The IDF recreated their humanitarian aid tent that they set up in Haiti and Japan after the devastating natural disasters at the AIPAC Policy Conference 2012 in Washington.
“Israel has offered to send humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians affected by the regime’s crackdown on protests through the International Committee of the Red Cross, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. ‘Israel’s foreign ministry has offered to transfer humanitarian aid to the people of Syria through the international Red Cross,’ the ministry said in a statement.”
The US has recently threatened Egypt with cutting off the billions of dollars of aid that goes to the Arab country each year because of the Americans that are being held in the country. In response, the majority party of Islamists have threatened to end the peace treaty with Israel should US aid be cut.
“Israeli doctors have recently restored the eyesight of more than 2,000 people in seven countries: Nepal, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Cambodia, the Maldives and Ethiopia.”
The doctors go abroad and give free eye surgeries to people in the developing world. They also teach their doctors how to give these eye surgeries and train them in the use of new technologies to better help their people.
“A statement put out Tuesday by the Foreign Ministry said Israel expressed ‘solidarity with the Chilean people in its sorrow for the damage’ caused to the park, located in southern Chile. ‘Israel has also experienced a similar disaster last year in the Carmel forest, and that painful memory enhances our sense of common destiny,’ the statement said, noting “the deep friendship the Israeli people feel toward Chile is as strong as ever.’”
“IsraAID has sent three different delegations to support its missions in Kenya (famine relief), South Sudan (supporting a rape victim shelter) and Haiti (medical, social and agriculture programs).”
“The Gaza Strip is not suffering from a humanitarian crisis, the deputy head of the Red Cross in Gaza said this week”
Source: eretzyisraelIDF soldiers hand out food and water to pro-Palestinian activists aboard last summer’s flotilla to Gaza. It is a part of the IDF’s official ethical code to preserve human dignity. (Photo via IDF Spokesperson)
they mad?
This firm epitomizes the mission of the State of Israel, to be a light unto the nations. Too cheesy?!
“Israel prepared to send emergency aid to Thailand on Friday, in response to flooding that has killed 377 since July.”