V’Nahafoch Hu: This is How Life for a Rescued Woman Has Turned Around Completely
Two years ago, on erev Purim, Yad L’Achim concluded a complex operation to rescue four children from a Palestinian village and return them to their mother • Full Story
Two years ago, on erev Purim, Yad L’Achim concluded a complex operation to rescue four children from a Palestinian village and return them to their mother.
The mother, Liraz (not her real name), had fled the village many months earlier, on her own. After rehabilitating herself, she turned to Yad L’Achim for help in retrieving her children from their Arab father. These days, she is celebrating two years since her children were returned to her care and a new relationship with a Jewish partner.
Liraz, born to a Jewish mother and an Arab father, married an Arab and moved to his home in Tulkarm. Over the years she was subjected to severe violence at his hands, until finally, after her mother died, she decided to flee Tulkarm, leaving behind the children.
In the first weeks after fleeing the village, she lived on the streets, slowly managing to get back on her feet. All this time, Liraz was in phone contact with her children; during these calls she heard them say in Arabic, “We need to kill the Jews,” reinforcing her understanding that she had to get them out of Tulkarm.
After about two years of rehabilitation, Liraz turned to Yad L’Achim for help in obtaining custody of her children. The legal battle was long and complex, with the father refusing to sign documents allowing the children to leave the village. At one point, after the children had been transferred to their mother’s custody, the father kidnapped some of them.
After several nerve-wracking hours, Yad L’Achim succeeded in returning the children to their mother.
Today, the children are being educated in religious settings, and Liraz is growing stronger and closer to Judaism; she is about to marry her Jewish partner. Liraz is celebrating the upcoming Purim holiday with a sense of victory – for leaving the village, regaining her children, and succeeding in her return to Judaism.
“Even though we dress up for Purim, we must not forget the women who dress up all year long, and only want to return to their homes,” a Yad L’Achim official said. “Many Jewish women hide behind a heavy mask and they just want to come out of it again”.
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