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A 148-member group, comprising national search-and-rescue unit officials and senior doctors in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) medical corps, will be tasked with rapidly setting up a “multi-department medical facility” (similar to what Israel did in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti) to provide medical care for casualties of the disaster in Tacloban: IDF aid mission leaves for Philippines | The Times of Israel
Just a little fun fact, on the anniversary of the cowardly attack by Israel on the USS Liberty. According to stats kept by the Organization of Economically Developed Nations, Israel is near dead last in rates of charitable giving, both as a nation, internationally, and as individual citizens, internally:
Does Chava61 have a point posting links over and over about Israeli aid to the Philippines? The US immediately dispatched relief and military to the Philippines. Many countries are sending aid and donating money.
Just a little fun fact, on the anniversary of the cowardly attack by Israel on the USS Liberty. According to stats kept by the Organization of Economically Developed Nations, Israel is near dead last in rates of charitable giving, both as a nation, internationally, and as individual citizens, internally:
In the US, the Jewish community is quite possibly the most charitable group of all; and the Israelis are no different.
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