As the world plans to commemorate the United Nation’s World Humanitarian Day Thursday (Aug. 19), Israel continues to stand at the forefront of global relief efforts. The UN on Dec. 11, 2008 selected Aug. 19 to honor victims who lost their lives while providing humanitarian assistance.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s MASHAV program (Hebrew acronym for Israel’s Center for International Cooperation) works to solve global humanitarian crises and provide assistance for those in need. In 2010 alone, MASHAV has trained aid workers and provided medical assistance worldwide, through undertakings such as:"
