The Red Star of David, called in Hebrew 1502; 1490; 1503; 1491; 1493; 1491; 1488; 1491; 1493; 1501; (Magen David Adom "Shield of Red David") is the symbol of an Israeli organization similar to the Red Cross within its country. It was presented to ICRC headquarters to be internationally recognized and validated in 1931, but 2 years earlier the Geneva Convention had already banned the use of more symbols outside of the cross, the Red Crescent and temporarily the Red Lion and Sun. Israel refused to use any of those symbols, while attempting to create a parallel organization to the International Red Cross, which was unsuccessful. In 2005 the Red Crystal symbol was approved, which accepted the image of a Star of David in the center, which enabled its incorporation as a member.
