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State Highway 9 is a two lane strip of asphalt that cuts across the northernmost tier of counties in Iowa, from Larchwood to Lansing. If you drive its 320 miles, as I have done many times, you will not be dissuaded from the stereotype of Iowa as a flat boring expanse of cornfields. The few points of interest include Lake Okoboji and the headquarters of Winnebago in Forest City. It takes you near Mason City, the model for "River City" in Meredith Willson's The Music Man, and the site of the plane crash that claimed Buddy Holly after a February...

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2009 – U.S forces delivered new skills, and hope, to Iraqis in recent training and humanitarian operations, military officials reported. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, and the 19/5 Military Transition Team recently provided training to their counterparts from 5th Iraqi Army Division’s 19th Brigade. "Our main goal with these events is to provide these medics with the knowledge they need to save lives," said Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Mackey, a transition team medic. "Beyond the actual training, we are coaching the [Iraqi] brigade's medical leadership in planning and implementing brigade-level training." Mackey said the soldiers...

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, named "Honoree of the Year '09" by the Independent Group Home Living Foundation (IGHL; www.ighl.org), will be coming to the dinner and accepting the award at the IGHL 30th anniversary gala on Sunday, June 7th. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090530/NY24886 ) This is the Alaska Governor's first appearance on Long Island. Independent Group Home Living (IGHL; www.ighl.org) is a Manorville, New York-based not-for-profit organization providing programs, services and support for people with developmental disabilities in New York State. Palin is devoted to families who have children with special needs. The award will be presented at the organization's 30th anniversary...

Iraqi Police unload sleeping mats during a recent humanitarian assistance mission in the Babil province. Photo by 1st Lt. Matthew Pierce, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs. CSC SCANIA — The residents of a small village in rural Jawadia of the Babil province received an unexpected surprise recently. In the early morning hours under a hazy, sand-induced overcast sky, local villagers awoke to find Iraqi Police (IP) of the Furat Police Station and Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulling into their village with a railcar shipping container in tow.When the smiling IP officers cracked open the...

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2009 – Aided by U.S. forces, Iraqis are making vast strides toward sovereignty as they assume responsibility for everything from public works operations to joint security stations, all while working to boost the quality of life in Iraq. Army Spc. Patrick Armstrong, power generation repairer, trains Iraqi army mechanics during a generator maintenance class taught in the motor pool on Forward Operating Base Delta, Iraq, March 14, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Allison Churchill  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In Baghdad, four public works substations funded by coalition forces were turned over to the...

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2009 – Though U.S. forces in Iraq have focused their efforts on building the nation’s self-sufficiency, they have not lost sight of the need for humanitarian assistance. Army Sgt. Ray Chavez and Army Pfc. Jonathon Ahrem treat an Iraqi boy during a joint U.S.-Iraqi humanitarian mission in Iraq’s Maysan province, March 8, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Mark Schenk  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In recent days, U.S. forces have conducted humanitarian missions throughout Iraq to boost the quality of medical care and deliver health care and much-needed supplies to Iraqis. U.S....

A woman from Amarah thanks an Iraqi Army Soldier during a humanitarian aid drop in Amarah, March 9. Photo by 2nd Lt. Sean Frankum, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs. FOB GARRY OWEN — Iraqi Soldiers recently traveled house to house in a small neighborhood in the Maysan province on the southeastern border of Iraq to hand out essential supplies to citizens in need.The Iraqi Soldiers, assisted by their American counterparts, provided blankets, canned food and other household necessities during the humanitarian aid drop in the city of Amarah.Along with food and bedding supplies, Iraqi children were also given comic books...

