MDA letting settlers die to get more money from government

[Israel Chai]

"MDA is putting settlers' lives in danger"

MDA to reduce emergency response activities in Judea and Samaria once again, amid budget battle with Finance Ministry.
Arutz Sheva Staff, 25/12/19 11:02
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Magen David Adom ambulance (illustration)
Magen David Adom ambulance (illustration)
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MDA, Israel’s largest provider of emergency response services, announced Wednesday that it will reduce operations in Judea and Samaria, beginning Thursday, amid a budget dispute with the Israeli government.

As part of the reduction in service, MDA will close its operations in the towns of Talmon in the Binyamin district of Samaria, in Dead Sea-area towns, and in the town of Tekoa, in the eastern Gush Etzion area south of Jerusalem.

In addition, operations in Beitar Illit, south of Jerusalem, will be reduced, with the city’s mobile intensive care unit take out of operation. Ambulances will continue to operate 24 hours a day.

In Givat Ze’ev, northwest of Jerusalem, and in Maaleh Adumim, east of the capital, ambulance service will be restricted to 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Yisrael Gantz, who leads the Binyamin Regional Council, blasted MDA for its decision to reduce operations in Judea and Samaria, saying the move would endanger the lives of residents.

“The leadership of MDA is endangering the lives of residents in Judea and Samaria, and especially of Binyamin. Apparently it is easier for the organization to fight with the State at the expense of residents of Judea and Samaria – even if that means endangering their lives.”

This is not the first time MDA has planned service reductions in Judea and Samaria during budget battles with the Finance Ministry.

In March, MDA was poised to shut down service at five stations in Judea and Samaria over a budget dispute with the government, though the closures were delayed and eventually cancelled.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

It's the continued slow-crawl approach to establishing a de facto Fakestinian state.    They cut off services to the settlers after choking their communities with restrictions on building new areas followed by restrictions on natural growth in existing areas.  Along with the de facto border wall.   

This is why it is dangerous that the settlements are so intertwined with the state and so dependent on state services to survive.  Long ago they should have been planting the seeds of self-sufficiency/independence programs that by today could have turned into something meaningful and would leave the threat of state retraction of services mitigated.   But alas we have a situation instead where they are completely dependent on the drip from a govt that wants to excise them from itself.    Just bad.

A delusional leadership that cannot accept reality is at fault there.