Stand With Israel Rally In Washington, DC

You CAN make a difference.

Come to Washington DC on June 10, and
join us in a rally to support Israel's right
to peace, security and defensible borders!

Israel's opponents are on the move: On June 10, 2007,to mark the 40th anniversary of Israel's 1967 war of survival, the extremist groups "United for Peace and Justice" and "Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation" will hold what even the liberal magazine
Tikkun called a rally for the "dissolution of the State of Israel." The "United for Peace and Justice" coalition includes such radical organizations as the Socialist Party USA, the Young Communists League, Communist Party USA, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

Israel's supporters depend on you: We will gather on the North side of Constitution Avenue, just west of the Capitol Reflecting Pool. We are organizing this literally one week before the event, with almost no resources or time. This Counter- Rally truly is the product of a few citizens who are deeply outraged that Israel's opponents might have demonstrated in our nation's capitol without any patriotic opposing voices who will tell truth to
counter these lies. We must stand up to lies and distortions.

We will not have a microphone or a speakers'
platform, but we CAN show our support with
our signs, flags, patriotic songs and our own
strong voices as individual citizens exercising
our right to assemble. We are bringing signs
and flags for you to hold, sponsored by Stand
with Us. Feel free to make your own sign,
but please use the messages listed below.

Date: Sunday, June 10

Place: Begin assembling on the west side of
3rd Street on the Mall, between Madison Drive
and Jefferson Drive at 1:00 PM. Our exact location
may change. Please check here before the rally, and
look for our American and Israeli flags on June 10.

Time:

· The Counter-Rally: The Stand with Israel Counter-Rally
begins at 2:00 PM and lasts until 4:00 PM

· The March: The March from the Capitol to the Ellipse
begins at 4:00 PM. We plan to march with our signs and
flags parallel to, but apart from, the main demonstration.

What to bring: Bring a cell phone, food, water,
a hat, and sunscreen.

Transportation: Don't drive--there is limited public
parking on Capitol Hill. Take the metro to either Union
Station on the red line or Capitol South on the orange/blue lines

Messages for signs:

· Israel We Stand With You

· Suicide Bombing is mass murder

· Hamas and Hezbollah: Allow the Red Cross to visit the
abducted Israeli soldiers

· Palestinian Terrorists Terrorize Israelis and Palestinians

· UK, US and Israel Allies Against Terror

· Free the Palestinians from Hamas

· HAMAS Stop the Aggression

· Israel Must Defend Itself

· Stop the Qassam Rockets

· Hamas stop terrorizing the children

· Pick a side: Hamas and Hezbollah or Peace and Freedom

· Israel seeks a partner for peace

· Stand for Freedom, Stand for Israel

· Teaching Children to Hate Will NEVER Lead to Peace!

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U.S. AMBASSADOR RICHARD JONES MUST BE RECALLED

I commented on Ambassador Jones comments as soon as they were made public, and before any so-called "apology" on his part. Ruth Matar from Women in Green comments below on Jones and his apology and her comments reflect my thoughts exactly. B'nai Elim Blogmaster

IS U.S. AMBASSADOR RICHARD JONES AN ANTISEMITE?

Letter from Ruth Matar (Women in Green) Jerusalem
Thursday, May 31, 2007

On May 28, 2007 Arutz Sheva News published an interesting article about US Ambassador Richard Jones' recent remarks. It is republished here in its entirety:

Jones Video Adds Fuel to Pollard Fire
by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) With the publication of a video of US Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones' remarks against Jonathan Pollard, calls increase for a retraction and correction - and for clemency for Pollard.

The Justice for Jonathan Pollard (J4JP) organization has circulated a video link at which Ambassador Richard Jones can be seen and heard making his infamous remarks about Pollard. Speaking last week at a Bar Ilan University conference on US-Israeli relations, Jones said twice that Pollard committed treason against the United States. He added bitingly that "it came out clearly in the trial that Jonathan Pollard took money" and that he "sold out" his country.

While J4JP easily and quickly rebutted these claims, other accusations by Jones were less widely publicized. He implied that the American people were punishing Israel itself when he said, "I know he was doing this [spying] for a friend [Israel - ed.], but that's what makes this even more emotional for Americans - that a friend would cooperate in aiding and abetting someone who is committing treason against his own country."

Jones's final biting comment, coming in the context of the above remark, was the most explosive of all: "The fact that he wasn't executed is the mercy that Jonathan Pollard will receive." The double implication that Pollard deserved to be put to death, even though he was convicted on only one count of passing classified information to a friendly nation, and that he would never be freed, had Pollard supporters up in arms and demanding an apology.

The pressure was apparently strong enough to elicit an apology within a matter of hours. Jones said his remarks were "misinformed and misleading," and "did not reflect my personal views nor those of the Bush Administration."

Apology not Accepted by All

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations welcomed the apology the next day. Though it reiterated its call for Pollard's quick release, the organization said, "We accept Ambassador Jones' explanation and retraction and believe that it puts this matter to rest."
Other groups, however, were less willing to bury the issue. Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President of the National Council of Young Israel, wrote, "I believe the case cannot be closed. The apology, as is, is still missing a correction of Jones' comments. His facts were wrong [and] he needs to admit that... We must demand a full retraction, correction and perhaps an official inquiry into the sources of his information, the source of his directive to respond with such lies, etc."

