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Date: June 20, 2007 10:44:36 PM PDT
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Subject: Snapshots: World Zionist Congress, 30 Years Ago and Today
(Nixon and Bush)
http://savage-comedy.com/_World_Zionist_Organisation
As of 2006, the WZO is still holding a semiregular World Zionist
Congress, based on the same structure it has had for a century.
However, support for the [organization] is waning. Below is a quote
from a speech given that year by Ismar Schorsch, then chancellor of
the Jewish Theological Seminary.
"This week I will leave for Israel to attend the World Zionist
Congress along with 37 other delegates from MERCAZ, the official
Zionist party of [conservative Jews] in the United States ...
Zionism is alive and well, but the World Zionist Organization died
a long time ago. In Jewish life we simply can't muster the
political will to dismantle organizational structures designed for
a specific purpose after they have been crowned with success.
"The recent elections in America for the World Zionist Congress
prove my point incontrovertibly. Only 150,000 Jews registered to
vote and no more than 110,000 of them actually saw fit to vote.
Surely more than 2% of American Jewry is devoted to the cause of
Zionism! [Yes, but] the existing organizational structure, a relic
of the heyday of the pre-state Zionist movement, is no longer
adequate to give expression to the nature and expanse of Zionist
sentiment in America ..."
The 35th World Zionist Congress was held in June, 2006. The
largest faction in the World Zionist Congress at present is a
coalition consisting of Kadima, Labour-Meretz, Mercaz (representing
Conservative Judaism) and ARZA (Representing Reform Judaism).
Zeev Bielski** of Kadima was re-elected WZO Chairman. The next
Congress is scheduled for 2010.
http://www.ujc.org/page.html?ArticleID=110150
Bielski’s election followed a tense showdown last week at the World
Zionist Organization. The unusually heated election was between
Bielski, the prime minister’s candidate, and former Cabinet
minister Natan Sharansky, the World Likud candidate.
The Jewish Agency and the government are supposed to work hand in
hand, and the prime minister in past years has selected a candidate
approved by his party. This year, however, Ariel Sharon was accused
of undermining the democratic process by choosing Bielski without
the party’s consent.
Observers say the real issue was political: Bielski is a supporter
of the government’s plan to evacuate settlements in the Gaza Strip
and West Bank, while Sharansky is a vocal opponent of it.
http://chicagojewishnews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22
"JEWS HAVE NO FUTURE IN AMERICA"
"Zeev Bielski is the chairman of the Jewish Agency. Meaning he's
the guy in charge of spending hundreds of millions of dollars that
gets raised for Israel each year in the United States. Meaning one
might think he would have some gratitude for all American Jews give
to Israel. Indeed, when he was appointed to his job not that long
ago, American Jewish leaders were ecstatic precisely because they
believed he was one Israeli official who understood and respected
American Jewry.
"Well, guess again. For what our good friend Zeev Bielski had to
say recently was that Jews have no future in America and should all
move to Israel. 'One day American Jews will realize they have no
future as Jews in the U.S. due to assimilation and intermarriage
[with gentiles].'"
The scary thing is if even someone like Bielski, whose job it is to
connect with Diaspora Jewry, is so contemptuous of us, imagine the
ignorance of Israeli leaders who have no contact with us.
Especially since they don't even try. We know that, thanks to
Daniel Ayalon, who is about to go back home after serving as Israel
ambassador to the United States the last four years.
Here's what Israel's man in this country had to say in a farewell
interview. "We take the Jewish community for granted."
Nice, really nice. He did add, as he's walking out the door, "which
is a mistake."
Indeed, it is. But the reality is as he said it is. Israel takes us
for granted. Assumes we will always support it, send it dough, do
what it asks us.
And the truth is we will. Which is why it is so hurtful,
considering how much we do for it, how much we care for it, how
much we give to it, that Zeev Bielski says what he says. On the one
hand, we are so good to Israel they don't feel the need to even try
with us, says Ayalon. On the other hand, we have no future, says
Bielski.
This is important stuff because the fact is that young American
Jews, the next generation of American Jewish leaders do not feel
about Israel like my generation does or my father's generation did.
For my father's generation, born before 1948, Israel is a miracle,
beyond words. For my generation, born after 1948 but not that much
after, Israel is a dream. But for today's generation, Israel is
another country.
Meaning Israel very soon will have to start earning the support of
American Jews, won't be able to just take it for granted. Won't be
able to keep getting from us even when it insults and demeans us.
What Ayalon had to say, what Bielski had to say shows that even
Israel's top guys, even the ones whose job it is to know us best,
have no understanding of that and are doing nothing about that.
Scary because Israel needs us, more than ever. As Jerusalem Post
editor David Horovitz put it, Israel needs us to "champion Israel's
cause among opinion shapers and decision makers in the world's sole
superpower; to win over politicians and to more widely explain the
challenges and concerns Israel has proved strategically incapable
of effectively articulating; as well as to directly bolster our
tourism industry, provide the philanthropy that ameliorates some of
our social inequities and much, much more." Which, he adds, is why
it is so foolish for Israeli leaders to attack "the one robust
Diaspora Jewry with the desire and the capacity not only to
steadfastly stand with Israel but to substantively advance its
interests."
