Remember when Mahmoud Abbas offered China help with the coronavirus? I wrote a post imagining in which forms this help could come, which included the suggestion “Declare a ‘Day of Rage’ against coronavirus.”
It turns out I actually wasn’t far off – palestinian Arabs have burned tires ‘Day of Rage’ style at the entrance to a Jericho hospital after rumors of coronavirus patients in the hospital spread.
Patients from Jericho city were not able to reach hospital emergency due to several suspected cases of Corona virus, and got mad at the hospital managment. There are no Corona virus cases, but were Palestinians coming from China and were at the hospital for virus checks.
— Local Focus – Security Alerts (@LocalFocus1) February 20, 2020
בהלת הקורונה מגיעה לשטחי הרש"פ
אזרחים פלסטינים מבעירים צמיגים בכניסה לבית החולים ביריחו, לאחר שנפוצו שמועות על חולה במחלת הקורונה הנמצא בבית החולים.
שרת הבריאות של הרש"פ נאלצה לפרסם הכחשה להמצאות חולי קורונה בשטחי הרש"פ. pic.twitter.com/fPLjufjDjt— ינון עידן (@yinon_idan) February 20, 2020
Meanwhile, Israel is doing its thing.
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