Opinion | A Hamas Hostage’s Work in Africa

Hamas has in latest days launched 4 hostages. Whereas that is welcome information, greater than 200 folks stay captive, in all probability together with Israeli scientist Shoshan Haran, whose innovation in plant seeds has improved the lot of poor Africans, together with many Muslims.

Ms. Haran labored for greater than a decade at Hazera Genetics, an Israeli seed juggernaut, earlier than launching the nonprofit Honest Planet in 2011 to develop vegetable seeds for struggling African farmers. Many feed their households and communities with low-quality seeds that go away their crops prone to pests, illness and low yields.