Welcome to CIPAC!
If you are going to be in the D.C. area please plan to attend this vital briefing as well as encourage your Senators and Congressman to attend, in the Gold Room, Rayburn House Office Building, this Thursday, January 26 at 11 a.m.
I look forward to seeing you all there!
And please don’t forget to go to www.mercl.org to make a tax-exempt contribution to MERCL so that we can help educate and motivate the Congress concerning vital US interests in Israel and the Middle East.
Many thanks for your interest in and support for our unique endeavors,
Gratefully,
Richard A. Hellman, President
Middle East Research Center, Ltd.
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INVITATION
Audiovisual Briefing: UNRWA Palestinian Arab Refugee Camp Schools
Date: January 26th, 2012 at 11:00 AMRoom 2168, the Gold Room, Rayburn House Office BuildingDiscussant: Dr. Arnon Groiss,* named in 2009 by the United States State Department to sit on the advisory council of a comprehensive study of incitement in Middle East textbooks. This study has been commissioned by the Council for Religious Institutions in the Holy Land, an interfaith association of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leadersSubject: “Teaching the Right of Return in the UNRWA Arab Refugee Schools
PLEASE RSVP TO:
Devorah Goldsmith
Adminstrative Asst.
Center for Near East Policy Research
215 240 4919
*Dr. Arnon Groiss works as a senior journalist for the Israel Broadcasting Authority’s Arabic Radio (since 1973) and has completed his Masters and Doctorate degrees at Princeton University’s Dept. of Near Eastern Studies. He also has a Masters degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. From 2000 until 2010, Groiss conducted research of school textbooks for almost all Middle Eastern nations and authored reports submitted to the US Congress, European Parliament and UNESCO, published under the auspices of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education. http://www.impact-se.org
Netanyahu: “World Silent on Threats to Destroy Israel” PM’s
Remarks to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
PM Binyamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took advantage of a special plenary meeting to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day to address the threats to Israel’s existence.
“70 years after the Holocaust, much of the world remains silent in the face of Iran’s declared intent to wipe Israel off the earth,” Netanyahu said.
“Much of the world are silent in the face of calls by Hizbullah for the destruction of Israel, and its continued murderous activities. Many remain silent in the face of calls by Hamas to kill Jews wherever they are.
“These are days when most of the governments of the world remain silent in the face of cries of Palestinian Muftis to kill Jews wherever they are. Where is the condemnation of the Mufti? Not the Mufti of history, but the Mufti of today?
International Holocaust Remembrance Day should be the day the world stands behind the words ‘never again,’” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu added, “This is a day when the world should unite against weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of dark regimes, led by the Ayatollah and his regime in Iran. I send greetings to leaders of Europe and praise them for the important step of taking sanctions against Iran.”
He also singled out key Iranian oil consumers who have thus far refused to participate in sanctions against Iran and kept Tehran’s oil exports from floundering.
“It is important that other countries around the world will join this action. I mean China, Japan, India, and South Korea. Only a combination of crippling sanctions and a credible military threat on the table can force Iran to reconsider its nuclear program,” he added.
“We must ask ourselves whether we learned the lessons of the Holocaust. Can we take death threats seriously, or perhaps in this generation of Jews we do not see the danger before us? We can not stick our heads in the sand.
“The Iranian regime openly calls for Israel’s destruction, is planning the destruction of Israel, and is working daily to destroy Israel. The lesson says should spur the world to action,” Netanyahu said.
Iran has referred to Israel as “a one bomb state”
We are just back to Washington from beautiful Tulsa!
We enjoyed a wonderful New Year’s 2012 Meeting, seeing old friends and meeting new ones.
After recounting successes to date, Richard Hellman told delegates assembled from across America, Canada and the United Kingdom that the Christian pro-Israel lobby will redouble its efforts in 2012. A major effort will be to urge Congress to address the turbulence occurring throughout the Middle East and back Israel as never before.
CIPAC – MERCL New Year’s meet with Richard A. Hellman, president and founder of CIPAC, Christians’ Israel Public Action Campaign and MERCL, Middle East Research Center Limited was a great success.
You can help us proclaim the vital, ordained strategy to fortify the US-Israel nexus now! Nowhere else will this be revealed! If you love Israel and America, and want to help save them, you won’t want to miss this meeting.
