Trey Jackson

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CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
OF MAJOR AMERICAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS

Harold Tanner
Chairman

Malcolm I. Hoenlein
Executive Vice Chairman

Contact:  Malcolm Hoenlein, 212-318-6111

Israel’s Offers of Assistance to Hurricane Victims Lauded.

Israel Offers Hundreds of Doctors, Trauma Specialists, and Natural Disaster Experts.  American Jewish Groups Mobilizing.

New York, September 1, 2005 … “We note with appreciation the offers of the Government of Israel to provide aid and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina,” said Conference of Presidents Chairman Harold Tanner and Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein.  “Israel has offered hundreds of doctors, nurses, technicians, and experts in trauma natural disasters and public health, whose expertise was developed by virtue of Israel’s own experiences.  Israel has also offered field hospitals, medical kits, equipment for temporary housing, and other assistance.  The Israeli government has offered these teams and equipment on just 24 hours notice.

“We note that Prime Minister Sharon has written to President Bush, as has Foreign Minister Shalom to Secretary Rice, offering condolences on the loss of life and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.  Prime Minister Sharon pledged to President that ‘the people of Israel stand firmly by your side in a show of solidarity and friendship.’  The immediate response reflects that the people of Israel identify with the American people and the heavy toll taken by this natural disaster, and like their government, are seeking ways to assist.”

Fundraising efforts, including a drive by the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, which has set up a special campaign, have been initiated to show solidarity and sympathy for those who have suffered so much.  Under the theme, “Now It Is Our Turn To Help Them,” the newspaper is collecting funds on its website, www.haaretz.com and by mail.

The American Jewish community has been mobilizing to provide assistance as well, and there are a number of mailboxes and websites that have been established to which funds can be directed either online or by mail.  Among them are:

American Jewish Committee, www.ajc.org or AJC Hurricane Katrina Fund, 165 East 56^th Street, New York, NY 10022, attn: Ms. Brenda Rudzin

B’nai B’rith International, www.bnaibrith.org or B’nai B’rith Disaster Relief Fund, 2020 K Street, NW, Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20006

United Jewish Communities, www.ujc.org or United Jewish Communities, P.O. Box 30, Old Chelsea Station, NY 10113, attn: Hurricane Katrina

Union for Reform Judaism, www.urj.org or 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, www.uscj.org or USCJ Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund, 121 Congressional Lane, Suite 210, Rockville, MD 20852

Tanner and Hoenlein said, “We have expressed our condolences and offers of support to the governors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.  We urge all our members to respond generously to the tragedy that has devastated the Gulf region and will require immediate and longer-term assistance to rebuild lives and communities.”

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"I've reached a deal with the Americans"

And so it was said by Sharon and so it is what we will believe.

in an interview with the daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot, Ariel Sharon gave a strikingly succinct explanation of his diplomacy. "I've reached a deal with the Americans," he said. "I prefer a deal with the Americans to a deal with the Arabs."

There it is. So let's move forward and see what great can be accomplished.

 While Arab World Delights as Evictions Edge Nearer, the Arab world reacted with ill-disguised glee as Israeli soldiers confronted Jewish settlers. Al-Jazeera carried non-stop coverage of Israeli settlers weeping and waiting for the inevitable.

At the same time Israel will expect quid pro quo from the rest of the world. Israel Calls for End to Hostility at United Nations -( Bill Rigby)  Gaza  should put an end to UN hostility against Israel, Israeli UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman said on Monday. The comments echoed previous calls by Israel and the U.S. to halt the litany of anti-Israel resolutions passed by the UN General Assembly each year and dismantle the extensive bureaucracy built up around the Palestinian cause. "We hope we will see a more positive and a less combative General Assembly, recognizing that something dramatic, historic has happened," said Gillerman. (Reuters)

Frankly I see it all in Gillerman's take on it

Defense Minister Mofaz: Israel's Interests After Disengagement - A Jewish Majority with Defensible Borders
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Monday: "The State of Israel is hereby carrying out a unilateral step, however coordinated it may be. Israel must defend its security interests, which primarily are to have a Jewish state with a Jewish majority, defensible borders, and strategic depth, and to make every possible effort to strive for peace."

Obviously Hamas aka Iran doesn't. Hamas: Pullout Beginning of Israel's End
The implementation of the disengagement plan marks "the beginning of the end for Israel," Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal told the London-based al-Hayat newspaper Tuesday. "It is unthinkable that our people will renounce the resistance, which made the enemy retreat,"

Look, if that's not a call for all out war, I don't know what is. At some point, the gloves come off, with America's blessing of course.