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Israel pledges to rebuild Nepalese village

(JNS.org) Israel has pledged to fully rebuild an entire village in Nepal as part of its long-term relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in that country, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman announced Thursday, April 30. “We decided to adopt a village in Nepal, to assist with its reconstruction and to do our utmost to help people who have really found themselves in a difficult situation,” Liberman said in a briefing at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the Times of Israel reported. The foreign ministry will work with the Nepalese government to select a village and to assist in clearing the area as well as rebuilding the infrastructure and houses there. Meanwhile, Chabad-Lubavitch of Nepal said it prepared 2,000 meals for Nepalis in need on Wednesday, April 29 alone. Additionally, the Chabad emissary in the region, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, led a helicopter mission to rescue stranded Israelis.

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