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“The team have already met with small independent initiatives across the north that are delivering food, gutting houses, and helping to rebuild their homes.
Our volunteers will assist with the current effort being carried out and use our experience in these disasters to work out what more we can do and how.
We have responded to 10 floods and tornado disasters in the US and when we saw what was happening to the UK in the news it looked worse than ever before.
We wanted to show the community we would be there for them.
We got in touch with the Jewish communities around the north of England and they told us about the independent NGOs working on the ground.
We contacted them and arranged to send our team to help they said yes and here we are.
The first team were greeted by locals with open hands and are now mapping the workloads which would include distribution of goods and gutting houses helping people repair their homes.” (IsraAid director Shachar Zahavi speaking to the Jewish Chronicle, 06/01/2015)
“For the first time since the founding of the state a new Druze town will be established. I view the building of this new town as a very important initiative that will bring progress to the Druze sector.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement, 05/01/2016)
“We are in a situation where there are lots of pieces of the puzzles missing. However, we rely on the police and the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) who know how to do their jobs and how to bring this affair to a close. Tel Aviv needs to keep up the routine – terrorism cannot defeat us.” (Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaking after the terror attack in Tel Aviv, 03/01/2016)
“The new Egyptian Ambassador’s arrival to Israel gives expression to our countries peace agreement and to the challenges we share with Egypt.” (Zionist Union MK and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni via Facebook, 03/01/2015)
“When it comes to Israel, President Obama has said repeatedly that the US commitment to Israel’s security is sacrosanct… This message has always been backed by concrete actions.” (Spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council, Ned Price, responding to a report published in the Wall Street Journal 30/12/15)
“We act against those who act against us, and all our enemies should know that we will react forcefully against every attack on us.” (Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu in response to threats from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah 29/12/15)