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Topic: Magen David Adom

	The American Red Cross and Magen David Adom (MDA)
		On June 21, 2006, Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's official emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service, was finally accepted as a full member in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva.
		MDA, shunned by the world body for decades, gained entry after a third international relief symbol, a Red Crystal, was approved.
		With the adoption of the Protocol, a long-standing barrier to the admission of the Israeli society — Magen David Adom (MDA) — was removed.
	www.redcross.org /mda (1098 words)

	Magen David Adom Victoria (Australia)
		During the concert, Chairman of the MDA Executive Committee, Dr. Noam Yifrach, presented the billionaire Arkadi Gaydamak with a special award in appreciation of his outstanding contribution to the Organization in the amount of NIS.
		MDA teams reached the two-storey building from which the boy's cries could be heard and found him lying on the 2nd floor with an open wound broken leg.
		Dr.Noam Yifrach, Chairman, MDA Executive Committee and Eli Bin, Director General, thanked Dr.Kellenberger for his visit and expressed MDA's gratitude for the readiness of the International Committee of the Red Cross to support MDA's humanitarian efforts to alleviate the suffering of the population.
	www.mdavic.org /mda_news.htm (650 words)

	Magen David Adom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since June 2006, Magen David Adom is officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross as the national aid society of the state of Israel according to the Geneva Conventions, and a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
		The Magen David Adom organization was formed in 1930 as a volunteer outfit with a single branch in Tel Aviv.
		MDA operates 95 stations with a fleet of over 700 ambulances, mobile intensive care units and armored ambulances nationwide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magen_David_Adom (770 words)

	Magen David Adom
		Magen David Adom (MDA) was organized in 1930 in Tel Aviv as a volunteer "shoestring" operation by seven Israeli doctors as a one-room emergency medical service.
		MDA ambulances carry level III body armor, and the units that work in the most dangerous areas carry ceramic body armor designed to protect against high-powered sniper fire and shrapnel from explosions.
		MDA depends on the contributions from its local fundraising and from friends of MAGEN DAVID ADOM in the US, South Africa, Great Britain, Mexico, France and elsewhere.
	www.jewish-holiday.com /mdaorg.html (1587 words)

	Magen David Adom
		This relationship was formalized in November of 2002, when the American Red Cross and the MDA signed a Memorandum of Understanding that includes a focus on preparedness for weapons of mass destruction attacks, biomedical services and international tracing and family reunification services.
		Magen David Adom (MDA) in Israel, established in 1930, specializes in emergency disaster relief and is fully equipped with ambulances and mobile intensive care units.
		MDA also operates a blood bank, has First Aid stations throughout the country, offers basic First Aid training to the public, and conducts tracing services that reunite missing family members and loved ones.
	www.nyredcross.org /media/annualreport2004/magen_david_adom.htm (693 words)

	American Friends of Magen David Adom - ARMDI: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Magen David Adom in Sderot has been on full alert for months, responding to these attacks.
		A standard ambulance and a MICU, part of a shipment of 19 ambulances donated by American Friends of Magen David Adom contributors, are loaded on a trailer in Elkhart, IN the first part of their journey to Israel.
		Magen David Adom operates over 700 ambulances and MICU (Mobile Intensive Care Units) in peacetime.
	www.afmda.org /site/PageServer (637 words)

	Welcome to AFMDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The city’s 25,000 residents -- and Magen David Adom.
		Magen David Adom ambulances still line HaHistadrut Street and paramedics and ambulance drivers operate in shifts around the small, aging MDA Station, waiting for the Tseva Adom (Color Red) siren.
		This new Station is being built by American Friends of Magen David Adom to replace the current single floor facility which dates back to the 1950s and is in such poor condition that the municipality has declared it a hazard.
	www.magendavidadom.org (338 words)

	Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel
		One after another, two cargo airplanes landed today, with 8 new ambulances and M.I.C.U (Mobile Intensive Care Unit), that were transported to MDA stations in the north of the country, in order to reinforce the ambulance formation that is in the region for the past 27 days.
		The activities of the Canadian friends is as an acknowledgment to the efforts of MDAS teams who have treated over 2000 casualties since the war began, showing bravery on arriving first-on-scene and treating casualties under missile attacks.
		The new ambulances will raise the ability of MDA to treat and transfer casualties, and enable prompt treatment in events requiring multiple treatment zone, as was seen last night in Haifa, when a Katyusha rocket hit an apartment building and other sites simultaneously.
	www.cmdai.org (188 words)

	Action Alert — Magen David Adom - November 1, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The senators said MDA should be admitted to the Federation and the Movement as a whole as a full and equal member without having to give up or diminish use of its emblem, the Red Shield of David.
		It is high time for MDA to be admitted as a full voting member to the Movement and for its emblem, the Red Shield of David, to be recognized internationally.
		MDA has been excluded from the International Red Cross Movement for over five decades, purportedly because its 70-year-old emblem, the Red Shield of David, is unacceptable under the organization's current guidelines.
	www.jewishpublicaffairs.org /action/recent/redcross-11-01-01.htm (2197 words)

