The Heart of the Matter

22.12.2011                      26.Kislev. 5772                       Channuka 2

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The Heart of the Matter

Palestinian pediatric cardiac patients are treated and their doctors trained by Israelis.

Weakly, little Adam stares out from his crib, his dull, three-month-old eyes revealing the rough road life has been for him so far. He struggles to cough. He is a Palestinian infant from the West Bank who was born with a bad heart.
But he’s been brought to a hospital in Israel for a life-saving operation – free of charge – by one of a number of humanitarian organizations that specialize in mending hearts.
At a time of political stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians, and when animosity between the leaders is high, hearts are still being fixed and bonds of semi-normal relations are being forged between the people….