NPLS ISRAEL COMMITTED GROUP.....an urgent REMINDER.......
The one certainty about Israel is that we all have an opinion about the State. Most of us probably share a pride in its achievements although sometimes with mixed feelings about how to react to what we hear in the media. Sometimes our concerns run deep and we feel a sense of frustration. Like it or not, many in the 'outside world' hold us responsible for what is happening there. But what are our main worries?
The Goldstone Report.....how reliable is it? The United Nations....is it a prejudiced organisation? The way the Gaza war was conducted....was Israel guilty of war crimes? Occupied territories....who has rights? Water and other restrictions.....is Israel fair to its neighbours? The Fence....what has it done and is it for ever? Boycotts....what can we do? And much much more.
One man, more than any other, is best equipped to deal with these questions and others when he comes to NPLS to give us an 'ISRAEL UPDATE' and that man is Israel's Ambassador to the UK,
RON PROSOR.
If you have not yet booked a place (Admission is by named and numbered ticket only) please do not delay. Apply to the Office by phone (01923 822592) or Email admin@npls.org.uk giving the names, addresses and phone numbers of those wishing to come. There are a limited number of places for non-members.
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Committed to peace, co-existence and religious pluralism
Why does supporting aid to Palestinians have to mean that you do not support Israel, and why does donating to Magen David Adom mean you are hard-hearted, turning a blind eye to suffering? It is this kind of blinkered approach that leads to intransigence, the fostering of positions that inevitably lead to friends falling out, enemies being reinforced and, ultimately, to conflict.
We have collected a mountain of resources about the current situation in the Middle East. These resources portray many differing view points and different sides of the political spectrum. We present them here with the idea of providing enough information for you to form your own informed opinions on the matter. Apart from the political implications of the conflict, the need for humanitarian aid for all parties involved is quite evident. We have therefore included websites where you can give your contribution.
We are grateful to our Israel Committed Group who work to support Israel as a critical friend and to provide opportunities to celebrate our relationship with the State of Israel. Thanks to their guidance, NPLS concentrates its energies on supporting coexistence projects in Israel and on the development of Progressive Judaism there. You will therefore find links here to such co-existence projects which we as a community support or have supported in the past, as well to the different bodies fighting for the equality and growth of Progressive Judaism in Israel.
Click the coloured names or links below to visit the websites
Liberal Judaism – Where we stand on Zionism
Information Centres
• BICOM – Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre.
• B’tselem – the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Reputable Israeli News Services
• Haaretz
• The Jerusalem Post
Reputable Palestinian and Arab News Services
• Ma'an is a Palestinian website which offers independent news and opinions.
• Al-Jazeera
Aid
• Faiths Working Together is a fund for rebuilding civilian lives in Gaza and relieving suffering in Israel through the joint work of Christian Aid, Islamic Relief and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.
• Jewish National Fund Emergency Negev Appeal
• Disasters Emergency Committee
• Table to Table, (Leket - Israel) Israel’s Food Rescue Network (beneficiaries of our High Holyday Appeal 5769)
• Magen David Adom
Other Organisations and Institutions in Israel that NPLS supports
• Rabbis for Human Rights
• Physicians for Human Rights
Progressive Judaism in Israel
• Israel Religious Action Centre of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism.
• The Congregations of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism
• NPLS funded a Torah Scroll for Brit Olam, Kiryat Ono (beneficiaries of our High Holyday Appeal 5768)
• NPLS supported Kehillat Sulam Ya’akov, Zichron Ya’akov to move into their landmark, State-sponsored Synagogue caravilla Also read their new year update and message for 5770
• The Leo Baeck Education Centre, Haifa (beneficiaries of our High Holyday Appeal 5770)
• The Sir Charles Clore Jewish-Arab Community Center, Acco
Please send any messages to rabbiaaron@npls.org.uk to be forwarded to Fahili and Claire King-Lassman who attended our Synagogue recently
• One Voice is a grassroots Israeli-Palestinian organisation, which seeks to promote peace through working with communities in both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
• The Interreligious Coordinating Council of Israel |
