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Taysir Abu Saada (�Tass�) was born without a homeland in the Gaza Strip, 
in 1951. His parents immigrated to Saudi Arabia where he was raised as a 
Muslim. Tass hated Jews, and the fact of Israel's existence. After the �67 
war with Israel, Tass joined the �Fatah Forces� (PLO under Yasser Arafat). 
In Fatah, Tass was trained as a sniper to kill Jews. He also trained children 
to fight and kill Jews. In 1974, Tass came to the United States. He married 
an American girl (Karen) and worked in the restaurant and hotel 
industries, where he became successful and reached executive positions. 
Tass became an American citizen in 1979. Through a supernatural 
encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ in 1993, Tass became a �born again� 
believer. Tass and Karen now devote their lives to taking the message of 
Jesus to the people Tass hated the most (the Jews) and to the brethren he 
was willing to die for (the Muslims). �When I invited Christ into my heart, 
God put in my heart a burden to pray�for the Jews first, and then for the 
Muslims,� says Tass. �God gave me a genuine love for them. After that 
time, in all my interactions with Jews, I showed love to them. It was 
amazing grace! I realized I didn't hate these people anymore. God is at 
work in my life! I don't understand what happened, but hatred had been 
cleansed by a Jew, Jesus Christ. Nothing on earth can cleanse the heart of 
a Palestinian toward a Jew. Only Christ's grace can do that.� Since 1997, 
Tass and Karen have made their home in Bethel, Missouri, where they are 
part of the Heartland community, bringing the hope of Christ to the 
hurting. They have two grown children, Benali and Farah, who are both 
serving the Lord. To learn more about this ministry, please visit our 
website at www.hopeforishmael.org.

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