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hen it comes to Israel,
and specifically Jewish
settlement in the West .
Bank, some could call
Dr. Jerome Kaufman obsessed.
In the past two years, the retired
Bloomfield Hills ophthalmologist has
funded three medical clinics in Beit
Hagai, Dolec and Einav, small Jewish
towns in the West Bank, or Yesha, the
Hebrew acronym for Judea, Samaria
and Gaza. More than 169,000 Jews
live in 144 Jewish West Bank settle-
ments alongside . one million
Palestinians.
Often, the Jewish settlements are
isolated and remote, surrounded by
hostile Arab villages. Israeli ambu-
lances cannot enter Judea and Samaria
without a military escort, and often
this means medics left waiting at army
checkpoints until an escort arrives.
Even in non-emergencies, existing
medical facilities are often a long drive
from many settlements.
"As a physician, it was natural for
me to tend toward a medical entity,"
Kaufman said, adding, "I like to do
things that people aren't doing. I like
to fill a void.

"There is a void in true dedication
to Israel, a void in support for the
people of Yesha. Funding the clinics is
how I try to fill the void."
Each of the three $50,000 clinics,
which serve about 1,000 settlers each,
includes an area for visiting doctors to
see patients, as well as emergency facili-
ties and an obstetrics area. Playgrounds
for settlement children will be built
outside the clinics. Separately, Kaufman
is also spending $100,000 for a day
care center in Kamei Shomoron.
Money isn't the point, the doctor
says; to him, supporting Yesha is sup-
porting Israel. Yesha settlers believe
they are settling the heartland of his-
toric Israel. They point to important
cultural sites located in Yesha, such as
Rachel's tomb in Bethlehem, and the
Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, as
reminders of the heritage.
Settlers also cite the area's strategic
importance, for without the territory,
Israel narrows to just nine miles at some
points near the center of the country.
The Palestinians, naturally, oppose
the settlements, as do many Israelis
and American Jews who think they
exacerbate the problems of building a
lasting Mideast peace. Two years ago
the peace process stalled when the
Israeli government approved a major