*Never has Israel been in greater peril than she faces today from the Axis of Genocide, i.e., Iran’s Islamist fanatics leading Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and parts of the PLO/PA’s leading Fatah party arrayed against her.
*No US administration in 50 years has been blinder to the security threats we face or less supportive of Israel than the Obama/Biden/Clinton team today.
The time is now to join CIPAC if you have not done so already – or renew your CIPAC membership and find another two – or make your biggest one-time tax-exempt MERCL gift or monthly plan you are able to do – all this can be done easily by clicking these links www.cipaconline.org or www.mercl.org and press the JOIN and DONATE bars.
Then forward this alert to everyone you know who loves Israel and America to enlist them in our mighty Campaign Against Genocide! We need more politically active pro-Israel warriors in every state and every congressional district & before long the Force Seven Million Strong!
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MORE FALLOUT FOR UNESCO!
Facing budget crunch, UNESCO suspends all spending
By REUTERS
- UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon
United Nations’ cultural agency has temporarily suspended new programs in response to the United States’ decision to cut off funding after UNESCO granted the Palestinians membership, the agency said on Thursday.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova told the UNESCO General Conference in Paris the move was because of a $65 million hole in the agency’s 2011 budget created by the loss of US funds.
UN organization’s director-general says “we will have to take radical steps,” after US cuts funding in response to Palestinian membership.
The United Nations’ cultural agency has temporarily suspended new programs in response to the United States’ decision to cut off funding after UNESCO granted the Palestinians membership, the agency said on Thursday.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova told the UNESCO General Conference in Paris the move was because of a $65 million hole in the agency’s 2011 budget created by the loss of US funds.
“We have to take radical steps and we have to take them now,” Bokova told the conference in Paris on Wednesday, according to the text of her speech made public on Thursday.
US legislation prohibits funding for any UN agency that grants full membership to any group that is not internationally recognized as a state.
For the coming year, the absence of US funding meant UNESCO was facing a $143 million shortfall, Bokova said, adding the agency would prioritize its activities and reduce operating expenses further if needed.
US President Barack Obama is talking to members of Congress about funding for UNESCO, but faces fierce opposition in an era of tight budgets, especially from Republican lawmakers.
Call your Members of Congress today. Tell them not to let the White House coerce them into breaking US law in order to fund UNESCO. Don’t help them undo the positive results that have come of defunding UNESCO. Read more below.
MORE UN FALLOUT…
PA UNLIKELY TO ASK FOR FULL UN MEMBERSHIP
Abu Toameh and Tovah Lazaroff
- Abbas’ Dilemma
The Palestinian Authority failed in its bid for full UN membership, its officials have admitted. They said they were now unlikely to call for a vote on the matter in the Security Council.
This would give the Palestinians de facto international recognition as a state, even if it does not bestow upon them full-state rights in the international arena.
“Our plan now is to take the battle to the UN General Assembly, where we are certain to score victory. This will allow us access to many important UN agencies and organizations, including the International Criminal Court,” a PA official told The Jerusalem Post.
He spoke a day after a Security Council subcommittee draft report was leaked to Reuters. It showed the PA had only eight of the nine votes it needed for its UN membership bid to pass the Security Council, on which 15 nations sit.
The subcommittee is expected to submit its report to the Security Council on Friday.
Council diplomats have said Russia, China, Brazil, India, Lebanon, South Africa, Gabon and Nigeria support the Palestinian bid. The US opposes it.
It is expected that Britain, France, Colombia, Germany, Portugal and Bosnia would abstain.
The US, one of five council members with veto power, has promised to veto the measure should it pass the council. But initially Palestinians pushed forward anyway. They had hoped to show that the US was isolated among the Western powers in support of Israel and to prove they had international support by gaining the nine votes to approve the bid.
We need to keep the pressure on the Administration to prevent the General Assembly or more UN agencies from supp0rting a Palestinian state outside negotiations.
We have the momentum at last…do not let up…continue to let your Members of Congress and the Administration know that you oppose any further attempts at an “end run around negotiations” by seeking recognition from the GA and/or other UN agencies.
BREAKING NEWS!!
Cutting funds from enemies of Israel works!
