Published: 5 November 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
AMEEN MANSOUR, A PALESTINIAN DENTIST from the northern West Bank village of Azzun, has made a practice of welcoming Israeli patients to his clinic.
But since a young Palestinian knifed one of his Israeli patients outside his office in early September, Mansour has barely received any of them. On a recent Sunday, none were at his office, which was largely quiet and empty.
“The vast majority of them are telling me they cannot come,” the 47-year-old, who was trained in Moscow, remarked, sipping black coffee in the lobby of his clinic. “They usually account for approximately 20 percent of all my patients. About 17-18 of them generally come every month, but in the last one only two did.”
According to Mansour, many of his Israeli patients have cancelled their appointments, while others have informed him they no longer can come to his office.
“They are telling me they are frightened to travel here because of what happened,” he exclaimed. “Some are saying that it is impossible to come.”
FULL STORY West Bank attack pries Israeli patients from Palestinian dentist (Times of Israel)
Photo: Ameen Mansour, a 47-year-old dentist from the village of Azzun, standing in his clinic on October 20 (Adam Rasgon)
