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absorption costs… or in the worst case, an attitude that looks at Ethiopian
children as unworthy.”
“This story reeks of racism, paternalism and arrogance. It’s a story to
be ashamed of,” Gabai concluded.
Clearly, more digging needs to be done to get to the bottom of this
story. What remains to be seen is whether or not Gabai has actually blown
the lid off it. Gabai and her bosses obviously care about the issue — but
will enough other Israelis and Jews?
MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz), for one, does care. Following the airing of
Gabai’s report, he submitted an official request to Israel’s attorney general
Yehuda Weinstein for the launching of a criminal investigation. Gilon
emphasized that the women were exposed to drug and hormone related
side effects, of which they were not made aware. “It cannot be that the
serious news of this invasive interference with the rights of Ethiopian
immigrant women’s control over their own bodies will go without
redress,” he wrote.
Health, Education, Science and Welfare:
An Extraordinary Success: Medical Internationalism in Cuba
by
John M. Kirk
“What is the secret of our approach? It lies in the fact that human
capital can achieve far more than financial capital. Human capital implies
not only knowledge but also-crucially important- political awarenes,.
ethics, a sense of solidarity, truly human feelings, a spirit of sacrifice,
heroism and the capacity to do a lot with very little”
Fidel Castro Ruz, at the first graduation of ELAM students, August
2005
The often-repeated quotation, allegedly from Máximo Gómez that
“los cubanos, o no llegan, o se pasan” certainly applies to the programme
of Cuban medical internationalism. 1 Cuba certainly “se ha pasado” in
terms of this policy: as of April 2012 there were 38,868 Cuban medical
professionals working in 66 countries–of whom 15,407 were doctors