Read below to see just how quickly the pulling of all funding for UNESCO by the US and Canada has caused a 180 degree shift in the UN’s stance toward the Palestinian attempt to avoid negotiations with Israel in favor of “back door” recognition by the UN.
Now that the powers in Washington can see the positive results of defunding perpetrators of actions which undermine the Peace Process, we must do all we can to convince them that we must apply the same method to other entities, such as the Palestinian Authority and various Arab states.
At this time of budget shortfalls and growing deficits here at home, our aid dollars should go to those nations and entities which support us and our allies, not those who use our own tax dollars to conspire against us and our allies.
Write the White House, your Members of Congress, the Media and tell them to “Cut Funding to any UN agency or other entity which seeks to support enemies of the US and Israel.
Ban ki-Moon Has Warned the PA Not to Seek UN Membership
After UNESCO’s vote to accept the PA as a member state, leading to US and Canada pulling all funding for UNESCO, UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon is having serious second thoughts.
In a surprising move, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that the Palestinian Authority should not pursue its plan to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations. Now that the PA has been accepted into UNESCO, the Authority’s leadership should be satisfied with that achievement. Anything beyond that, Ban said, will “not be beneficial for Palestine and not be beneficial for anybody.”
Ban, speaking before a meeting of the G20 industrialized nations in Paris, specified the reason for his outspoken remarks; the financial hit the U.N. took when UNESCO approved the PA’s membership. The U.S. and Canada have cut off funds to the organization, instantly lowering its operating budget by nearly 30%.
No other countries have stepped up to fill in the financial gap – and Ban, the observers said, has gotten an unpleasant reminder of how important the United States is to the international organization. The U.S. had been set to forward $64 million to UNESCO next month, but that money will no longer be forthcoming, as a result of Washington’s cutoff of funds.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Israel would also halt its contributions to UNESCO. Israel had funded the international organization with about $2 million annually.
Ban said that any further efforts by the PA to ensconce itself in U.N. organizations as a vehicle to achieve international recognition of the state it seeks to establish in Judea, Samaria, and most of Jerusalem, “could impact the lives of millions of people, who will no longer receive funding for their needs and will suffer because of the actions of the Palestinians.”
Several days ago, a spokesperson for the PA, praising UNESCO for accepting the Authority’s bid to join the organization, said that the PA intended to join an additional 16 organizations.
Among the groups where the PA plans to file for membership are the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, and a host of others. If the PA does apply and is accepted – a very likely scenario, since the Authority is practically guaranteed all the votes of the third world and developing countries that make up the vast majority of these groups – the U.S. has said that it will halt funding for them as well.
There was no official response to Ban’s remarks Thursday, but observers in Israel said that what surprised them was the speed with which Ban changed his position.
“This is a man who has encouraged the Palestinians with all their wildest political plans until now, and because his organization is going to miss out on some money, he has thrown away all the high-sounding principles he espoused when he was able to freely spend American money any way he wanted,” said one Israeli source. “It’s perhaps not surprising that he would say this, as he needs to worry about the organization, but so quickly? Could he not try to line up other donors to cover the American shortfall?”
The Unity Coalition for Israel along with Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) sponsored a Briefing
by an International Legal Authority and a Security Policy Expert.
“Israel’s Rightful Claims in the Middle East And the Threats We Face Together”
Wednesday September 14, 2011, Dr. Jacques P. Gauthier addressed Israel’s Legal Claims to Jerusalem at an outstanding briefing on Capitol Hill. He presented indisputable evidence based on International law and the numerous Treaties and Mandates which have time and again since the late 19th century reiterated the Jewish right, title and jurisdiction over all of Jerusalem as well as Judea and Samaria and Gaza.
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. also addressed the attendees on Pursuing a Foreign Policy that Supports our Ally, Israel. Mr. Gaffney helped interpret the dangerous changes sweeping the Middle East not only as they affect Israel but their dangerous consequences for the safety of America as well.
Dr. Jacques P. Gauthier is a brilliant scholar and riveting spokesman. His 1300 page dissertation analyzes Israel’s internationally recognized legal rights to a Jewish homeland. He will present pertinent historical facts, which are foundational in understanding the international legal rights of the Jewish people and the state of Israel in respect to the city of Jerusalem.
