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Netanyahu: No Embarrassment to Ask for Help in Natural Disaster


(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Prime Minister Netanyahu told the Cabinet Sunday: "In a massive wildfire in California a few years ago, the U.S. received assistance from eight countries; it neither hesitated nor was ashamed to request this assistance, including from countries from which we have made similar requests. In last summer's massive wildfire in Russia, Russia neither hesitated nor was ashamed to request assistance from Ukraine and from other countries." "The establishment of a local aerial firefighting force...and we are working on it...will not always free us of the need to mobilize international support."
2010-12-06 08:37:04
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