I HAVE just finished reading the account of Jonathan Jesner, a Jewish seminary student from Scotland killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in Jerusalem. His family's decision to allow his kidney to be given to a young Palestinian girl is a lesson in compassion all of the world can learn from. His brother, Ari, stated that ''the most important thing is that life
was given to another human being. I think it is unimportant what religion, what nationality''.
The gift they have given will do more to influence the coming of peace and understanding than all the bombs and all the words can ever hope to achieve. Thank you for your wisdom and courage. The people of America salute you and hold you in our prayers.
Michael W Miller,
5515 Golden Pond Avenue,
Northport, Alabama, 35473-1530 USA.
I READ with sadness of the death of Yoni Jesner. I had the privilege of meeting him only once when taking a party of school children to visit the synagogue in Giffnock. There had been a mix-up over dates and times and there was no-one available to take our party round until Yoni volunteered.
He impressed the children and accompanying adults by his enthusiasm and knowledge, and left us all with a lasting memory of a fine young man who was a credit to his family and community. It seems so fitting that in his death he was able to give life to a child, and somehow fits so well with the type of person he was. What a great loss to the world.
Patsy Millar,
60 East King Street,
Helensburgh.
THE waste of the young life of Yoni Jesner at the hands of a suicide bomber must weigh heavily on all us in Scotland, but should not blind us to the nature of the Israeli state. In the Knesset, for example, the MP Michael Kleiner demanded that the response to this particular incident should be the aerial bombing of Palestinian towns, with borders opened for Palestinians
to flee.
Alan Clayton,
1 Letters Way,
Strathlachlan, Argyll.
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