Director of ZOA's Center for Law &
Justice Susan Tuchman speaking at a
ZOA parlor meeting in New Jersey
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“The problem
is not Israel….
The problem is
between Hamas
and Fatah.”
- Colonel Grisha
Yakubovich
(Res.) Brigadier General Bentzi Gruber visited ZOA on May 9. From
Gruber’s website ethicsinthefield.com: “Gruber established Ethics in the Field to
shatter myths and present the facts missing in today’s discussion of Israeli counter
terrorism.”
ZOA Donor Society and ZOA national board members were offered insights
into the challenges facing the Israeli military and how the IDF uniquely trains
its soldiers to make ethical decisions, even in the heat of battle. Through a multimedia
presentation that included footage from top-level surveillance videos,
General Gruber demonstrated actual urban battlefield situations. He explained
that IDF soldiers log many long hours of urban warfare, training in a simulated
“city” built to very closely replicate life and death scenarios the soldiers are likely
to face in the event of war. Everyone who attended this briefing came away
feeling empowered to distill any misleading and anti-Israel rhetoric with the facts
behind Israel’s ethical army.
On May 23, Ma’ale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel addressed Donor
Society and national board members at ZOA headquarters in New York.
Ma’ale Adumim was first described in the Book of Joshua (Ch.15: 6-18), but
its modern development can be traced to soon after the Yom Kippur War, and the
city has been expanding ever since. With a population of approximately 40,000,
Ma’ale Adumim epitomizes the historical and eternal Jewish claim to all of Israel,
including Judea and Samaria. Situated in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem
and Jordan, by geographic default, Ma’ale Adumim is the first line of defense
should the enemies of Israel launch an attack from the east, a responsibility that
Mayor Kashriel and the citizens of Ma’ale Adumim do not take lightly. ZOA
national board and Donor Society members were afforded an insider’s glimpse
into life in Ma’ale Adumim.
“…any peace would
need to start with
recognition of Israel’s
existence, Israel’s
security will never
be compromised,
and Jews will not be
removed from their
communities in Judea
& Samaria.”
- Mayor of Efrat
Oded Revivi
Ma’ale Adumim
is the first line of
defense should the
enemies of Israel
launch an attack
from the east, a
responsibility that
Mayor Kashriel
and the citizens of
Ma’ale Adumim
do not take
lightly.
ZOA NY Metro Director Alan Jay and Associate Director Deborah Peretz
with Brigadier General Bentzi Gruber and ZOA Chairman Mark Levenson
/ethicsinthefield.com