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| By: Israel Resource News Agency |
| Published: January 17, 2005 |
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Israeli consular representatives of in San Francisco announced that they would not participate in rallies against global terrorism that have been planned by a coalition of Jews and non-Jews that are scheduled for January 16th in Berkeley and January 17th in San Francisco. The Israeli consulate has informed organizers that it will not even send a delegate to attend the event.
The rallies will take place in the presence of the bombed-out Jerusalem Bus 19, one year to the day that Arabs blew up that bus in Jerusalem and murdered 11 passengers.
As a result, the official representatives of the Jewish organizations in the Bay area are also boycotting these rallies, at the urging of the government of Israel.
A Jewish community organization leader, Rabbi Stuart Kelman, wrote an open letter to the Jewish community urging that it boycott the event, stating that "Given the recent death of Arafat, there seems to be a window for a change of climate" and "encouraged" people to stay away from the event. |
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