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Israel and Lebanon: The Granite State Perspective

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, July 27, 2006.

We invite a roundtable of Lebanese and Israelis currently living in New Hampshire… to get their thoughts on the war, their families abroad, and the heartache of watching fighting unfold while living a half a world away. Laura's guests are Yeshayahu Artsy, An independent computer consultant living in Nashua, NH. Yeshayahu, was born in occupied Poland and lived for 25 years in Ashkelon, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel. Joseph Hitti, Translator and Founder of the New England Americans for Lebanon. Joseph was born in Damour, Lebanon and raised in Beirut, he currently lives in the Boston area. Talia Greenblatt, a 23 year old woman living for the past year in Manchester. Talia was born and raised in Jerusalem, she’s been in New Hampshire this year serving as a Shaliach, educating people in schools, synagogues and churches about the Israeli society outside of the conflict. Zach Bazzi, Psychology student at UNH who served for the New Hampshire National Guard in Iraq. Zach lived for the first 10 years of his life in Sidon, Lebanon and most recently was featured in the documentary "The War Tapes".

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