Marlen V. Ronquillo
Marlen V. Ronquillo

The Israeli Defense Forces contingent that helped in the Yolanda rescue and relief efforts—and showed to the world what Israeli efficiency was all about—arrived in the country on the wings of nostalgia. They remembered a gesture of not too long ago with deep affection. Then-Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon , reacting to the expulsion of Jews from Hitler-sympathizing countries, opened up the country to Jewish immigrants. Some families came and prospered, and the state of Israel has never forgotten that grand humanitarian gesture. .

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