Jerusalem cancer center saved by Christian donations

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Jerusalem cancer center saved by Christian donations

Posted: Fri 15th August 2008 9.59 AM | Author: ICEJ

Jerusalem-based Christian organizations have donated $15,000 to a cancer treatment center in the capital city allowing it to remain open for at least six more months. The cancer center has treated over 500 patients since it opened ten months ago in honor of the late MK Yuri Shtern, who founded the Knesset's Christian Allies Caucus and helped bridge Israel's relations with international Christian supporters. But the center almost shut down due to a lack of funds, said Director-General Marik Shtern of the Yuri Shtern Foundation. "It was very moving for me to know that the Christian organizations which were in very close contact with my father are at our side and are helping us perpetuate his memory," said Shtern on Tuesday.

The three evangelical Christian organizations that gave $5,000 each to help save the center are the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Bridges for Peace, and Christian Friends of Israel. "It is a privilege and joy to honor the memory of a wonderful man who was a patriot and loved his people dearly," said ICEJ Executive Director Rev. Malcolm Hedding. "His premature death when he succumbed to cancer was a great loss to the country, and of course to the Christian community."

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