The JERUSALEM POST ByTamara Zieve
April 7, 2017 04:16
Unclear why effort to bring in 100 refugees has stalled.
The Israel Gives NGO launched an emergency campaign on Wednesday to provide emergency medical supplies to the children of Syria, following a suspected gas attack in Idlib the previous day.
“No Jew can stay silent as children are being gassed in the streets of Syria,” the campaign message states. “We cannot sit back any longer and watch the horrors play out. We need to act – and here is a way.”
The NGO is partnering with humanitarian organizations such as Israeli Flying Aid to deliver medical supplies to Syrian civilians.
In the first hours of the campaign almost half of the NIS 200,000 goal had already been met.
Moti Kahana, founder of NGO Amaliah, told The Jerusalem Post that he was working on delivering Atropine – an antidote to certain types of nerve gas – to doctors in Idlib. Though he acknowledges the medical aid won’t reach the doctors in time to help the victims of Tuesday’s attack, he does not believe this will be the last time it is needed.
“I am sure [Syrian President Bashar] Assad will not stop as long as the USA and Russia will not stop him,” he said.
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