ISRAEL'S "DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE" TO HAITI

From: AFSI

1751 Second Ave, New York, NY 10128

Tel: 212-828-2424; Fax: 212-828-1717; afsi@rcn.com; www.afsi.org

Contact: Helen Freedman, Executive Director

Jan. 19, 2010

To critics of Israel's response to emergency situations, please read the following report from Arutz Sheva detailing Israel's
"DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSE" to Haiti's horrific situation. It is unlikely that you will see this information in the mainstream
media. Israel's aid gets under-reported or completely ignored, but that doesn't stop her efforts.

As for Israel's relief efforts to Haiti, they include the following: A field hospital, the only hospital in operation, with 40
doctors, 25 nurses, paramedics, a pharmacy, a children's ward, a radiology department, an intensive care unit, an emergency room,
two operating rooms, a surgical department, an internal department and a maternity ward. The hospital can treat approximately 500
patients each day, and in addition will perform preliminary surgeries. A search-and-rescue team, which has rescued about five people
from under the rubble. 220 personnel in total Dozens of truckloads of medical and logistical equipment Saudi Arabia, on the other
hand, one of the richest countries in the world, has sent a message of condolence to Haitian President René Préval. Some Arab
countries have "pledged" help, such as $1 million pledged from both Kuwait and Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates says it will
"shortly" send a plane with humanitarian assistance. Qatar, with the third largest gas reserves and the second highest GDP per
capita in the world, has dispatched 50 metric tons of aid to the hundreds of thousands of homeless and injured Haitians.

Latest reports are that the IDF Medical Corps have treated some 200 injured people in Haiti, performed ten life-saving surgeries and
saved the lives of 140 others. On Sunday night, a resident of Port-au-Prince gave birth to a boy at the Israeli field hospital. In
appreciation and gratitude, his mother decided to name her new son "Israel" in honor of the country that helped her.