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From: AICE To: jeevacationgginail.com Subject: AICE Update: Do Palestinians Support the BDS Movement Against Israel? Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:17:17 +0000 JJ 11 . The American-Israeli Jewish Cooperative Enterprise Virtual 0444 214 °beat E-Newsletter March 7, 2016 IN THIS ISSUE Myths & Facts: Online Exclusive Myths & Facts: Exclusive Mitchell Bard in The Jerusalem Post Do Palestinian Support the Boycott, Divestment, and Fact of the Week Podcast Sanctions Movement Against Israel? March is Israel Women's History Month In an effort to delegitimize, isolate and ultimately destroy Israel, organizations around the world have L.:Myths Facts: called on universities, governments, labor unions 2012 and co-ops to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel (termed the BDS movement). Supporters claim that international pressure through the BDS movement will help the Palestinian people achieve THIS WEEK IN independence. However, BDS advocates do JEWISH HISTORY not support a Palestinian state coexisting beside Israel, do not help individual Palestinian businesses and do not represent the views of the Palestinian Israel's First Authority or even most Palestinians living in the Government Takes Office territories. (1949) Click Here to Continue Reading Ariel Sharon Elected Israel's 15th Prime Minister Mitchell Bard in The Jerusalem Post (2001) Mauritania Closes Time to Banish the 'A' Word Israeli Embassy (2009) The annual campus hate Pests that attempt to tar Israel with a comparison to the discriminatory policies of the old South African regime have come and gone. On most U.S. campuses, they didn't See More Jewish History Events cause a ripple. They've become as predictable and ineffective as the forecasts of Punxsutawney Phil. Events attracted members of the anti-Israel choir and few others and most were eclipsed by EFTA00702648 AICE PROJECTS "peace weeks" sponsored by pro-Israel groups. Much time and energy, however, was devoted to responding to the canard linking Israel and South Africa and too often Israel's defenders played into the delegitimizers' hands by repeating their language. It is time that pro-Israel activists banish the A-word from their vocabulary. Click Here to Read More Fact of the Week Israeli Agreement with Kenya Kenyan President Ukuru Kenyatta arrived in Israel on February 23, 2016, the first visit of a Kenyan President to Israel since 1994. Kenyatta is the son of the first Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta, who solidified a positive relationship with Israel in 1976 when he allowed Israeli jets to refuel in Nairobi during Operation Entebbe in neighboring Uganda. While visiting Israel in February 2016, President Uhuru Kenyatta asked Israeli business-people and investors to invest in Kenya's infrastructure projects. Kenyatta stressed the need for investment in Kenyan transportation and renewable energy sectors such as electric, wind, geothermal, and solar, to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. A joint bilateral committee was established during the meetings to cooperate on water resources, and the agreement doubles the number of Kenyans who will undergo irrigation agriculture training in Israel. Click Here to Read More To stay updated Podcast: Start Up Nation For the Humanities on a daily basis, find us online! People of the visitor book: Commemorative practices in F. Jerusalem's war museum Click the link below to listen to listen to a podcast concerning Prof. Chaim Noy's study of the visitor book at Jerusalem's most celebrated former battlefield, and the glimpse it offers into the make-up of Israeli society today. Click Here to Read More March is Israel Women's History Month EFTA00702649 To stay updated on a daily basis, find us online! Sincerely, Mitchell Bard AICE Executive Director American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, 2810 Blaine Dr., Chevy Chase, MD 20815 SafeUnsubscribet" Forward this email I Update Profile I About our service provider Sent by in collaboration with EFTA00702650 Constant Contact Try it free today EFTA00702651