Heat Now On Int'l Red Cross: Support for Magen David Adom at center of recent moves

Jewish Week, The, January, 2002 by Greenberg, Eric J.

Greenberg, Eric J. The Jewish Week 01-04-2002 Heat Now On Int'l Red Cross: Support for Magen David Adom at center of recent moves. Pressure is mounting on the International Red Cross to accept Israel's Magen David Adom as a member after more than a half century of exclusion, The Jewish Week has learned. In one development, the American Red Cross says it is on the verge of signing an unprecedented bilateral agreement of cooperation with Israel's Magen David Adom. American and Israeli officials said the agreement is meant send a symbolic message to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -- which continues to bar MDA -- that the American Red Cross (ARC) firmly supports the Israeli disaster relief agency's inclusion as soon as...

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