Trauma surgeon Dr. Mads Gilbert will defy Israeli ban on #Gaza entry! wp.me/p1xXtb-3Zz via @truthrazor Norwegian has worked in Gaza for 15 years and will resist attempts at stopping him returning there. A Norwegian trauma surgeon and activist who helped provide life-saving medical care during this summer’s 100-day war in Gaza has said he will defy an Israeli ban on his return. Chief surgeon Mads Gilbert, 67, has spent 15 years treating patients in Gaza and spent 51 days in Shifa hospital earlier this year treating many of the 11,000 Palestinians who were wounded in the war between Hamas and Israel. When he returned last month to try and enter Gaza via the Erez crossing in Israel he was denied entry indefinitely. The Israeli government now says Gilbert is banned from entering Gaza for security reasons. The Norwegian embassy in Tel Aviv has taken up Gilbert’s case on his behalf after he was refused entry in October. “When we came back to the Erez border station the Israeli soldiers told me I was not allowed to go into Gaza,” he told media. “I had a valid permit for multiple entries, an invitation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health and a recommendation from the director at my hospital.” In a written statement, Norway’s Secretary of State, Bard Glad Pedersen, said: “From the Norwegian perspective, we have raised Gilbert’s exclusion from Gaza and asked Israel to change their decision. The humanitarian situation is still difficult and there is a need for all health workers.” Norwegian authorities confirmed Gilbert had been banned “indefinitely” by Israel.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:15:40 +0000
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