Israeli Flying Aid (IFA), lembaga nirlaba asal Israel bergerak di bidang kemanusiaan, ingin terbang ke Palu untuk membantu korban gempa dan tsunami.

Tapi, menurut CEO sekaligus pendiri IFA Gal Lousky, mereka terganjal visa.
"Jenderal yang selama ini membantu kami tidak berani menolong," katanya kepada Albalad.comelalui telepon hari ini.

Padahal, lanjut dia, sang jenderal kini menjabat menteri itu sudah dua kali membantu IFA hingga bisa melaksanakan misi kemanusiaan untuk membantu korban gempa di Sumatera pada 2005 dan Klaten, Jawa Tengah, pada 2006. 

Namun Gal menolak memberitahu siapa jenderal selama ini memperlancar urusan IFA masuk ke Indonesia. 

Dia menjelaskan pihaknya sudah meminta bantuan Kementerian Luar Negeri Israel untuk menghubungi Kementerian Luar Negeri Indonesia. "Jawabannya tidak ada visa bagi warga negara Israel karena tak ada hubungan diplomatik antara kedua negara," ujar Gal.

Menurut dia, IFA berencana mengirim tim beranggotakan enam relawan, termasuk ahli logistik dan pemulihan trauma.
https://albalad.co/kabar/2018A8505/l...an-gempa-palu/

ISRAELI ORGANIZATIONS BEGIN RELIEF OPERATIONS IN INDONESIAAFTER TSUNAMI


The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has planned to send emergency medical services and supplies to Indonesia after the Tsunami's aftermath.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is sending emergency medical services, supplies – such as tarpaulins, mattresses, blankets, electrical generators, water and some food assistance – and psychosocial support through a local organization it partners with.

This group has a team on the ground in the city Palu, which bore the brunt of the tsunami, including medical personnel, a psychosocial expert, and volunteers.

Psychosocial support for families of victims, including trauma therapy, is critical in disaster zones, said Maya Kroituro, the director of planning and operations for JDC’s disaster response unit.

This service helps reunite minors who have lost parents with other members of their family, and also helps psychologically rehabilitate people who have lost close family members – which is critical in helping their physical and long-term recovery from disasters, says Kroituro.

The JDC has been working in Indonesia since the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, which killed some 227,000 people, and over the last six years has developed a psychosocial curriculum in cooperation with its local partner for disasters exactly like the one that struck Sulawesi last week.

JDC’s Indonesia representative, in cooperation with its global disaster response team, is also engaging in needs assessments and working with local organizations to help ensure best practices among responders to protect vulnerable groups, including women, children, and the elderly.

“Our hearts go out once again to the people of Indonesia, who have suffered two tragic disasters in recent months and find themselves in need of immediate care and tools to better prepare themselves for future crises,” said JDC CEO David M. Schizer, referring also to the Lombok earthquake in August, which left over 550 people dead.

“As Jews around the world gather... to celebrate the conclusion of our High Holiday season, we are keenly aware of our blessings, our responsibility to repair a broken world, and the need to act now to deliver hope to those facing so much despair,” he said.

IsraAid, an Israel-based NGO, is also participating in relief operations, with a small team of approximately five workers expected to depart to Indonesia on Wednesday, despite Israel having no diplomatic relations with the majority Muslim country.

The team will distribute emergency supplies including food, water, blankets and tents, and also begin assessments for the long-term needs of the affected populations.

And the UK-based World Jewish Relief has launched an Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami Appeal and hopes to provide food, water, medical and hygiene kits, sanitation services, and shelter for those affected by the disaster.

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/In...Tsunami-568492

Israel reportedly sends aidto Indonesia following earthquake, tsunami
Delegation said to prepare to head out in coming days to affected areas, where 1,400 have died and 200,000 are in need
By RAPHAEL AHREN 3 October 2018, 11:06 pm  1
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Israel has reportedly sent aid to Indonesia following a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 1,400 people in the pacific island nation.
Israel, which does not have diplomatic relations with Indonesia, sent water purifiers to the disaster-hit areas through the Red Cross, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported Wednesday.
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If so, the move to help five days after the quake would appear to represent a turnaround.

Deputy Minister for Diplomacy Michael Oren tweeted that sending the aid to Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, showed Israel’s “compassion and humanity and our willingness to share our expertise.”


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Israel, a world leader in disaster relief, offers medical and rescue aid to Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country and one that has no diplomatic ties with us. This again demonstrates our compassion and humanity and our willingness to share our expertise for its betterment

Michael Oren@DrMichaelOren

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However, the Foreign Ministry did not confirm that Israel had sent aid to Indonesia. Asked by The Times of Israel several times since Friday’s quake whether Israel was going to send aid to Indonesia, the ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office refused to comment. Subsequently asked why Israel was not sending aid, they again refused comment.

In the past, Israel has sent large delegations to disaster-stricken areas, and offered to send help to countries with which it has no diplomatic relations.

Teams from the Israeli army provided rescue and medical services after an earthquake in Turkey in 1999, an earthquake in Haiti in 2010, a typhoon in the Philippines in 2013 and, most recently, an earthquake in Nepal in 2015.
Last year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered aid to earthquake victims in Iran and Iraq, two countries with which Israel does not have diplomatic relations; those offers were rebuffed.
On Friday, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit the island Sulawesi, in central Indonesia, and triggered a tsunami. Hundreds of people have died as a consequence of the natural disaster.
Almost 200,000 people are in need of urgent help, the United Nations says, among them tens of thousands of children.

Survivors are battling thirst and hunger, with food and clean water in short supply, and local hospitals are overwhelmed by the number of injured.

Jerusalem and Jakarta do not have formal diplomatic relations but there are unofficial contacts, and Israel has expressed interest in forging ties.

Netanyahu met with Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla in New York last week, a rare public meeting of top-level officials from the two countries. Indonesia has historically shied away from open contacts with Israel.
The meeting between Netanyahu and Kalla, which occurred on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, was first reported by Army Radio.

On Tuesday, Kalla confirmed that he had met the Israeli leader, though he described the meeting as spontaneous and brief.

“There were 190 heads of state, presidents and vice presidents, prime ministers, etc there. Many agenda came at the same time. You could come face to face with anyone. You could not have avoided it. [Netanyahu] was suddenly just beside me. Should I have turned around?” he said, according to Indonesian media.

rael in the past has described its disaster relief efforts as both humanitarian driven and a form of public advocacy, showing a side of the country often overlooked by the international community. Some critics have derided the practice as so-called “rubble-washing.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-sends-aid-to-indonesia-following-earthquake-tsunami-report/