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	Red Cross and Red Crescent Decision To Admit Israeli and Palestinian Societies
		Red Cross and Red Crescent Decision to admit Israeli and Palestinian Societies
		The United States welcomes the decision by the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to incorporate the additional emblem of the Red Crystal, and to admit the Israeli national society, Magen David Adom, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society as members of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.
		Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society can now count on the full support of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement as they fulfill their mission to serve those in need.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2006/68239.htm (197 words)

	israelinsider: diplomacy: Red Cross reported on track to admit Israeli, Palestinian societies
		The end to Israel's long isolation from the Red Cross humanitarian movement is on course after Muslim opponents failed Tuesday to use procedural moves to block progress at a decisive international conference, the chairman of the meeting said.
		Al-Hadid, who also is head of the Jordanian Red Crescent, said he was aiming for consensus approval of the proposal that would admit to full membership the Israeli rescue society Magen David Adom, or the Red Shield of David, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
		The simple red cross on a white background -- the reversal of colors of the Swiss flag -- was adopted as the emblem of the movement when it was founded in 1863 by Swiss humanitarians trying to care for battlefield casualties who otherwise were left to suffer.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Diplomacy/8722.htm (976 words)

	International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement whose stated mission is to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering, without any discrimination based on nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions.
		One major obstacle was that the Nazi-controlled German Red Cross refused to cooperate with the Geneva statutes including blatant violations such as the deportation of Jews from Germany and the mass murders conducted in the concentration camps run by the German government.
		The Red Cross is defined as a protection symbol in Article 7 of the 1864 Geneva Convention, Chapter VII ("The distinctive emblem") and Article 38 of the 1949 Geneva Convention ("For the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement (9197 words)

	Suicide Bombing Attak
		Members of Palestinian terrorist organizations and security apparatuses of the Palestinian Authority, as well as their collaborators, use Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances, vehicles of international organizations and internationally recognized documents to evade thorough searches at the IDF checkpoints.
		All the privileges granted to these Palestinians at the checkpoints are exploited in attempts to smuggle Palestinian terrorists and various explosive devices, thereby facilitating the perpetration of terrorist activities (including suicide bombing attacks) against Israel.
		In December 1993, Anwar Abdallah Abd al-Karim Aziz, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative from the Jibaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, drove an ambulance with the intention of perpetrating a terrorist attack.
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/tr/amb_1_04.htm (3777 words)

	Explosives Found in Palestinian Ambulance
		The Israeli Army found an explosive belt and two wanted men inside an ambulance operated by the Palestinian Red Crescent, confirming suspicions that Palestinian ambulances and aid workers are being used to promote terrorist attacks in Israel.
		The Palestinian Red Crescent is the equivalent of the Red Cross and is an internationally recognized emblem denoting Palestinian emergency rescue vehicles.
		In November 2000, ADL called for an investigation after the Israeli Defense Forces indicated that Palestinian ambulances were being used as cover for gunman shooting at Israeli soldiers and civilians.
	www.adl.org /israel/israel_explosives.asp (263 words)

	Canadian assists emergency training for Palestinian Red Crescent - Canadian Red Cross
		PRCS ambulance crews prepare victims for transportation during the PRCS Disaster Management simulation exercise.
		Earlier in the morning, Banke and his colleagues from the PRCS spent close to two hours in "moulage" with the volunteer victims, applying makeup and gory plastic imitations of wounds.
		In late September, Banke will be accompanying a representative from the PRCS and a representative of the Palestinian Ministry of Health to Toronto for the Emergency 2006 Conference organized by the Ontario Paramedics Association and the Sunnybrook Health Centre.
	www.redcross.ca /main.asp?id=019586 (859 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Red Cross mulls 'neutral' emblem
		At the moment, the only two emblems recognised under the Geneva conventions are the red cross and the red crescent; relief workers and ambulances bearing these symbols are protected under international law.
		To be known as the red crystal, it is a red diamond shape on a white background.
		Now that the MDA has agreed to work with the Palestinian Red Crescent in the occupied territories, some are suggesting that a similar agreement is necessary for the Golan heights.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/4497840.stm (1041 words)

	PNN - Palestine News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Red Crescent Society: new Israeli tactic is to kill entire Palestinian families
		In a special interview with PNN, Younis Al Khatib, Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, said, “What is happening in Gaza is a new method of war that includes the extermination of entire families.
		The Red Crescent Society has declared the Israeli killing of Palestinian families a war crime and is calling for an immediate investigation into all such incidents.
	www.pnn.ps /english/archive2006/jul/week2/130706/report3.htm (182 words)

	Palestinian Red Crescent Society / Palestine Liberation Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is the PLO institution that provides medical and health care to the Palestinian people.
		As 70 percent of deliveries occur at home with the assistance of trained PRCS midwives, mothers are encouraged to bring their babies back to the centers after delivery for well-baby visits for two years.
		One of the goals of the PRCS is to have similar permanent exhibitions of Palestinian handicrafts in all major cities around the world.
	www.zajel.org /article_view.asp?newsID=2768&cat=5 (2584 words)

