Fwd: Meir Ettinger to be freed from administrative detention June 1

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From: Americans for a Safe Israel <judy@afsi.org>
Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 5:40 PM
Subject: Meir Ettinger to be freed from administrative detention June 1
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Americans for a Safe Israel       Join our closed group on Facebook - Americans For a Safe Israel-AFSI find us on Facebook - AFSI/Americans For A Safe Israel, follow us on TWITTER @AFSInews and check out our website - afsi.org Like us and follow us today...please! Thursday, May 19, 2016 TODAY'S CONTENT Meir Ettinger to be freed from administrative detention June 1 AFSI is going to Israel! AFSI Calendar of Events Meir Ettinger to be freed from administrative detention June 1 During Moshe Ya'alon's tenure  as Israeli Defense Minister, several of Israel's most devoted citizens were imprisoned for ambiguous reasons that never materialized. One of these persons is Meir Ettinger, who is the grandson of assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane, and who has been in custody for nearly 10 months. Besides being incarcerated under harsh conditions, Ya'alon even refused to allow Ettinger to leave jail for a few hours in order to attend his firstborn son's circumcision in Jerusalem. It is now being reported that Ettinger will be released from prison in Beersheva on June 1, which coincides with the beginning of this year's AFSI's Spring Chizuk Mission. Administrative detainee Meir Ettinger to be freed in 2 weeks AFSI is proud to have stood by Meir Ettinger and provide chizuk to his family during his ordeal, along with other individuals still imprisoned with no charges or any proof of guilt. While in administrative detention, Meir wrote the following beautiful poem in Hebrew, translated into English. We reprint it in its entirety. You know, it's not easy for us to be heard The media hardly allows us a word And he who dares say that the media's wrong Is ground into bits by their teeth and their tongue.   They have a system that's oiled to perfection One schemes, one directs, then they pen a confession And he who dares question their machinations Will find out that his past needs "investigations."   Still, we will try to explain a thing or two In the hope that you'll realize it all rings true - No, I don't mind repeating our story to you I'm in prison for months, there's nothing to do.   If you've listened to all the distortions of truth Then you shudder at hearing the words "hilltop youth."   Someday we will tell you about the machine That processes facts and decides what they mean But for now, here's a message we hope will hit home (We're writing our story in rhyme, like a poem.).   The hilltop youth - you won't hear in the news - Have hearts filled with love for their fellow Jews And when they noticed the emperor's clothes were awry They couldn't, like others, just let him pass by.   In their young minds many questions arose When they saw that the emperor lacked more than his clothes True, they had no proper contacts and methods and means But were willing to try - after all, they are teens.   The truth they were missing, that is what they sought To fill the lacunae in what they'd been taught To them life was simple, they needed no frills They went out to find truth on the bare, rocky hills.   Down below was erudition, with all degrees listed, Could that be the reason so much had been twisted? Only when young can this search be undertaken We could step back from the crowd and try to awaken.   Families murdered on roads? In our land? - we asked why We know it's preventable, if you really try Perhaps someone up there has a head that is hollow That doesn't keep him from leading - but why do you follow?   And when no one could give us a good explanation It deepened our fear for the state of our nation And led us to feelings of isolation If matters so crucial are covered in plaster, It's no wonder foundations just crack all the faster.   Then many fine youths came to join and do good Feel the pain of the nation - as all of us should The establishment shunned them and on them heaped blame And everyone else rushed to join in the game.   The youth on the hilltops were stunned by this ploy Why the unleashed aggression, the need to destroy? How could adults abrogate their own rules And behave towards their children in ways that were cruel?   At first they had gazed on the children in wonder But when truth posed a threat, they tore them asunder For they know by themselves what we know very well That power and honor is what makes their hearts swell.   We must have stumbled on some great mystery Maybe someone is trying to rewrite history Otherwise there is no way to fathom What led them down to this moral chasm.   How turn evil into good and good into evil? They gathered against us as if we're the devil Why create a new story every few days? When we'd watch the news, we'd be simply amazed.   True, we do dream of ending our people's disgrace Hoping one day to see the Temple in its rightful place. We believe that all of Israel is our eternal possession And want our leaders to say no to secession.   This is what Jews prayed for throughout the years Through gas and fire and blood and tears So why do they treat us as if we're deranged? What Jewish aspiration has changed?   Why did they arrest us with such needless violence? And leave us to languish in cells of silence? Police made a mockery of the law And when they caused us pain, broad smiles we saw.   Why does terror continue despite Tzahal forces While the world keeps silent and its media endorses? Our leaders with stopping the terror just toy But command the army, "Settlement hilltops destroy!"   