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5 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC on fertilizers that flowed into the lake, divided into two hostile coalitions. On THE ARAB WORLD
32A December 2020 ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD

BRIEFS

HAS DECIDED TO MOVE
FORWARD WITHOUT
one side is Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, THE PALESTINIANS
turned its normally-clear waters green-
AND ISRAEL IN THE
Yemen, Qatar and Gaza, supported For the first time ever, the Palestinian
ish-brown with a pungent odor. Contact
21ST CENTURY
from the outside by Turkey, Russia leadership is now feeling that the Arab
with the water can cause serious illness.

“We responded quickly to an emer-
– between 2/3 and 3/4 – have held
Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Jor- does not want to wait for them any-
highly stable favorable views of Israel.
EASY Considerable majorities of Americans gency call from the Florida Depart- and China. Against it stands Saudi world is really fed up with them and
dan, Morocco, Sudan and Israel, sup- more. The Arab world does not like the
ment of Environmental Protection. In
Israel even went up 12% in the past
condemnations coming from the Pales-
a very complex logistical process, we
ported from the outside by the U.S.
two decades – from 62% favorability
While there was no Saudi response tinians and the accusations of treason.
were able to put up a control station on
in 2000 to 74% in 2020.
to the September 2019 Iranian attack on They do not like seeing pictures of
the shores of the lake less than 36 hours
Despite the unpopularity of foreign
STEPS aid and the sizeable U.S. military aid to from the call,” said Maayan Naveh, VP Saudi oil-producing facilities or Iran’s their leaders being burned at Al-Aqsa
attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Mosque. They also do not like to hear
of BlueGreen. (Idan Zonshine, Jerusa-
Israel, majorities said it should be kept
Gulf or the Red Sea, Israel has proven the PA Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Mu-
lem Post)
at the current level or even increased.
capable of inflicting severe blows on hammad Hussein, issuing a fatwa ban-
Between 2015 and 2019, Ameri-
How To Stay can Jews sympathized more with Israel NEW POLL: AMERICAN Iranian forces and pro-Iranian militias ning citizens of any Arab country that
JEWS SEE RISING
normalizes relations with Israel from
in Syria.
than with the Palestinians by a ratio of
It turns out that there are things praying at Al-Aqsa.
Up-To-Date 86% to 7%. (Prof. Eytan Gilboa, BESA ANTISEMITISM more important to some countries than I follow what is being said in the
The American Jewish Committee
Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan
a resolution of “the Palestinian prob- Arab world. It is unimaginable what
On Your University) (AJC) has released a poll aimed at un- lem.” The Iranian problem has escalat- Arabs in the Gulf are saying about the
derstanding how American Jews per-
Jewish UAE TO IMPORT ISRAELI ceive various antisemitic threats, as ed to the level of an existential threat, Palestinians: “You ungrateful people.
while the Israeli-Palestinian problem We’ve given you billions of dollars
well as the general public’s views on
WINE FROM GOLAN
Community HEIGHTS, ANGERING American antisemitism. is not an existential threat to anyone. all these years. In the end, you spit in
Moreover, after the “Arab Spring,” our face and you burn our flag.” One
Jews overwhelmingly believe that
ISRAEL BOYCOTT
which precipitated the collapse of re- prominent Emirati academic tweeted
America is becoming a more antise-
1 STEP ONE MOVEMENT mitic and physically dangerous place gimes and economies and the rise of pictures of UAE flags in the Israeli city
The UAE has dealt a heavy blow to
the Islamic State, the fight for the “lib- of Netanya. Next to them, pictures of
for them to live, work and study: 82%
among Arab concerns. (Lt.-Col. (res.) ians in Ramallah and Gaza. He wrote,
(BDS) movement after it signed a deal
Hourly the boycott, divestment and sanctions responded that antisemitism has in- eration of Palestine” is not uppermost the UAE flag being burned by Palestin-
creased over the past five years. 27%
Social Media: While we don’t always on October 28 to sell Israeli wine from reported that Jewish institutions with Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Begin-Sadat “My flag is being honored in Israel
post hourly, we do post often. What do we the Golan Heights in Dubai. Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan while these Palestinians are burning
post? Time-sensitive news, alerts, items of which they affiliated had “been the tar-
