I lived with my family in Israel from 1982 to 1989 while working for Save the Children (SCF) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS), mainly in the West Bank and Gaza. I managed a CRS-sponsored “Health Education” project there from 1984 to 1989. The five-year project provided training programs in 160 villages in the West Bank and Gaza. As a result of the recent violence there, many have asked me whose…
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