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From: AICE <[email protected]> To: jeevacationggmail.com Subject: AICE Update: American Jews and the Netanyahu Speech Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:18:58 +0000 The American-Israeli Jewish Cooperative Enterprise Virtual 04V6 20d1. $40.4 E-Newsletter n(Pvgingl March 4, 2O15 IN THIS ISSUE Myths & Facts: Online Exclusive Myths & Facts: Exclusive Article from Public Radio International Did Israel Open Dams to Flood Gaza? Fact of the Week March is Israel Women's History Month While it may come as no shock that Hamas officials will spin the news to slander Israel the media is expected to Myths F. check their facts before printing libelous propaganda as Facts: 2012 legitimate news. Following a major winter storm last week in Israel, a swath of the Gaza Strip flooded due to heavy precipitation. A Hamas official was quick to blame Israel, saying, "The occupation forces opened the Wadi Salqa dams to sink dozens of Palestinian homes in the central region of the THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY Gaza Strip." Other officials from Hamas were quick to confirm that Israel had opened dams in the Gaza region to purposely France Orders flood the Gazan countryside. Confiscation of All Jewish Books Predictably, many media outlets jumped on the opportunity to publish an article (1240) bashing Israel for increasing the suffering of the people of Gaza. Al Jazeera, Agence-France Press, the Daily Mail, and others published articles Israel Agrees to Sinai decrying Israel's actions, with the AFP article quoting Gaza's Ministry of the Withdrawal after Suez War Interior, who said, "By [Israel] opening the channels they flooded many (1957) homes... We had to evacuate as quickly as possible." Ariel Sharon Elected Click Here to Continue Reading Israel's 15th Prime Minister (2001) Mitchell Bard Comments on Netanyahu Speech on Public Radio International See More Jewish History Events American Jews Have Mixed Feelings about Netanyahu Speech AICE PROJECTS If you put five Jews in a room, the old joke goes, you get six opinions. So it's no shock that Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress has strongly divided 16. opinions among Jews living in the United States. "There is a division," says Alan Lowenthal, a Democratic congressman from Califomia. "I think that it's unfortunate that all of us who were one time on the same page were forced to make choices." More than 50 Democratic members of Congress, including six Jews, skipped Netanyahu's speech on Tuesday. Lowenthal says he wrestled with the EFTA00696357  decision and decided to attend, but he's angry that the speech has pitted Democrat against Republican, Jew against Jew. Click Here to Continue Reading Fact of the Week Iranian Dissident Group Presents Evidence of New Uranium Facility The National Coalition of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an Iranian dissident group, which has revealed evidence of Iran's nuclear program in the past, presented evidence in February 2015 that the Iranians are hiding an undisclosed uranium enrichment facility under the suburbs of Tehran since 2008. The NCRI claimed that the site, known as "Lavizan-3," had been used for enriching uranium with advanced IR-2m and IR-4 centrifuge machines. Independent sources still have not confirmed the report. Read More about the History of Iran's Nuclear Program at The Jewish Virtual Library. March is Israel Women's History Month To stay updated March: Israel Women's History Month on a daily basis, find us online! a aa March: Israel Women's History Month To stay updated on a daily basis, find us online! Sincerely, EFTA00696358  Mitchell Bard AICE Executive Director Forward this email lir This email was sent to [email protected] by mitrhellbarclOgmaa= JlpdAtP Prnblo/Fmail Address Rapid removal with SafrlInciphsrrihro" aiyacylagy. ; 44 American•Israeli Cooperative Enterprise 2810 Blaine Dr. Chevy Chase MD 20815 EFTA00696359