Israel saved my grandmother

Staff. Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon isn’t Israeli, or even Jewish. She is the daughter of Filipino parents who came to Israel to find work. She enlisted in the IDF because an Israeli army team rescued her grandmother in the aftermath of the 2013 typhoon that devastated the Philippines.

http://www.ifcj.org/news/fellowship-blog/Filipina-IDF-Soldier-Fights-for-Country-That-Saved-Her-Grandmother.html

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