The ICRC refused to admit Israel’s Magen David Adom for almost a century — the first application was in 1931, acceptance finally happened in 2006 after the American Red Cross had withheld their annual donation to the ICRC since 2000.
[IsraelTimes] International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger refused to take a picture with the families of the hostages during their highly charged meeting yesterday in Tel Aviv, Hebrew media reports.Spoljaric has also pushed back on Israeli calls to publicly pressure Hamas
...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...to allow for Red Thingy visits of the hostages, arguing that the terror group won’t be moved and that taking such steps risks her agency losing its influence to operate in such conflict.
They have no influence with Hamas anyway, so there is no downside to them showing a touch of spine.
It’s unclear why she refused the photograph if she took one with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that same day.I think the answer is obvious.
The hostages’ families have rejected the Red Thingy’s arguments outright, saying the ICRC is failing to do its job, refusing to make an effort to at least get medicine transferred to their loved ones and only willing to criticize the Israeli government.During their meeting, one of the fathers of the hostages got up from his chair and demanded that Spoljaric take his son’s inhaler and ensure that he receives it. The Red Thingy chair uncomfortably tried to explain why she didn’t have the power to heed the request but the father refused to accept her argument.
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