HONORARY CONSUL GROVE INAUGURATED AT THE AMINADAV FOREST NEAR JERUSALEM

Michael Ronen, Israeli Ambassador to the 13 Pacific Islands, including the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, joined a delegation of ophthalmologists from Israel this week as guests of the Honorary Consulate of the Marshall Islands in Tel Aviv, in preparation for the delegation's volunteer eye surgery mission to save the vision of patients in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia

Scheduled to depart this week, the delegation was initiated by Eye from Zion, a volunteer organization and its Chairman Nati Marcus, with the help of MASHAV (Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation). Delegates include
Prof. Dov Weinberger, head of ophthalmology at Rabin Medical Center, Dr. Yaron Lang, Emek Medical Center in Afula, Dr. Yiftach Yasur of Rabin Medical Center, Dr. Yoav Vardizer of Rothschild Hospital
and the medical equipment technician, Hovav Nutman

A delegation of ophthalmologists from Israel, scheduled to depart this week to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia to perform volunteer eye surgery to save the vision of patients, was organized by the Israeli volunteer organization, Eye from Zion and with the help of MASHAV - the Israel Foreign Ministry's Agency for International Development Cooperation, visited the offices of the Honorary Consulate of the Marshall Islands in Tel Aviv, as it prepared to go abroad.
The delegation includes Prof. Dov Weinberger, head of ophthalmology at Rabin Medical Center, Delegation Head Dr. Yaron Lang of Emek Medical Center, Dr. Yiftach Yasur of Rabin Medical Center, Dr. Yoav Vardizer of Rothschild Hospital and the medical equipment technician, Hovav Nutman.
This is the third mission organized by Eye from Zion. The organization had organized similar missions to Vietnam and Burma, where over 400 operations were performed to save the sight of many patients. These missions were sent to areas that were heavily damaged by the tsunami, and the local populations there were cut off from regular medical care.
Nati Marcus, Chairman of Eye from Zion said, "In addition to our first priority of humanitarian aid, Eye of Zion wants to show the nice and different facets of Israel, particularly in these trying times."
Marcus added, "Since the organization began its work about two years ago, numerous doctors have been asking to take part in this humanitarian activity. Additional missions of eye surgeons will depart in December, with the assistance of MASHAV and the JDC to areas hard hit by the tsunami on the Maldives."
Ran Rahav, Honorary Consul of the Marshall Islands in Israel, thanked the members of the delegation as they prepared to depart for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, and said, "This is a welcome initiative and a moving humanitarian gesture. Time after time, the State of Israel has proven to the world that in addition to an incredible volunteer effort and spirit of giving, the medical expertise here is among the finest in the world."