Update

CAS Israel Advocacy Project 

Join us at our next meeting on Tuesday evening, December 6

at Agudath Sholom at 7:30 PM. 

Stay up to date at our new blog: cas-israel.blogspot.com/

 This week's Action Alert includes: 

• Speak to Sarkozy
• CT Lawyers for Israel Meeting
• Unesco Update 

Action Alert: 

Tell Sarkozy that you Stand With Israel As you've no doubt read, France's President Nicholas Sarkozy was overheard telling President Obama that he "cannot stand" Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu and that he believes the Israeli leader is a "liar." While national leaders do not always get along, these are unusually strong words. And they are deeply disturbing. Furthermore, these words raise the troubling possibility that President Sarkozy's personal animus has influenced French policy. In September, Prime Minister Netanyahu made a powerful defense of his nation and direct negotiations before the United Nations. Yet earlier this month, France ignored Netanyahu's plea and voted to admit "Palestine" as a full member of UNESCO. Could it be that the French dismissed Israel's powerful argument as lies? As Americans, we have no say in French policy. But France has an Ambassador here in Washington who is tasked with sharing American views with his government in Paris. Let's help him do his job! Click here to tell France's Ambassador that you stand with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israel! (add link) We stand with Israel. And we stand with Israel's democratically elected Prime Minister. As far as we're concerned, Prime Minister Netanyahu is one of the very few people telling the truth about Israel and the Middle East today. 

EVENT: "CT LAWYERS FOR ISRAEL"

SPEAKERS: Shlomi Kofman, Deputy Consul General, Israel Consulate, New York Stephen R. Greenwald; President, American Association of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists

WHEN: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 

TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Robinson & Cole, 1055 Washington Blvd., 10th Floor, Stamford, CT [Parking available] (Coffee and dessert)

MUST RSVP: By Wednesday, November 9th [ Space is limited]

Below is a link to an article describing the inception of the CT Lawyers For Israel meeting.Jewish Ledger Link

Please contact Norine: norine@krasnogor.com for further information and to RSVP to reserve a space.

Paris, UNESCO Headquarters - November 8th, 2011 - Update

In an hour-long meeting with UNESCO Director-General Bokova, U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO and Simon Wiesenthal Center officials expressed indignation at the vote endorsing 'Palestinian' membership into UNESCO. Also protested was the statement by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the United Nations General Assembly that the PA recognized only two religions in the Holy Land: Islam and Christianity. The delegation also insisted that UNESCO is obligated to demand of the new member, 'Palestine', to hold to the regulations of UNESCO in excising anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial from its school texts and newspapers. In the lead up to and following the vote admitting 'Palestine', Director-General Bokova received tens of thousands of petition protests from supporters around the world.