Hadassah goes to bat for Erekat

So senior PLO official Saeb Erekat, in serious condition with the COVID- 19 virus, has been admitted to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem (“Erekat rushed to Hadassah hospital in serious condition,” October 19).

A number of questions come to mind. Didn’t the PA prohibit its citizens from seeking medical attention in Israeli hospitals? Or does that restriction apply solely to the hoi polloi? Additionally, why didn’t he seek medical attention in one of the state- of- the- art hospitals that the PA has built with the generous handouts from our friends in the EU? Oh, they don’t have any since the PA prioritizes $ 350 million dollars per annum to incentivize and reward their people who murder Jews.

So, Dr. Erekat who spares no effort to slander, demonize and delegitimize our country at every opportunity while vilifying our sons and daughters in uniform, is receiving top- notch care at Hadassah. How noble of us! One could fantasize and believe that upon discharge Erekat will voice appreciation for that topnotch care he received from Jewish and Arab Israeli doctors and nurses and recant his oft- repeated libel of Israel as an apartheid state. More likely he will leave quietly and return home to incite hatred for Israel within the PA and demonization of our country in the world arena.

JOEL KUTNER Jerusalem

Regarding “Erekat remains in critical condition” ( October 20), even the most cursory Internet research uncovers a long litany of blatant lies, distortions, false charges and malicious misrepresentations uttered by PLO Secretary- General Saeb Erekat over the years to harm the standing of Israel in the world and deprive it of some of its inalienable rights. His outrageous words and actions are responsible to some degree, directly or indirectly, for the deaths and suffering of many people and for the lack of a just peace in our region.

I pray that in the merciful and talented hands of the dedicated Arab and Israeli medical professionals at Hadassah Hospital he will have a speedy cure from the coronavirus and from his obsessive hatred of the Jewish state.

SHANI WEISS Zichron Ya’acov