At the foot of Mount Carmel in Haifa, when boatloads of emaciated European Jews fleeing Nazi persecution washed ashore, Arab Palestinian women would go out to greet them.
The Haifa committees received hollow-eyed refugees with warm clothing, blankets, first aid kits, and pots of hot food and soup. The arriving families would collapse in the refuge of canvas shelters.
This was before the creation of the state of Israel. News of grave and horrific persecution of Jews had moved these women to extend a helping hand.
The next morning, the same Palestinian women would go out again to find abandoned tents. The arrivals were taken to live and work on kibbutzes, never to be seen again.
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