	Magen David Adom appeal \| www.somethingjewish.co.uk
		Magen David Adom, Israel's only emergency service, needs your generous donations to continue to buy lifesaving medical equipment, ambulances and to train and pay staff.
		Its lifesaving work is in Israel- 24hrs round the clock, 365 days per year- is funded by a combination of voluntary donations from Friends of MDA in 17 countries around the world and payment from patients and hospitals.
		Magen David Adom provides its services to all, regardless of race, creed or ethnic affiliation.
	www.somethingjewish.co.uk /articles/1159_magen_david_adom_app.htm (166 words)

	Magen David Adom Founded - June 1, 1930
		The Magen David Adom is the second line of defense in Israel, providing all the emergency medical services in times of war and peace.
		Today, the MDA maintains a modern fleet of 550 ambulances that are on constant alert to provide medical and emergency needs for the citizens of Israel.
		Sadly, with all the good that the Magen David Adom provides to the sanctity of human life, even the MDA is victim to international politics.
	www.wzo.org.il /en/resources/view.asp?id=1031 (1329 words)

	Magen David Adom Australia
		Magen David Adom (MDA) is the Israel's National Emergency Medical Service, with over 650 emergency ambulances in operation.
		MDA's medical budget is currently being depleted ahead of schedule which means that we in the diaspora need to raise even more funds.
		The Israeli government does not support the MDA to the extent that it supports the Police and Fire services.
	www.magendavidadom.org.au (102 words)

	Israel's Magen David Adom society: key facts on ICRC support
		The MDA tracing service continued to develop a computerised database system, initiated in 2003, to permit a more effective and efficient management of the existing 2,000 case files plus a monthly average of 70 new requests.
		A second workshop was held in 2004, highlighting the importance of the initiative.Currently the MDA is drafting a disaster management policy and collaborating with the Israeli government in the preparation of a national earthquake preparedness plan.
		MDA specialists have also taken part in the last three annual meetings of National Society legal advisers, organized by the ICRC in Geneva.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList74/C0E42770148ABB7FC1256E2E003C6777 (1401 words)

	MOMENTOUS INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS DECISION TO INCLUDE ISRAEL’S MAGEN DAVID ADOM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Magen David Adom fulfilled the criteria for full membership in the International Committee of the Red Cross, but had requested recognition of the Shield of David as its symbol.
		The Magen David Adom Society, originally established as a humanitarian relief society more than seventy years ago, gives aid to individuals regardless of race, religion or nationality.
		In the last year alone, Magen David Adom was directly involved in relief work in Kosovo, Greece, Turkey and Indonesia.
	bnaibrith.org /pubs/pr/051209_magen.cfm (365 words)

	MAGEN DAVID ADOM
		This is the Magen David Adom Blood Fractionation Center on the campus of Tel Hashomer Hospital near Ramat Gan, Israel.
		Magen David Adom is committed to its continuing work with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to save lives in both Israel and in the Palestinian Territory.
		Healy willingly risked her position in the ARC for the sake of this principle; in fact, her ouster in 2001 is partly attributed to her courageous stand on the MDA issue.
	www.ngcsu.edu /bdf/bfried/MDA.htm (703 words)

	What’s Wrong with Israel’s Magen David Adom?
		In the process, they demonstrated why Magen David Adom is widely considered to be one of the world's finest humanitarian organizations of its kind.
		Despite the professional respect in which Magen David Adom is held and its tremendous record of responding to people in need, Israel's humanitarian service organization is denied full membership in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
		Magen David Adom is not a full and equal member of the Red Cross.
	www.bnaiemet.org /messages/commitment/com2004/c_2004_08a.htm (628 words)

	Magen David Adom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Magen David Adom (MDA) is Israel's National Emergency Medical Service (EMS), with over 650 emergency ambulances in operation, providing 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year emergency ambulance and coronary rescue services to all Israel hospitals.
		MDA has used the red shield of David since 1929 and is the only national society that has adopted and continuously displayed an emblem other than the red cross or red crescent.
		Under the "grandfathering" proposal, MDA could be recognized by the ICRC as an exception to existing rules because it met all of the conditions to become a national society before the rule was established that only the red cross could be used by new societies as an indicative emblem.
	studentorgs.georgetown.edu /israel/mda.html (565 words)

	Israel's Maged David Adom Accepted As Full Member of Red Cross Society - The Galilee Institute, Dr. Mike Cohen, Senior ...
		David Adom as a full member of that organization.
		MDA had been denied access to the Movement because they used the Red Star of David, which is not explicitly referenced in the Geneva
		MDA is a critical tracing partner to the American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center.
	www.gogalil.com /mda.html (1230 words)