Frank J. Gaffney Jr., is the Founder and President of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. and also hosts Secure Freedom Radio, a nationally-syndicated radio program. In April 1987, Mr. Gaffney was nominated by President Reagan to become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy. He will speak on security concerns of America in the war on terror, especially as they relate to our most important ally in the Middle East, Israel.
ISRAELI KNESSET LEADER ELDAD’S PRESENTATION ON HILL AMID EGYPT-ISRAEL TENSION A HUGE SUCCESS!!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Christians’ Israel Public Action Campaign (CIPAC) hosted Israeli Defense Forces General and Knesset member, Dr. Arieh Eldad, on Capitol Hill, September 8th as he addressed key members and staff of Congress on topic:
Security Interests of the U.S. and Israel in The Middle East: An Insider Briefing.
Dr. Arieh Eldad was elected to the Israeli Knesset in 2003. He was chairman of the Ethics Committee and has served on numerous committees, including the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee. He is the leader of Israel’s National Union Party.
Dr. Eldad studied medicine at Tel Aviv University and from 1976 to 1979 served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps. He served as Chief Medical Officer in the IDF with the rank of Brigadier General from 1997 to 2000. After leaving active military service, he served as director of the plastic surgery unit at Hadassah Ein-Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem from 2000 to 2003. He continues to volunteer his renowned medical skills in reconstructive surgery in Israel and in foreign relief missions.
“The security interests of the United States and our proven ally, Israel, are inextricably linked. The numerous Members of Congress and their aides who attended surely will benefit from Dr. Eldad’s factual and timely presentation,” commented CIPAC president, Richard Hellman.
Talk at Capital Hill Club for the DC Young Republicans was Well Attended and Received!
See a few of the pictures below for the night’s highlights!
- Richard focused his talk on the “Sword of Damascus”
- Richard speaks with YR’s Executive Vice Chair Dave McCormack
- Richard after his successful talk, meets with some of the top leaders of the DC YRMr. Hellman focused his talk on the “Sword of Damascus”
JULY 30TH MEET A SUCCESS!!
Go to “July 30th 2011 Tulsa Recap!!” under the ‘Breaking News’ heading above, for further information and video segments from Mr. Hellman’s excellent talk.
CIPAC President Richard A. Hellman warns of the “Perfect Dictator and Brutal Thug” Bashir al-Assad in Syria, who threatens his own people and is developing nuclear weapons against U.N. regulations.
- CIPAC President Richard Hellman addresses CIPAC members and MERCL donors at the July 30th Meet in Tulsa, OK
- OK State Director Terry Mosley and wife Jan
- Terry Mosley talks about membership and donations to the non-profit MERCL and lobbying group CIPAC
- Mr. Rich Tuttle, CA State Director
- Laurice Brown, WA State Director
- NM State Director George Emerson and wife Betty
TRIBUTE TO HERB ZWEIBON
Upon hearing the sad news of our good friend Herb Zweibon’s passing, Miriam and I left for New York to attend the funeral. As we helped console Sheila, his sons, family and friends, I recalled Herb as a unique friend and mentor. An amazing source of wisdom and counsel, he guided us to the best Israeli leaders and thinkers, starting with Shmuel Katz, author of Battleground, the Hollow Peace and other books we still distribute. Mookie, a friend and counselor who, when I was forming CIPAC, grounded me in such basic issues as what it meant to be a good Jew and a Zionist, was happy to brief our missions to Israel, even in his last days when it was hard for him. Although I was recruited as an AFSI board member earlier upon my return from consulting in Israel, my first key memory of Herb was when, on a day’s notice, he had his staff ask me to pack an extra bag, as I was coming to NYC the next day to speak at the AFSI Conference, so I could go on to Geneva to head a truth squad to expose Yassir Arafat’s lies at the December, 1988 UN General Assembly meeting. This was typical of General Herb’s bold, proactive initiatives. My report of our success, “the Geneva Testimony”, led to creation of CIPAC – still the only registered Christian pro-Israel lobby 21 years later. Herb never failed to inspire, support and partner with us Christians as, e.g.when he and I brought leaders of 20 pro-Israel groups, from AFSI, CBN and ICEJ to ZOA,to the White House July 30, 2001, where I read a letter we all signed to thank the President for waiting until the parties were ready to talk peace, for not inviting Arafat to visit – as Clinton had done often, and for promising to put our embassy in Jerusalem first thing (though we were too quick to praise Bush who was about to announce a 2-state ( i.e., destroy Israel)plan 6 weeks later - on 9/11 – when Al Quada suddenly changed the agenda ABS delayed the plan and never kept his embassy promise), With Herb’s help, we held Israel Advocacy Days on Capitol Hill each year, led Israel missions to support settlers and opposed any withdrawals, We were honored to co-host exhibitions at the Christian Coalition’s Road to Victory conferences and later the CPAC conventions in Washington, actions that typified Herb’s outreach to Christians. I was happy to sign on to newspaper ads with him, including a full page he bought in the Jerusalem Post for the day President Bush was to arrive in Israel, quoting Scripture granting Jacob and his descendants title to the Land.
