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I received this email from our Jewish Federation today:
Dear Pearl,
Please note this urgent message from CJPAC – Canada’s grassroots Jewish advocacy organization - about the importance of expressing our gratitude to Prime Minister Harper for his strong stand in Israel’s favour during the current conflict.
We wrote to you a few days ago with a request to help support Israel in these difficult times. Since then, the situation has intensified. Rockets launched by the Hezbollah terror organization killed eight people today in Haifa and yesterday struck Tiberias. Here in Canada, anti-Israel groups are stepping up their mobilization to undermine the Canadian Government's support for Israel. It is more essential than ever that we make our voices heard.
If you have not already done so, please contact the Prime Minister's Office at 613-992-4211 to express your gratitude for Canada's principled position and support for Israel. You can also e-mail Prime Minister Harper at pm@pm.gc.ca
This will take less than a minute and is extremely important. You may want to read the Government's most recent statement and the Prime Minister's comments on the situation.
We also urge you to support the UJA Federation Israel Crisis Relief Fund, which is helping to send children under rocket attack to camps that are removed from confrontation regions and purchasing equipment such as toys and games for use in bomb shelters. To make a donation, please click here.
May the days ahead bring peace and security to Israel.
So I immediately typed an email without much thought:
We, the Jewish people of Canada, and the world, thank you for your stance regarding Israel.
It is not easy to sit on the sidelines and watch entire communities live in fear for their lives; it is not easy to sit and watch history continually repeat itself; it is not easy to sit and watch people who are against you, time and time again, try to beat you down.
But it is easy to say thank you. So once again, thank you.
May the resolutions be quick and positive.
Pearl XXX & family,
Toronto, Canada
3 comments:
That's so good! So, so good.
That so true- we've got to stick together now and show support to our leaders!
Jeremiah: That's so kind of you, so kind. ;)
Kasamba: We have to thank our Cdn. leaders, yet 5 members of a Canadian-Lebanese family were killed by Israeli troops...unintentionally. So now Israel had to apologize to Canada. Go figure...
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