An American-Israeli man injured in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank on Friday laments not having received any inquiry from an Israeli official regarding his well-being, despite having received a call from an American representative “on behalf of President Donald Trump.”
David Ramati tells The Times of Israel that while he received a call from US Deputy Consul General in Jerusalem Mike Hankey wishing him a speedy recovery, “nobody from [President Reuven] Rivlin’s office called to see if I was even alive.”
The 70-year-old was released from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem today, two days after he sustained a head wound and two broken vertebrae when a Palestinian terrorist ran him over at the Efrat South Junction.
Ramati says that Hankey also thanked him for his service in the US Marine Corps.
“It’s sad that American officials reached out, but the government here in Jerusalem says nothing,” he says.
A spokesman from Rivlin’s office says the president only landed back in Israel from Los Angeles as Shabbat started, and intends to reach out to Ramati in the near future.
— Jacob Magid
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