According to United With Israel (http://tinyurl.com/yc2jepru), Musa is the youngest patient to undergo heart transplant surgery at Sheba Hospital and the first Palestinian baby to received a heart from a Jewish child.
A gravely-ill six-month-old Palestinian baby is fighting for his life after receiving a heart transplant from a Jewish child.
The Palestinian boy, Musa, has a fighting chance at a long life thanks to Israeli generosity and medical care.
The same site also has an article headlined "Martyrs’ Killed by Jews Receive ‘Double Heavenly Reward,’ Says Palestinian Cleric" (http://tinyurl.com/y89pf8o8).
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS conveniently failed to note how the Jewish child died. Lousy reporting leaves the death open to speculation, not a good thing in this region.
It would be interesting — albeit it is doubtful anyone will remember this transplant in 16 years — to know if this Palestinian infant will grow up to hate Jews and Israel or will he grow up to be a peace maker.
Or even if he will be allowed to grow up.
When the child is surrounded by people such as Sheikh Nasser Maarouf, of the Palestine Islamic Scholars Association, who said that Palestinian “mujahideen,” or Islamic warriors, have the advantage of waging Jihad against the Jews, because a “martyr” killed by the Jews receives twice the reward of one who was killed by other infidels.
In Maarouf,’s world, a “martyr” is a Muslim killed by anyone defending non-Muslims. Every “Palestinian” killed by an Israeli in self defense or after the Muslim has murdered an Israeli (Jew, Muslim, or other), is a martyr.
MEMRI has translated the sheikh’s rant at https://youtu.be/Pa6_wnThyfM .
I am left with several questions:
* Who paid for the heart transplant? Did Abu Mazen’s government pay? Did Israelis pay?
* Did the parents of the dead child know their child’s heart would be implanted into a “Palestinian” infant? If they knew, did they hope this donation will foster peace, if not now, then later?
* Will the child be treated differently by his fellow “Palestinians” who know his heart came from a Jewish child? Will he be tormented by his peers and by his religious leaders?
Only time will provide an answer to the last question.
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