International Red Cross Accepts Israel
Charles Johnson
Thu Jun 22, 2006 at 7:28 am PDT • Views: 228
After 60 years of foot-dragging and cowardice by the Red Cross, today Israel’s Magen David Adom has been allowed into the organization: Israeli, Palestinian relief groups join Red Cross.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Red Cross and Red Crescent humanitarian movement accorded membership on Thursday to the Israeli and Palestinian relief organizations, ending nearly 60 years of struggle over the Israeli agency’s accession. …
Noam Yifrach, chairman of Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA), said the backing of the world’s largest relief network would make it easier for emergency workers to cooperate across checkpoints, and ensure assistance reaches those who need it.
“It will help us to function together with the Palestinian Red Crescent society … Until today, we did not have the movement behind us,” he told Reuters in an interview in Geneva.
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