Mara Rudman, AA for Middle East, recently spoke on a panel about U.S. support to Palestinian institution building at the 2013 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference. Read more >>
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USAID’s Strong Partnership with Israel Ensured Rapid Response During Disaster
The wildfires that ravaged large areas of Mount Carmel forest, killing 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes in the Northern Israel in early December, were halted with the help of local and international emergency teams. The intensive coordination efforts of USAID West Bank and Gaza with the Government of Israel enabled the rapid mobilization [...]
The United States Government’s Response to the Carmel Fire
As featured on the White House Blog Submitted by Ari Alexander, Deputy Director at the Center for Faith-based & Community Initiatives and the Coordinator of Global Engagement at the United States Agency for International Development Today our faith-based office at the U.S. Agency for International Development hosted a conference call with Nancy Lindborg and Daniel [...]
USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Team in Israel
USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) arrived in Haifa, Israel on December 5. The DART, which includes a National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) team with fire management experts from the U.S. Forest Service, is currently working alongside their Israeli counterparts at the command center at Haifa University. We wanted to be get necessary fire suppression [...]
U.S. Dispatches Airborne Assistance and Materials for Israel’s Wildfires
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Government, led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is immediately dispatching U.S. Department of Defense aircraft to aid in the suppression of the raging wildfires in Israel. Three U.S. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard C-130 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) aircraft will depart the United [...]
Helping Israel Battle the Wildfires
Submitted by Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance We offer our deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones in the fires. USAID, through its partnership with the U.S. Forest Service’s Disaster Assistance Support Program, is deploying a team of experts to join their Israeli counterparts to [...]