J4JP noted that though Jones apologized for daring to say that the US had shown mercy in not executing Jonathan - who never faced anything near a death penalty - he "did not apologize for falsely accusing him of treason or of having taken money. These false charges are soundly contradicted by Jonathan's indictment and by his sentencing transcript, and most important of all by Israel's formal recognition of him as her agent."

Some in the Israeli press, too, were unhappy with the apology - and with Israel's lukewarm response. Two major Israeli dailies, Yediot Acharonot and Haaretz, ran strikingly similar editorials saying that if Israel were "self-respecting" [Haaretz] or "well administered" [Yediot], it would have summoned Jones to the Foreign Ministry and demanded a clarification of his statements.

"It's difficult to accept or understand the American lust for revenge when it comes to Pollard," wrote Yossi Melman of Haaretz. "There's something irrational about it. Jones's remarks were rude and bereft of diplomatic tact, reflecting this American pathology that aspires to keep Pollard from ever being pardoned. Even though Jones has apologized, he deserves to be denounced. By essentially ignoring his comments, Israel is adding insult to the injury it has already done Pollard."

Chief Rabbi Metzger Takes up the Cause in the US

Israel's Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, currently on a short visit to the New York Jewish communities of Jamaica Estates and Great Neck, is making the most of the recent developments to ask American Jewry to redouble their efforts to work for Pollard's release. The rabbi said today that after he visited Pollard in prison over two years ago, he wrote a letter to US President Bush asking for clemency - and had it signed by every living past and present Israeli chief rabbi.

"I planned to give it by hand to the President," Rabbi Metzger said, "but we received a message that it would be better not to bring it because the subject was too [sensitive] - and so I gave it to the US Ambassador, and he promised that he would give it to the President, but as of now, I have not yet received an answer... We have only two ways to act: Jews all over the world must put a lot of pressure on President Bush as his term draws to a close, and we must pray to G-d that He will save Jonathan's life and rescue him."

Pollard's wife Esther, speaking on the Knesset television channel last week, said that Prime Minister Olmert could capitalize on the situation and make up for past government inaction by raising the matter quietly with President Bush and asking for the release of Pollard as an Israeli agent.

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MY COMMENTS:

It seems that there was strong pressure from various quarters on US Ambassador to Israel, Richard Jones, for his infamous remarks about Pollard.

Apparently the pressure was strong enough to elicit an apology from Ambassador Jones within a matter of hours. Ambassador Jones said his remarks were "MISINFORMED AND MISLEADING," and "DID NOT REFLECT MY PERSONAL VIEWS, NOR THOSE OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION."

Then, whose views was Jones expressing? I think this is the most incredible non-apology I have ever come across!

Even the two major Israeli dailies, Yediot Acharonot and Haaretz ran editorials demanding that at the very least Jones be summoned to the Foreign Ministry and that a clarification of his statements be required. However, there is no chance for that with Tzippi Livni as head of the Foreign Ministry, who, if an American official spat in her face, would say: "It's raining"!

US Ambassador Jones is said to have officially apologized, even though his apology is not really genuine. Therefore Ambassador Jones deserves to be denounced!

By ignoring his untrue and vicious comments Israel is, in effect, accepting thinly veiled anti-Semitism.

In all fairness, it behooves us to write President George Bush and ask for what reason he does not pardon Jonathan Pollard, when individuals who have done real harm to the United States have gotten very light punishments. Even a former Director of Central Intelligence, James Woolsey, has said emphatically that Pollard has been punished enough.

The United States State Department has a long record of anti-Semitism. For instance, the US State Department led by Breckinridge Long, during the Holocaust, was responsible for the deaths of many Jews.

As written by David S. Wyman in his book titled "A Race against Death" (2002):
"The State Department not only had failed to pursue rescue opportunities, but had even obstructed rescue efforts that American Jewish organizations attempted on their own. Breckinridge Long and the State Department had secretly cut immigration to less than 10% of the quotas. In addition, in early 1943, a critically important channel for the flow of Holocaust information out of Europe to the United States was blocked by the State Department, which instructed the American Legation in Switzerland to stop transmitting such information."

Is anti-Semitism still alive and well in the State Department and among its representatives?

Dear Friends,

All justice seeking individuals must do all they can to work for Pollard's release from prison. We implore you: write to your representatives in the US and to President Bush telling them we demand Justice for Jonathan Pollard!


With Blessings and Love for Israel,

Ruth Matar


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GAZA, THE WEST BANK, PALESTINIAN TERRORISM

We just don't get it!

WHEN IS ENOUGH, REALLY ENOUGH?

by Bill Maniaci, B'nai Elim Intel Director

How much does it take before we "Get It"? Israel can never guarantee the safety of its citizens as long as there are terrorists on our borders bent upon nothing less than our annihilation and the destruction of Israel. When does "Enough" become "Enough"? We have bent over backwards in the name of peace, offering appeasement after appeasement. Never before in history has there been a country that has been more concessive than Israel and to what end? The loss of Jewish land, continued and open acts of war, the destruction of homes and businesses, and the death of our citizens who live in constant fear. I realize that talk of the "relocation" of the so-called "Palestinians" into neighboring Arab countries is not politically correct but it may be the only solution. What is really more important... for us to be "politically correct" and agonize over world opinion, or take permanent and decisive measures to insure the safety and integrity of Israel and our citizens!