A Palestinian woman received a kidney donated by a Jewish victim of a suicide-bombing. Can anyone imagine the reverse occurring? A Jew receiving an organ from a Palestinian who was killed by Israelis?

Compare and contrast two cultures--one that celebrates murder and destruction, and another that offers life to its enemies, born from the deaths that they cause.

[Update at 2:45PM PST]

James Taranto, via Instantman, links to a WSJ article that's almost the opposite.

However, it's still not quite symmetrical--in both cases, it was the Israeli health-care system that was responsible. My point was that it would be hard to imagine a Palestinian state, at least one that in any way resembled the existing Palestinian Authority, doing such a thing.

You are so right.

Did not a Palestinian donate organs to Israeli transplant recipients recently? (I am NOT a Palestian apologist -- I think that Sharon should have done this a long time ago)

Was it a Palestinian, or an Israeli Arab? It might have happened, but I doubt if it was by a Palestinian who had been murdered by Israelis.

I just emailed this, but a quick google search brought up this:

http://www.cin.org/archives/cinjust/200106/0012.html

In which a Palestinian family donates the heart of a man they say was killed by Israeli settlers to an Israeli.

Come on, admit you're wrong!

Your words were: "Can anyone imagine the reverse occurring? A Jew receiving an organ from a Palestinian who was killed by Israelis?" You did not say, can you imagine a Palestinian state with a health care system where a Jew could receive an organ from a Palestinian killed by an Israeli?" You're squirming to avoid admitting error is pathetic and a lie.

You are so blindly prejudiced and hate-filled, you cannot even admit you are wrong when it's right there in the Wall Street Journal-not exactly a bastion of anti-Zionism. It's people like you on both sides, whose hatred of the other side has locked them into blind refusal to admit error or see the other side as fully human, that has created this crisis. So long as prejudice forces people to insist 2 + 2 = 5 just in case the truth might benefit the opposition, there can be no peace.

I wish all you hate-mongers - Zionist and anti-Zionist would just shut the hell up so decent people can live in peace.

[rolling eyes]

I don't hate anybody.

I did say I was wrong. I corrected the site. Do you think that the New York Times (or Arab News) would have done that?

My point was not about the individuals--I'm not at all surprised that a Palestinian would be willing to donate to a Jew. It was about the two governments. I restated it. Can you imagine the current Palestinian Authority doing such a thing?

Huh? Here's what you said:

"A Palestinian woman received a kidney donated by a Jewish victim of a suicide-bombing. Can anyone imagine the reverse occurring? A Jew receiving an organ from a Palestinian who was killed by Israelis?"

Well, it actually happened. And instead of disavowing your previous statement, you offer a wimpy reference to "health care systems," as if the Palestinians actually had such a thing in place.

You ought to be ashamed. As should any blogger who actually links to this crap.

Now, the question is, will the family of the Palestinian donor stand up and be counted when it comes to speaking out against Palestinian suicide bombings and sniper fire?

[rolling eyes again]

I did disavow it. I corrected it, publicly, where everyone can read it. I simply explained what was in my mind when I wrote it. As I literally wrote, it was wrong. As I meant it, and rewrote it, I stand by. What the hell more do you want?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1371000/1371651.stm

happened again. now what about the buried news stories of isrealies stealing organs from dead palestinians?

just in case you missed it. The mainstream press won't touch it with a ten foot pole.

http://www.rense.com/general19/israelkills.htm