Tag Archive for humanitarian aid

| March 22, 2015
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Israel Sends Aid to Cyclone-Ravaged Tiny Island Nation

Light Unto the Nations: IsraAID has dispatched an emergency team providing food, medical assistance & and other basic needs to help the citizens of Vanuatu.

Yossi Aloni

 

Israeli international aid organization IsraAID has dispatched an emergency team to the Oceanic island nation of Vanuatu after it was ravaged by a tropical cyclone.

Vanuatu – Courtesy Google Maps

More than 90 percent of the population of 250,000 has reportedly been left homeless and destitute by Tropical Cyclone Pam.

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IsraAID is joined in providing food and other basic needs by several other international aid agencies, as well as UN and local government bodies. Continue Reading »

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| October 19, 2014
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IsraAID in Iraq Delivering Emergency Relief to Kurds

Tikon Olam: As winter misery intensifies, an Israeli Aid Agency is providing desperately-needed supplies to refugees (mostly Kurds) from ISIS’s onslaught, including baby milk & warm blankets.

By Ari Soffer

 

Israeli humanitarian workers have joined the effort to provide desperately-needed supplies to displaced victims of the brutal Islamic State terrorist group in northern Iraq and Syria.

IsraAID supplied beds, blankets, and food to over 1,000 families in the Kurdish city of Duhok, in northern Iraq. The Israeli aid agency worked with Canadian ONEXONE to deliver a convoy to a 14,000-strong refugee camp carrying 2,000 blankets and mattresses, as well as enough powdered milk for all the 1,015 babies under one year of age. Continue Reading »

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| April 17, 2014
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Africa overland aid convoy due to arrive in Gaza next week

The overland convoy includes some 30 activists from European & Arab countries and is carrying medical supplies & other humanitarian aid for Gaza’s hospitals.

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An overland aid convoy headed for the Gaza Strip is expected to arrive via the Rafah crossing next Sunday, according to the Palestinian news agency Ma’an.

The Miles of Smiles convoy.

The Miles of Smiles convoy. – Photo: Screenshot

Known as “Miles of Smiles 26,” the convoy includes over 30 activists from Arab and European countries and is carrying humanitarian aid and medical supplies to hospitals in Gaza.

The convoy was organized by a group calling itself the National Committee to Break the Siege.

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| March 28, 2014
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Israel to allow cement and building materials into Gaza for Turkish hospital

 

Official in Jerusalem says reconciliation efforts with Turkey played a significant part in decision to allow construction materials and electric equipment into Hamas controlled Gaza.

By Reuters

 

Israel said on Thursday it will allow into the Gaza Strip construction materials and electric equipment to help build a Turkish-sponsored hospital, in a possible sign of improving ties with Ankara.

The decision came as Israel and Turkey try to hammer out the details of a US-backed reconciliation announced a year ago. Relations between the once-close allies ruptured in 2010 over a deadly Israeli naval raid on a Turkish Gaza-bound flotilla.

Nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists were killed when the commando raid aboard the Mavi Marmara turned violent, sparking a major crisis between the long-time regional allies and compensation demands from the victims’ families. Continue Reading »

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| March 10, 2014
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Israeli products overrun Gaza supermarkets

 

Since Gaza is a captive market as Israel controls the formal movement to & from Gaza, it goes without saying that Israeli companies control its market.

By Elior Levy

 

Cookies, coffee, soap and even hummus – these are just some of the Israeli products one can find on the grocery stores’ shelves in Gaza, written in Hebrew just like the ones in the nearby Israeli retail chains.

Products from Israel in Gaza (Photo: Gisha Organization)

Products from Israel in Gaza – Photo: Gisha Organization

Apparently, beneath the surface of the daily military tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip, there is a meaningful economic relationship. In 2012 the value import of Israeli products to Gaza stood at NIS 1.3 billion ($375 million), including not only water, gas and electricity, but also food and cleaning products from well-known Israeli companies such as Telma, Willifood, Osem and Tnuva, which brings subtantial tax profit to Israel. Continue Reading »

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| January 26, 2014
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IRS recommends Gaza convoy-tied charity’s status be cancelled

 

The American IRS audit reveals suggestion of taking tax-exempt status away from Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizations (IFCO)/Pastors for Peace after it served as a vehicle for passing donations for an aid convoy to Hamas officials in Gaza.

By IPT News

 

An Internal Revenue Service audit recommends stripping a New York-based charity of its tax-exempt status after it served as a conduit for donations for a convoy that delivered cash and goods to Hamas officials in Gaza.

The investigation was prompted by a 2009 report by the Investigative Project on Terrorism that documented statements during a Viva Palestina fundraiser directing contributions to the charity, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizations (IFCO)/Pastors for Peace.

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| June 17, 2013
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Israel & Christian foundation save Syrian child’s heart

Israel, with the help of a Christian organization, has been providing life-saving heart care to Arab kids from around the region. Recently, they saved a little Syrian girl.

By Israel Today Staff

 

For several months now Israel has been treating Syrian civilians wounded in their country’s ongoing civil war. The situation has also given Israel an opportunity to add Syrian children to the list of those from around the Middle East who are receiving life-saving heart treatment in the Jewish state.

