Here’s the first amazing story:
A young cancer patient on the way to the US with a bunch of other sick kids can’t find her passport.
With no other choice, the young girl was removed from the plane and the plane prepared to depart after a fruitless search on the plane, in the airport, everywhere. Minutes before takeoff, while the plane was taxiing to the runway, they found the passport in another child’s backpack.
Too late, no? The stewardess told the pilot – the pilot radioed the tower and was given permission to turn back. The story appears here.
As the child cried, so too did people on the plane – and the stewardesses, and people on the ground. Amazing.
And the second story…
David Finti is 19 years old. He is a Romanian Jew. While boarding a train, David was electrocuted and severely burned. The local Jewish community contacted the Jewish Agency. They recognize the collectivism of our people just as on the Israeli side it was recognized as well. And so, Israel flew the young man to Israel, making him an Israeli citizen so that he could get critical care free of charge. David and his parents were flown to Israel and are now at Hadassah’s Ein Kerem hospital. The story appears here.
Yet another story in the last few days has come to light. Israel recently managed to bring in another 17 Yemenite Jews – leaving 90 left.What amazes me is that we were able to bring another group here to Israel and more, that we know how many remain. We are watching, waiting, hoping to bring the last remnants of what was once a great community here to Israel.
It is what we do. Three stories of how Israel watches, Israel waits, Israel acts.
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