Chag Sameach to Our Friends and Supporters! | | UN SECRETARY GENERAL: DENYING ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST IS ANTISEMITISM
Guterres said that modern antisemitism expressed "itself in attempts to delegitimize the right of Israel to exist, including calls for its destruction, using the pretext of the situation in the Middle East to target Jews and Jewish symbols."
Guterres further stated, "This is tribalism run amok. Not only are their vile views coming into the mainstream, but the mainstream unfortunately, sometimes, is coming to them."
It's a breath of fresh air to finally hear the top UN official issue a strong statement at a major public forum in support of Israel. With that said, we would like to see the truth about Israel positively transform every UN member nation and every individual affiliated with the UN. | | PM Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met at a bi-lateral meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City this week.
Read the full transcript of what they said HERE. | | Jerusalem, Israel
Arutz Sheva reported last week that 55 members of Congress will ask President Trump to allow Americans born in Jerusalem to have "Jerusalem, Israel," written as their birthplace in their US passports.
This would fully implement the administration's policy of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. | | Domino Effect
"President Trump, who thinks like a businessman, keeps on asking himself: Is there anything to be gained from continuing the present situation? Or is maintaining it causing more damage? The answer to his question is what gave rise to his recent decisions." | | Israeli Blood Stains - Everywhere
We like Melanie Phillips' JNS Featured Column which discusses the aftermath of the Ari Fuld murder. In it she recalls the thousands of Israeli victims of past Arab attacks who were murdered simply because of Jewish hatred and Jewish nationhood, aided and abetted in the West by the ignorant, the ideological and the bigoted. Read HERE. | |
Arab Rejection. Texas Board of Education requires schools to teach the truth.
| | It was with horror, mixed with unbelievable grief and sadness that I learned about the targeted knife attack against a great Israeli American by an Arab in Israel. Ari Fuld, the latest victim of Arab terrorism, was truly a lion among men. The Sunday stabbing by 17 year old Khalil Jabarin, from the Arab terrorist town of Yatta, is being celebrated in the Palestinian Authority world, as hundreds attended the 11 PM funeral for Ari, including his parents, wife, and four children. The PA celebrations follow upon the early childhood indoctrination of the Arab children to hate Israelis and target them for death by many means, including stabbings, shootings, car rammings and more. khalil Jabarin, now being carefully treated in an Israeli hospital, is set for life in terms of income for himself and his family. Mahmoud Abbas has openly declared that despite U.S. warnings about cutting off payments to the PA if they continue their "pay to slay" program, he will continue to reward terrorists and their families for each cowardly deed.
In March 2016, another American, Taylor Force, walking in Tel Aviv with a group of Vanderbilt U. students, was also knifed to death with ten others wounded in that attack by an Arab terrorist. His killing inspired The Taylor Force Act, which has finally been passed, with difficulty, declaring that U.S. funds will no longer be given to the PA while they support and reward terrorists. That is an important first step, but as long as the PA promotes terrorism, and finds funds from elsewhere to reward their terrorists, the terrorism will continue.
That is why it is important to applaud President Trump and John Bolton in their decision to close down the PLO mission in Washington. Such missions should be closed in NY, Chicago, and anywhere else in the U.S. where they are located. It is hypocritical to award any kind of diplomatic status to the terrorist entity while it openly celebrates the destruction of Israel and Israelis. We continue to mourn the murder of Ari Fuld and pray that his family will know no more sorrows.
Helen Freedman Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI
Helen's letter appeared in the Jewish Press and the New York Post. | | Our Apologies...
Last week's Thursday edition of our newsletter had a mistake!
In the article "If War Is Forced Upon Us...", we inadvertently noted the wrong anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. PM Netanyahu's speech marked the 45th and not the 75th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.
Thank you to the watchful eyes that alerted us to this error. | | A FEW SPACES LEFT - SIGN UP TODAY! Tuesday, October 30 to Monday, November 5, 2018 AFSI CHIZUK MISSION TO ISRAEL (7-DAY TRIP) Member Price: $2,000 pp Double Room; $3,000 pp Single Room. Balance Due October 4 Participants make their own flight arrangements - BOOK NOW! To reserve your spot or for questions please contact Judy Kadish or call (212) 828-2424. | | Tuesday - October 9, 2018 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM American Associates of Ben Gurion University of the Negev Presents a BGU Symposium on Cyber Security: Artificial Intelligence in the Age of Cyber Wars Hear from three of Israel's top cyber security experts - the only presenters at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland: Professors Yuval Elovici, Bracha Shapira and Lior Rokach. General admission $50 includes breakfast. Program HERE. Register online by September 14 HERE. For more info: (646) 452-3711 or experiences@aabgu.org The Westin New York at Times Square | 270 West 43rd Street, NYC.
Sunday - October 21, 2018 @ 4 PM Rachel's Children Reclamation Foundation 24th Annual Dinner Manhattan Beach Jewish Center | 60 West End Avenue | Brooklyn, NY
Sunday - October 28, 2018 The 2018 Conference on Jews and Conservatism This year's program: Jewish Ideas and the American Public Square, Keynote Speakers, Israel and World Politics. Guest speakers: Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked, Natan Sharansky, Ruth Wisse, Caroline Glick, Elliot Abrams and many more. Cost is $200 per ticket. To register online plus full program info CLICK HERE. Grand Hyatt @ 42nd Street, NYC
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 from 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM - Addison, TX (Dallas Area) AFSI Co-Sponsors An Evening with Caroline Glick with Special Guest Col. Allen West. Celebrated author and journalist Caroline Glick discusses "President Trump's Israel Policy and Its Effect on American Interests and National Security." Colonel Allen West will introduce Ms. Glick. A short presentation about ZAKA, Israel's volunteer emergency responders will be shown. Book signing (books for sale) with Caroline followed by dessert reception. FREE PARKING. $25 Early Bird Price thru Sept 1. $40 after Sept 1. Get tickets on Eventbrite. For info call (972) 450-6241 or actcinfo@addisontx.gov Addison Conference and Theater Center | 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX
Thursday - November 2, 2018 @ 7:30 PM Kristallnacht Program with Dr. Moshe Avital, noted Holocaust lecturer. Dr. Avital is an author, educator and Survivor of 6 concentration camps. No admission charge. Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | 125 East 85th Street, NYC | | STAY CURRENT. STAY CONNECTED.
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