Even from this torn Middle East, some comforting information has arrived.
A few days ago, we heard a representative of the moderate Syrian
opposition, Dr.
Kamal al-Labwani, thank Israel for the medical care provided to Syrians wounded
in the fighting which rage in this country: "This moving humanitarian gesture is an
opening for rapprochement between the two peoples and hope for peace on quieter
days".
And then a few days ago, a friend drew my attention to the moving
testimony of an Israeli Arab physician, Dr. Ahmed Eid. Professor Eid who evokes how
he did surgery on a young Jewish soldier shot at close range by an
Arab. This testimony was published by the Times
of Israel.
I particularly underline a sentence of Professor Ahmed Eid: "I
feel part of this state, and I get irritated with those who doubt it (…) I
am Israeli and I don’t need to prove it. It’s presented as a dilemma:
We’re Arabs, how do we feel? My loyalty to the state is in no doubt.”
Fiodor
