Filthy Jewish Blood

Great catch.  Good article.

Seems to me that those who will not accept aid from Israel, should not be offered aid.  But is just the vengeful part of me.

And yet there are still those that would apologize for the motives of the Palestinians (even here on Newsvine), saying that the Palestinians' efforts against Israel are based upon land rights alone.

NO.

They hate the Jews because of their "filthy blood." They hate Israel because it is filled with "filthy Jews."

I am appalled but not surprised. If you are taught to hate a group of people through your religious leaders and teachers, then you will believe that  "that group of people" are evil, inferior, sub-human, etc...

You cannot teach hate and profess any level of tolerance for others, for you, have become the inhuman.

I got out of a room the other day with myself barely intact as I stood up for the Israelis but no one cared to listen to the stories or the acts committed against Israel.  I'm Catholic and from my perspective, they acted as if no Jewish children had ever died at the hands of the Palestinians.  I truly do not understand what is happening to people here. 

Yaakov, do not feel you are alone.  There is nothing I can do other than to say how sorry I am you must endure the hatred from others.  I have never seen such a population of people who hate Catholics and Jews.  I do not understand and I probably never will.

js (susan)

I was ready to report the article as inflammatory, on the basis of the title. Whew, glad I read it. Keep strong, Yaakov.

I'd think there would be ample holy blood from those brave Hamas fighters. Well, if they hide behind women and children, perhaps they're afraid of needles.

Keep showing the truth, Yaakov, no matter how ugly. It makes a difference over time, every little bit! Anti-semitism has been unchallenged for too long!

An interesting article that makes an excellent point. However, such hatred can often be found elsewhere other than in the Arab world, where the desire to eradicate Israel completely has long been both loudly and publically espoused.

I have often been dismayed and astonished when speaking to some people in the US that are supporters of the "Palestinian cause" at how quickly such a conversation can sometimes turn from opposing Israeli policies to a clear and obvious hatred of anything and everything Jewish.

70 years ago such people would have been seen wearing swastica pins on their lapels and referring to Chancellor Hitler as a "man of vision".....the best way to convince a man to commit genocide is to convince him that he is dealing with a "bacillus" raher than a human being. Unfortunately, a significant percentage of the world's population now seems to believe exactly that.

- John

I just did a google search and found out that there are several cases of Palestinians donating organs to Israelis which makes me wonder if the hate is so big why would they care for saving Israeli's lives?

Just one example. What I really like is the statements from the father: "He said he hoped the gesture would send a message of peace to Israelis and Palestinians. "We're talking about young children. Their religion doesn't make a difference,"

Palestinian dad proud to donate son's organs to recipients in Israel

The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.08.2005

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NABLUS, West Bank - The father of a Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers said Monday that he believes his son's spirit is alive in "every Israeli" after donating the boy's organs to Israelis waiting for transplants. Ismail Khatib said he was extremely proud of his decision, even if some corners of Palestinian society might be upset with him. "No one can tell me what to do," he said. "I feel very good that my son's organs are helping six Israelis. … I feel that my son has entered the heart of every Israeli." Khatib's son Ahmed, 12, was shot Thursday while Israeli troops conducted a raid in Jenin. The soldiers said the boy was carrying a toy rifle and they mistook him for a militant. Ahmed died of his wounds late Saturday at an Israeli hospital. On Sunday, his kidneys, liver, lungs and heart were transplanted into recipients ranging in age from a 7-month-old baby to a 58-year-old woman and including Jews, Arabs and a Druse girl. Khatib said the decision to donate Ahmed's organs was rooted in his memories of his brother, who died at age 24 while waiting for a liver transplant, and in his family's desire to help others regardless of their nationality. He said he hoped the gesture would send a message of peace to Israelis and Palestinians. "We're talking about young children. Their religion doesn't make a difference," he said. Some Palestinians privately questioned the donation, especially in light of the circumstances of the boy's death. But Khatib, a car mechanic, said his fellow residents in the Jenin refugee camp offered him only praise. Israel has a chronic shortage of donor organs that many medical officials attribute to Jewish religious taboos against such donations. Riad Gadban, whose 12-year-old daughter, Samah, had been waiting five years for a heart, called the donation a "gesture of love." He said his daughter was weak Monday but had opened her eyes, was alert and speaking to relatives. Gadban, whose family belongs to Israel's Arabic-speaking Druse community, said he spoke to an uncle of the boy Monday. "I told him I'm very sorry and thanked the family from the depths of my heart," he said, adding that he invited Ahmed's family to visit him

You and your comrades manage to stabilize him and carry him on a stretcher to a mobile surgical unit (think M.A.S.H.)

There was an episode of M.A.S.H. just like this. The soldier dind't want any of that "dark" blood. So Hawkeye & BJ used tinture of iodine to make him look like he got a real bad tan. They told him they accidently gave him a unit of "dark" blood. The guy freaked out.

People of all religions can be bigoted and hateful.  Toward other religions, toward women, etc.

Rabbi Ovadia Yoseph addressed this problem at length in his new book, Questions and Answers - Statements: "Blood that comes from forbidden [that is, non-kosher] foods may cause a negative effect upon its Jewish recipients. It may produce bad qualities, such as cruelty and/or boldness ... Therefore, a pious Jew, who does urgently need a transfusion and who faces no danger in waiting to receive blood from a strictly religious Jew, should wait." Rabbi Yoseph offered similar advice for those pious Jews needing organ transplants; he advised them only to accept such donations from other pious Jews. This dictate erupted into a serious dispute among rabbis in Israel and astonished many secular Jews. In another published article, Albaum reported that Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, a former chief rabbi of Israel, disagreed with Rabbi Yoseph and stated: "When a secular Jew is born, he is born with kosher blood and all the forbidden foods that he later eats are dissolved and made marginal in his blood." In regard to non-Jews, however, Rabbi Eliyahu mostly agreed with Rabbi Yoseph and held that religious Jews should attempt to avoid blood donations from them. Rabbi Eliyabu did not totally forbid blood donations for Jews from non-Jews. He stated:

It is permitted at certain times that Jews receive blood, or in the case of sucklings mother's milk, from non-Jews, in spite of the fact that such blood is detrimental to their Jewish characteristics and spirit. This is because blood is transferred slowly and is made marginal in the cycling of Jewish blood in the body. Nevertheless, when possible, a Jew should avoid receiving such blood.

Rabbi Sheinberger finally admitted that such rulings constituted the primary reason for his request: "The Haredi community has a problem in this area. For the Haredim blood from a Jew who eats only kosher food is preferable to blood from a Jew who does not observe dietary laws." Other Haredi rabbis agreed. Rabbi Levy Yitzhak Halperin, the head of the Scientific Religious Institute for Jewish Law Problems explained: "Blood donations from non-Jews or from Jews who eat forbidden foods are a problem. Jewish religious law holds that a Jewish child should preferably not be breast fed by a non-Jewish woman because her milk consists of forbidden food and contaminates the Jewish child." Such positions and statements antagonized secular Jews and met great opposition from the great majority of members of the Israeli medical profession.

Finally an article that tells the truth about the feud between the Israelis and Palestinians. Great article Yaakov!