The Red Crystal will make its debut on Sunday as an additional emblem that can be used to protect relief workers in combat where the Red Cross or Red Crescent meet hostility, but it is unlikely to be widely displayed in the near future.

The Red Cross movement today allowed the Israeli society to join its ranks, ending a 60-year wait.

Years of campaigning is on the verge of bringing the Israelis and Palestinians into the Red Cross humanitarian movement, thanks to a pending solution in Switzerland to bridge long-standing sensitivities over Crusaders, crosses and crescents.