Syrian demands were holding up passage of a measure to smooth Magen David Adom’s acceptance into the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Syria was demanding that the MDA sign an agreement similar to one it signed recently with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society concerning how the agencies would operate in eastern Jerusalem, Stuart Jackson, chairman of the American Friends of Magen David Adom, told JTA from Geneva. With support from Islamic countries, Syria was insisting that Syrian Red Crescent ambulances be allowed to operate in the Golan Heights and were requesting a hospital in the area as well, Jackson said. The Syrians also want the MDA to agree not to work in the Golan.
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