Israel News: Palestinian Miracle: Fatality "victim" of occupation resurrected

You thought you had seen it all, right? Muhammad al Harrani, the cancer victim who supposedly died waiting for a permit to enter Israel, has been 'miraculously' resurrected.

I dreamed I saw Muhammad al Harrani

Alive as you and me,

I said but Muhammad you're 10 days dead.

"I never died," said he.

According to the Ynet Story: 'Dead Gazan' alive and kicking:

Muhammad al-Harrani, a father of six from Gaza diagnosed with cancer who reportedly died while waiting for a permit to enter Israel, miraculously "came back to life." This was not the result of a miracle, but rather, just part of the tactics used by al-Harrani's family in a bid to secure a permit for him.

Al-Harrani is currently awaiting an entry permit into Israel, so that he can undergo head surgery at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and receive radiation and chemotherapy treatment. At the end of April he was summoned to a questioning session at the Erez Crossing as part of the permit process, but the session was postponed by a week.

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, al-Harrani's story was published. His family reported to the "Physicians for Human Rights" organization that he died. "The sick man could not withstand the wait for the permit," claimed Ran Yaron, Director of the Occupied Territories Department who blamed the Shin Bet for adopting cruel policies against cancer patients.

However, the next day, the organization discovered that al-Harrani was still alive. Members of group estimated that his brother, who reported the death, "killed" him so he does not report to the questioning session.

"This is a rare case where a family member knowingly provided false information to the organization," Physicians for Human Rights said. "Usually, the organization receives information from the families and from the hospitals, but in this case the information was received from the family and was not confirmed by the hospital."

Meanwhile, the Shin Bet sent the organization an angry response: "We view these harsh accusations on your part with great severity; not even a minimal inquiry into the facts was conducted." The Shin Bet noted that due to the suspicion of his involvement in terror activities, al-Harrani was indeed called in for a security check, and it was indeed postponed by a week.

Some questions arise: If the hospital did not confirm the death, why did PHR make the announcement? And why, if the man was found to be alive the next day, did PHR wait until now to announce the truth?

Of course, the damage to Israel is already done. The "dead" Palestinian made headlines around the world. The resurrected Palestinian Arab won't get 2 column inches on page 5 of the Independent. Dead Palestinians are news. Live ones are not.

I'll bet you thought you saw it all. Oh well, resurrection is pretty common in this country. It has been our trademark for over 2600 years. Didn't Elijah resurrect the son of the widow of Zarephath?

1 KINGS 17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

1 KINGS 17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

1 KINGS 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

1 KINGS 17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

1 KINGS 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

1 KINGS 17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.