Uriel Heilman has a JTA report on Tuesday night’s $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for the Israeli military at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel. The event featured video messages from Gilad Shalit and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
One of the stars of Tuesday night’s dinner — which raised $26 million for the IDF — was a combat soldier named Doron who operates one of the Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and appeared alongside Gantz in the satellite broadcast. When the evening’s emcee, radio host and Fox News contributor Monica Crowley, asked Doron how many missiles he personally had intercepted, the crowd laughed as if she were talking about football game stats. Doron’s answer: four.
The crowd cheered.
“Aren’t these guys the best!” Crowley gushed.
“Buy war bonds”
i do believe this is an American invention.
Never Again.
A light unto the nations.
Risen from the ashes in military might
Displacing neighbors
transferring a people
moving into their homes
for decades
rinse, spin (or mow the the lawn)
repeat
with the arrogance of Manifest Destiny
self-righteous thieves wielding power
from Hollywood to Wall Street
sacrifices unto their g-d, the IDF, the State, their power, their military might
I wonder for how many more years it will be socially acceptable for the Israeli army to raise money at a hub of the rich and famous of New York.
And I believe these donations are tax free because they go to Israel. Amazing how the lobby gets around restrictions that other groups can not. Donating to a military and country that is undermining US national security and that donation is tax exempt.
RE: “One of the stars of Tuesday night’s dinner — which raised $26 million for the IDF — was a combat soldier named Doron who operates one of the Iron Dome anti-missile batteries” ~ Heilman
MY COMMENT: I suspect it’s all just part of a well orchestrated international sales campaign. Perhaps Fargo, ND and Keene, NH will get a Homeland Security grants to purchase their very own Iron Dome anti-missile batteries.
SEE: Rafael hopes Iron Dome success will up int’l sales, by Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post, 3/12/12
ENTIRE ARTICLE – http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=261608
AND SEE: Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear, By Andrew Becker, Center for Investigative Reporting, 12/21/11
ENTIRE ARTICLE – http://americaswarwithin.org/articles/2011/12/21/local-police-stockpile-high-tech-combat-ready-gear
AND SEE: “Police ‘Tank’ Purchase Riles New Hampshire Town”, by Radley Balko, HuffPo, 2/16/12
SOURCE – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/16/police-tank-purchase-new-hampshire_n_1279983.html