	Spectator Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances have transported suicide bombers to their targets in Israel.
		First of all, the red cross was not intended at its founding to be a religious symbol at all.
		It was drawn from the Swiss flag, as a symbol of neutrality and as homage to its Swiss founders.
	pub49.bravenet.com /forum/4136263457/fetch/60857 (1133 words)

	AMERICAN RED CROSS SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH MAGEN DAVID ADOM AND THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY
		WASHINGTON, November 18, 2002 — Leadership from the American Red Cross is visiting the Middle East this week to meet with leaders of Magen David Adom in Israel, the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the Jordan Red Crescent Society as well as International Red Cross counterparts to express support for their humanitarian activities.
		Immediately prior to his travels in the Middle East, McLaughlin met with leaders of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross to discuss current humanitarian issues and the continued operational support of the American Red Cross.
		The American Red Cross is also participating in the working group established by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to consider related issues.
	www.redcross.org /press/intl/in_pr/021118mda.html (804 words)

	British Red Cross - News - Historic day for Red Cross Movement
		In the early hours of 22 June, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and States voted by a large majority to formally recognise and admit the Palestine Red Crescent and Magen David Adom (Israeli National Society).
		The red crystal emblem has the same legal status as the red cross and red crescent, and will provide additional protection to war victims, humanitarian workers and the armed forces' medical services where there is a difficulty in using either the red cross or red crescent.
		The red crystal will be available for any member of the Movement to use in exceptional circumstances, but no State or National Society will be obliged to change the emblem it currently uses.
	www.redcross.org.uk /57964 (489 words)

	The Red Crescent
		The Palestine Red Crescent Society was founded in 1968 to help meet the health and welfare needs of the Palestinian people - needs much increased by occupation, imprisonment, displacement and exile.
		Workers at PRCS centres, and in the community, help handicapped children and adults, and injured people, to develop their full potential.
		Not far away are a lovely sandy beach, which the Palestinians are prevented from using, and a big Israeli settlement, separated from the town by a broad swathe of land rendered barren by bulldozers.
	www.freehosting.hostrave.com /p/tonydavies/diary-c.htm (1173 words)

	Checkpoints and Palestinian Ambulances
		She was an ambulance driver for the Palestinian Red Crescent, as was Mohammed Hababa, the Tanzim operative who sent her on her mission.
		He was an ambulance driver for the Palestinian Red Crescent, and information indicates that he exploited the unrestricted travel to serve as a messenger between the Hamas headquarters in several West Bank towns.
		It is in fact the Palestinian terrorists, who are using ambulances to smuggle explosives into Israel, that are compromising the Red Crescent’s immunity and neutrality.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Peace/ambulances.html (565 words)

	CNN.com - Clinton, Mideast negotiators meet at White House - December 20, 2000
		But neither the Palestinians nor the Israelis were optimistic that the talks could end the violence and set the two sides back on track to peace.
		Palestinian witnesses say the gunfire began after the Israeli military began to build a new military post near the Rafah refugee camp.
		Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat charged that the Israelis are short-circuiting the talks in Washington.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/12/20/mideast.04 (1038 words)

	Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - Cross, crescent, crystal - a third ...
		They submitted the amendment after the Israeli Red Star of David decided that the unofficial Palestinian Red Crescent was allowed to work in the territory.
		The original Red Cross symbol - a reversal of the colours on the Swiss flag - was adopted in the 1860s when the organisation was set up to care for wounded soldiers.
		The new Red Crystal is also meant to have a wider role for international Red Cross workers.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /currentaffairs/icrc060623 (598 words)

	Charities Aid Foundation - Red Crescent appeal for Palestine
		In April this year, the Palestinian Red Crescent made a six-month emergency appeal to provide aid for victims of the escalating humanitarian and economic crisis in the country, which has now been raised to $11.6m (£6m) to stem the growing crisis.
		Almost 90 percent of Palestinian population in Gaza and 56 percent of those in the West Bank live in poverty, according to figures from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), and are unable to support themselves without international assistance.
		The Palestinian Red Crescent emphasised that the public had responded generously to the April appeal, at the same time underscoring the need for additional support in the afflicted region.
	www.cafonline.org /Default.aspx?page=12237 (226 words)

	EMS News @ Firehouse.com - 4/16/02 - Israel Accuses Palestinians of Smuggling Bombs in Ambulances
		Commenting on the Red Crescent's suggestion that Israel staged the incident, the MDA noted International Red Cross officials were present when the army denotated the bomb.
		The Red Crescent has in turn accused the army of targeting ambulance workers, delaying passage of the sick at checkpoints and impeding access to the wounded since the revolt erupted.
		The International Committee of the Red Cross said last week it was "shocked and dismayed" by the bomb incident and "condemns such abuse of an ambulance and of the Red Crescent emblem." It would not comment further pending an inquiry.
	www.firehouse.com /ems/news/02/4/17_FHbombs.html (357 words)

