Nahas displayed the positive attitude to which I just referred and is determined to make brotherhood between Arab and Jews a living reality. I want to make note of a personal aspect of my journey to Maalot and I speak not as a U.S. Senator. but as the son of an immigrant. My mother. whose maiden name was Ida Bendirsky (later Littman). was born in the town of Safed. She spent the first 16 years of her life there prior to emigrating to the United States. The significance of that is the fact that all of the children murdered in the small schoolroom in Maalot were from my mothers home town of Safed. So in that regard Maalot has a special significance and a profound impact on me.
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