But two days earlier I had walked off my Birthright-Israel trip along with seven other Birthright participants. Elias Newman Endlessly rebuilding homes and community spaces, all under looming certainty of future demolitions, has left Umm Al-Khair in a state of constant instability. At the very same time that I was with Awdah and his family, my friends and peers still on the Birthright trip were also in a Bedouin village. Visiting Umm Al-Khair showed me just how much Birthright is leaving out. If I didn’t walk off Birthright, I would never have known the story of Umm Al-Khair.

Source: Huffington Post July 23, 2018 12:45 UTC