Dinners supporting Magen David Adom in London and Manchester this week raised £1.5 million and £115,000 respectively.
They were addressed by the president of the Jordanian Red Crescent Society, Dr Mohammed Al-Hadid, who focused on MDA’s partnerships with their Jordanian and Palestinian counterparts.
“I was invited to the opening of a hospital in Israel which treats Arabs and Israelis,” he told diners in Manchester.
“if we can do it in a hospital, we should be able to work together elsewhere.”
Dr Al-Hadid and MDA UK recently negotiated the donation of £360,000 worth of medicine for Syrian refugees in Jordan from Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva’s Irish factory.