{"id":4991,"date":"2011-07-12T13:44:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2021-09-07T10:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:13:05","slug":"heart-of-jenin-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/heart-of-jenin-introduction\/4991\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u201cHeart-rending\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u2013Denver Post<\/strong><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u201c A moving&#8230;documentary\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u2013Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in the West Bank city of Jenin by Israeli soldiers who mistook his toy gun for the real thing, it could have been just one more blip on the news: one more war, one more child, one more human tragedy that ripped the heart out of a family and a community, but rippled no further into the world\u2019s consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>But something extraordinary happened that turned Ahmed Khatib\u2019s tragic 2005 death into a gift of hope for six Israelis whose lives were on the line: while overwhelmed with grief, Ahmed\u2019s parents consented to donating their son\u2019s organs. Suddenly, amid the violence and entrenched hatred surrounding an intractable conflict, a simple act of humanity rose above the clamor and captured worldwide attention.<\/p>\n<p><em>Heart of Jenin <\/em>tells the story of Ahmed\u2019s tragic death and his father Ismael Khatib\u2019s journey to visit three of the organ recipients two years later. One of Ahmed\u2019s kidneys went to an Orthodox Jewish girl and his other kidney went to a Bedouin boy. While his parents hesitated to donate Ahmed\u2019s heart, it now beats in the chest of a Druze girl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see my son in these children,\u201d Khatib says.<\/p>\n<p>Crossing from northern Israel to the Negev desert and ending up in Jerusalem, Khatib encounters every complexity of the conflict: deep-seated animosity, hardened judgments, and heartfelt generosity. 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