The Palestine Red Crescent Society, founded in 1968, is a humanitarian organization that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. An aid agency is an organisation dedicated to distributing aid. ... The Red Cross and the Red Crescent emblems, the symbols from which the Movement derives its name The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement whose stated mission is to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for the human being, and to prevent...
The PRCS was first officially recognized by the ICRC and IFRC in June 2006, in a move that also recognized the Israeli Magen David Adom and the politically-neutral Red Crystal symbol. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a committee of Swiss nationals and probably will be so as long as the ICRC exists. ... The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) is an international humanitarian organisation, often better known as the Red Cross or the Red Crescent. ... The Magen David Adom emblem The Magen David Adom is Israels national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Emblems of the Red Cross. ...