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Tel Aviv (JTA) — A debate
is rising in Israel over the
propriety of transplanting
hearts between people of
different religious or ethnic
backgrounds.
It was triggered by the
successful transplant of the
heart of a slain Israel
Defense Forces soldier to
save the life of an east
Jerusalem Arab.
The operation was per-
formed at Hadassah Univer-
sity Hospital in Jerusalem
Nov. 16, only hours after
Sgt. Ze'ev Traum, a 40-year-
old IDF reservist died at
Soroka Hospital in Beer-
sheba from head wounds suf-
fered in a Palestinian am-
bush in the Gaza Strip on
Nov. 13.
The recipient was Hana
Khader, 54, a Christian
Arab patient at Hadassah
Hospital.
Soroka, protesting
publication of the donor's
and recipient's names after
the operation, announced its
withdrawal from an inter-
hospital agreement to notify
each other of the availability
of human organs donated for
transplant.
In this case, Soroka, a
government hospital,
notified Hadassah that
Traum's heart was
available.
Soroka and other sources
claim no one was authorized
to release the donor's name,
which was published by
Reuters, the international
news agency.
Traum, who was born in
Israel, was brought to New
York at the age of 9 and was
active in a Bronx chapter of
Habonim, the youth group of
the Labor Zionist movement.
He returned to Israel in
1968.
His American-born wife,
Brenda Krasner Traum, was
a member of Habonim in
Baltimore. Brenda au-
thorized the transplant of
his heart.
She apparently agreed to
release his name, partly to
draw public attention to the
need for organ donors. But
she had no idea at the time
who the recipient would be.
Doctors explained it is im-
possible to give this informa-
tion in advance because the
donated heart must be tested
for compatibility with the
recipient.
Khader, in fact, was one of
three potential recipients
summoned to Hadassah
Hospital. Doctors found his
case was the most urgent.
But public debate has
focused mainly on the fact
that a Palestinian benefited
from the death of a Jewish
soldier killed by Palesti-
nians.
Some religious and right-
wing circles have demanded
an end to intercommunal
transplants.
Professor Avraham
Abramov, chief of pediatrics
at the Bikur Holim Hospital
in Jerusalem, an Orthodox
institution, was quoted on
the issue by the Jerusalem
Post.
Abramov thought the
transplant of the heart of a
Jewish soldier killed by
Arabs to another Arab was
"tasteless and tactless.
There is a limit to democ-
racy," the Orthodox doctor
was quoted as saying.
But Habonim Dror North
America, the Labor Zionist
youth movement to which
Traum once belonged, took a
different view.
It "saluted its graduate,
IDF Sgt. Ze'ev Traum, who
gave his life in defense of
Israel and then donated his
heart to save the life of a
Palestinian Arab."
Gang's Capture
Blamed On CBS
Jerusalem (JTA) —
Palestinian activists are
blaming a CBS Television
crew for the capture of an ex-
tremist gang by the Israel
Defense Forces earlier this
month, and have put out a
"contract" on the
cameraman, Palestinian
sources said.
The union of television
workers has warned all for-
eign crews to take precau-
tions, especially in the
Nablus area.
The gang called itself the
"Red Eagles." The IDF raid-
ed its hideout, killed its
leader and arrested five
suspects. Several members
had been interviewed by
CBS-TV only a day before
the raid.
Intifada activists suspect
the cameraman, who shot
the interview near Nablus in
the West Bank, passed the
tape to security forces,
somehow facilitating their
capture of the gang.
The cameraman has not
been identified but is prob-
ably Israeli. Foreign TV
news organizations
operating in Israel generally
employ local people.