	Press Releases: Lebanon, Israel: Magen David Adom on high alert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To date, MDA personnel treated and evacuated 635 casualties, of whom 28 were pronounced dead, and 41 were classified as severely injured.
		MDA volunteers also collected and distributed 400 hot meals to the population in the northern cities of Zefat, Kiryat Shmona and Hazor, where inhabitants have been living in shelters since hostilities started.
		Magen David Adom has also launched a massive blood donation campaign, and, as a result, collected 5,000 additional blood units, for an emergency stockpile.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6S3QG5?OpenDocument (347 words)

	Star of David - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Star of David is called the Shield of David in Hebrew, מָגֵן דָּוִד or מגן דוד, pronounced Magen David [ma.'gen da.'vid] in Israeli Hebrew and Mogein Dovid ['mɔ.geɪn 'dɔ.vid] or Mogen Dovid ['mɔ.gen 'dɔ.vid] in Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish.
		A Star of David, often yellow-colored, was used by the Nazis during the Holocaust as a method of identifying Jews.
		Magen David Adom (Red Star of David or, translated literally, Red Shield of David) is Israel's only official emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service, in a fashion similar to the Red Cross and the Red Crescent in other countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magen_David (1827 words)

	Sabotaging Israel's Red Star of David
		The Magen David Adom (MDA), the Red Star of David, was born 52 years ago.
		MDA's exclusion and the non-recognition of its symbol are blatant examples of the ongoing campaign to delegitimize the Jewish State.
		MDA said its ambulances service very dangerous areas, often assisting people subjected to terrorist attacks and equipment to protect the injured, as well as the drivers, is needed.
	www.aish.com /jewishissues/jewishsociety/Sabotaging_Israels_Red_Star_of_David.asp (1295 words)

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		Magen David Adom, 54 voted against the move and 18 abstained.
		Since 2000, to protest MDA's non-admission in the IRC, the ARC has withheld 25 million in dues to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and its voluntary headquarters contributions to the ICRC.
		In November 2002, the ARC and MDA signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize their longstanding mutual assistance in times of need and the ARC encouraged other societies to establish similar agreements with MDA.
	www.adl.org /main_Israel/israel_red_cross.htm (944 words)

	Israel’s Magen David Adom Admitted into International Red Cross
		After nearly 60 years of battling for international recognition, Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s first aid and disaster relief organization, was finally admitted to the international Red Cross federation.
		Both MDA and the Palestinian Red Crescent were admitted simultaneously, and both members have full voting rights and receive funding for their efforts.
		MDA is committed to its continuing work with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to save lives in both Israel and in the Palestinian Territory.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Health/MDAadmitted.html (475 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical organization, has given the communities of Yesha - Judea, Samaria, and Gaza - a two-day reprieve before it sharply curtails its service in those areas.
		MDA says that the government has not forwarded some four million shekels it promised for special costs in these areas - but after an urgent plea by Yesha leaders, it will put off the harsh decision for 48 hours in the hope that the problem will be solved.
		At the same time, MDA faces a threat from across the Atlantic Ocean: The CCRA (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) has announced plans to shut down Canadian Magen David Adom.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=30933 (187 words)

	Magen David Adom
		Contributions to Magen David Adom supports vital medical supplies, ambulances, equipment, blood supply, emergency response teams and training for paramedics and volunteers.
		Magen David Adom serves everyone in Israel regardless of race, religion or national origin.
		Also, watch you mailbox for a mailing from the Ulster County Jewish Federation, which is also sponsoring a fundraising campaign for Magen David Adom.
	www.wjcshul.org /magen_david_adom.htm (166 words)

	Press Release of Representative Jerrold Nadler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is one of the best-trained response organizations in the world, and their right to display the symbol of their choice should never have been such a strike against them.
		Let us all hope that in the future the world will not find the Magen David so offensive that it must be contained in another insignia; rather, that it will be seen for what it is: a beacon of commitment.
		In the meantime, I offer my sincerest congratulations to Magen David Adom, and to their hardworking partners here at the American Red Cross of Greater New York.
	www.house.gov /list/press/ny08_nadler/MagenAdomRecogIRC062706.html (271 words)

	SkokieNet: Magen David Adom U.S.A
		Magen David Adom (MDA) is organized to raise the public's awareness and financial contributions for Israel's emergency medical health and disaster services, regardless of race, religion or creed.
		MDA provides all blood plasma services in Israel, maintains over 60 first aid stations, lifesaving ambulances and ongoing programs for emergency lifesaving.
		MDA has responded to other world crises as well.
	www.skokienet.org /mdadom1 (101 words)

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