Indeed, Horovitz notes that instead of dumping all over American
Jewry, Israel would do well to focus on what's going on in its own
country.
The exact thought I've been having lately, considering that, at
this very moment, we have the president of Israel about to be
brought up on rape charges. And the prime minister of Israel being
investigated for financial improprities in getting his home as a
bribe. We have one chief rabbi of Israel accused of sexual
harrassment and the other chief rabbi excusing his son's physical
assault of his sister's boyfriend. We have an army chief of staff
who, having been told that two Israeli soldiers had been kidnapped
in a cross border raid by Hezbollah, got on the phone to his
stockbroker telling him to sell before the market went down on news
of war. We have a justice minister who had to quit for forcibly
sticking his tongue down a woman's throat and we have the new
deputy prime minister calling for apartheid in Israel.
What? I thought Israel was supposed to be a light unto the nations,
the place G-d gave His Chosen People, the holiest place on earth.
It ain't American Jewry that has lost its way.
Then there's the fact that the Israeli school system ranks among
the worst in the developed world, according to a new study.
What? I thought we were the people of the book, that education is
vital to us and that teaching our children is one of our most
sacred missions. It ain't American Jewry that has lost its way.
Then there's the fact that Israel decided against using a safe
variety of cluster bombs during the Hezbollah war for cost reasons.
Israel chose not to use more reliable Israeli made bombs but rather
US made ones, even though the U.S. ones had a high "dud" rate,
because they could be paid for out of U.S. defense grants and not
have to come out of the Israel's budget. A higher "dud" rate meant
the bombs posed more of a threat to civilians. And, in fact,
leftover U.S. cluster bombs dropped by Israel in Lebanon have
killed 14 people in Lebanon since hostilities ended and wounded
dozens more.
What? I thought the first mission of a government is to protect its
people and to put their safety above all else, especially in time
of war. And I thought that Judaism puts saving human lives above
all else, even budget considerations. It ain't American Jewry that
has lost its way.
And so, Zeev, yes, American Jewry may have problems and challenges,
but we're strong, proud, creative and we're here to stay.
Meanwhile, you might want to work on fixing some things in Israel.
Focus your efforts on making Israel a place we want to make aliyah
to, instead of trying to spook us into feeling America is a place
we have to run away from.
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Simcha Dinitz (1929 – 2003), one of Israel's greatest diplomats and
statesmen, was the Ambassador of Israel to the United States from
1973 to 1979. He also served as Director-General of the Prime
Minister's office and political advisor to Prime Minister Golda
Meir from 1969-1973.
Dinitz played a major role in coordinating the weapons shipments to
Israel received from the U.S. during the Yom Kippur War airlift in
1973, and was a member of the Israeli delegation during the Camp
David peace talks with Egypt. Dinitz is viewed as a national hero
for the nation saving relief he obtained for Israel during the 1973
crisis.
From 1987-1994, Dinitz served as Chairman of the Executive of the
World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel. During
his time in office, almost 1 million Jews (about 7% of the entire
Jewish population in the world) emigrated to Israel from the Soviet
Union ...
Dinitz received his diplomatic training at the Edmund A. Walsh
School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in the United
States where he obtained both bachelors and masters degrees.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/17/script.html
Interview: Simcha Dinitz, Israeli ambassador to U.S.A.
"In the Cold War contest between Russia and America in the Middle
East, Israel was an automatic ally of the West. After the Six Day
War, this automatic ally also became a strategic asset."
America became Israel's principal source of arms. In the occupied
territories, a million Arabs fell under Israeli rule. It was a
devastating blow to Arab morale. The Soviets counted the cost.
"Nixon said when the option was brought to him to send two or three
American planes, said 'Let's send a lot, because we are going to be
criticized anyhow and we will be criticized for whatever we do, for
one plane or two planes, as for 40 planes, so let's do it in an
effective way.'"
The airlift put the world's largest power publicly alongside
Israel. Now, it was Moscow's allies that faced defeat. Now the
Israelis crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt. Soon, most of the
Egyptian army would be stranded in the Sinai.
http://www.israelemb.org/bios/Speeches/Dany-Ayalon/da2004022500.htm
[Dinitz] told me that the United States is the only country from
which Israel can expect assistance when the chips are down. It was
as true then as it is today. He knew this not only in theory but
also in reality, as he served in one of the darkest times in
Israel's history during the 1973 Yom Kippur war.
The results of this war, the thin line between destruction and
victory, painful as it was, rested on the shoulders of Simcha
Dinitz. It was he who made the difference with his firm grasp of
the situation, his tenacity, his wisdom, and his warm relationship
with Dr. [Henry] Kissinger.
As Dr. Kissinger can attest, their relationship went beyond fellow
diplomats in a professional and formal sense. And it's a good
thing that the two were friends, given that Simcha had the task of
waking Dr. Kissinger up in the middle of the night so many times in
crisis situations. It is amazing though that this friendship
withstood all these wake up calls in the middle of the night.
During Simcha's time here as ambassador, our relationship with the
United States became one of the pillars of Israel's national
security. This special relationship is not only one of Simcha
Dinitz's accomplishments; it is also part of his legacy.
Friends Forever
Henry Kissinger
Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Winter, 1977), pp.
177-179
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