Tuesday, May 12, 2020

On sophistry and silence

Aleh Negev announced the resumption of visits to its institutionalized children after a hiatus of some two months.

In a Facebook post preposterously entitled "Family Above All", its PR cronies described the reactions of the children as "very emotional.

The mother of one of the residents at the village (a favored Aleh euphemism) described [here] the encounter as
the most impactful she had ever experienced with her son, one which stirred many emotions in these times. We realize that a hug from a mother and father, sister or brother, is very significant and has no substitute" (my emphasis, and my Hebrew-to-English translation). 
Really?!

Is that why Aleh encourages parents to abandon their children with disabilities? To entrust them to the care of strangers in its institutions? Is that why Aleh sucks government coffers dry for financial support instead of enabling parents to receive it for care at home?

Once again, Aleh's duplicity and hypocrisy know no bounds.

Note: To date, Aleh has not aknowledged, expressed grief, or eulogized the resident who contracted Covid-19 at its Gedera branch and who passed away in mid-April [see "Following a Covid-19 death at Aleh, a troubling silence"]. On the other hand, it has eulogized on its website [here] an elderly British donor who succumbed to the virus.

The silence speaks volumes.

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