A fighter who boxed in school and in the military, Herb never started scraps but knew Israel could not retreat before aggressors and that peace comes through strength, not appeasement.
Despite his achievements, Herb remained humble, friendly and approachable. He took time to greet and help all he met, including especially children, for whom he always had time and to whom his infectious humor appealed greatly. His wonderful tall story of the all-chocolate room in his house excited my granddaughter, who will never forget him.
Herb Zweibon was the most courageous and principled leader in the pro-Israel community. He already is sorely missed, but his legacy lives on in all of us who learned from him never to give up on such solid core principles as the Jewish right to all of Jerusalem and historic Israel, even in the face of worldwide opposition, and to oppose UN resolutions that contravene Israel’s clear historic, legal and moral rights to settle all of the Land closely. We owe him more than words can say.
For these reasons and more we are dedicating our upcoming Israel Advocacy Days March 15-17 on Capitol Hill to Herb’s memory. To attend and help us advance Israel’s core interests, go to www.cipaconline.org and tell us you are coming. To give tax-free go to www.mercl.org and give generously as Herb often did, to help us bring pro-Israel forces from every state, and provide kosher refreshments. We intend especially to urge on such strong House and Senate leaders as House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to decisive, game-changing legislative, appropriations and oversight actions. This will check and correct the administration’s misdeeds and wasted opportunities. In short we intend to execute the action plan for which Herb laid the factual basis in many years of Outpost articles. You and I are the only ones who are going to take this detailed plea for action to the People’s House, the last, best hope on Earth for Israel and America – before it is too late.
Richard A. Hellman.
President
CIPAC, the Christians’ Israel Public Action Campaign
- Richard Hellman addresses CIPAC leaders and members at 2011 New Year’s Meeting in Tulsa, OK
- CIPAC President Richard Hellman speaks to new prospect at New Year’s Event, as other leaders look on. L-R: Terry Mosley, OK chair, Hellman, Rich Tuttle, CA chair, Tim Woodhead, CIPAC piper, and Emerson George, Four Corners district chair (AZ, NM, CO, NV, UT)
- L-R : Rich Tuttle, CA chair, Charles T. Brown III, MD chair, Tim Woodhead, Piper, and Emerson George, Greater Four Corners chair, CIPAC New Year’s Event, Tulsa
GET INVOLVED
For over 20 years, Richard A. Hellman has been the voice of CIPAC on Capitol Hill. He is well respected among members of Congress with regard to policies and legislation that support sound positions aimed at creating a strong U. S. – Israel relationship. His personal knowledge of the Middle East strengthens his influence for the positions CIPAC advocates across America. He is a uniting force, bringing Jews and Christians together to resist unwise policies advocated by other organizations.
The strength and influence of CIPAC, however, rests in the grassroots citizen advocates across America and throughout the world. Christians and Jews united in the promise of God concerning the land of Israel and the Jewish people. You may not be able to walk the halls of Congress every day, but your voice can be heard!
Become a CIPAC member, donate to MERCL, and take action daily on current issues before Congress through CIPAC’s website or by writing, calling, or faxing your elected officials. Send policymakers the message that U. S. support for Israel is not only in America’s best interest, it also is a Christian privilege and responsibility. Contact CIPAC: RAHellman@cipaconline.org
