Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., appears on the floor of the House for a vote on April 1, 2011. (AP)
That’s a partnership between two capable allies, not a welfare arrangement. It is the kind of alliance, on a January morning in Tucson, that puts the right bandage in the right hands at the right time. Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to Washington at the time, called learning of that fact one of the proudest moments of his tenure.
Some partnerships are measured in treaties and dollars. Others are measured in a single life, saved.
Shahar Azani is the former spokesperson of Israel’s Consulate in New York and a veteran Israeli diplomat. He is the CEO of the Book Family Foundation. He served in Israel’s Foreign Ministry for over 16 years in Jerusalem, London, Los Angeles, Nairobi and New York.
