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U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UN SUSAN RICE REAFFIRMS BOND WITH ISRAEL AT RECEPTION HONORING DEPARTING ISRAELI DIGNITARIES
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice pays tribute to outgoing Ambassador Gabriela Shalev, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN. Pictured (l to r): Ambassador Susan Rice, Conference of Presidents Past Chairman Mort B. Zuckerman, Conference of Presidents Chairman Alan Solow, Ambassador Gabriela Shalev.
Conference of Presidents Past Chairman Harold Tanner gives a special presentation of thanks to Ambassador Gabriela Shalev for her years of service. Pictured (l to r): Conference of Presidents Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein, Israel Bonds President & CEO Joshua Matza, Conference of Presidents Past Chairman Harold Tanner, Ambassador Gabriela Shalev.
Conference of Presidents Past Chairman James Tisch gives a special presentation of thanks to Consul General Asaf Shariv and Deputy Consul General Benjamin Krasna. Pictured (l to r): Conference of Presidents Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein, Consul General Asaf Shariv, Israel Bonds President & CEO Joshua Matza, Conference of Presidents Past Chairman James Tisch, Deputy Consul General Benjamin Krasna and Conference of Presidents Chairman Alan Solow.
The Conference of Presidents and Israel Bonds honored Ambassador Gabriela Shalev, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, Consul General of Israel Asaf Shariv, Ambassador Daniel Carmon, Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, and Deputy Consul General of Israel Benjamin Krasna on the completion of their tenures in New York and their imminent return to Israel. Pictured (l to r): Conference of Presidents Chairman Alan Solow, Ambassador Daniel Carmon, Ambassador Gabriela Shalev, Deputy Consul General Benjamin Krasna, Consul General Asaf Shariv and Conference of Presidents Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein.
New York, July 15, 2010 … At a tribute reception yesterday for outgoing Israeli UN Ambassador Gabriela Shalev and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Daniel Carmon as well as Consul General of Israel Asaf Shariv and Deputy Consul General of Israel Benjamin Krasna hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and Israel Bonds, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice reaffirmed the “essential truth” about the special relationship and the unbreakable bond shared by the U.S. and Israel. “The U.S. remains firmly and fully committed to peace and the security of the state of Israel. That commitment spans generations and political parties. It is not negotiable and never will be,” Ambassador Rice said, adding that the U.S. will continue its efforts to “combat all international attempts to challenge the legitimacy of Israel including, and especially, at the UN.”
The Conference of Presidents and Israel Bonds honored the Israeli diplomats on the completion of their tenures in New York and their imminent return to Israel. The reception was held at the Prime Grill Restaurant in Manhattan and was chaired by Conference of Presidents Chairman Alan Solow with greetings provided by Joshua Matza, President and CEO of Israel Bonds.
Many dignitaries attended the meeting and provided tributes to the outgoing Israeli representatives, including New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch and Dr. Jamal Benomar, Chef de Cabinet of the UN General Assembly, as well as French Ambassador to the UN Gerard Araud and Consul General of Germany Dr. Horst Freitag. Ambassadors and Consuls General from many countries joined in the tribute.
Ambassador Shalev and Ambassador Carmon addressed the challenges that Israel faces at the UN and the strong friendship and support Israel enjoys with the U.S. While Ambassador Carmon noted that there is “no better reflection of the challenges that Israel faces than at the UN,” Ambassador Shalev stated that the strong bond between Israel and the U.S. was “greatly enhanced” by Ambassador Susan Rice, whose resolve and leadership led the effort to pass the sanctions against Iran at the UN. “Many obstacles confront Israel in the global arena,” said Ambassador Shalev, but “no other nation supports our right to exist and our right to self defense as does the U.S.”