Israel Humanitarian Aid To Gaza Strip Continues By Monique Lester Israel News Agency Jerusalem --- February 23, 2009...... Part of the the following communication was sent from the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Government Press Office to the Israel News Agency. In the ongoing Israel humanitarian effort for the people of Gaza, since the unilateral cease fire with Hamas (18/1/2009), 112,991 tons of aid and 10,062,900 liters of fuel for the Gaza power station have been delivered to the Gaza Strip. Today, Kerem Shalom, Nahal Oz, Karni and Erez Gaza crossings operated enabling humanitarian movements and transfer of humanitarian...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2009 – Mileage was made on several fronts in Iraq recently, with U.S. and Iraqi forces teaming up to get a train rolling again and working to improve the quality of life for Baghdad children. Army Capt. Agustin Dominguez shows Iraqi children his camera after taking a picture of them during a humanitarian mission in eastern Baghdad’s New Baghdad district Feb. 4, 2009. U.S. soldiers and Iraqi National Police distributed more than 800 wool blankets to New Baghdad residents. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua W. Lowery  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In Taji, Iraq,...

MANAMA, Bahrain, Feb. 6, 2009 – The U.S. Navy is providing humanitarian assistance to the Ukranian ship Faina and its crew following the ship's release yesterday by Somali pirates. The U.S. Navy fleet ocean tug USNS Catawba provides fuel and fresh water to the Ukranian ship Faina following its release by Somali pirates, Feb. 5, 2009. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael R. McCormick  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Sailors from the Norfolk-based destroyer USS Mason went aboard Faina to conduct a health and comfort inspection of the crew as well as to provide Faina's...

Students at Al Karama School for Girls in the Suleikh neighborhood of Baghdad strike up a conversation at the joint humanitarian assistance drop conducted by Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers, Jan. 19. Photo by Photo by Scott Flenner, 4th Infantry Division. BAGHDAD — Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers handed out humanitarian aid packages to children attending Al Karama School for girls in the Suleikh district here, Jan. 19. The patrol left early in the morning from Forward Operating Base War Eagle to link up with their IA counterparts in Suleikh to conduct their first joint-HA drop during the...

(IsraelNN.com) The IDF announced early Tuesday morning that it would hold its fire from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for the three-hour daily humanitarian ceasefire period in which Gaza residents come out to stock up on free food and medical supplies. The full shipment of 100 truckloads of humanitarian supplies is expected to make its way through the Kerem Shalom Crossings, according to IDF Major Peter Lerner, spokesman for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). However, there appears to be a real question as to how many of those supplies are actually getting to the residents once they...

YUMA - Border Patrol agent David Zahn's experience shows as he winds his dirt bike around orange cones on a rocky training course. Two colleagues have a steeper learning curve, one of them stalling repeatedly and the other finding his groove after riding tentatively at first. Zahn's edge comes from experience; he rides dirt bikes for fun. Yet he said he has a lot to learn to use the vehicle to do his job, which has him rescuing people in the rugged terrain along the Arizona-Mexico border. Those lessons include using hand signals to communicate with fellow riders and how...

Iraqi children thank an Iraqi Policeman with smiles after receiving a case of bottled water in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad, Nov. 20, 2008. Photo by Sgt. Jeremy Todd, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs. FOB RUSTAMIYAH — Iraqi Police (IP) officers and U.S. Soldiers attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, teamed up to distribute humanitarian aid to those who needed the assistance in eastern Baghdad, Nov 20. The IP and Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to 4th BCT, 10th...

Al Firdous Mosque, located in the Ameriyah neighborhood of western Baghdad, was the site chosen for a humanitarian aid drop carried out by U.S. Soldiers, Nov. 13, 2008. Photo by Sgt. Whitney Houston, Multi-National Division Baghdad. CAMP LIBERTY — With many families lacking the daily essentials in Ameriyah, a neighborhood in western Baghdad, U.S. Soldiers delivered 50 humanitarian aid boxes to the Al Firdous mosque, Nov. 13.  The boxes were dropped off to be given to needy families in the area through a key local community leader, or shaykh. “We’ve done this a few times,� said 2nd Lt. Andrew Kendzierski,...

A local Iraqi woman receives a humanitarian assistance package from an Iraqi Army Soldier in the Shulla community in northwest Baghdad, Sept. 10, 2008. Photo by 1st Lt. Christopher Taylor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs. BAGHDAD — Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers partnered with Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers conducted a humanitarian assistance (HA) drop in the northwestern Baghdad neighborhood of Shulla, Sept. 10. Iraqi security forces (ISF) and Coalition forces (CF) have conducted numerous HA drops throughout Shulla, but this one was unique because it was planned and executed by the IA with minimal CF...

