Israel sets up field hospital; treats seven wounded Syrian civilians

[Super Mentalita]

http://www.bicom.org.uk/news-article/13003/

In the third incident of its kind over recent weeks, seven Syrians were treated for their wounds in northern Israel yesterday, having made their way to the Golan border between the two countries.

Last week the Israeli army treated two Syrian fighters injured in clashes and in mid-February, seven Syrian combatants were treated in an Israeli hospital. However, yesterday’s incident was the first time that Syrian civilians had been given treatment in Israel. YNet says that it is unclear how the group of men reached the Israeli border, but that they were met by soldiers from the Golani Brigade. Five were treated by army medics on the spot while two were transferred to the Ziv Hospital in Safed with severe head wounds, one later died. A hospital spokesman said that the injured Syrians were all presumed to be civilians.

In a sign that Israel is expecting to treat further Syrian casualties, Maariv reports on its front page, that Israel has opened a field hospital in the Golan Heights. Fighting from Syria’s two-year long internal conflict has intensified near the Israeli border over recent weeks with some estimates that Syrian opposition forces have recently captured large swathes of territory in the area. Stray fire from the fighting has landed in Israeli territory on several occasions and last weekend, shooting appeared to be directed at Israeli troops with the IDF returning fire.

These recent developments prompted the United Nations Security Council to yesterday pass a resolution expressing “grave concern” over repeated violations of border arrangements by the Syrian army and the presence of armed opposition fighters within the “area of separation,” a narrow strip of land that separates Israeli and Syrian forces, agreed in the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

[edu]

What does Israel seek to gain by treating the enemy?

[Super Mentalita]

 

What does Israel seek to gain by treating the enemy?

I was asking myself the same thing....

[cjd]

What does Israel seek to gain by treating the enemy?

The only gain in it is to show the world that Israel has basic human decency that is lacking in most of the so called people who seek to do Israel harm... In the long run it shows a high respect for human life even when it would be easier to  just  ignore the entire situation.

[edu]

According to Rabbi Kahane these individuals have the status of the 7 nations of Canaan and at least under normal circumstances it is forbidden to save them.
I doubt very much the value of what cjd calls "showing the world that Israel has basic human decency" is really going to benefit the state. My guess also based on past experience is that G-d will give the upper hand to forces that will interpret Israel's goodwill gesture negatively or will exploit Israel's goodwill to help the forces of evil.

[Yerusha]

Verminous schmik-schmok IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz is keen to let 10s of thousands of Israel-hating Alawites settle in the Golan!
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Gantz-Israel-prepared-to-absorb-Alawite-refugees

[syyuge]

One who gives food to the serpentine, gets bitten in own's hands.

[JTFenthusiast2]

One who gives food to the serpentine, gets bitten in own's hands.

As Chaim often says, "Those who are kind to the cruel, will cruel to the kind."

[muman613]

As Chaim often says, "Those who are kind to the cruel, will cruel to the kind."

It is not a Chaim quote, it is a quote from the Sages of Talmudic times...

http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/239,2173295/When-Kindness-is-Misguided.html

Another Talmudic statement is, "Whoever exercises mercy where strictness is required, will eventually be cruel where kindness is required" (Kohelet Rabbah 7:33). These two statements encompass virtually everything that has been written about the "enabling" phenomenon.

[JTFenthusiast2]

It is not a Chaim quote, it is a quote from the Sages of Talmudic times...

http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/239,2173295/When-Kindness-is-Misguided.html

I know I said Chaim said it, not that he authored it.

[muman613]

I know I said Chaim said it, not that he authored it.

Indeed, Chaim does quote the Talmudic sages often and rightly so...

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

And people wonder why Israel gets no respect.

[TruthSpreader]

I was asking myself the same thing....

Exactly. It's like trying to feed the sharks, and getting your hands chopped off in the process.