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Feature28we expect the outside world to know?We need to get these stories out therein the public domain.”They visited an army base, “where theymet male and female soldiers and weresurprised that they were young people,pretty much like themselves who areserving their country.”Most illuminating for the group, werelectures by experts experienced in thefield of providing humanitarian andmedical aid to crisis spots in the world.They heard “how Israel is usually oneof the first countries to arrive on thescene and get things moving quicklyand professionally.”On the last day, says Michal, “We organiseda panel discussion on medicalethics in conflict areas. One of the doctorswas on the team that went to Haiti,another from Jerusalem who spoke ofsituations where an injured terrorist isbrought in together with some of his injuredvictims. The doctor made it clearthat once they enter an Israeli hospital,irrespective of whatever crimes mayhave been committed, all patients aretreated equally.”Michal says she was impressed by thequestions asked and the high level ofdiscussion.And as to what impact the conferencehad on the participants, Michal says:“You only have to look on Facebookand read their comments and observations,see their photos and most telling,the articles on Israel they are readingand suggesting others to read. We havepresented them with a prism to processnews about Israel – to be equipped indetermining truth from lies.”And the future? “We are preparing forthe 2011 conference. We want this tobe an annual event.” Michal and herfellow students work on a completelyvoluntary basis and see themselves “asyoung, unofficial ambassadors of theState of Israel.” •photos: Orli LeibovitzPhotos from top1. Orli Liebovitz and TaliAbelsohn-Leon on the El-Al flighten route to Haiti.2. One of the many speciallytraineddogs called upon to findsurvivors in the rubble.3. Orli Liebowitz supervisingthe off-loading of life-savingequipment at Port-Au-Prince.Six-year-old Haitian Woodleyafter his life-saving operationat WolfsonThe FirstRespondersIsrael at its FinestWhen the IDF team dispatched to Haiti duringlast year’s devastating earthquake returned toa hero’s welcome at Ben Gurion InternationalAirport, amongst the huge crowd were sistersOrli Liebovitz and Tali Abelsohn-Leon.Daughters of former South Africans Charlesand Vivienne Abelsohn of Kfar Saba, theyhad been on the El Al flight that transportedIsraeli soldiers and equipment to Haiti twoweeks earlier. Tali went as the purser (flightmanager) while Orli’s official position was‘Weight & Balance’. “I was in charge of loadingand off-loading the plane,” Orli told TelfedMagazine.“When we landed at Port-Au-Prince, therewas no off-loading equipment to help, so the army boys all tucked in.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, andIDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi were on hand to welcome the returning200-member team. “As many plot against us, distort and muddy our names, youhave shown the real IDF,” said Prime Minister Netanyahu and while “many aretrying to tarnish our image,” said Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, ‘With yourdeeds, you have proven that the opposite is true.”While flying is a daily occurrence for these two El Al sisters, both Orli and Tali,agreed, “It was a once in a lifetime flight.” The atmosphere on board, they said,“was incredible. 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