	Fathi Arafat, brother of late Palestinian leader - The Boston Globe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		CAIRO -- Fathi Arafat, the brother of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, died yesterday.
		Arafat quit his position as chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent three years ago, but has served as honorable chairman.
		The Red Crescent is the Muslim version of the Red Cross.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/12/02/fathi_arafat_brother_of_late_palestinian_leader (251 words)

	Israel IDF Roadblocks Palestinian Ambulances
		Following an investigation by Israeli security forces, it appears that the Palestinian suicide bombers were dispatched to carry out the attack by Muhamad Hababa, a resident of the village of Beit Iksa near Ramallah, a Tanzim operative and an ambulance driver of the Palestinian Red Crescent.
		In his investigation Nidal confessed to the transfer of weaponry for terrorists and using his freedom of passage granted to him due to the fact that he was an ambulance driver.
		In an another document it is noted that the Palestinian general intelligence service used an ambulance to transfer a suspect from Husan to Bethlehem.
	www.israelnewsagency.com /palestinianambulancesterrorism1009.html (1212 words)

	The American Red Cross and Magen David Adom (MDA)
		The American Red Cross is a member of an international humanitarian network known as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement).
		The 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent was hosted in Geneva, Switzerland, the week of June 19, 2006.
		The Red Cross is pleased that the Swiss Government has announced it intends to convene a Diplomatic Conference by the end of the year to consider adopting a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions.
	www.redcross.org /mda (1106 words)

	IMRA - Monday, June 3, 2002 Response to the Palestinian Red Crescent's denial of involvement in weapon smuggling in ...
		Response to the Palestinian Red Crescent's denial of involvement in weapon
		Crescent, detonated in the center of Jerusalem an explosive charge she was
		IMRA - Monday, June 3, 2002 Response to the Palestinian Red Crescent's denial of involvement in weapon smuggling in ambulances of the organization
	www.imra.org.il /story.php3?id=12308 (208 words)

	Israel joins Red Cross - World News - MSNBC.com
		The conference aims at the adoption of the "red crystal" emblem, and the admission of the Israeli Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
		An optional new emblem was adopted so that Israel could retain its red star of David instead of having to adopt the red cross or crescent used by the 184 other societies in the global movement.
		The simple red cross on a white background — the reversal of colors of the Swiss flag — was adopted as the emblem of the movement when it was founded in 1863 by Swiss humanitarians trying to care for battlefield casualties who otherwise were left to suffer.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/13469259 (760 words)

	Institutional biographies of Palestinian political groups since 1967
		Was close to the Palestinian labour movement; at 1st with Palestinian Arab Workers’ Soc (established 1925), led by Sami Taha (b.1916, nr Jenin; raised in Haifa); but with the opposition of these groups to factional politics, came into conflict with them → Taha assassinated, prob on orders of Hajj Amin, in 1946 in Haifa.
		Due to its identification of secular forces in Palestinian soc as the main opponent, there was considerable tension with PLO, which came to a head in Jan80 when Islamist activists attacked Red Crescent Soc offices & attempt to march on the home of its Director, Haydar ‘Abd al-Shafi.
		Palestinian Democratic Union (Al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini, Fida): reformist movement within PLO, arising from 1990-1 split within DFLP, with Yasir ‘Abd Rabbu forming break-away faction, Fida, to remove involvement from Jordanian politics; and later to critically support Madrid and Oslo processes.
	www.middleeastreference.org.uk /palestiniangroups.html (7086 words)

	Red Cross: IDF troops occupying PA Red Crescent in Nablus - Haaretz - Israel News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The International Committee of the Red Cross said that the Israel Defense Forces had occupied the Red Crescent premises in an operation that began Tuesday night, blocking the entrance and hindering movement of ambulances, patients and staff.
		The Palestinian Red Crescent Society runs emergency medical services and a rehabilitation center for disabled children from the site, which is "used for strictly humanitarian and medical purposes and which must therefore be kept safe from any form of military action or presence," the ICRC said.
		The PCRS is a member of the international Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and its medical units, which are clearly identified by the red crescent emblem, are entitled to full protection under international humanitarian law.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=740311 (1376 words)

	Press Releases: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestinian Red Crescent in race against time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The PRCS became the main EMS provider to the public of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1996, when it was given the mandate by the Palestine National Authority to provide ambulance services throughout the Territories.
		In addition to these efforts towards proper identification of the PRCS as the future National Society of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in the Palestinian Territories, the PRCS is encouraging the establishment of an EMS commission to better regulate the provision of ambulance services.
		The PRCS has taken significant steps to establish a professional EMS operation, in spite of a lack of legislation, so that those who require its services know that the care provided is in keeping with international best practices of pre-hospital care.
	reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6DF3XB?OpenDocument&rc=3&... (1090 words)

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