This policy did not emerge out of the blue With every new government, it's resurrected anew Once again the British White Paper comes to pass As each new government hopes that their power will last.   If someone notices that the emperor is sans his attire He becomes a threat to be extinguished like fire All the media join to burn the witch at the stake With all of the threats and wild claims they can make.   You may feel that I am too rash in penning these words But what we have here is a theater of the absurd.   Just one last question allow me to bring: If my being free is the threatening thing Maybe something very fundamental is the matter If I, a singer at heart, am deemed the Mad Hatter.   All right, enough, I will silence my breath Lest jailers administratively detain this bad poet to death. Back to Top AFSI is going to #Israel!  Our Spring 2016 Chizuk Mission June 1-8 is fully booked, but be on the lookout for news about our upcoming Fall, 2016 trip. #AFSI_Chizuk_Mission An AFSI Chizuk Mission - There's Nothing Like it! Back to Top AFSI Calendar of Events Please visit www.israeladvocacycalendar.com for a full listing of events around town. Sunday, May 22, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Jerusalem Post Annual Conference At the Marriott Marquis Hotel, NYC (West 47 St. & Broadway) http://www.jpost.com/landedpages/ConferenceNewYork2016/Conference_Home.aspx Sunday, May 29, 9:30 AM starting time The Annual Queens L'Chaim 5K Run/Walk for Israel Starts at the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, 83-10 188th St., Jamaica Estates, Queens, NY. Begun during the first intifada, the goal of the run is to raise consciousness and funds for the assistance of Israeli terror victims. Click HERE   for details. Tuesday, May 31, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN hosts the first-ever international summit at the UN on ways to confront national boycotts and delegitimization Free; click HERE for info & registration. At the UN, 1st Ave. at 46th St., NYC Tuesday, May 31, 6:00 PM American Friends of Ateret Cohanim/Jerusalem Chai invite you to celebrate the 37th Year of Ateret Cohanim Gala Dinner Reception 6:00 PM, Program 7:30 PM followed by Dessert Reception Special appearances by Danny Danon, the Honorable Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations and the Honorable Governor Mike Huckabee Terrace On The Park 52-11 111 St. Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY For additional information and reservations, please click HERE. Wednesday, June 1, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Friends of the IDF (FIDF) Five Towns & Greater Shore 5th Annual Community Event At The Sephardic Temple, Cedarhurst, NY Click HERE for details. Sunday, June 5 Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day Israel's national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in the aftermath of the June 1967 Six-Day War. Info: http://www.knesset.gov.il/holidays/eng/jerusalem_day.htm Sunday, June 5 Noon:  NYC Celebrate Israel Parade The largest Israel Day Parade in the world, marching up Fifth Avenue, NYC 2:30-7:30 PM: The Parade is followed by the 23rd Annual Israel Day Concert in Central Park - The Concert with a Message! Celebrate our eternal bond with the UNDIVDED capital of Israel, Yerushalayim Free Rain or shine at the Central Park Summerstage. Located at Rumsey Playfield, right off the 5th Ave. and 72nd St. entrance to Central Park.   Guest Speakers: Israel's United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon, Former U.S. United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, Fox News Analyst and Commentator Major Pete Hegseth, Joe Piscopo, and ZOA President Morton Klein   Starring: Lipa Schmeltzer, Eitan Katz, Shloime Dachs and Orchestra, Tal Vaknin with Shlomi Aharoni, Mati Shriki, Avi Kilimnick, Michoel Pruzansky, Dr. Meyer Abittan, Jerry Markowitz, Chaim Kiss, Izzy Kiefer & and Heshy R., White Shabbos and others   Special Appearance by: Ken Abramowitz, NCYI President Farley Weiss, RZA President Martin Oliner, Assemblyman David Weprin, Councilman Rory Lancman, Rabbi David Algaze, Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, Rivka Abbe and others   Also following the Israel Day Parade: The Israeli American Council (IAC) presents the Celebrate Israel Unity Festival On the Westside of Manhattan: Terminal 5, 610 West 56th St. Click HERE for info and tickets Sunday, June 5 - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Chicago Greater Chicago Jewish Festival  If you can't be in Israel with AFSI this year, please stop by the AFSI table Sunday, June 5 (Yom Yerushalayim/Jerusalem Day), 10 am - 6 pm If you would like  to volunteer to work at the AFSI table, please contact AFSI Chicago Chair Cheryl Jacobs Lewin at cjlpr1@gmail.com. See http://www.jewishfestival.org/ for details Wednesday, June 8, 6:00 PM Cocktail Reception, 7:00 PM Program Washington, D.C. The Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) presents: Rays of Light in the Darkness 10th Anniversary Dinner The Grand Hyatt 1000 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Register by June 3 at www.emetonline.org Inquiries: 202-601-7422 or info@emetonline.org Sunday, June 26, 7:00 PM Long Island's Annual Celebrate Israel Eisenhower Park, Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater Featuring a free concert with Dudu Fisher Info: 516-433-0433 or jcrcli@jcrcli.org Back to Top Tel: 212-828-2424; 800-235-3658; Fax: 212-828-4538 www.afsi.org; judy@afsi.org; helen@afsi.org; jonathan@afsi.org Mark Langfan: Chairman  Helen Freedman: Executive Director Judy Kadish: Co-Executive Director Jonathan Grauman: Research Analyst Visit us on Facebook & Twitter      Visit our new YouTube site:   Visit Our Website www.afsi.org

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