Red Crystal new emblem to protect medics
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 emblem was designed as part of complicated, long-running negotiations to include Israel in the Red Cross movement without giving the red shield used by Magen David Adom – similar to the star on the Israeli flag – the same status as the cross and crescent, which have been used by medics on the battlefield for more than a century.
