Israel often the first to send humanitarian aid emulates the best Jewish traditions - opinion
Colonel Golan Vach was sent by the Israeli government to Turkey as head of the mission made up of hundreds of Israeli experts in search and rescue.
COLONEL (RES.) Golan Vach, mission commander from the IDF Home Front Command, speaks in this still shot from an IDF video, as he and his delegation set out for the rescue mission in Turkey.(photo credit: IDF/Reuters)ByDANIEL GOLDMAN