Lazar Focus: Did the Red Cross do all it could for hostages in Gaza?
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reviews the troubling history of the International Committee of the Red Cross vis-a-vis the Jews with its head of delegation in Israel, Julien Lerisson
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Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what’s behind the news that spins the globe.
This week, we’re joined by Julien Lerisson, the head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Israel and the Occupied Territories.
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Berman reviews the organization’s troubling history of failures regarding Jews, specifically during the Holocaust, but also moving forward in its rejection of Israel’s national Magen David Adom chapter until two decades ago.
We learn about the ICRC’s work in Gaza during the hostage releases and Lerisson shares the humanitarian group’s frustrations with its inability to access those held by Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza.
Lerisson tells us about the group’s core principle of neutrality and how a mission to serve humanity is at the center of its work in war-torn and disaster-prone regions.
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