Charging that Arab attacks and inadequate protection of roads by the British are Jeopardizing medical services carried on in the Hadassah Hospital on Mt. Scopus, outside Jerusalem, Hadassah today announced that it had made representations to the State Department and to the British Ambassador in Washington asking that steps be taken at once to insure the safety of Palestine’s largest and best equipped hospital.”
The memorandum which was transmitted to Washington today by Mrs. Samuel W. Halprin of New York, national president of Hadassah, lists 20dates during which Arabs attacked Hadassah medical teams, ambulances, buses and buildings between the period of December 30, 1947 and March 4, 1948. During that time, 27 individuals, including doctors, nurses, patients and police were wounded, while a Hadassah nurse and guard were killed by snipers. The Arab were also accused of refusing to honor the Red Shield of David, mercy symbol equivalent to the Red Cross, which is clearly visible on all Hadassah vehicles.
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