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Source: http://www.israel21c.org/israels-first-responders-form-kaleidoscope-of-cultures/
Jewish, Muslim, Druze and Christian Volunteer First-Responders Work Side-by-Side in Israel
(Israel21c) Abigail Klein Leichman - Some 300 Muslim, Druze and Christian Arab citizens of Israel volunteer and work for the emergency response organizations Magen David Adom (MDA), ZAKA and United Hatzalah. "Our volunteers are dealing with saving lives of their neighbors who have heart attacks and car accidents," says United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer. "They feel comfortable with what they're doing and they feel privileged to do it." "It gives me faith and pride that they depend on me," Sheikh Jaffal Abu Sabet, leader of ZAKA's Muslim unit in the Negev, told JTA. "In the end we are all people - Jews, Muslims, Christians - and we all must be taken care of the same way." "Natural disasters do not differentiate between peoples; they affect everyone," said Dr. Akram Amro, director of the Palestinian volunteer organization Green Land Society for Health Development. "Therefore, we too, as residents in this region, must unite in order to be able to help each other, regardless of religion or nationality."