Israeli child, cancer patient, sent to recover in monastery ...
Israeli child's parents sent him alone to recover from cancer in a monastery • Traveler who met him: "the child communicates distress" • Mother: "He knows he is doing well there"
- Nachman Gur, Behadrey Haredim
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Israeli child alone in the monastery. Illustration photo
An Israeli child is alone in a Thai monastery – as reported on Channel 2 News. According to the report, Israeli tourists in the country saw a boy wearing clothes of a Buddhist monk and were surprised to hear that he speaks Hebrew. After talking with him, they learned that his parents sent him alone to the monastery, because, as they claim, the stay there may help cure his blood cancer disease.
"He began to speak to us in Hebrew," said Yossi Ben Sa'adoun who met the boy, "When we asked him if he got used to life in the convent alone, he said not so much."
The child's mother was interviewed and said: "Whoever has not seen the children in the oncology ward for four years and never saw children writhing with treatments, should not come and judge." She said her son does want to go home, but also knows he likes it there. "That's what parents are for, to receive hard decisions."
This morning (Wednesday) the mother responded again to the criticism against her decision. In an interview with Army Radio she said: "The only ones who understand me are bereaved parents. This is a trauma which I do not wish anybody." She says, "In the hospital too he said he wanted to go home. As long as they say there that he should stay, he'll stay. They have to watch him from close by. I met people there who have been cured. "
On the other hand, Ben-Sa'adoun who met the child himself said: "At least twice the boy said to me "everyone knows I want to go home". I do not want to argue with the mother. He has a sharp look. The child communicated distress to me and he desperately wants to go home."
He further said: "I understand what the mother says, but it's hard for a Jewish child in a monastery in Thailand. As soon as he saw us, he gave us the phone number of the mother. He's forbidden there to eat every day until noon. My goal is to make a supreme effort to return him to Israel. I do not believe that through the Buddha and the statues he will recover."
"He began to speak to us in Hebrew," said Yossi Ben Sa'adoun who met the boy, "When we asked him if he got used to life in the convent alone, he said not so much."
The child's mother was interviewed and said: "Whoever has not seen the children in the oncology ward for four years and never saw children writhing with treatments, should not come and judge." She said her son does want to go home, but also knows he likes it there. "That's what parents are for, to receive hard decisions."
This morning (Wednesday) the mother responded again to the criticism against her decision. In an interview with Army Radio she said: "The only ones who understand me are bereaved parents. This is a trauma which I do not wish anybody." She says, "In the hospital too he said he wanted to go home. As long as they say there that he should stay, he'll stay. They have to watch him from close by. I met people there who have been cured. "
On the other hand, Ben-Sa'adoun who met the child himself said: "At least twice the boy said to me "everyone knows I want to go home". I do not want to argue with the mother. He has a sharp look. The child communicated distress to me and he desperately wants to go home."
He further said: "I understand what the mother says, but it's hard for a Jewish child in a monastery in Thailand. As soon as he saw us, he gave us the phone number of the mother. He's forbidden there to eat every day until noon. My goal is to make a supreme effort to return him to Israel. I do not believe that through the Buddha and the statues he will recover."
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