AFSI/Americans For A Safe Israel

RALLY WED, NOV 10 @ 10:00AM EST

IN FRONT OF ISRAELI CONSULTATE

800 2ND AVENUE (41ST – 42ND STREETS) NEW YORK CITY

ALL ARE URGED TO ATTEND! ENCOURAGE ISRAEL TO STAND STRONG!

Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI is holding a simultaneous rally with The Sovereignty Movement to oppose the Biden Administration’s dangerous intent to open a U.S. consulate for Palestinian Arabs in the heart of Jerusalem. The Israeli rallies, (this will be the third) organized by the Sovereignty movement, have gained the support of many organizations. Among the supporters are Israeli NGOs Im Tirtzu and Regavim, and ZOA in America.

“Establishing an American consulate for the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem is the de facto partition of the city and its transformation into the capital of Palestine,” said Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar from the Sovereignty Movement.

“Israeli society is a friend of the American people. This is not something that one does to friends. We call upon the American administration – if it is so urgent for you to open a special consulate for the Palestinians – open it in Ramallah, not in Jerusalem,” said Im Tirtzu CEO Matan Peleg.

Americans For A Safe Israel/AFSI stands firmly with our Israeli compatriots in opposing any attempt by the U.S. to legitimize an entity that supports terrorism, pays terrorists to kill Jews and denies the Holocaust. The opening of a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem denies its status as the eternal, unified capital of Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people. Opening this consulate does would not promote peace in any way and would only encourage the PA’s goal of eliminating Israel.

Thank you to Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) who led the effort and secured 200 U.S. House Republican signatures on a bill to oppose the opening of a Palestinian Consulate in Jerusalem. Zeldin stated that Biden’s intent “would be inconsistent” with the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995.

THE UNITED STATES MUST STOP PRESSURING ISRAEL.

ISRAEL HAS THE LEGAL AND SOVEREIGN RIGHT TO DETERMINE

THE STATUS OF ITS ETERNAL CAPITAL.

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The Sound of Silence Is Still A War On Jerusalem

When a war begins with an undulating siren, people are terrified, unite and mobilize to take up arms and stand firm in the face of the onslaught of the enemy. However, there are wars that begin with the sound of silence—wars that imperceptibly insinuate their way into people’s consciousness. While they are steeped in a lack of awareness, facts are established on the ground with no apparent resistance, without any rallying in defense of the homeland.

These days, Israel is in the midst of a war on Jerusalem. This is a war that is difficult to identify, as there is no shelling by tanks and cannons or bombing by planes. However, if we continue to close our eyes, we may awaken to a reality in which the heart of the Jewish people, its eternal capital, Jerusalem, is no longer in our hands, God forbid.

Does This Decision Mean A Better

Future for the Negev?

The Lapid-Bennett government on Wednesday approved the establishment of a new Bedouin city and three rural Bedouin settlements, the purpose of which is to gather the dispersed Bedouin who are squatting illegally around the Negev desert into permanent, regulated settlements.

The decision is the outcome of demands made by Ra’am during negotiations to join Naftali Bennett’s coalition. The Regavim movement said on Wednesday that the decision was reached despite heavy pressure from coalition partner Ra’am to change key elements of the plan.

The Islamist Ra’am party enjoys great support among Bedouin voters the Bedouin in the Negev are about 10% of Israeli Arabs. Despite the pressure from Ra’am, the wording of the proposed resolution is almost identical to the proposal promoted by the previous government headed by Netanyahu, Regavim pointed out. The agreed wording was formulated based on the work of Regavim staff in cooperation with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked’s office over the past few months.

Regavim CEO Meir Deutsch said, “…the government must prove that it intends to implement the move to the end, including the evacuation of the dispersed and the return of the land to the state – and not continue with the wrong policy of expanding the territories given to the Bedouin sector.”