Talk:Magen David Adom

message: The ICRC and the MDA have made huge strides over the past couple of years towards achieving mutual recognition. Article should reflect this.
Also while the use of the MD was refused by the ICRC they also refused applications by India and the USSR to use different symbols.
Shouldn't the MDA page have a graphic showing the logo like the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement page has?
--Micahbrwn 02:33, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Emblem added --Yoz 16:07, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Update

message: While this article's fine for the emblem issue, it really doesn't tell us much about what Magen David Adom do. Are they different to other local red cross organisations in any other ways? 
I'm one of (probably?) many concerned would-be donors - I know I'm probably reading too much into what is just a name and a symbol, but before I donate I want to be sure that there's absolutely no discrimination in Magen David Adom's work. Could someone in the know please confirm (or otherwise?) that Magen David Adom do work based on need and regardless of race and religion, both officially and in practice? Thanks.
:Megen David Adom, in my understanding, has a much better record of treating all patients in need of help regardless or race or religion then that of the general International Red Cross/Red Crescent society (which refused to make any protest of the Holocaust during WWII.)  Rudy Breteler (talk) 22:55, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  some actual info about them? 

message: I have removed a text at the bottom of the article that said "On July 23th 2006 Isreal aircraft attaked two Red cross Ambulances in Lebanon wounding 5 volunteers and 3 patients near the city of Tyre.", as I see no relevance about this attack and the MDA.
--Henrik Gammelgaard 23:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wouldn't it be better to place this information in the article 2006_Israel-Lebanon_conflict? As I understand this article, it is about the MDA and the relationship it has with the ICRC and not about any attacks that the IDF has made on ambulances in Lebanon. --Henrik Gammelgaard 23:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not a page about current events, (one that all the facts arnt even known yet) If the events lead to something signifcantly effecting the Magen David Adom then it will belong here. Otherwise its importance its based on conjecture.  Removing (Madrone 04:43, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The facts are known (and sourced) - if the article is going to have whole paragraphs about the involvement of Israel with the ICRC then this should be there. 82.27.227.50 19:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The page is about MDA and MDA involvement with the ICRC; it is not about the State of Israels involvement with the ICRC, as I understand it. --Henrik Gammelgaard 23:17, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree. Furthermore, as far as I understand it, the ambulances which were attacked were from the Lebanese Red Cross society, not the ICRC. --Uwe 23:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Removed again, Not relevant to article, (Madrone 03:07, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

text:  I am per Madrone  Rudy Breteler (talk) 22:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Israeli attack on ambulance in Lebanon 

message: Could we settle this? There's been an edit war going on about what the caption on the third image should say:
"Armored Mobile Intensive Care Unit from the Jerusalem district. These units play a crucial role in emergencies where responding EMS crews may be targeted by militant/terrorist forces."
I vote to change it to terrorist, since it's not saying "targeted by Hamas terrorist forces", but terrorists in general. The point of the vehicules are to help civilians in acts of terrorism, not all general militantism (sp?). 207.245.44.227 19:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I vote to use the word militant in accordance with common usage throughout the rest of WP and the NPOV policy 83.245.26.27 14:19, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Militants vs Terrorists: caption 

message: Shouldn't the controversial destruction of donated Ethiopian Jewish blood be mentioned in the article? It was a huge news item at the time.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.20.171.242 (talk) 16:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethiopian Jewish blood donation 

message: The fact is that MDA is bassed on volunteers, i think there should be a section devoted for this because this fact is only briefly mentioned in the article  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Piglet128 (talk • contribs) 08:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  volunteer 

message: "Doctors are often not wearing the uniform, which immediately identifies them to the Magen David Adom personnel on the field."
*The above statement seems a bit counter-intuitive, although I understand what I think the point is supposed to be. Can someone clarify it or at least provide a citation?
*Also, that statement begs the question of whether or not there is a uniform for doctors. --Rich Janis (talk) 00:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uniform for doctors 

message: Some paragraphs in the criticism section are not sourced and even seem biased and POV to me. Even though the guideline specifies "Do not leave unsourced or poorly sourced material in an article if it might damage the reputation of living persons or organizations, and do not move it to the talk page", I will allow a while for someone to come up with sources/references before I remove this information. Elad 194.90.225.101 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 08:46, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: When reading the information about MDA I think that it should be complemented with some history about its establishment, which seems to date prior to the 1930, in fact initiated by ben Gurion and others according to the website of Friends of the MDA, see link:http://www.afmda.org/content/about%20us/history.aspx
It seems as well that MDA was in fact the medical service of Haganah, which in some eyes of the world was terrorising Palestinians prior to the 1948 war and afterwards, and in fact a paramilitary entity. Later it transformed into the so called Israeli Defense Forces (according to wikileaks own information on Haganah). To say that this medical service was established to protect civilians regardless of race, ethnicity or nationality is simply not true. What it has become after might be a different story and that today it might no discriminate, but, its origin and intention should be clearly described for the readers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.35.163.58 (talk) 13:04, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of MDA 

message: I didn't find in the article any information about :
* ambulance fortifications (west bank , Jerusalem etc..) having fortified windows
* no information about MDA having special rules involving the southern part (found a document that defines that all vehicles must have special gear to help white phosphorus and other chemical victims) - didn't find any information like that in any EMS group on wikipedia .
* the filtering system for DOS attacks mentioned on PA political violence.
could someone add the data ?  109.226.14.184 (talk) 14:03, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing information about the special care for the area 

message: I would like to write a wikipedia article about the late head of Magen David Adom's international volunteer program, on the basis that he was the founder of this program, and he has met Hillary Clinton as such. Would this be allowed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samsamcat (talk • contribs) 05:59, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If there are reliable sources relating to his activity, I don't see why not.--Geewhiz (talk) 06:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: sure, go for it! if you need help, feel free to ask. Soosim (talk) 11:07, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Yochai Porat international volunteer program

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 3 external links on Magen David Adom. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120320032746/http://www.magendavidadom.org.au/nsw/docs/member_form.pdf to http://www.magendavidadom.org.au/nsw/docs/member_form.pdf
*Added archive https://archive.is/20120803073012/http://www.israelexperience.org.il/mda to http://www.israelexperience.org.il/mda
*Added  tag to http://www.mdaoverseas.com/about.php
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130922025858/http://www.christianindex.org/5283.article to http://www.christianindex.org/5283.article
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 09:06, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Magen David Adom. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130922015009/http://www.jewishtribune.ca/news/2011/10/04/mda-symbol-on-ambulances-in-yesha-still-unresolved to http://www.jewishtribune.ca/news/2011/10/04/mda-symbol-on-ambulances-in-yesha-still-unresolved
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:53, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I have never seen a Wikipedia article with a red infobox title before. Should I get rid of that ? YoSoyUnHamster (talk) 01:53, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Woah! Red Title? 

message: The article currently has a link to http://mdais.org, the Hebrew web site. Should it link to https://www.mdais.org/en, the English web site, as well or instead? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 16:20, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language for web site? 

message: Edit permalink/1221528061 changed the caption on a picture from  to . Presumably the ambulance was put into service prior to the declaration of independence in May. Should the name in the caption be the one that was appropriate when the ambulance was commissioned or the one that was appropriate when the picture was taken? Similar questions arise not just in the Middle East but also in Africa, Asia and Europe. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 03:24, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name as of what date?