In December 2008, Israel launched an attack on Gaza to stop the daily rocket attacks on its civilian population by Hamas and other terror groups. Israel's military operation called "Operation Cast Lead" succeeded in reducing the number of rockets raining down on its southern border towns.
But many critics of the Jewish State accused Israel of using "disproportionate" force during its campaign. Now supporters of Israel are turning that word around and pointing out that Israel, out of all proportion to its size. has provided a "disproportionate" humanitarian response to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
We went to Israel's Ben Gurion Airport early Saturday morning to watch the latest Israel medical team leaving for that Caribbean nation. We spoke with Shachar Zahavi, the founder of IsraAid, an Israeli humanitarian organization and Galit Cohen, one of the volunteers leaving for Haiti.
Zahavi explained their motivation, including the unique obligation Jews feel as a result of the Holocaust. or as it is also called, the Shoah.