ZAKA decided: terrorists will be wrapped in black bags
Following numerous requests, the organization decided not to wrap the bodies of terrorists in white bags emblazoned with the organization's logo
- Avi Greenzeig
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Black for terrorists. Photo: ZAKA
Hundreds of citizens approached ZAKA over the past week, and complained that the bodies of killed terrorist are 'packed' in bags labeled ZAKA, just like their victims who were murdered al kiddush Hashem.
"We received a lot of inquiries from citizens, why Chilul Hakodesh is done by putting bodies of terrorists into bags of ZAKA," says ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav to Behadrey Haredim.
"On the one hand our entry ticket to the world is that we do not distinguish between blood and blood, and there are also ethical questions raised regularly, for example on the bus at Armon Hanatziv this morning, there is a terrorist seriously injured and a Jewish casualty slightly injured, not always are the natural impulse and emotion compatible with the halachic decision," he explains.
On the other hand, "we decided to make a distinction between the victims and the killer, killers do not deserve to be put into bags labeled "chessed shel emet" of ZAKA, and now they be enveloped in black bags."
The veteran and familiar volunteer Berele Jakobowitz says, "I saw the volunteers find it emotionally difficult to put the bodies of the terrorists into bags with the brand of their revered ZAKA organization, which is responsible for the sanctity of life, and accordingly, it was decided that the terrorists will be pack prospectively in black bags without the symbol of the organization".
"We received a lot of inquiries from citizens, why Chilul Hakodesh is done by putting bodies of terrorists into bags of ZAKA," says ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav to Behadrey Haredim.
"On the one hand our entry ticket to the world is that we do not distinguish between blood and blood, and there are also ethical questions raised regularly, for example on the bus at Armon Hanatziv this morning, there is a terrorist seriously injured and a Jewish casualty slightly injured, not always are the natural impulse and emotion compatible with the halachic decision," he explains.
On the other hand, "we decided to make a distinction between the victims and the killer, killers do not deserve to be put into bags labeled "chessed shel emet" of ZAKA, and now they be enveloped in black bags."
The veteran and familiar volunteer Berele Jakobowitz says, "I saw the volunteers find it emotionally difficult to put the bodies of the terrorists into bags with the brand of their revered ZAKA organization, which is responsible for the sanctity of life, and accordingly, it was decided that the terrorists will be pack prospectively in black bags without the symbol of the organization".
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