03-02-2010, 04:04 PM
It's organised as a fund-raiser for 'Shurat Hadin' Israel Law Centre - all for $2,835 + 'a minimum $500 donation to Shurat Hadin'. Their web site is an education.
They just CANNOT see it for some reason.
Here's the full itinerary - without comment because it makes me just too damned angry to remain rational:
Quote:Founded by attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Shurat HaDin works together with western intelligence agencies and volunteer lawyers around the world to file legal actions on behalf of victims of terror.I wonder how they categorise what 1.5 million people in Gaza went through last year if not 'Terror'? with no less than one tenth of one percent of the entire population killed and a further 4 times that number seriously injured - fully 50% of them women and children.
They just CANNOT see it for some reason.
Here's the full itinerary - without comment because it makes me just too damned angry to remain rational:
Quote:[B]Itinerary[/B]
Monday, June 21: Opening
Registration at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel in Jerusalem.
Opening Banquet at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel.
- Introductory remarks by Shurat HaDin’s director, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Esq.
- Briefing by Vice Prime Minister and former IDF Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon: "Strategic and tactical analysis of the threat to Israel from the Palestinians and Middle Eastern states".
Tuesday, June 22: The Terrorism Reality
Breakfast in the hotel.
Travel to the Israel Defense Force Center at Latrun.
An authentic Middle Eastern lunch in Tel Aviv's historic HaTikva Quarter.
- Briefing by terrorism expert, former Shin Bet Commander for the Judea and Samaria region: "The use of informants, analysis and counter terrorism". Discussion with undercover Palestinian agents who work with the Israeli security services to infiltrate the Palestinian Authority.
- Briefing by former head of the interrogation unit of the Shin Beit: "Israel’s case for pre-emptive self defense."
Walking tour of Jaffa.
Insiders’ tour of the IDF Headquarter in Tel Aviv, HaKiria.
Dinner at Meatos, the finest restaurant in Tel Aviv.
- Briefing by Defense Minister’s senior adviser, Amos Gilad: “Israel’s response and preparedness in a hostile Middle East”.
- Briefing by Gen. Avigdor Kahalani, a hero of the Yom Kippur War who defeated the Syrians on the main Israeli-Syrian battlefield of the 1973 War
Wednesday, June 23: The Judicial Reality
Pack for two nights stay in the North.
Breakfast in the hotel.
Visit to Machane Ofer Military Base near Jerusalem.
- Briefing by Senior Official of the Mossad: "Tracking The Material Support and Resources of the Palestinian Terrorist Organizations".
Lunch at the military base.
- Tour of the military court.
- Observation of a security trial of Hamas terrorists.
- Greeting by Chief Judge of Military Court, Col. Aharon Mishnayot.
- Briefing by military court judge, Menachem Liberman.
Travel to the Arab town, Kalkilia.
Drive to the northern Tel Aviv Airport “Sdeh Dov”.
- Tour of an IDF checkpoint on the outskirts of Kalkilia in the West Bank, guarding one of the main terrorists infiltration routes into Israel. First hand visit and inspection of the controversial Security Fence.
- Briefing by base commander : "The infiltration and detection of terrorists, explosives and smuggling, emergency medical vehicles, and the civil population".
Travel to the Sea of the Galilee, Kinneret.
- Pre-Flight Briefing.
- Private airplanes for a low-flying flight from Tel Aviv to Rosh Pina in the Galilee.
Moonlight Boat Cruise on the Sea of the Galilee.
Dinner at Decks, the finest restaurant on the Sea of the Galilee.
Check-in at the Kinar Village Hotel on the Sea of the Galilee.
- Overnight: Ramot Guest House, Tiberias.
Thursday, June 24: The Military Reality
Breakfast in the Ramot Guest House.
Travel to the Golan Heights.
Visit to IDF tank unit on the Syrian border.
- Visit to Gamla, the ancient fortress from which Jews fought the Romans tooth and nail during the great Jewish revolt (67 C.E.).
Lunch in the base.
- Briefing escorted by Gen. Yair Nafshi, a former senior commander on the Syrian border.
- Briefing by Aviv Shir-On, Deputy Director General for Media & Public Affairs, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Tour of a military forward position on the Lebanese Border, escorted by a Senior Commander of the Northern Division, first hand look at the IDF surveillance units.
Visit to Misgav Am, a front line Kibutz on the Lebanese border.
- Briefing by Northern Front Commander: "The threat from Hezbullah terrorist organization in South Lebanon".
Tour of Tzfat.
- Briefing on the Lebanese border.
Return to Tiberias.
Dinner at Pagoda, a Chinese restaurant on the see of the Galilee.
Walking tour of the city of Tiberias.
- Overnight: Ramot Guest House, Tiberias.
Friday, June 25: The Human Reality
Breakfast at the Ramot Guest House.
Walking tour of the old town of Beit Shean.
- Briefing by Shurat HaDin’s director, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Esq.: "Taking the battle against Palestinian terrorist organizations, their leaders and financial patrons to court".
Return back to Jerusalem.
- Lunch in town.
Bus ride to The Western Wall (The Kottel) in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Walk back to the Sheraton Plaza Hotel for overnight.
- Welcoming in the Sabbath, “Kabalat Shabbat”, at the Western Wall.
- Traditional Dinner and Shabbat Celebration at the Old City Yeshiva “Aish HaTorah”.
Saturday, June 26: The Historical & Religious Reality
Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning Services at The Great Synagogue or other local congregations.
Lunch at hotel.
Walking tour of The Old City with Guide.
Coffee and Cake at the hotel. Divrei Tora (torah words) by Prop. Israel Auman, Israel Nobel Prize winner for economic.
Evening: free.
Sunday, June 27: The Political Reality
Breakfast at the hotel.
Visiting to an Air Force Base.
Travel to Gaza.
- Briefing by Gen. Nechemia Dagan, a former Air Force Base Commander, on “the realities of Israel’s policy of targeted killings.”
Visit to Sderot: Israeli City on the Edge of Gaza, Under Constant Mortar Attacks by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza.
- Visit to Machsom Erez, Gaza Border. Lecture by the commander of the border crossing: "Gaza: The Security Threat After the Israeli Withdrawal”.
Travel to Zeelim.
- lunch in Sderot.
Travel back to Jerusalem.
- Visit to Mala, the IDF's state-of-the-art Center for Urban Training. Maco Palestinian city where soldiers receive extensive training in the realities of house to house fighting.
Guided tour of the Israel's Supreme Court.
Farewell Banquet at the Hotel.
- Briefing by Supreme Court Chief Justice, Aharon Barak: "The legal and moralistic tensions between Israeli civil rights and security".
- Farewell greetings by Shurat HaDin’s staff.
Monday, June 28: Farewells
Farewell Breakfast in the Hotel.
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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