6 July 2008
Life Beyond Death
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In a remarkable gesture of peace and humanity Palestinian and Israeli families talk about the decision to donate the organs of their dead family members to patients on the other side of the Middle Eastern conflict.
'My son was dead, but six Israelis now have a part of a Palestinian in them, and maybe he is still alive in them.'
The words of the Palestinian father Ismail Khatib, who donated his son Ahmed's organs to Israelis after the 12-year-old, while holding a toy gun, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers.
This is not the first time victims of the conflict have given life to people on the other side of the Arab-Jewish divide.
This year is the 5th anniversary of the death of Yoni Jesner, a 19-year-old Jewish religion student murdered in the bombing of a Tel-Aviv bus. Part of his body went to save the life of a Palestinian girl from East Jerusalem.
In this moving program we take a closer look at the generosity and faith of these two families, the Jesners and the Khatibs. Can a person live on in some way through organ donation?
This is a production of the BBC World Service and is part of the Crossing Boundaries program exchange.
Further Information
Presenter
Vera Frankl
Story Researcher and Producer
Anne Khazam
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