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>Israel and Haiti post Earthquake 2010
After the quake in Haiti, Israel was among the first to send in help at the request of the UN. They initially sent 14 (why such a small number?) IDF police officers to assist Haitian police in which Israel's deputy Foreign ministers stated to the officers "You are the answer to the attempts to delegitimize Israel." (3) While some believed it would be a great way to improve Israel's image, others said there were more sinister reasons for Israels interest in Haiti: “Almost as soon as the IDF embarked on its aid mission to Haiti, accusations began flying that the Israelis' objectives were of a sinister rather than humanitarian nature…
went as far as claiming that Israeli doctors were engaged in stealing the organs of dead Haitians.”
(2)
Just 2 days after the quake, Israel proceeded to send 200+ more Israelis to help medically and with children's needs: “On Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued this announcement: “Israel is doing all in its power to help the people of Haiti cope with the disaster in their country. A 220-person delegation, headed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, will leave this evening for Port-Au-Prince on two Boeing 747 jets leased from El Al by the IDF.” (1)
On top of medical assistance, the Israeli Mashav also assisted in establishing facilities for the Haiti's orphans within just one month of the devastating Earthquake. Israeli Ambassador, Amos Radian was in charge of finding the appropriate site for building the Israeli's Children's Village. The village included a school, play areas and of course- medical centers to include psychological rehab. (4)
One interesting tidbit (considering Laura Silsby actions with DR), Haiti's phone lines were down but the Israeli's were able to establish contact with the Israel Ambassador in DR, Amos Radian, who coordinated the Children's Village so swiftly. Ramos was instructed to proceed into Haiti. The Israel Embassy in the US (connection with US State Dept under Clinton???) was called on to coordinate the efforts with American aid offices- all to “help” the kids. (1)
Remember when Nikki Hailey points out the hypocrisy of UNESCO? Feb 2010 it was requested that an Israeli candidate be appointed as the Assistant Director General for International Cooperation at UNESCO in relation to Haiti to create a MASHAV-USAID cooperation. (5) (I know we have dug plenty on USAID)
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IsraAID: “the IsraAID group and its affiliated volunteer organizations operated in Sri Lanka after the tsunami; flew in to help Samoa after typhoon floods struck there, and gave support to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, where they continue to supply long-term community aid.” (1)
Mashav: aka: Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
There is so much to MASHAV- “watch the water”, they take control of agriculture and water facilities in areas after natural disasters. They work jointly with USAID(5) They have “helped” 140 countries, including Turkey, India and El Salvador after earthquakes brought devastation to their shores.” (2)
Alcee Hastings: Mulitple meetings in Israel, active in post quake clean-up, and represents the 2nd largest Haitian-American population.
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10TELAVIV101_a.html
And here's the Clinton connection: “D/Sec Lew took note of the potential for USAID and MASHAV cooperation and noted
Secretary Clinton's personal interest
in the idea of trilateral cooperation” (5)
Was she working on behalf of Israel?
Israel seems to rush in faster than the Clinton's whenever there is a natural disaster
Sauce:
(1) https://www.israel21c.org/israel-rushes-to-haitis-aid/
(2) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/jan/22/israel-haiti-relief-palestine
(3) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139308
(4) https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/mashav-plans-childrens-village-in-haiti/
(5) https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10TELAVIV434_a.html