Yahya Masalma is six years old and gregarious; he makes friends effortlessly, loves to sing and play guitar, and until this winter, he was profoundly ill. He was born in a village on the West Bank outside Bethlehem with a genetic condition — a blocked urethra — that caused his kidneys to malfunction.
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Great story. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I recall a similar story, that of Wafa al-Biri. She was a Palestinian woman who had been severely burned in a household accident. She was receiving regular treatments for free in an Israeli hospital, crossing back and forth from the West Bank. Those stopped when she was caught at a border crossing wearing a suicide bomb vest. She said her intention was to blow up the hospital, and hoped to kill at least 30-50 Jews. I sincerely hope this boy doesn't grow up to be a suicide bomber. But that's how a lot of Palestinians see their children -- weapons to use against the Jews.
I challenge any Palestinian group to do the same for an Israeli child.
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