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24-07-2018, 09:24 AM | #1 | |||
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Israeli Defence Forces evacuates White Helmets - 800 of them and their families - overnight, transferring them from war zone in the south of the country to Jordan.
Britain and Israel worked secretly together to save Syria’s White Helmet rescue workers who were spirited over the Golan Heights border in a daring mission on Saturday night. Details emerged after more than 420 humanitarians and their families were saved by the IDF after they became trapped on Syria’s southern border, amid a government onslaught to retake some of the last territory still held by insurgents. Israeli troops closed roads in the Golan Heights hours before the operation and later transported the Syrians into Jordan at three points. Israel is still technically at war with Syria and military manoeuvres on the border must remain top-secret. Britain, Germany and Canada agreed to resettle the White Helmets, who are now in Jordan, having been taken over the Golan Heights by Israeli soldiers. The group was set up in 2013 by former British intelligence officer James Le Mesurier, and funded with public and private donations. They have saved thousands of lives, lost more than 200 volunteers, and been nominated for a Nobel Prize. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the rescue mission was the right thing to do, after revealing that President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked him to help. “These are people who have saved lives and whose lives were in danger,” tweeted Netanyahu. “I therefore authorised their transfer via Israel to other countries as an important humanitarian gesture.” https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com...an-volunteers/ Nice to have a positive story from the Middle East. |
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24-07-2018, 09:28 AM | #2 | |||
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Brilliant work!
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24-07-2018, 09:30 AM | #3 | |||
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Heard about this, great Job
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24-07-2018, 09:42 AM | #4 | |||
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Good to see the UK will be resettling some. The kind of refugees no one will object to, I'm sure.
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24-07-2018, 09:50 AM | #5 | |||
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Well done Israel
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24-07-2018, 09:51 AM | #6 | |||
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24-07-2018, 09:52 AM | #7 | |||
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24-07-2018, 09:55 AM | #8 | |||
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No doubt Jezza Corbyn will be tweeting his congratulations soon?
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24-07-2018, 10:20 AM | #9 | ||
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24-07-2018, 11:50 AM | #10 | |||
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Great news, but there is lots of good news coming out of Israel - it is just never broadcast.
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24-07-2018, 11:56 AM | #11 | |||
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It’s 2018 and we still treating the White Helmets as “Aid Workers”? Couldn’t be me.
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24-07-2018, 01:52 PM | #12 | |||
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24-07-2018, 05:33 PM | #13 | |||
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Thanks Livia for showing once again that we're far from the monster the British press would like to paint us.
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24-07-2018, 06:06 PM | #14 | |||
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24-07-2018, 06:20 PM | #15 | |||
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This is wonderful human interest news and so nice of Israel to help.
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24-07-2018, 08:00 PM | #16 | |||
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The most lied about, maligned State on the planet.
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