More on the story of Ahmed Ismail Khatib, the thirteen year old Palestinian boy who was shot and killed by the IDF while he was playing with a toy gun. We reported yesterday that the boy’s parents had decided to donate his organs to Israeli children in need of transplants, “for the sake of peace between the two peoples.” I saw this morning in the ultra-right wing paper Arutz Sheva that finance minister Ehud Olmert had invited the parents to Jerusalem. YNet now reports that Sharon would like to meet with them to offer his personal apologies…
(T)he boy’s father said he was invited to meet with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who offered to apologize for the killing, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported.
According to the Palestinian report, Ismail Khatib said that “if this would serve the Palestinian problem and advance a just peace, I will meet with Sharon and bring him a message of peace.”
Maybe a single act of kindness can accomplish more than an army.
I hope this is true.
we salute you
when we heard about the goodness of the family of little
ahmed it made us not lose faith in love. Only if i could see the good man , i will say his hands are the most wonderful amongst all, for he decide to help instead of striking back. I am a christian and i feel like that he is the true disciple of CHRIST for he showed the power of forgiveness. May GOD bless Ismail khatib and family.And we will forever remember them in our prayers…THANK YOU FOR SHOWING A GREAT EXAMPLE