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Israel Alert Newsletter
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2 Elul 5773
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August 9, 2013
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 U.S. Congress Introduces Legislation to Relocate U.S. Embassy to
Jerusalem
Members of the US
Congress have submitted legislation calling upon the United States to move her
embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The bill, titled HR 2846: Recognition of
Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel Act, which is sponsored by Trent Franks
(AZ-08), Brad Sherman (CA-30), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Gene Green (TX-29), and
Juan Vargas (CA-51), is now being circulated among members of Congress. Earlier
in the year, members of the House and Senate proposed a similar bill.
"The United
States was the first nation to recognize Israel's sovereignty, a mere 11
minutes after the new state was formed in 1948. Today, 65 years later, Israel
remains a uniquely precious ally. Just as the United States has
assisted the Jewish people in restoring their ancient state, it is only fitting
that we lead the way in recognizing Jerusalem for what it is: the
undivided, eternal capital of Israel," said Congressman Tent Franks.
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 Israel Hosts International Conference to Promote
Women's Rights
25 students from the Hebrew University, led by Lee-el Lewinsohn, the Campus
Coordinator for Stand With Us, recently organized an International Women's
Conference aiming to educate about women's rights in Israel and to promote
worldwide gender equality. Leading public figures in Israeli society, including
politicians, activists, businesswomen, journalists, and religious leaders were
brought in to speak.
Lee-el said about the conference: "Our main purpose was to expose
our participants from around the world to the role that Women play in
Israel. Israel faces many challenges, and so do the women in Israel,
but our strong pluralistic and democratic society has achieved many goals and
is constantly in flux,changing, growing and improving."
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Jews From Muslim Lands: The Forgotten Refugees of 1948
A Google search for "1948 refugees" produces about 6 million
results. All but a few (at least through page six) are about the
Palestinian Arab refugees, as if they were the only refugees of 1948. But it is
estimated that from the beginning of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War through the
early 1970s, up to 1,000,000 Jews fled or were expelled from their ancestral
homes in Muslim countries.
260,000 of those refugees reached Israel between 1948 and 1951 and comprised
56% of all immigration to the fledgling state. By 1972, their numbers had
reached 600,000.
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Israeli
Minister Speaks Out Against Releasing Terrorists
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, while attending the seventh memorial
of his dear friend, Lt. Col. Emmanuel Moreno, who was killed in 2006 during
Israel's Second Lebanon War, spoke out against releasing Palestinian terrorists
to re-start peace negotiations.
"Your image is with me in every step I take, and you remind me every day
that we can fight for our home while remaining loyal to the Torah," said
Bennett. "The decision to release terrorist killers is contrary to
all the values we were taught in the IDF - values which say that there
are no compromises in the fight against murderous terrorism."
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