Summary
Gwynne recounts ambulance driver Muntasser Abdel Rahim's near death experience, where Rahim was stopped at the Israel military checkpoint on his way back to Jenin from Ramallah. The first leg of the return journey is relatively uneventful--the same waits, identification scrutiny, and searches. Two extra "flying checkpoints" have made the journey even longer.
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A Day in the Life of Muntasser Abdel Rahim, Ambulance Driver
Muntasser came close to death today. At 9 in the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 18,1 got a call from Muntasser Abdel Rahim, the young PMRS (Palestine Medical Relief Society) ambulance driver from Jenin (see May/June 2005 Washington Report, pp. 24-27). His voice betraying his stress level, Muntasser told me about his day.
He had left home with his ambulance at 7:30 in the morning, calling briefly at the PMRS Center to receive today's assignment from its manager, Dr. Jamil. He is to pick...See the full content of this document
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