Beyond Hatred

A young Scottish Jew dies in a bomb attack on an Israeli bus At the hospital his parents agree to an organ transplant and a little girl receives one of his kidneys She is seven years old and she is Palestinian Yoni Jonathan Jesner had come to Israel for two years religious studies in a yashiva Her was a brilliant student very religious yet he was open to the world and was always there for others He wanted to become a doctor but he died at only 19 in September 2002 a victim of a bomb attack while he travelled by bus to Tel Aviv He had still been alive on his arrival at the hospital but he was soon declared braindead The surgeons asked his parents to consider donating his organs for transplantation At first they hesitates but after consulting with a Rabbi they accepted