Canada: Israel’s Role in Saving Syrian Rescue Workers ‘Indispensable’
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Canada: Israel’s Role in Saving Syrian Rescue Workers ‘Indispensable’
United With Israel, July 25 2018
An IDF soldier gives beverages to White Helmet workers that Israel rescued from Syria, July 22, 2018. (Youtube/Screenshot)
Canada said Israel’s role in saving the lives of White Helmet rescue workers and their families was “indispensable,” although the group itself failed to acknowledge the IDF mission.
In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, Canada’s Deputy Head of Mission Anthony Hinton said Israel’s role was “indispensable” in saving the lives of the White Helmet humanitarian assistance workers and their families in Syria.
“From Canada’s perspective, Israel’s role was indispensable… there was no way to save these Syrians without Israel’s coordination, collaboration and leadership,” Hinton, who was acting ambassador during the operation, said in a telephone interview with the Post .
“The IDF were the ones who made it happen on the ground,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, in an official statement released on Monday about the rescue, the Syrian White Helmets did not mention Israel at all, the Post reported.
“Ninety-eight male and female White Helmet volunteers, with 324 of their family members — mostly women and children — have arrived in Jordan through the occupied Syrian Golan Heights,” the statement read.
“The UNHCR participated in the coordination of the agreement to resettle the 422 rescue workers and their family members.”
Over the weekend, following the request of the US and a number of European countries, the IDF carried out the rescue mission.
The civilians were evacuated from the war zone in southern Syria due to an immediate threat to their lives posed by the Assad regime, which had declared the rescue and aid group a terror organization and claimed it was involved in anti-Assad actions.
They were subsequently transferred to Jordan, from where they will move on to European countries or Canada.
“The transfer of the displaced Syrians through Israel is an exceptional humanitarian gesture,” the IDF stated.
The US praised the IDF for its professionalism in carrying out the lifesaving mission.
“The Israel Defense Forces deserve special commendation for this – they managed to pull this operation together quickly and were focused on saving as many people as possible. Thank you as well to the Government of Jordan for their efforts,” Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special Mideast envoy, tweeted Sunday.
In a news report on the rescue mission, a CBS news anchor said: “It is a credit to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel who allowed them safe passage through the Golan Heights to get to Jordan.”
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Civilized countries in the world recognize and credit Israel for a great humanitarian effort, noting that it was indispensable for successfully saving the lives of hundreds of Syrians, yet the White Helmet Syrians themselves are no more grateful than the Arab countries or some members of NT who have already made their feelings known elsewhere. Their hatred will not stop Israel from continuing its world-wide humanitarian efforts notwithstanding the mainstream media's lack of recognition, even if the disasters happen in Arab/Muslim nations. Would the surrounding Muslim nations do the same if the victims were Israelis? How many firefighters and firefighting equipment have been provided by Israel's surrounding nations to help put out the thousands of acres of forest and crop fires started by Hamas with incendiary kites and balloons? But then, don't be surprised to see reports/comments that Israel is to blame for the fires.
Dear Friend Buzz: Good on Canada.
Great article.
Thanks for posting.
E.
Bravo.
France is about the only western country that didn't credit Israel with their role. I guess the Muslim vote has become very important to French politicians.
Page One of a Google search in French
Israël a évacué des centaines de Casques blancs ... - Sputnik France
Israël a évacué des centaines de Casques blancs syriens ... - France 24
Syrie: seuls 422 Casques blancs et leur famille évacués - Le Figaro
Des Casques blancs bloqués dans le sud syrien demandent d'être ...
- Des Casques blancs syriens évacués par Israël vers la Jordanie
- Syrie: des centaines de Casques blancs évacués via Israël vers la ...
Moyen-Orient. Comment Israël a évacué les “Casques blancs” de ...
Syrie. Des centaines de Casques blancs évacués via Israël vers la ...
Évacués de Syrie Le Canada va accueillir 50 Casques blancs et leurs ...
Syrie: plus de 400 casques blancs et leur famille évacués - LINFO.re ...
3 days ago - Linfo.re - Le ministre jordanien des Affaires étrangères a déclaré dimanche 22 juillet que 422 Casques blancs avaient été évacués , au lieu des 800 initialement.
Do any of those stories indicate that an official statement was made by the government, or are they just reporting the event. Sorry but my high school French is no longer available due to almost 70 years of not using it.
The government is kinda not talking to the media. There was a political/police problem recently... and Macron is more or less in hiding.
Great fun!
Not sure of what, if any, statement about the rescue from the French government but the Russian official statement is forceful and enthusiastic:
Russia Slams Rescue of Syrian White Helmet's via Israel
Gee, isn't that Scumbag's string puller's government?
Not surprising that some would ignore the role of the Israeli forces in this rescue-though those in the know understand and applaud their actions. For the others that choose to bury their head in the sand? What can you do?
No, not at all surprising:
Russia Slam's Israel for Saving Syrian White Helmets