AICE Update: American Jews and the Netanyahu Speech

IN THIS ISSUE * Myths & Facts: Exclusive Article from Public Radio International * Fact of the Week * March is Israel Women's History Month THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY * France Orders Confiscation of All Jewish Books (1240) * Israel Agrees to Sinai Withdrawal after Suez War (1957) * Ariel Sharon Elected Israel's 15th Prime Minister (2001) * See More Jewish History Events AICE PROJECTS The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise Our 20th Year E-Newsletter Jewish Virtual March 4, 2O15 Myths & Facts: Online Exclusive Did Israel Open Dams to Flood Gaza? While it may come as no shock that Hamas officials will spin the news to slander Israel the media is expected to check their facts before printing libelous propaganda as 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 Gaza Strip." Other officials from Hamas were quick to confirm that Israel had opened dams in the Gaza region to purposely flood the Gazan countryside. Myths & Facts: 2012 Predictably, many media outlets jumped on the opportunity to publish an article bashing Israel for increasing the suffering of the people of Gaza. Al Jazeera, Agence-France Press, the Daily Mail, and others published articles decrying Israel's actions, with the AFP article quoting Gaza's Ministry of the Interior, who said, "By [Israel] opening the channels they flooded many homes... We had to evacuate as quickly as possible." Click Here to Continue Reading Mitchell Bard Comments on Netanyahu Speech on Public Radio International American Jews Have Mixed Feelings about Netanyahu Speech 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 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 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. To stay updated on a daily basis, find us online! March is Israel Women's History Month The image is not a chart. It displays the text "March: Israel Women's History Month" at the top and again at the bottom. There is also a small icon of a document or image in the top left corner. To stay updated on a daily basis, find us online! Sincerely, This image is not a chart. It displays the name "Mitchell Bard" and the title "AICE Executive Director". There is also a small image placeholder next to the name and title. Below this, there is a dark red rectangular bar with a white bordered box containing an image placeholder within it. At the bottom, there are five small image placeholders arranged horizontally. Forward this email This email was sent to jeevacation@gmail.com by mitchellbard@gmail.com Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise 2810 Blaine Dr. | Chevy Chase | MD | 20815