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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Arab MK slams US liberal over post spreading fear of Zionist doctors
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Arab-Israeli MK Ahmed Tibi slams a far-left American who claimed patients should fear Zionist doctors.
“Realizing how many American doctors and nurses are Zionists and genuinely terrified for Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, South Asian and Black patients — even more than usual,” Saira Rao wrote in a Monday X post that has received more than 6 million views.
It is a lie. Stop that nonsense against health system.its racist
די להפיץ שקר במיוחד נגד מערכת הבריאות.זו גזענות https://t.co/x5yAKhTlxv— Ahmad Tibi (@Ahmad_tibi) January 3, 2024
“Stop spreading lies, especially against the healthcare system. This is racism,” Tibi, a Hadash-Ta’al MK and gynecologist, tweets in Hebrew.
A community note has been added to Rao’s post, calling her claim “a classic antisemitic trope.”
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