Israel's Medical Outreach
If anyone out there thinks that Israel's quick and effective rescue and medical response to the Haiti earthquake was an anomaly (or worse, a PR "stunt"), I'm here to tell you that that little nation has had a 50 year history offering humanitarian aid around the world. In 1959, Hadassah Hospital (located in Jerusalem) sent a group of ophthalmologists to African countries to help eradicate eye diseases and this program is still going strong. Lately, Israel has set up the Hadassah Aids Center in... Sign in to see full entry.