Red Cross. Red Crescent. Plus...now the Red Crystal

BBC NEWS: Israel allowed to join Red Cross reports that the Israeli Magen David Adom society has just been voted into the Red Cross movement over the objection of some Arab states. It will operate under a new symbol, the red crystal (picture with article). The resolution, voted on at a Red Cross and Red Crescent conference in Geneva, also allowed the Palestinian Red Crescent into the alliance.

The American Friends of Magen David Adom Society website is here.

The International Committee of the Red Cross has more information on the "red crystal" emblem.