We Won't Hold Back - Our Response Will Be....
On Tuesday, sniper fire from Gaza slightly wounded an IDF soldier along the Gaza border. In response the IDF attacked a Hamas military camp.
"I suggest that they understand that the response will be destructive and very painful, and we are ready for any scenario and escalation."
Israel's IDF is the only army in the world confronting Iran's military.
The photo here is a Facebook post from the IDF. It is the helmet the IDF officer was wearing when he was shot at - the helmet that saved his life.
AFSI donated these same types of helmets on its last trip to security personnel. It hits very close to home when we read this and is a demonstration that the work AFSI does keeps Israel safe. | | Their Position on Sovereignty
| | Joint Effort Scores Victory at UN
Israel and the US blocked a Palestinian attempt to gain observer status for the year on the UN-linked Conference on Disarmament (CD). They argued that only states are eligible for this privilege. | | Follow the Money!
Q. How much does Iran spend annually on its terror network in the Middle East?
A. $7,000,000,000
"Follow the bloody trail of money starting in Tehran, and you will arrive at the terror tunnels in Lebanon and Gaza and the weapons warehouses in Syria. It is now trying to infiltrate Judea and Samaria."
Q. Does the European Union continue to fund organizations that boycott Israel?
A. Yes. When the EU was questioned about this by Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs they pushed back. Story HERE. Read the Ministry's full report "Money Trail: 2nd Edition." | | Don't Slander Our Country!
In the presence of many dignitaries, Consul General Dani Dayan walked out of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in New York's gala last night.
After Dayan spoke, the Academy's President Prof. Adi Schwartz, took the stage. Schwartz's speech eventually drifted from the Academy's plans to political issues, which slandered Israel.
What caused Dayan to walk out? Read HERE. | | It's Not Possible, He Wrote
In his latest Arutz Sheva OpEd, Mordechai Kedar discusses Ra'afat Mara's article recently published on a pro-Hamas site. Mara expresses in print what Hamas members think of Abbas and the Palestinian Authority he chairs. | | Thoughts of the Week
"Save The West" is the blog of Ken Abramowitz, AFSI Advisory Council member. With sharp analysis and original insight, Ken tackles the most pressing issues facing Israel and the US while offering common-sense solutions.
AFSI will feature this new section regularly. | | Week in Review
Boomerang's YouTube channel ai ms to spearhead Israel's 'public diplomacy' warfare on social media by producing immediate responses to acute events through short and viral video clips. Boomerang publishes a weekly update on attacks in Judea and Samaria. MUST WATCH! (This week special host Josh Hasten reports).
| | *** ACTION ALERT *** Contact Speaker Pelosi and tell her to remove Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and cancel Rashida Tlaib's planned trip to the "West Bank." She also needs to rescind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's appointment to the powerful House Oversight Committee, which is expected to be at the center of investigations into President Donald Trump's administration. The favorable treatment these freshmen progressives are receiving flies in the face of sound logic. One might go so far to call these assignments treasonous. _________________________________
The New York Times must be bombarded with letters and calls denouncing Michelle Alexander's January 19 article.
| | It's a Girl...(Baby Rhino)!!
Rhinos, one of the most endangered species, have been poached to near extinction due the desirability of their horns.
