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Many thanks to Lynne Bursky and Nissim Tammam for their extraordinary efforts in once again planning and sponsoring the amazing Holocaust Remembrance Rally at the U.N. Iranian Mission on Sunday, April 27. Hundreds were in attendance and heard an array of excellent speakers, (Helen Freedman was privileged to speaking for AFSI) all pointing out the tragedy of the Holocaust and the need to prevent another such horror from occurring. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced these same feelings and concerns in his address to the Israeli nation.
We know that Iran is moving forward with its plans to build a nuclear bomb to threaten Israel and the world. We also know that Secretary John Kerry, working under President Obama, is clearly Israel's enemy when he predicts that Israel will be guilty of apartheid if a two-state "solution" is not realized with the Fatah/Hamas coalition of terrorists. He threatens a reign of terror against Jews, and looks forward to a change in regime for Israelis and Arabs. It is he who should step down from a position that he is clearly unfit to hold. Americans for a Safe Israel goes on record opposing his statements and calling for him to leave office as Secretary of State.
We are aware that there are some who may not fully understand the dangers of BDS and the New Israel Fund which is its main supporter. Edwin Black's article below explains that clearly. In it he tell us that "Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home) asserts that 'the main goal of the NIF is to undermine the Israeli Army, by knowingly financing left-wing Israeli groups that try to get young Israeli soldiers prosecuted for war crimes.' If that is not despicable enough, Black goes on to say that the NIF has "fueled well-financed NGO campaigns that portray Israel as a cruel, undemocratic, and oppressive apartheid nation that must be boycotted and sanctioned into either submission of oblivion."
I trust you are as horrified by this information as we. If so, you MUST attend the 100 Shofar anti-BDS rally on Tuesday, April 29, 5 P.M. - full details below. Please also see the letter of support from Israel's Knesset Coalition Chairman, MK Yariv Levin.
"The NIF's financial records for 2012 indicates that it granted $109,615 to Breaking the Silence, $255,477 to B'Tselem, and $209,161 to Adalah. These three groups are among many NIF grantees that operate at the front line of anti-Israel information."
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14898#.U16MGFVdWSp
Open Letter to Israel Parade Participants
Knesset Coalition Chairman, MK Yariv Levin
From: יריב לוין
Date: April 27, 2014 at 10:07:16 AM EDT
To: Richard Allen
Subject: For the participants of the 100 Shofars Rally, April 29th in New York City
Mr. Richard Allen
Founder, JCC Watch
Dear Mr. Allen, As coalition chairman at the Knesset in Jerusalem, I am deeply moved by the tireless supporters and marchers in the Celebrate Israel Parade and by the courageous stance of so many friends of Israel involved in the parade, calling to delegitimize those who delegitimize Israel. It is not logical or reasonable for Israel supporters to condone or overlook or indirectly cooperate with BDS groups which represent the antithesis of support for Israel. Refusing to recognize the State of Israel's sovereign right to develop and maintain an independent legal position on any issue of national importance is not legitimate. The State of Israel came into being by virtue of our people's unassailable rights having historical, legal and religious foundations. I am certain that by mutual effort our just path will surmount any attempt to strike down Jewish survival and the Jewish way of life in the land of our forefathers. MK Yariv Levin, Coalition Chairman
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Tuesday, April 29 - 100 Shofars to be blown in Manhattan
WE ARE CONTINUING THE PROTEST AGAINST BDS MARCHERS IN THE PARADE
April 29, 2014
UJA-Federation Building
130 East 59 Street (Between Park & Lex)
New York City, 5pm to 7pm : Shofars to be blown at 5:30 pm
The largest number of Shofars ever blown in Unison to take place in Manhattan by a Coalition of Jewish groups; to protest the inclusion of Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions against Israel in the Israel Day Parade. Join Us and Bring Your Shofars!
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Wednesday, April 30th 7:30pm -
ANOTHER EXCITING AND INFORMATIVE AFSI MEETING AT THE HOME OF OUR CHAIRMAN, MARK LANGFAN - 58TH ST. & PARK AVE , NYC
Meet the founders of the powerful daily online newspaper headquartered in Beth-El, Israel.
Former Arutz Sheva Director General, Yaacov Katz "Ketzahla" and Baruch Gordon will meet with us to discuss the situation is Israel. RSVP required. Light refreshments and libation.
RSVP NOW!! 212-828-2424; afsi@rcn.com; afsi.judy@rcn.com
Ketzelah with Bibi
June 1 - Join in the Annual Israel Day Concert/Rally in Central Park at the SummerStage; enter Central Park on 72nd and 5th Ave. This year's theme: Jerusalem
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