Presentation of "Friend of Israel Award"

Rabbi Eckstein, Founder and President of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, writes about the Stand for Israel Washington Briefing that is starting September 27th. During this event they will honor two Americans who have shown their support of Israel over the years.

Senator Joseph Lieberman sponsored the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, an effort to get the U.S. to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capitol of Israel and during his vice-presidential bid and his run for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, he pushed the issue of U.S. support for Israel to the forefront, insisting it be at the heart of U.S. foreign policy. (I say, AMEN!)

Also to be honored is Rudolph Giuliani for the strength of his commitment to Israel which can best be summed up by his response to a Saudi Arabian prince who offered a relief check of $10 million to New York City following the September 11th attacks. When the prince suggested that the attacks should make the U.S. rethink its commitment to Israel, Giuliani refused the money, accusing the prince of “not understanding the difference between liberal democracies like the United States, like Israel, and terrorist states …”

Read the Rabbi's full letter here: This Week with the Rabbi

Visit his web page at : International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

Show your support of Israel by emailing your Senators to support the legislation introduced by Senator Sam Brownback called the Jerusalem Resolution.


Contact your senator here: U.S. Senate Cut & paste the following letter or go to the Rabbi's site follow the links for the Jerusalem Resolution and fill in the necessary form and it will be sent automatically to your Senators for you! It cannot be any easier!

The Jerusalem Resolution:

Move our embassy now!

Dear [Decision Maker],

I am writing to urge you to support S.J. Resolution 14 calling for the U.S. government to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel by moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for 3,000 years and is now the capital of the modern state of Israel, yet the U.S., along with most other nations, does not recognize it as such. This denies Israel the right to designate its own capital city -- a freedom enjoyed by every other nation on earth.

It is in everyone's best interest to keep Jerusalem undivided and under Israeli rule. Unlike her neighbors, Israel guarantees freedom of religion for all -- access to Jerusalem's holy sites for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike would be secure only under Israeli control.

Many resolutions and bills in the past have supported the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 stated that "the United States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem no later than May 31, 1999" -- yet the U.S. embassy is still in Tel Aviv.

It is long past time to right this great wrong. As an American who recognizes the importance of Jerusalem to Israel and the Jewish people, Israel's status as the Middle East's only true democracy and the fact that the friendship between Israel and the U.S. is based on our common love of freedom, democracy and the rule of law, I strongly urge you to support this important resolution.

Sincerely,

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Why support Israel? Besides being the RIGHT thing to do ; it also brings blessings from God to our own nation.

Genesis 12:3 God is speaking to Abraham

"I will bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Personally, I prefer the blessings over curses any day.......

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Torn Together

A photo essay on the Gaza withdrawal by Tzvi Freeman

Please click on the link below:

Torn Together

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Jerusalem Accords

Believing it to be a pillar of both the Jewish and Christian faiths that the Land of Israel and its eternal capital, Jerusalem, are the inheritance of the Jewish people forever, and wishing to take concrete steps to support this just and righteous truth, we pledge to petition our government to take the following three steps on behalf of Israel and the cause of peace in the Middle East and the world.

1. In accordance with the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 enacted by the U.S. Congress, build a new embassy in Jerusalem within two years, in acknowledgment of the eternal truth that an undivided Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people.

2. Vigorously work for the resettlement of the Palestinian refugees to the lands of their Arab kinsmen in order to rescue them from the purgatory of refugee status and restore to them the hope of a better future.

3. Demand the Palestinian Authority disarm the terrorists in their midst, and halt all violence, propaganda, and incitement against the people of Israel, failing which the Oslo Agreements shall be null and void.

We hereby agree and declare that the Land of Israel is promised by God to the Jewish people. We oppose any policy that fails to take God’s word into account and attempts to separate the Jewish people from the Land of Israel. We believe such policies will serve only to hinder the establishment of a just and lasting peace between the people of Israel and the Arab nations.

Signed in the City of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, in the United States of America, this 4th day of September, 2005

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There was a copy for everyone who attended the convention to sign. The one sent to the President of the United States and congress was signed by the pastor and ministry leaders.

However, if you want to show your support, cut and paste this accord, add your 'signature' and send it to the congress and president on your own!

White House

Links to Congress:
Senate
House of Representatives

House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary

Department of State

U.S. Courts

Link to ALL government organizations





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