January 2008

Dear Friend,

We welcome you to another edition of the Israel Connection, brought to you by THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and the Baltimore Jewish Council. This e-newsletter includes such items as: news updates about Israel and the Middle East, Action Alerts, and upcoming programming. Our goal is to provide you with relevant information that you can use in your advocacy efforts and to express your support and solidarity with the people of Israel. We welcome your feedback - please email us at lkatzen@baltjc.org or call Lynn Katzen at the Baltimore Jewish Council at 410-542-4850 with your comments.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Ron Shulman
Chair, Israel Awareness and Advocacy Committee		 Debra Plant
Vice Chair, Israel Awareness & Advocacy Committee

Current Situation in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip

As you know, the past week has seen an increase of Kassam rockets being fired by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip at Sderot, Ashkelon and other communities in the western Negev.  Despite these attacks, Israel is continuing to supply electricity to the Gaza Strip and other necessary supplies to ensure that a humanitarian crisis does not ensue.

The articles listed below will hopefully enable you to better understand the situation.

Quicks Links
Khaled Abu Toameh's article in the Jerusalem Post entitled "Arab Editor Blames Hamas for Gaza Crisis"
Marty Peretz's article in the New Republic entitled "The Games Israel Has Played"
Associated Press article in the Columbus Dispach entitled "Terror's target: Israeli town suffers under continual rocket barrage"
New York Times article by Steven Erlanger entitled "At Gaza's Edge, Israelis Fear Rockets' Whine"

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