Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

In Israel, Potential Organ Donors Could Jump the Queue

Posted by timothy on from the unorthodox-move dept.

laron writes "In Israel, a new law is in the making: Holders of donor cards and their families would get preference if they should need an organ for themselves. Apparently this initiative faces resistance from Orthodox rabbis, who hold that organ donation is against religious law. Jacob Lavee, director of the heart transplant unit at Israel's Sheba Medical Center, and one of the draftees of this new law, hopes that a broader pool of organs will ultimately benefit everyone, but acknowledges that one of his primary motivations is 'to prevent free riders.' (Apparently receiving an organ is OK under religious law.)"

4 of 582 comments (clear)

  1. Or, very badly reasoned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "... Judaism is actually a very well reasoned religion..."

    Kissinger, Henry (1923- ), Jewish-American politician: "Any people who have been persecuted for two thousand years must be doing something wrong." Quoted in: Walter Isaacson, Kissinger - A Biography, p. 561.

  2. Violent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From the article, Israeli Historian: Israel Could Find Itself Forced To Wipe Out Europe. Quote: "We have hundreds of nuclear warheads and missiles that can reach different targets in the heart of the European continent, ..."

    1. Re:Violent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is apparently a more reputable source, the Guardian newspaper in England, but from 21 September 2003.

      Quote from Martin van Creveld, professor of military history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem: "We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force."

  3. More Jewish reasoning: War on Europe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Quote from Martin van Creveld, professor of military history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, in the Guardian newspaper in England, 21 September 2003: "We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force."