Israel has many places among the nations - now it can boast of helping to increase the rhino species! | | ** JUST ADDED - DATES FOR OUR NEXT TRIP! ** Monday - May 27 - Tuesday - June 4, 2019 AFSI Chizuk Mission to Israel. Exclusive insider mission - bringing and receiving Chizuk. Join us on our next trip to the land of Israel - the REAL Israel. Details on pricing and itinerary are forthcoming. Stay tuned! | | Saturday - January 26, 2019 | Services @ 8:30 AM | Remembrance @ 10:45 AM United Nations Holocaust Commemoration Shabbat. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Gutteres will address the Congregation. Rabbi Arthur Schneier will speak on "Silence and Indifference Led to the Holocaust." With the participation of the members of the Diplomatic Corps, Holocaust Survivors, Second and Third Generations.A total of two luncheon tickets are free to Members in good standing. Please RSVP for the lunch by Monday, January 21. Park East Synagogue | 163 East 67th Street, NYC
Sunday - January 27, 2019 from 3 PM - 6 PM - DALLAS, TX Gidon Ariel, Founder and CEO of Root Source, hosts an interactive event where Jews and Christians will learn ancient texts together, from the Bible, the Midrash, and more, on topics of interest including Shabbat, Torah, Friendship, the Land of Israel - The way Jews have been studying and safeguarding these texts for thousands of years!, Founder and CEO Gidon Ariel. For full schedule and to register online click HERE. Suggested donation is $30. For more info email live@root-source.com; phone or text: (516) 321-1846 Museum of Biblical Art | 7500 Park Lane, Dallas, TX
Monday - January 28 through Thursday - January 31, 2019 United Nations Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program: "Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend Your Human Rights." The Annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony is Monday, January 28 from 11:00 am - 1 pm. Click HERE for the full week long calendar of events and registration. United Nations | 1st Avenue @ 42nd Street, NYC | | Monday - January 28, 2019 @ 6:45 PM Americans For A Safe Israel/AFSI Hosts Regavim for a Special Evening Celebrating the Connection of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel.
Regavim is an Israeli NGO dedicated to protecting Israel's most precious resources and preserving Israeli sovereignty. Join us for an in-depth look at the issues shaping Israel's future. 6:45 pm Doors Open 7:00 pm Presentation Begins 7:45 pm Q & A 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm Light refreshments (kosher)
RSVP to reserve your seat. Space is limited - Admission free. RSVP to either ilene@afsi.org or call 212.828.2424.
Event held at The Brownstone | 224 East 12th Street, NYC | | Thursday - January 31, 2019 @ 8 PM Abdallah and Francine Simon State of World Jewry Event: The New Jewish State Law and Israel's Future. Panel includes Eugene Kontorovich, Peter Beinart, Anat Wilf and Rabbi Peter J.Rubinstein. Tickets from $35. Purchase HERE. 92nd Street Y | 1395 Lexington Avenue, NYC
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Itzhak Perlman performs Beethoven, Kreisler, Pártos, and John Williams with the orchestra on the first half of the program. Tchaikovsky's majestic Symphony No. 6 concludes the performance. Tickets prices range from $25 - $154. Purchase HERE or call 212-247-7800 Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium) | 881 7th Avenue @ 57th Street, NYC
Monday - February 4, 2019 @ 6 PM ISGAP (Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy) Presents Israeli National Security: a New Strategy for an Era of Change. With Professor Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center and Former Deputy Israeli National Security Adviser. Mandatory RSVP required: info@isgap.org or (212) 230-1840. The ISGAP Center, 165 East 56th Street, 3rd Floor, NYC
Monday - February 4, 2019 | 7 PM to 9 PM The Israeli Ambassador and the American Journalist, on the Record. A conversation with Ron Dermer (Israel's Ambassador to the United States) Ethan Bronner (Senior Editor at Bloomberg) and Rabbi Rachel Ain (Sutton Place Synagogue). They will go public on a full range of topics from A(delson) to Z(ionism). Seats $18 online | $22 at the door | Free for students with a valid ID. Register HERE. Sutton Place Synagogue | 225 East 51st Street, NYC
Tuesday - March 12, 2019 @ 7 PM First Person: Matti Friedman in Conversation with Lucette Lagnado. Friedman's new book, "Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel" tells the unknown story of four of Israel's first spies. Recruited by a rag-tag outfit called the Arab Section before the 1948 War of Independence, they assumed Arab identities to gather intelligence and carry out sabotage and assassinations. At the height of the war the spies posed as refugees fleeing the fighting, reached Beirut, and set up what became Israel's first foreign intelligence station. In a wide-ranging First Person conversation, Matti Friedman speaks with author Lucette Lagnado ("The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit") about his journalism career, researching and writing his new book, and what Spies of No Country reveals about Israel in the 20th and 21st centuries. Ticket prices: $15 general; $12 seniors; $10 CJH members and students. Buy online at friedman.bpt.me or call 800-838-3006. Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street, NYC | | | | | | |
