A number of bloggers have commented on the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) decision to finally allow the Mogen David Adom admittance. Of course the MDA’s admission is under conditions that renders it less equal than other member……

Also, Judaism will remain second-class so long as the “International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement” remains so named, and so long as the Magen David, but not the Swiss cross or crescent, will be recognized internationally only when encapsulated in the crystal.

The ICRC went astray with its long-ago dhimmi gesture of allowing Red Crescent societies to join under their own symbol without simultaneously providing a mechanism for accommodating other exceptions in a non-discriminatory manner.

I suppose I wouldn’t mind seeing the Red Crystal adopted everywhere, with crosses, crescents and stars all forced to dwell within. I’m not wild about Magen David Adom having to acquiesce in symbolic second-class status in order to gain entry into the ICRC.

The MDA should take its entry, but I’d like to see it refuse to “fly” the crystal overseas. Anyone who won’t accept my aid on my terms can get along without it, thank you very much.

I guess it’s OK to admit the Palestinian Red Crescent to the ICRC, so long as that membership is IMMEDIATELY suspended on account of that organization’s documented role in the unlawful transport of fighters and materiel.

Will the Magen David Adom finally get admission into the ICRC after all these years? We’ll see if Syria manages its usual hateful manipulation of anti-Semitic sentiments in Europe once again…….