Israeli Doctors Barred From Breast Cancer Conference in Egypt

This is why I unapologetically hate muslims. Even though Israel is one the most medically advanced countries in the world and this conference could certainly have used the expertise of Israeli doctors, nevertheless the hateful, petty, infantile Egyptian government decided to uninvite Israeli doctors to the breast cancer awareness conference being held in Alexandria. Even medicine is politicized in the muslim world. And this is a country which has a "peace" treaty with Israel. Perhaps part of this stems from the fact that Egypt and the rest of the arab-muslim world are ashamed and embarrassed that tiny Israel is so far ahead of all of them combined in medical as well as other technological and scientific advancements. This is why western organizations should never operate in muslim countries. Let them wallow and suffer due to their own intolerance and backwardness. This conference should be moved to a non-muslim country in protest of this decision.

In a sane world this conference would pack up and leave Egypt. But no one wants to be seen standing with Israel.
For years Israel was barred from the international Red Cross because the muslim countries demanded it. And even when finally Israel was allowed to join, it was on the condition that their ambulances not use the Star of David, so they had to replace it with some diamond symbol in order to be accepted as a member of the IRC. Israel should have told the IRC where to go. Christian countries use the cross and muslim countries use the crescent symbol but only the Jewish religious symbol is barred. This is blatant discrimination. The sky would not fall if the west defied the muslim world for a change. The IRC should have accepted Israel, Star of David and all and if muslim countries chose to leave the IRC as a result then so be it, it would have been their loss. This is largely the problem, in that the western world continuously enables the hatred of the muslim world against Jews and Israel and even against themselves. As long as the west indulges this behavior, it won't end. H/T islam in action

US Org. Hosts Cancer Meet, Israelis not Welcome
by Maayana Miskin

(IsraelNN.com) A United States-based organization's conference on breast cancer awareness, to be hosted in Egypt, has been touted by international news networks as an example of “unprecedented cooperation” in the region. However, according to Channel 2 news, the celebration of unity may be premature, as Israeli doctors were told at the last minute that their invitations to participate had been rescinded.

The conference will be held in Alexandria, Egypt this week, under the auspices of the American group Susan G. Komen for the Cure – the world's largest breast cancer advocacy organization. It is to include meetings between leading researchers from the U.S. and several Mideast countries.

Israeli doctors were invited to the event as well, and several had planned to attend. However, on Sunday night, the doctors received brief notices telling them that they were no longer invited to the conference, by order of Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali.

The notices did not include an explanation of Gabali's decision.

Despite the cancellation of the Israeli presence at the event, Egyptian officials continued to praise the event as an example of regional cooperation. “The week's events are a demonstration of the cooperation between countries, governments, civil society, advocates, survivors, and the global community as a whole,” Dr. Mohammed Shaalan of Egypt's Breast Cancer Foundation told Reuters on Monday. “It shows that breast cancer has no boundaries and reveals the beauty of the world's unity in its fight against breast cancer.”