Tag: Red Cross
Red Cross official exposed as Hamas stooge
In the latest example of a deep-seated anti-Israel bias within the International Committee of the Red Cross, the head of the ICRC’s office in Algeria and director of the Libya subdelegation has been outed...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is different this year
As the author of two post-Holocaust novels and a former high school history teacher, my guiding assumption before the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel was that the Holocaust was a unique event in...
Hostage’s brother: Red Cross worker told family to care more about Gaza
CNN anchor Jake Tapper interviewed Dor Steinbrecher, the brother of hostage Doron Steinbrecher, a nurse and veterinarian from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, who told him that a Red Cross worker had dismissed a concern from their mother for...
Red Cross finds little sympathy among Israelis amid accusations of ineptitude, bias
“Humanitarianism,” “compassion,” “neutrality”—these are the words the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) would like linked to its name. In Israel, the word more commonly associated with the organization is "mud."
The ICRC has...
Netanyahu: Israeli troops surround Hamas senior leader Sinwar’s home
The Israel Defense Forces has surrounded the residence of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday night.
“Last night, I said that our...
Hostages’ families urge Red Cross to help free Gaza captives
Family members of the Israelis still being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip have formulated a list of demands they want fulfilled by the International Committee of the Red Cross, amid...
May 21, 1881: The Jew and the Red Cross
Among the small citizens group that launched the American Red Cross with Clara Barton on this date in 1881 was Adolphus Simeon Solomons, a Sephardic Jewish businessman who hosted many of the group’s meetings...