The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation copyrighting the Red Crystal, the symbol that allows Magen David Adom to join international Red Cross bodies. Israel’s first-responder organization was admitted to the societies in June after the “crystal” — a diamond — was accepted as a compromise for non-Christian and non-Muslim countries that preferred not to use the red cross or red crescent.
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