IDF Hosts Int’l Conference on Emergency Planning

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jpost.com - by Yaakov Lappin - September 4, 2012

The IDF Home Front Command is hosting a five-day international seminar in Tel Aviv this week, to share working models on how to manage civilian populations during times of crisis.

Delegates from 19 countries and the United Nations are attending the conference, the ninth of its kind, which is being held at the Dan Panorama hotel in Tel Aviv.

“The aim is to share our information and experience in Israel on how to handle crises, whether caused by war or natural disaster,” said Col. Itai Peleg, of the Home Front Command. “We also want to hear from participants on how they tackle the challenges.”

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