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November 5 2009

Stan Kaplowitz, Allan Gale and Marc Weinbaum

Israel Spotlight
More than 50 members of the Greater Lansing Jewish community gathered Nov.
1 to hear a panel discussion on the Israeli settlement issue. Marc Weinbaum,
past president of the Michigan division of the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, and Allan Gale, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations
Council of Metropolitan Detroit, served as panelists and answered audience
questions. The program was moderated by Michigan State University Professor
Stan Kaplowitz and supported with funds from the Ravitz Initiative for Small
Jewish Communities of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

Rabin Memorials Held
Jerusalem/JTA
Israel is marking the
14th anniversary of the assassination of
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Even as memorial services were held
Oct. 29, the Hebrew
date of the murder, at
schools and institu-
tions throughout the
country, some right-
wing activists called
on students and
citizens to shim the
commemorations.
Yitzhak Rabin
Memory tents
were erected in sites across Israel and
included an exhibit on the right-wing
incitement against Rabin in the weeks
leading up to his assassination, Ha'aretz
reported.
The memorials began the evening of
Oct. 28 with a memorial ceremony held
at the Israeli president's residence in
Jerusalem.
"Fourteen years ago the banner that
was waving in the square read 'Yes to
peace, no to violence: The years have
passed and the Israeli society is still
dealing with serious violence,' the slain
prime minister's daughter, Dalia Rabin,
said at the Oct. 28 evening ceremony.
The annual state memorial was held
Thursday afternoon at Mount Herzl in
Jerusalem and was followed by a special
Knesset session to remember the slain
prime minister. Right-wing lawmaker
Michael Ben-Ari of the National Union
Party said Wednesday he would boycott
the Knesset session.
Right-wing activists in Jerusalem
handed out fliers calling on students to
boycott the ceremonies. The fliers con-
demn the assassination, but decry "the
memory and immortalization of Rabin's
legacy,' Ha'aretz reported.
Israeli President Shimon Peres said

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of Rabin at Thursday's state memorial,
"Yitzhak was required to deal with two
situations: Consolidating the nation
with war and leading it, with divided
opinions, onto a path of peace. In both
situations, Yitzhak directed his gaze at
the truth. He didn't seek fake honor. He
didn't hide facts. He didn't deceive and
he didn't collapse'
Meanwhile, President Obama sent
a videotaped message to Israel to be
aired Saturday night at the annual
main memorial ceremony for Rabin in
Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. The message,
requested by Dalia Rabin, will remind
Israelis of the need to continue the peace
process in memory of her slain father,
Ha'aretz reported.

Answering
Israel's Critics

The Charge
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
has repeatedly compared Israel to
the Nazis and accused the Jewish
State of engaging in genocide
against Arabs. He has been quoted
as stating that Jews crucified Jesus
and claiming that they squander
the world's wealth.

The Answer
Chavez, along with Iran's
Ahmadinejad, are the two most
prominent national leaders who
are openly anti-Semitic and anti-
Israel. There is little support or
legitimacy in the civilized world
for their views.

- Allan Gale, Jewish Community

Relations Council

of Metropolitan Detroit

0 November 5, 2009 Jewish Renaissance Media