In his new history of humanitarian intervention, Gary Bass attempts to construct a model for international action today. Easier said than done, writes Matthew Price. Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention Gary J Bass Knopf DH128 There are few more loaded phrases than “humanitarian intervention”. At once too broad and too narrow, it lends itself perfectly to empty sloganeering, and worse. After all, Vladimir Putin defended the invasion of Georgia partly on humanitarian grounds – to defend ethnic Ossetians – even if much of the world saw things differently. But Putin invoked the same kind of language Nato used...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2008 – The United States will provide $1 billion in recovery aid to Georgia, President Bush announced today. Russia invaded the Caucasus republic in August and still has troops in the country in violation of a cease-fire agreement reached Aug. 13. Through Operation Assured Delivery, the U.S. military has delivered more than 2 million pounds of humanitarian supplies to the former Soviet republic. Bush said the new funds will help meet Georgia’s humanitarian needs and support its economic recovery. “More than half of these funds will be made available in the near term and will support reconstruction...

Israel's extraordinary help for the Arab "Palestinians" should overshadow any consequences in it's war on terror stemming out of "Palestinian" initiated violence      Let alone current contributions and aid, even in the years that the "Palestinians" love to refer to as "occupation", just How "bad" was it really for them?   1967 - 1993   * Economic prosperity, Israeli investment in "Palestinian" business, industry and infrastructure helped the PA GNP grow 13% annually between 1967 and 1980, per capita income grew tenfold, unemployment dropped from 40% to below 5%.   * Standard of living soared, Health gains: Israel built 166...

A member of the 3rd battalion, 4th brigade, 1st national police division hands a stuffed animal to an Iraqi girl during a combined medical engagement in the Sha'ab neighborhood of northern Baghdad on Aug. 22, 2008. Sgt. Zachary Mott. BAGHDAD — Hundreds of residents braved the intense Iraqi summer heat to receive a medical screening from American doctors and receive an aid package from Iraqi National Police in the Sha’ab neighborhood of the Adhamiyah District of northern Baghdad on Aug. 22.Even before the doors officially opened shortly after 8 a.m., Sha’ab residents began lining up outside the neighborhood school for...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2008 – Although some movement of Russian troops in Georgia has occurred, it’s difficult to determine whether it’s an indication of withdrawal or just a repositioning of forces, a Defense Department official said today. “There have been some movements around [the town of] Gory, but it’s unclear whether that is the beginning of a significant withdrawal,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said. “The only movements we’ve seen are relatively minor.” The Defense Department remains steadfast in its support to Georgia as officials work to determine whether Russia is commencing with the drawdown terms it agreed to or is...

NAPLES, Italy, Aug. 21, 2008 – Two Navy ships and a Coast Guard cutter are transporting humanitarian relief supplies to Georgia. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeff Weaver and Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Smith prepare humanitarian aid supplies for loading aboard USS McFaul at Souda Bay, Crete, Aug. 20, 2008. Nearly 55 tons of supplies were loaded as part of the humanitarian assistance for the Georgia following the conflict between Russian and Georgian forces in the former Soviet republic. U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eddie Harrison   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. These deployments...

STUTTGART, Germany, Aug. 19, 2008 – U.S. European Command is coordinating sustained airlift support as the United States continues to send humanitarian supplies and medical supplies to the former Soviet republic of Georgia. So far, the U.S. military has delivered more than 270,000 pounds of aid on 12 missions to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, with more relief on the way in the coming days, officials said. Flying out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, the missions are delivering bandages, surgical supplies and medicine, as well as emergency shelters and bedding. The joint effort, with the Army, Navy, Air Force and...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2008 – The U.S. military has delivered $2 million worth of humanitarian aid to Georgia in an ongoing effort to relieve the war-torn former Soviet republic that came under Russian attack 10 days ago. In addition to 130 tons of airlifted cargo, U.S. European Command has granted the Georgian government in Tblisi access to a $1.2 million stockpile of disaster relief and medical supplies stored in Georgia. “We are going to continue to flow in assistance,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today. “We have been over the weekend, and we will continue this week.” More than...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 2008 – The humanitarian mission under way in Georgia is intended to alleviate suffering for now and will move into longer-range help in the future, officials said at a Pentagon news conference today. The Air Force has sent two supply-filled C-17 Globemaster III transports into Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi. More flights will follow, officials said, but none are scheduled just yet. Russian troops who invaded Georgia last week are beginning to pull back, Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates also spoke at...

TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 14, 2008 – A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport jet departed Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and landed at Tbilisi International Airport here yesterday, delivering $1 million in humanitarian aid to reduce the suffering of the people of the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Broegemueller, assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing's Contingency Response Group at Sembach Air Base, Germany, helps to push out the first of 16 pallets aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in Tbilisi, Georgia, Aug. 13, 2008. The humanitarian assistance delivery consisted of $1 million...

Israel Flying Aid Humanitarian Volunteers Risk Life For Other Nations By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----- May 28, 2008 ....... Sometimes with not more than just a few hours notice, the volunteer members of Israel Flying Aid find themselves on unmarked airplanes heading out from Israel for disaster stricken nations. Many of these countries have no political relations with Israel. Some declare themselves as enemies. Israel Flying Aid members sit cramped for hours on cargo planes, with their heads resting on food, water, medicine, tents, beds and emergency electric generators for those who would starve if not for...

Palestinians Block Fuel, Create Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza By Israel News Agency Staff Jerusalem ----- April 24, 2008 ....... The following was communicated by the Israel Coordination and Liaison Administration, at the Erez security checkpoint to the Israel News Agency. Israel Col. Nir Press, head of the Israel Coordination and Liaison Administration to the Gaza Strip, addressed the issue of UNRWA fuel shortages today (Thursday, 24 April 2008) stating that: “After receiving the update and application from UNRWA regarding depletion of fuel required by the organization, Israel yesterday coordinated with UNRWA, the Palestinian fuel organization and the Palestinian fuel administration,...

Palestinians from Gaza bribed local doctors to declare that they were seriously ill and required treatment in Israel, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) charged on Monday. "Recently there has been an increase in the exploitation of Israel's humanitarian policy by way of fraudulent medical permits in return for bribes to doctors in the Gaza Strip," a Shin Bet spokesman told The Jerusalem Post. "This, plus the requests of terrorist activists to enter Israel for medical treatment, increases the danger to state security." The statement came in response to the latest allegations by Physicians for Human Rights, which charged that...

SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 10, 2008 – A Fort Mill, S.C., native contributes to the war on terror by transporting cargo -- everything from hand grenades to bottled water -- all over the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Weston secures a pallet of humanitarian supplies on a C-17 Globemaster III to be transported, along with 20 Navy Seabees, to Nairobi, Kenya, from Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, March 30, 2008. Weston is assigned to 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron as a C-17 loadmaster and is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Photo by Air Force Staff...

The Kosovo conflict marked the start of a humanitarian hawk movement that advocated the use of military force to advance liberal values. However, Kosovo's formal declaration of independence shows how modest our accomplishments in Kosovo have been. With Kosovo's formal declaration of independence from Serbia on Monday, and the United States' decision to extend recognition to the planet's newest country, the time has come for a look back on the approximately 10 years of intense U.S. involvement in that conflict. Kosovo is a tiny, seemingly worthless patch of land lacking in all natural resources, but it plays a strangely large...

W. Bush is the most powerful and controversial man in the world. His every move is watched and critiqued and his every word is avidly transcribed, broadcast, analyzed, mocked and once in a long while even praised. He lives in what could reasonably be considered one of the most all-encompassing media bubbles in the world. But George W. Bush has found a way to get away from it all. He went to Africa.

Hamas Creates Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza, Blames Israel By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel ----- January 21, 2008 ....... As the world suddenly awakes to a problem in Gaza, much of the media again blames Israel. Newspapers around the world ink their headlines with "Gaza Dark Amid Israel Blockade" and "Gaza Plunged Into Darkness As Israel Fuel Blockade Takes Effect." It appears that Israel has nothing better to do than just make the lives of innocent Palestinians in Gaza miserable. What much of the global media misses or chooses to ignore is that Hamas cut off the electricity...

