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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59805-2004Apr7.html
Support Group Helps Israeli Survivors Venture Back into the World
(Washington Post) Molly Moore - 80 Israelis - all victims of recent attacks - gathered Tuesday to share Passover celebrations at a Jerusalem hotel, courtesy of a support group called NAVAH (Nonprofit Association for Volunteering and Assisting the Hurt). Ex-farmer Tzion Moshe, 50, raised his shirt to show a belly that looked like lumps of kneaded dough after eight operations to put his insides back together. Tzion was shot in the back three times by Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on a polling station in Beit Shean in November 2002, murdering six people. "Sometimes it's better to be dead than alive and wounded," said Tzion. "I went to vote and I got three bullets for no reason. I used to be an independent guy, I worked by myself. Now, I sit at home and I'm in pain all the time."