Two members of the U.S. House International Relations Committee introduced a resolution calling for the admittance of Israel’s Magen David Adom Society as a full member of the Red Cross. The legislators said the Israeli relief agency is a victim of politics and should be allowed to use the Star of David as its symbol.
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