Iraqi children eat candy canes and play together during a humanitarian aid drop in Mansuriyah, Jan. 13, conducted by the Iraqi Army and Soldiers of Troop G, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash. Photo by Spc. John Crosby, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. MANSURIYAH — Operation Raider Harvest, a large scale operation in the Northern Diyala River Valley involving more than 4,000 troops from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., is shifting focus from a clearing operation to a rebuilding operation. The...

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2008 – The Afghan National Army demonstrated flexibility in accomplishing missions at the behest of the Afghan government, as soldiers provided humanitarian and medical assistance to hundreds of Anchagal villagers in the Naray district here. An Afghan National Army soldier gives clothing to an Afghan girl during a humanitarian assistance visit in Anchagal village, in the Naray district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2008. Gulhar Jalal, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan parliamentary representative for Kunar province, is seen smiling in the background. Afghan soldiers visited the village to provide humanitarian and medical assistance. Photo...

Soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., build relations with the Concerned Local Citizens program of Northern Hashemait during a humanitarian aid drop at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq. Photo by Spc. John Crosby, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE — The Soldiers of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., have seen their share of combat since deploying to Iraq in April. Raids, clearing operations and air assaults are what these combat...

Local children of Al Arafia stand in line, Dec. 8, as Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment and Concerned Local Citizens hand out bags full of school supplies. Photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs. FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — Soldiers of Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment completed two humanitarian missions in Al Arafia including a food and schoolbag drop, Dec. 8, and a medical assistance visit, Dec. 14. Company D Soldiers together with Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) of Arafia, handed food and bags of school supplies to...

Maj.Mariusz Zadara, section chief of the Polish Civil-Military Coordination group helps distribute humanitarian aid in Nahda district of Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 11. DIWANIYAH — The Polish Civil-Military Coordination group, in cooperation with Iraqi Soldiers from the 8th Division and Polish Soldiers from Task Force Lynx, delivered four trucks full of humanitarian aid supplies to 110 families in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 11. During the distribution of the family packages, which contained food, an electric generator and bedding, Polish Soldiers were able to speak to residents.“Nowadays, we can observe a big change in the citizens’ behavior,� said Warrant Officer Janusz Sawa, deputy...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 10, 2007 – More than 25 years ago, on the small island of Palawan, U.S. Army reservist and dentist Col. Terry Schmunk participated in a humanitarian mission at a refugee camp in the Philippines. The effect of his work is still felt today in the life of Sgt. Phatdat Phan, the son of former patients. Phan is currently serving under Schmunk’s command. As a Defense Department contracted dentist, Schmunk volunteered to work with 3rd Army Field Hospital during the Vietnam War. As U.S. involvement ended, he remained in Vietnam for two years until just before the fall of...

PA red-tape prevents medical care for Palestinians Palestinians arriving in Israel for medical care encounter Palestinian government's refusal to reimburse Israeli hospitals' expenses, causing delays in treatment. 'We don't really exist as far as Hamas and Fatah are concerned,' patients say Ali Waked Published: 10.29.07, 08:33 / Israel News For many Palestinians, the ongoing fighting between Hamas in the Gaza strip and Fatah in the West Bank has created a far more serious problem: The lack of proper medical care. Palestinian hospitals refer many of their patients to Israeli hospitals, where they can receive better treatment; but in many cases,...

An Iraqi Army Soldier hands a toy to a local girl during a humanitarian aid operation in the small town of Hawr-Rajab, Oct. 13. Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Erik Burmeister, Combined Press Information Center. BAGHDAD — Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers and a Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) group brought much needed aid to nearly 500 families in the small town of Hawr-Rajab, Oct. 13. While U.S. forces provided security, the humanitarian aid operation offered medicine along with school and household supplies to the town’s residents. The event was made possible only after the Hawr-Rajab CLC group reached out to the...

