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Israel blocked aid from Gaza to Haiti. What was that about?Israel was also first to respond to the Haiti Disaster. Did I mention that before? I am now...
Israel Humanitarian Aid Organizations Give Food, Generators, Gas To Hurricane Sandy New York, New Jersey Victims
By Karen Levy
Israel News Agency
New York, NY --- November 4, 2012 ... Israel Flying Aid, the Israeli global humanitarian organization which was first to land in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, has been distributing large supplies of gas to hospitals, food, batteries and generators to Hurricane Sandy victims.
"We have many years of disaster relief experience," said Israel Flying Aid North American Operations Manager Moti Kahana.
"Israel Flying Aid, in having Israelis on the ground here in New York and New Jersey, have made Israel the only foreign nation to provide humanitarian assistance to the US during this disaster. We are working in coordination with FEMA, local police, the American Red Cross and Jewish communities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut."
Kahana said that most of the efforts had been donated by Israelis living in the US and this enabled gas to be distributed to hospitals in New York and New Jersey.
Israel Flying Aid is one of several Israeli organizations that operate under IsraAid.
Since its creation in 2001, IsraAID has coordinated and facilitated aid programs all over the world, notably: relief to cyclone victims in Myanmar, long term aid programs for starving communities in Malawi, rehabilitation and relief in South East Asia following the devastating tsunami, psycho-social programs for Darfur refugees on the Chad-Sudan border, and aid to Somali war refugees in Kenya, as well as many more.
Joel Leyden, who served as an Israel Humanitarian Aid Operations and Communications Specialist with the IFA in Haiti, has been working with several US governmental, Jewish and Israeli organizations including the Greater Hartford Jewish Community to distribute both food and generators on Long Island.
"We had a convoy of food and generators move out of the Greater Hartford area early yesterday morning," said Leyden.
I'm not sure, P F Tinmore. Get the link to the news story so that we can take a look at it.