IRAN:

    Iran continues to advance its uranium enrichment capabilities and has so far failed to respond seriously to the U.S. offer of negotiations. The latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran has stockpiled nearly enough low-enriched uranium to produce two nuclear weapons and has failed to answer outstanding questions about the weaponization of its nuclear program. 

    Iran is the world's number-one sponsor of terrorism, offering support for organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and insurgents in Iraq.

    Furthermore, the regime persecutes members of a wide-range of minorities and social & religious groups including Christians, Bahais, homosexuals, women, labor activists and student groups. Iran regularly denies the Holocaust, propagates anti-Semitism and calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.

    Our Priorities:
    • Preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear arms capability.
    • Stopping the infringment of human rights.
    • Ensuring the safety of Israel.

    Our Objective:
    To spread the message to our leaders, our local & national media, our friends and family - to anyone who will listen - and call on the Obama Administration to lead an urgent international effort, using all measures available to change Teheran's policies.

    ACTION YOU CAN TAKE:
    1. Contact your elected officials to tell them what you think about Iran.
    Government contact information is listed HERE.

    2. Write a letter to the editor to your local newspaper.
    • Write clearly; stay short and to the point.
    • Make reference to a previous related article published in the paper.
    Media contacts are listed HERE.

    3. Share your thoughts on social networking sites.
    • Share information with your friends and family.
    • Post messages on your Facebook page.
    • Tweet about Human Rights on Twitter.
    (Iranian protesters used Twitter to get the word out when the government blocked the newspapers.)
    • Search for blogs about these issues and comment on them.

     

    GILAD SHALIT

      Send a letter to:
      • International Committee of the Red Cross
      • Amnesty International 
      • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon 

      Urge them to demand the release of Gilad Shalit and, at the very least, demand that Hamas allow Gilad Shalit to receive proper medical attention and contact from his family in Israel.

      Gilad Shalit's 24th birthday takes place on Saturday, August 28, 2010.
      His 5th in captivity, and we pray his last.

      Click HERE to get started

       

      ISRAEL vs THE WORLD

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      • Turkey has killed roughly 40,000 Kurds in the last 30 years ; it occupies North Cyprus; it blockades Armenia and denies its own historical genocide.

      • Sri Lanka killed about 25,000 of its own civilians in the course of repressing an insurgency.

      • Sudan has killed close to 200,000 people in Darfur.

      • Iran rapes, tortures and murders its own dissidents, hangs young gays and oppresses women.

      • Yemen is blockading South Yemen and lets no food, medicine or water through; (Israel allows 15,000 tons of supplies into Gaza weekly).

      • Russia killed up to 50,000 Chechens, and almost completely razes the capital city of Grozny.

      • China killed somewhere between .5 and 1.25 Tibetans.

      • In Pakistan, Christian churches are burned and violence towards women is endemic.

      • Congo: More than that 5 million people have been killed in its wars, alongside innumerable rapes and tortures.

      • In Saudi Arabia, no churches are allowed, no Israeli Jews may enter, women are subject to gender apartheid.

      • France trained and armed the Hutu genocidaires who killed around 800,000 civilians in the Rwanda genocide.

      • Israel: In a population of 6.7 million, 20 percent are non-Jews, (Muslims, Christians and Druze). Arabs in Israel have equal voting rights including Arab women.

      • Israel: Arabic, like Hebrew, is an official language in Israel. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot allocate land based on religion or ethnicity.

      • Israel's proposal to withdraw from 97% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza was rejected, and coupled with incessant Palestinian terrorism, the IDF is forced to carry out operations.

      In the United States, 60 years after civil rights, discrimination has not been eradicated. It should not be surprising that Israel has not solved all of its social problems in 57 years.

      Other Online Resources:

        The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
        Klingenstein Jewish Center, 580 McIntosh Rd, Sarasota, FL 34232 
        P: 941.371.4546  |  www.jfedsrq.org  |  E-mail:         info@jfedsrq.org