The Jerusalem divide, and yet a life saved
The Times of Israel reported that in Jerusalem, a city too often divided among religious and nationalist lines, unusual heartwarming encounters do take place from time to time.
Haim Attias, a resident of the Mitzpe Yericho settlement and volunteer at the “Hatzalah” emergency medical organization, and Haitham Azloni, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem, met Thursday for the first time since Attias saved Azloni’s life last week. Azloni was somehow electrocuted while sitting next to a stall in the Arab bazaar near the Old City’s Damascus Gate. His heart had stopped beating and “he was dead,” a local Arab man who witnessed the scene recalled. “I couldn’t bear to look. I walked away.”
It was the final days of Ramadan, and there had been some minor clashes between local Arabs and Israeli security forces in the area, and Attias happened to be nearby. A certified medic, he noticed Azloni lying on the ground and rushed to his assistance. After a long attempt to resuscitate him, Azloni’s heart rate was restored and stabilized. He woke up in a hospital several days later.
Read The Times of Israel article, May 15, 2013
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'You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.' Deuteronomy 15:11