Providing Iraqis with humanitarian aid packages as well as generators, blankets and mattresses is helping to break the insurgents’ stranglehold on poor communities. By Multinational Division – Center PAO FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq, Sept. 25, 2007 — Soldiers here say that handing out humanitarian aid packages has helped to help break the hold insurgents have had on a poor community in Salman Pak. "Once that bond is broken, it will enable us to help [local citizens] even more." Capt. Walter Straube A local sheik who is a concerned citizen leader has been working with Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th...

Israel Humanitarian Forensic Team Alone In Treating Thailand Air Crash Victims By Jonathan Ariel Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----September 19...... The Israel forensic team, headed by Israel police officer Chief Superintendent Itzik Koronio has placed itself at the disposal of all the countries whose nationals were among the 91 passengers killed in last week’s air crash while attempting to land at the Phuket resort island airport in Thailand. Israel is the only nation to have sent its own forensic team to the site. The Israel humanitarian team, which arrived on Monday has been working round the clock, and has already...

Pali Dictionary (2007)   The guide to the Arab Muslim 'Palestinian' propagandist    A security 'check point' (the one you have in the airports that effects all Israelis too) = "oppression".   Arrests of terrorists = "subjugation".   Equal rights, equal treatment, freedom for all & democracy = "apartheid".   Terror camps = "refugee camps".   Terror attacks aiming at the unarmed innocent civilians = "freedom fighting".   Cowards hiding among civilians = "fighters".   Reluctance to shoot at terrorists surrounded by civilians = "weak Zionists".   Use of human shields = "heroism".   Unintended deaths of human shields = "victims...

SIERRA VISTA — At a time when many are wondering when the war will end, a man from this city is headed to what could be considered the front line of Iraq. U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Rob Biron is a nurse with trauma background and 14 months experience handling battlefield casualties in Landstuhl, Germany. In December he will begin a year of providing his services to ordinary people in Iraq. “I’m going to be going into the neighborhoods,” the 46-year-old Biron said. Biron calmly patted the head of his black Labrador retriever, Silky, as he relaxed Tuesday in his home...

Save A Child's Heart Israel Humanitarian Program Helps Rwanda Children By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----August 14 ....... Israel based, humanitarian organization, Save A Child's Heart, welcomes its first group of children from Rwanda to be operated on in Israel at Wolfson Medical Center. "Rwanda represents the 28th country partnering with Save A Child's Heart," Simon Fisher, executive director of SACH told the Israel News Agency. "Over 30 percent of the children being treated by us come from Africa. But whether it's the refugees of Sudan, the poor from Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia or any...

IDF Appeals To Israeli ExpatriatesBy Yaakov Katz The Jerusalem Post In an effort to increase the number of former soldiers who perform reserve duty in the West Bank, the IDF has launched a campaign asking such soldiers living abroad to come to Israel to help out. Thousands of Israelis who have served in the IDF live in the Diaspora. Those under the age of 65, a high-ranking officer told The Jerusalem Post this week, are eligible to join the Central Command's Seam Line Volunteer Unit, also known as the Hatikva Unit, which assists regular IDF units stationed in the West...

The Muslim Exodus From Darfur, Sudan, Egypt To Israel By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----July 23 ..... One must step out of their comfort zones for this story. Yes, you need to leave your carpeted air conditioned office, living room or Starbucks coffee house for just a few minutes. The TV and Internet will still be there with tales of Britney Spears and Harry Potter. A modern day exodus is now taking place from the depths of Africa to the streets of Jerusalem. Black, Muslim civilians have escaped the genocide war in Sudan between Christians and Muslims to...

It's time to recognize that 'customary international humanitarian law' is neither customary, nor law, nor humanitarian. The term "collective punishment" conjures up images of Nazis executing entire villages in retaliation for a partisan ambush. No wonder Jews are acutely sensitive to charges of imposing collective punishment or targeting civilians. And we hear those charges a lot: last summer in Lebanon; every time Israeli artillery hit back at the source of Kassam fire from Gaza. Were Syria to fire missiles at Israeli cities, and Israel to strike back at Syrian cities with even greater force, the international community would undoubtedly condemn...