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Red Cross Double Crosses
Jews
Arlene
Peck
Nov 04, '02 / 29
Cheshvan 5763

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Several years ago, I wrote a column in
which I outlined various facts showing the International Red
Cross to be a clearly anti-Semitic organization. I wrote about
their discriminatory policies against Israel. At the time, few
people took me seriously. My eyes were opened when I traveled
to Prague and visited the nearby concentration camp. It was
then and there that I realized only someone that hated Jews
could look at that slice of Hell and report back to the world
at large that “the Jews really aren’t being treated so badly.”

The Nazis used one of their camps near Prague as a
"show" camp. A movie was even made about it several years ago.
I traveled to it. Thereisenstadt was its name. During World
War II, it had Jewish prisoners who were musicians, painters,
actors, etc. Whenever the IRC announced that they were coming
to visit, the prisoners were forced to spruce up the camp. By
the time the pre-announced inspectors arrived all torture
instruments would be hidden, the pool would be open and nice
meals were being served. The Jews were then forced to perform
concerts, put on plays and have displays of art for the
geniuses from the IRC. Allegedly, no one knew about most of
the killing camps located in Poland. The “inspectors” were too
busy being entertained to bother looking for them.

It
was a shock to realize that this international “humanitarian
organization” had intentionally reported erroneously about the
true conditions. Rather than alerting the world about the
serious plight of a brave and desperate people during the
Holocaust, they lied. The result? It’s hard to give an exact
number, but it’s safe to say many thousands of Jews (and other
undesirables) died at the hands of the Nazi butchers that
might have otherwise been saved, if only the world had known
and the Red Cross had reported the truth. Think they were
duped? I don’t think so.

Given the number of people out
there in the media apologizing for this or that centuries-old
grievance against virtually every ethnic group in existence,
you’d think that the Red Cross would jump on the bandwagon and
try to make amends. Think again. It was no surprise to me when
I discovered additional evidence showing how this
“humanitarian organization” has always been and continues to
be overtly hostile to Israel.

Since 1948, the IRC has
quietly, but firmly, refused to accept Israel’s equivalent of
the Red Cross - which is called “Magen David Adom” (Red Star
of David) - into its membership. I’ve already heard the
arguments: “You shouldn’t expect a group using a Christian
symbol to accept a non-Christian symbol like the Star of
David. They aren’t picking on the Jews. They only want to use
their own symbol.”

Really? Guess again.

This
conspiracy of silence welcomes the Arab nations’ symbol. While
the Jewish star is forbidden, the Red Cross is happy to bend
over backwards to accommodate and include the Arab nations
into its organization. They have officially pandered to the
Arabs and accepted the Red Crescent. The crescent, of course,
is a symbol derived from Islam. When the American Red Cross is
confronted about this shameful practice, they repeat, “Well,
that’s not our fault. It’s the fault of the International Red
Cross.” Tell me. Does this sound a lot like when the Nazis on
trial kept saying, “We didn’t do anything wrong. We were just
following orders.” Orders to do what? To make certain the Star
of David is the only humanitarian emblem that has ever been
formally rejected by the Red Cross?

For more decades
than the public wants to accept, the International Red Cross
has deliberately discriminated against Jews. From lying about
the conditions in the concentration camps to refusing to
accept the symbol of the Jewish state (and thus its membership
in the international organization), they have been blatantly
discriminatory; And from the very beginning, nothing has been
done to stop them. So, why expect anything different from them
today?

Recently, the International Committee of the
Red Cross allocated only $300,000 for MDA’s lifesaving
efforts, but gave $30 million for the Palestinian Red Crescent
Society. To add insult to injury, they lied to the world by
making it appear as though the funds were divided equally. As
usual, Israel came out on the short end of that
stick.

Even Canada, which until recently I’ve always
considered one of the more friendly and rational nations, has
behaved with a decidedly anti-U.S. and anti-Semitic slant. I
was shocked to find that they have made every effort to close
down the Magen David Adom office and strip it of it’s
non-profit status. Why all this deception and discrimination?

The American Jewish Committee answered some of my
questions a few years ago by saying, “The American Red Cross,
to its credit, has pledged to right this wrong.” From all I
can gather, nothing has changed. It is my belief that the
International Committee of the Red Cross, the Federation of
Red Cross and the Red Crescent Society have no plans to ever
change their disgusting policy. If the time ever comes when
the Magen David Adom is allowed into this world-wide
organization, it will only be because they have been
absolutely forced to so.

The one thing that still
amazes me is how - after fifty years - this policy is still
allowed to continue unchallenged. If some ritzy American
country club receiving the public benefits enjoyed by the Red
Cross refused to allow a particular group to get a membership,
the networks would cover their fairways with camera crews.
Civil rights groups screaming “discrimination” would parachute
lawyers onto the greens. But in this same America, the general
public is not even made aware of the true character of this
unrepentant anti-Semitic organization. Instead the general
public is pressured to give and give and give.

I have
done a few things to balance the scales a tiny bit. My
daughter (Dana) used to donate her platelets to the Red Cross
every month. I think it’s wonderful that they are used to save
lives. But I felt that if the Jewish symbol was not good
enough for the Red Cross, then my child’s Jewish platelets
were best used by another organization. I laid a bit of grief
on her about it. She indulged her mother and now donates her
AB negative platelets to a terrific Jewish hospital. At Cedars
Sinai they also use platelets to save lives every day; And –
unlike the Red Cross – they’ve found a way to do this without
discriminating against anyone.
Amazing.
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Arlene
Peck is an internationally syndicated columnist and television
talk show hostess. She can be reached at mailto:[email-masked].

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