Arts.21 | Film about Conflict in the Middle East

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Channel: DW News · 2009 · Entertainment

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An Israeli soldier shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in Jenin in 2005. The case drew international attention,when the boy's father Ismail Khatib,donated his son's organs to Israeli children. Two directors,German Marcus Vetter and Israeli-American Leon Geller,have investigated the background to this unique and unusual deed. They accompanied Ismail Khatib for two years,as he paid visits to the children who received his son's organs. ARTS.21 speaks with the filmmakers and Ismail Khatib.

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