In the Light, Palestine-Israel: "Giving hope to the hopeless"

A program of the East Jerusalem YMCA reaching the entire West Bank of occupied Palestine—one example of how Palestinian society deals with the effects of occupation: trauma, physical injury, loss of work, degraded dignity, and despair. Plus (an apparent non sequitor): reproducing bibilical figures.

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Jamil Al-Wahsh, his older son, Ali, a daughter, and the youngest son, Muhammad, in the village of Za’tara—all 3 males have congenital leg problems

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