Mother Yusra Ashur:
"Many years ago, my nephew needed a kidney transplant. I saw the pain he was going through at that time. Eventually someone donated a kidney to him and gave him a new life. If our organs can save lives, it is definitely worthwhile to donate them to others in need after we die.
When you make the decision to donate an organ, you won't consider whom it will go to. We will give it to whoever that needs it. This is humane."
Organ donation is an extremely sensitive issue for Israelis and Palestinians as both maintain a belief in the purity of the body after death, while further barriers to donations have arisen due to the ongoing diplomatic and military tensions between the two groups. Despite this, more than 400 families in Israel have donated organs in the past five years, a figure which is increasing annually.
