The Israeli public's willingness to donate organs is now at 60%. The rest are mainly held back by the religious factor.
Within the Israeli religious-Zionist community, we strongly encourage organ donation and signing an Israeli organ donation card. Many haredim, however, disagree and Diaspora rabbis are divided.
Though it is critical to survival, no one wants to be part of a discussion surrounding transplants - because no one wants to need them.
British-Israeli terror victim Lucy Dee’s organs were transplanted before burial, saving the lives of five people.
Dee was murdered alongside her daughters, Maia and Rina, in a shooting attack near Hamra in the Jordan Valley last Friday.
An Uber driver donated his kidney to a passenger, forever changing the trajectory of an elderly dialysis patient's life.
The parents of the murdered brothers decided soon after the attack to donate their corneas - now they will give eyesight to four other persons.
This year saw an increase in cooperation with foreign countries like Austria, the Czech Republic and the Emirates in the exchange of kidneys.
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