Consul General Asaf Shariv and Deputy Consul General Benjamin Krasna spoke of the experiences they gained during their tenure in New York and the importance of the American Jewish community to Israel. Ambassador Shariv noted the dedication of the Conference of Presidents and Israel Bonds to the State of Israel and the impact of the relationship with Ambassadors Shalev and Carmon. Deputy Consul General Krasna added that so much of the relationship between the U.S. and Israel is due to the work of the American Jewish community. “The success and vitality and prosperity of the American Jewish community is a strategic asset and a strategic interest that we remain committed to working with,” he said.
In closing the reception, Conference of Presidents Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein also paid tribute to the outgoing Israel dignitaries, commenting that their service to the Jewish people and the Jewish state made all of the honorees “people of words because they are people of deeds,” noting the Biblical references of Moses.
Photos courtesy of Chloe Seldman/Michael Priest Photography
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Arab League Backs Palestinian Refusal to Immediately Restart Direct Talks with Israel
Arab nations on Thursday backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to immediately restart direct talks with Israel despite heavy pressure from the U.S. While Arab foreign ministers endorsed the idea of direct talks, Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani of Qatar said they left the timing up to Abbas, who has laid down several conditions. On Thursday, Abbas said he would require written assurances either from Israel or the Americans on borders and settlements to start the direct talks.
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"We can't want this more than the parties want it." Through two U.S. administrations, this has been a constant refrain from U.S. officials discussing peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Yet wanting it more than the parties may be exactly where the Obama Administration finds itself Thursday after the Arab League endorsed PA President Mahmoud Abbas' preconditions for entering direct talks with the Israelis. Despite strenuous U.S. efforts to cajole him into unconditional direct talks, the Palestinian leader is insisting on written guarantees that Israel will halt all settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and that the basis of a peace agreement to be negotiated at such talks will be Israel's borders from before the 1967 war. (TIME)
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Mahmoud Abbas is expected to bow to U.S. pressure by agreeing to hold direct peace talks with Israel within weeks, according to Western officials. Despite publicly insisting that he has no interest in face-to-face negotiations unless Israel agrees to a raft of demands, Abbas is preparing the ground for what could be the resumption of direct talks after over 18 months of stalemate, handing President Obama a foreign policy success ahead of midterm elections in the U.S. this November. Western officials, as well as a number of independent observers, believe Abbas will reverse his opposition to direct negotiations in early September.
"What Abbas is saying in public is not necessarily what he is saying in private," a European diplomat said.
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Rocket from Gaza Hits Israeli City
Gaza militants fired a Grad rocket into the Israeli city of Ashkelon on Friday.
The city, with a population of 122,000 located 11 miles north of Gaza, was a regular target for Palestinian militants before Israel's Gaza offensive last year. Since then, Ashkelon has largely been quiet although some rocket and mortar fire from Gaza has continued close to the border.
(AP-Washington Post)
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The Grad rocket was fired from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. Eight people suffered shock. Two empty floors of an apartment building and several cars sustained damage. Many windows were shattered. Police dispatched to the rocket's landing site urged the residents to stay in their homes for fear of additional rockets. Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin said that "this is a very serious incident, the worst since Operation Cast Lead (the 2009 Gaza operation). There is no doubt that such a hit inside the city is an escalation." (Ynet News)
Gaza Friday Sermon on Hamas TV: Muslims Should Wage Jihad to Liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Filth of the Jews
A Gaza Friday sermon, aired on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV on July 16:
"Dearly beloved, the Al-Aqsa Mosque [in Jerusalem] is subjected to a vicious campaign of Judaization and defilement, at the hands of the filthiest creatures made by Allah - the Jews....Today, we see the brothers of apes and pigs destroying homes with their occupants still in them, uprooting trees from their land, and killing women, children, and the elderly."
"Our people will never relinquish the Al-Aqsa Mosque or Palestine. We will redeem it with our souls, with our blood, with our sons...until this holy land is purified from the filth of the Jews."
"When an enemy invades a Muslim country, Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Muslim man and woman. A son should set out on Jihad even without the permission of his father, a wife should set out even without the permission of her husband." (MEMRI)
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