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ceed we will deserve the title
human being."
Almog estimates 36,000 chil-
dren in Israel have mild to
severe brain injuries.
The 25-acre Aleh Negev vil-
lage will be home to 500 dis-
abled adults and provide outpa-
tient services (600 hours per
week) to 12,000 disabled chil-
dren and young adults annually.
Located near the depressed
town of Ofakim, the village will
help develop the Negev region,
provide more than 800 jobs and
be invaluable to its residents
and their families.
More than 40 percent of the
construction has been complet-
ed and the first 70 residents,
including Eran, will move in
next month. The entire develop-
ment will be completed by
2007.

f you have a fight on your
hands, it's good to have a
fighter handy — and Doron
Almog is a fighter.
"Major Gen. Almog is a mili-
tary hero who dedicated his life
to defending Israel, and he now
dedicates his life to defending
people who don't have a voice,"
. Jewish National Fund-Michigan
President Hannan Lis told a
meeting of his board Nov.15.
Almog and his wife, Didi,
were in Detroit to promote the
Aleh Negev Project, a rehabilita-
tive residential village in the
south of Israel specially
designed to meet the needs of
mentally and physically
impaired people older than 21.
"It took me 17 years to speak
in public about our child," said
Almog, 53, whose son, Eran, 21,
was born with severe brain
Distinguished Career
damage. They already had a 6-
A career military man, Almog
year-old daughter. When Eran
has fought for Israel his 'entire
was born, they named him after
life. In 1973, he was a paratroop
Almog's brother who was killed
commander on the Egyptian
on the Syrian front . in the 1973
front. In 1976, he handled on-
Yom Kippur War. The hopes and
the-ground logistics — the first
dreams they had for their son
to land and the last to leave —
were never to be realized. But
for Israel's daring rescue of
new hopes were kindled.
hostages at Uganda's Entebbe
"He has never said one word
airport. He helped rescue 8,000
due to his autism and retarda-
Ethiopian Jews from the Sudan
tion; he will never, ever be nor-
in 1994, fought Hezbollah ter-
mal," Almog says; in his
rorists in Lebanon and was
straight-talking military man-
involved in military operations
ner. "But he changed my life
of which he says, "Some you
and my thinking about the role
know about, and some you will
of these children in our society.
never know about."
"Eran forced me to think
He commanded the Israel
what is the meaning of my life,"
Defense Forces in Gaza in 1993,
Almog continues. "The only
fighting terrorists while with-
answer I can give myself is this
drawing 90 percent of the
is a test for humanity, this is a
Israeli troops. And as head of
test for our society. If we suc-
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