I was not there for Madelyn's original interview but, I was fortunate enough to be in the follow-up interview. During her time in Israel, there was a lot of tension with Palestine. There has always been tension with Palestine and Israel. Back in the 1940s, Israel was established as a country. Palestine was not happy about this because the creation of this country took lots of Palestinian land. Ever since then, Israel has taken over more and more land from Palestine. The tensions have been high ever since. During Madelyn's time in Israel, there was a lot happening. In the year 1990, 125 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and during the exact same time, 7 Israelis were killed. In 1991, another 91 Palestinians were killed and another 8 Israelis as well. The tensions between these two countries stretch all the way until today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict