World Renewed Support from page 32 strength of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which pushes for such statements. Emphasizing Palestinian respon- sibility for the impasse is likely to remain the standard for pro-Israel members on Capitol Hill given the resumption last week of rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Israel's south and the bombing at a Jerusalem bus stop. Within hours of the bombing, AIPAC circulated a fundraising letter telling potential donors that "with a special contribution of $50, $100, $250:' they could help the lobby shepherd more than $3 bil- lion in promised defense assistance to Israel through Congress. The letter cited the Jerusalem bomb- ing and other attacks and said, "Anything less than a full commit- ment to Israel's security would send the wrong message at this critical time' AIPAC later apologized for issu- ing a fundraising appeal citing the terrorist attack just hours after the bombing. Soon after, Congress members close to AIPAC were issuing state- ments backing full funding for Israel, despite across-the-board U.S. budget cuts. "Israel remains under siege by extremist elements',' said a state- ment from the office of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the chair- woman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "Violence against Israel perpetrated by extremist groups is relentless and illustrates the need for the U.S. to continue to provide robust security assistance to our key ally" Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the House majority leader, directly linked the attacks to Palestinian incitement. "We must use the recent attacks to address the root cause of this violence: anti-Israel incitement in Palestinian mosques, schools and media — and the blanket refusal on the part of the Palestinians to accept Israel's right to exist that it has created;' he said. — Israel May Cancel Argentinian's Visit Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel may cancel a visit by Argentina's foreign minister after a report that the South American country told Iran it would stop investigating two bombings of Jewish tar- gets in exchange for better trade relations. Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is scheduled to visit Israel next week. Israeli Foreign Ministry officials are wait- ing for a response from their Argentinian counterparts on the veracity of a report in a weekly Argentinian newspa- Hector per before deciding how to Timerman handle the visit, according to Israeli news reports. Timerman, who is Jewish, made the offer during a visit to Syria in January, Perfil reported over the weekend. According to Perfil, Argentina was hoping the deal would lead to more trade with Iran, which is currently estimated at $1.2 billion a year. Under the reported deal, which is based on a FEDERATION'S WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT 2011/2012 SLATE classified Iranian document, Argentina would drop its investigations into the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, which killed 29 and injured 242, and the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed and more than 300 injured. Iran is accused of being behind the attacks. Bank Leumi Settles On Payout On Shoah Jerusalem (JTA) — Bank Leumi has agreed to pay nearly $37 million to the heirs of Holocaust victims and to projects that help Israeli survivors. The Israeli bank reached a settlement Sunday with Hashava-The Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims' Assets, a com- pany started by the Israeli government in 2006. The agreement, worked out through arbitra- tion, falls short of Hashava's nearly $85 million lawsuit filed against the bank in 2009 attempting to recover money deposited in more than 3,500 bank accounts in the then-Anglo-Palestine Bank before World War II by Jews who died in the Holocaust. Hashava has asked two other Israeli banks, Mizrahi Tefahot and Mercantile, to return Holocaust victims' money deposited with them. IC Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT The Women's Department of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is proud to announce its Slate of Officers and Board members who will be elected and installed at the 65th Annual Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 9:15 a.m. at the Jewish Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris Building, 15110 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park, MI. All women in the community are invited to attend. Please call the Women's Department at 248-642-4260, ext. 202, for additional information. 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