interest, and more. Follow us on Facebook, The BDS movement said it will gets of antisemitism.” 37% reported University) my flag.”
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and more! boycott any Emirati, Arab or interna- they had “taken steps to conceal their Other Arabs are asking Mahmoud
Find us by searching for “JFEDSRQ.” tional company implementing the Emi- Jewishness in public.” 43% of Jews THE DECORATED NAZI Abbas: “Are you trying to punish an
2 STEP TWO rati-Israeli normalization agreement. between 18 and 29 had “experienced COMMANDER’S SON WHO Arab country simply because they want
normal relations with Israel? What
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor)
JOINED THE ISRAELI ARMY
antisemitism on a college campus over
about you, Abbas? In 1993, didn’t you
the past five years.”
Bernd Wollschlaeger, born in 1958,
Daily JFEDSRQ.org ISRAELI SCIENTISTS 74% of the general public agreed was taught that the Holocaust was a lie and Yasser Arafat allegedly recognize
CALLED IN TO STOP
Whether you’re on your desk- with the 85% of Jews who view an- and that his father, Arthur Wollschlae-
top, laptop or smartphone, the TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM ti-Zionism as inherently antisemitic. ger, was a war hero who was person-
Federation website, has everything above and IN FLORIDA LAKE However, only 43% of the general pub- ally awarded the Iron Cross by Adolf
below (and more) right at your fingertips. Keep
our event calendars in your bookmarks bar for Israeli scientists from BlueGreen Water lic agreed that antisemitism is getting Hitler. A major turning point for Ber-
event information in a click. Technologies, who specialize in clean- worse. (Armin Rosen, Tablet) nd came when Palestinian terrorists
3 STEP THREE ing algae from large bodies of water, THE NEW ARAB WORLD: massacred 11 members of the Israeli
were brought in to keep the toxic algae
Olympic team at the 1972 Summer
NO LONGER UNITED
in Lake Okeechobee from getting into
Games in Munich. His father reacted:
the St. Lucie River estuary. AGAINST ISRAEL “Look what they do to us again! They,
Bi-Weekly Lake Okeechobee covers an area the Jews, are tearing down our reputa-
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39 Commentary
43 Focus on Youth
Jewish community right to your Where your dollars go: 4 cases that continue to climb in Flori- in-person event, what conditions ‹ ‹ event. All answers clearly showed that his father had sent people to their
he Jewish Federation of Sara-
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38 Israel & the Jewish World Tficult decision that all programs
door event for the coming Fall-Winter
for the 2020-21 season will be virtual.
Chief Executive Officer Howard Tev-
As you can see, an overwhelming
majority would not feel comfortable
reluctance on the part of the com-
munity.
lowitz says, “In an effort to keep the
tell.
attending or thought it was too soon to
community safe, we feel we have no
important!”
choice but to make this decision. The
Many of the comments were en-
lightening. Here are a few:
health of our Federation family is too
Other questions included at
what capacity one would attend an
I will not be attending in the fore-
In addition to the Coronavirus
asking, but no, no and NO!!!
seeable future. Very glad you are
would have to be in effect to feel
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da, Tevlowitz points to the results of
With an older population to con-
Leket Israel
our recent event survey, which clearly
showed the community is not ready to
attend in-person events for the foresee-
and when would you see yourself
planned until there is a vaccine.
able future. “We have heard you loud
and films you’ve provided.
Appreciate the varied programs
ready to come out to an in-person
and clear,” says Tevlowitz.
The event survey sent out
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via email and social media, was
3 .2 %
SURVEY RESULTS
feedback about our current virtual
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.2 Percent Will avoid attending in-
programming and questioned about
57door events for the foreseeable future
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tending in-person events this com-
ing season. We are so grateful that
so many in our community took the
4 but may still attend indoor events
.0 Percent Would be nervous,
answer to the main question: What is
The pie chart at right shows the
your level of comfort attending an in-
9federal/state guidelines are strictly followed
.5 Percent Will attend so long as CDC/
%
.1 Percent Think that it is too
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