Help Terrorist VictimsWhile in Israel I visited many organizations that help terror victims. I was
impressed by the number of events and special activities they have for victims.
However, the thing that touched my heart the most was personally meeting some of
the victims and listening to their heartbreaking stories. One woman’s husband
was killed in a terror attack when she was seven months pregnant with their
fourth child. She showed me a children's book she had written after the death of
her husband. Since the book was written in Hebrew, I couldn't read it however
the pictures amply expressed the family's grief, and their own process back to a
life of peace and joy. Her willingness to share her own grief revealed her
courage and strength of character. I also met a woman whose
fourteen-year-old son had been brutally killed by a group of young Muslims as he
was playing in the woods behind his house. His mother asked if she hated those
who killed her son. She said, "I have no time for hate...it was hate that killed
my son." Later she started a summer camp for children who had lost siblings
through terror attacks. Staff of LifeStaff of Life is an excellent organization founded and directed by Ann Clark, truly a woman of love and compassion. In addition to meeting with terrorist victims, she helps bring in medical equipment and supplies, which are very much needed in Israel due to the many terrorist attacks. For more information check out Staff of Life.ZAKAI have been impressed with the organization ZAKA. Their volunteers are often the first ones to arrive on the scene when a terrorist attack occurs. In addition to assisting the victims they also have the difficult job of collecting body parts so the individual can have a proper burial. Such work really requires a lot of love and compassion for people.
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