Treatment in Israeli Hospital - Photo credit, Shevet Achim

Treatment in Israeli Hospital – Photo credit, Shevet Achim

The Times of Israel has an absolutely moving story in which a reporter spends the day with a Syrian mother, her afflicted daughter, and a staff member of Shevet Achim, an Israel-based Christian organization that arranges to bring Arab, Kurdish and Turkish children from across the region to Israel for treatment. Continue Reading »

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| May 12, 2013
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Assad’s Facebook page smears Israeli that aids Syrian refugees

Syrian President’s personal Facebook page posts photo of Israeli Moti Kahana, who told Ynet of his Syrian relief plan in aiding refugees.

Kahana: Assad’s attention is encouraging

By Yitzhak Benhorin

WASHINGTON – Though Assad and his men are fighting a bloody civil war, it appears they still find the time to read Ynet reports and comment on them on President Bashar Assad‘s personal Facebook page.

התמונה שפורסמה בעמוד הפייסבוק של אסד (צילום: יצחק בן-חורין)

The photo – Photo: Yitzhak Benhorin

Following a report on Friday on Moti Kahana, an Israeli businessman who aids Syrian refugees, Assad’s page quickly posted the Israeli’s photo from the story, showing him hoisting the Free Syria flag. Continue Reading »

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| May 12, 2013
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11th Saudi Aid Convoy Enters the ‘Besieged’ Gaza Strip

In spite of claims by Hamas that Israel is keeping Gaza under “siege”, a Saudi convoy carrying medical aid arrives from Egypt.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Despite claims by Gaza’s Hamas terrorist rulers that Israel is keeping the region under “siege”, a convoy carrying medical aid from Saudi Arabia, the 11th one in recent weeks, arrived at the coastal enclave on Saturday.

Arab affairs expert Dalit Halevi reports that the Saudi convoy includes 10 tons of medicines and medical equipment. It was transferred to the El-Arish airport in Egypt and from there was taken to Gaza in coordination with the Egyptian Red Crescent in North Sinai and the Palestinian Authority’s Red Crescent. Continue Reading »

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| March 28, 2013
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Israel establishes ‘field hospital’ to treat the injured Syrians

Officials confirm that due to growing number of injured Syrians arriving at Israel’s border, a ‘military field hospital’ was built on an IDF outpost in the Golan Heights.

Yoav Zitun, AFP

 

In light of the steady increase in the number of wounded Syrians Israel has been treating, the IDF has set up a “military field hospital” at army outpost 105 in the Golan Heights, AFP reported Thursday.

Netanyahu looks at Syrian patient IDF field hospital. – Photo: KOBI GIDEON/GPO

Israeli officials confirmed that the hospital was set up to treat injured Syrians near the border fence and avoid having to evacuate them to hospitals inside the country. Continue Reading »

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| March 27, 2013
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Again, Syrian wounded seek treatment in Israel

Number of Syrians wounded  in critical condition secretly transferred to hospital in Israel with IDF chief’s authorization. One Died.

Maor Buchnik

 

A number of injured Syrians made their way to the border with Israel Wednesday morning, the IDF said. Two of the Syrians, who were critically wounded, were evacuated to Israeli hospitals with the authorization of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz.

Illustrative – Photo Courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Office

The two, who are in their 30s, were initially taken to the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, but were later transferred to a hospital in Nahariya. One of them was pronounced dead several hours after being hospitalized. Continue Reading »

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| March 8, 2013
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Hamas keeps humanitarian aid from entering Gaza

The Palestinian contractor responsible for the Palestinian side decided not to open the crossing. His decision stems from attempts by Hamas to replace the current PA contractor with one of their choosing.

Hamas has been actively trying to push the Palestinian Authority out & take charge of the management of Kerem Shalom so that Hamas may collect & keep 100% of the revenue from goods that enter Gaza.

By Michael Selutin

 

Dozens of heavy trucks transporting humanitarian aid have been sitting idly on the border of the Gaza Strip since Monday, unable to enter the coastal enclave after Hamas shut the gates from its side. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2012
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Female ‘Immigrant-Soldier’ from US, Gets the Goods to Gaza

American born Nira Lee is an IDF officer for expediting humanitarian aid to Gaza.

While under rocket fire, a Gaza woman learned the true nature of the IDF when Nira pulled her to safety.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

An IDF officer who is the assistant foreign liaison officer to international organizations in Gaza is none other than a young native of Arizona named Nira Lee, who moved to Israel in 2010 after she earned a degree at American University in Washington, D.C.

Second Lt. Nira Lee

2nd Lt. Nira Lee – Israel news photo: IDF

With the rank of Second Lieutenant, Nira serves with COGAT, initials for the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories and the IDF unit responsible for implementing the Israeli government’s policy in Judea and Samaria as well as facilitating the movement of goods and people to and from Gaza.

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| March 4, 2012
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Liberman: World must intervene in Syria

FM decries “killing you only see in Hollywood”; ‘Washington Post’ quotes US officials as saying Iran aiding Assad.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman - By REUTERS/Uriel Sinai

The international community must intervene to end the massacres in Syria, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Sunday in an interview with Army Radio.

“These sights of killing, you only see in Hollywood – we must put and end to this immediately,” Liberman said. “In this case we must leave political calculations aside,” Liberman said. “We are humans first, before we are politicians, leaders, commentators and journalists. What is happening there in the 21st century is intolerable, and we must help.” Continue Reading »

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