 2010??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-08 18:13 |
| #9 The good doctor starring in a staged ER scene? http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32393_A_Staged_Scene_in_a_Gaza_Hospital |
| Posted by: Adriane 2009-01-08 17:29 |
| #8 "As always, my preference is for the US to use satellite beam weapons for this kind of thing, mostly microwaves. Especially good when these idiots are on TV and can be zapped publically." Me likee, SB. :-D Make it so. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-08 17:04 |
| #7 Anyone saying something like this, that people should attack the US, needs to be put onto a list. This list should be given to a new Intel agency operating under enhanced WWII rules. Then list will be issued to the wetworks department who will ensure that these people receive their rewards for their call for attacks against us. Publish the list to the UN, so that they know who will be executed during the coming months. If anyone complains, add their name to the list. Since this is already stuff they accuse us of, I don't see how it can make things any worse and if people start dying for their desire to hurt us, things may just get better. As always, my preference is for the US to use satellite beam weapons for this kind of thing, mostly microwaves. Especially good when these idiots are on TV and can be zapped publically. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2009-01-08 16:54 |
| #6 I would agree, P2K and I think history will judge Clinton harshly for the corruption involved in admitting China to the WTO and the devastation that has wrought. We will start to get out of this crisis when we leave the WTO and reconstitute our free trade block to include only democracies. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-01-08 16:52 |
| #5 During the first wave of the Black Plague across Europe which would kill off about a third of the population and during a period when 'modern' medicine was yet to understand its pathology, the Duke of Milan issued an edict that any household that was found to have a member with the plague that household would be sealed up with all it occupants. Cruel, yes. However, in the end it spared Milan the ravages and even greater death that visited elsewhere. Sometimes, walls are your only protection against the most vile threats known to man when other do not work. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-08 16:24 |
| #4 My nuclear arsenal trumps your right, Doc. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-01-08 16:06 |
| #3 Sounds like the doc needs to make the acquaintance of an axehandle - right across the top of both hands. Being a useful idiot is one thing - being an active part of the problem is another. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-01-08 15:14 |
| #2 Nobody has ever explained to me what the argument is against the wall. West bank can certainly get food in from the Jordan side so the only thing the wall does is keep the Pals from killing Jews. So unless i hear otherwise I always equate those opposed to the wall wtih saying the Jews are not allowed to defend themselves even in non-violent ways. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-01-08 13:49 |
| #1 A useful idiot being a useful idiot. Yaaaaaaawn... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-08 13:28 |