(Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Karen L. Dunn - For more than 40 years, while still struggling for its own survival, Israel has been providing substantial humanitarian assistance to people worldwide. From soil cultivation programs in Kenya to computer education in Ethiopia, from medical programs in Jordan to seminars on cattle husbandry in India, Israel has helped alleviate hunger, disease, and poverty in many developing countries. When a massive earthquake struck Turkey in 1999, Israel set up a 120-bed field hospital and sent more than 100 tons of relief supplies and a 250-person search and rescue team, saving 12 survivors. During the Yugoslavian civil war, the Rwandan civil war, and the conflict in Kosovo, Israel granted safe haven to refugees and sent humanitarian aid. More than 140 countries have benefited from Israel's international humanitarian aid.
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