"When the Knesset comes to town"
coverage of our story video
Link to one of the better newspaper articles on the Chapel Hill Town Council Hosting Knesset Delegation April 11, 2016
Members of Knesset delegation
Sponsored by the U.S . State Department's International Visitors’ Leadership Program.
Amir Ohana (Likud)
Sharren Haskel (Likud)
https://www.facebook.com/sharren1/ She refers to us as "anti Israel
activists". See posts for April 13 (2 versions)
Meirav Ben-Ari (Kulanu)
Itzik Shmuly (Zionist Union)
They were in the US – first in Washington, then New York, and on Monday will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, before returning to Washington. The trip is sponsored by the International Visitor Leadership Program, a project of the US State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The tour was coordinated by the Raleigh-based International Focus.
Newspaper
articles and blogs
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articles have
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Chapel Hill Leadership Criticized for Hosting Israeli Delegation April 11
https://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/chapel-hill-hosts-israeli-delegationCritics challenge Israeli Knesset members in Chapel Hill April 11
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article71240152.html(2nd N&O article) Israeli delegates spark passionate response on visit to Chapel Hill | News & Observer April 12
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article71421847.htmlYoung MKs gain insights in the US for their work in the Knesset April 11
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Young-MKs-gain-insights-in-the-US-for-their-work-in-the-Knesset-450839Residents protest town council meeting with Israeli leaders
http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/04/residents-protest-town-council-meeting-with-israeli-leadersCouncil members comment on visit from Israeli delegates at town council meeting :: The Daily Tar Heel April 11
http://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/town_talk/2016/04/chtc-business-meeting-0411Gay Israeli lawmakers speak out against LGBT laws in North Carolina April 13
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Gay-Israeli-lawmakers-speak-out-against-LGBT-laws-in-North-Carolina-451149Stan and Marion Robboy letter of apology to Knesset Members for shameful treatment they received at Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting April 21
We are characterized as anti-Israel and what we did is characterized as "shameful citizen indignations." Where is the ADL when you need it?
http://www.voice4israel.com/blog/stan-and-marion-robboy-letter-of-apology-to-knesset-members-for-shameful-treatment-they-received-at-chapel-hill-town-council-meeting/
Meeting Documents, Comments
Letter to the Mayor and council April 8, 2016 - Miriam Thompson, Ford Chambliss
The exchange between the Palestinian- American and the Knesset delegate (Amir Ohana)
Public comment at business meeting of council 4-11-2016 - Miriam Thompson
Letters
to the Editor & Op-eds - AIME members, friends and opponents
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Submitted to News and Observer - Sam Bryan - Published in Chapel Hill News April, 20 2016
Submitted to Chapel Hill News - Miriam Thompson - Published in Chapel Hill News April, 20 2016
Published in Chapel Hill News - Judith Bellin 4-17-2016
Published in Chapel Hill News - Ruth Zalph 4-17-2016
Do not demonize April 24
A LTE from Rabbi Jen Feldman et al that completely misrepresented us and the meeting, implicitly calling us demonizers of Israel, etc.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/chn-opinion/article72597412.html For comments click here4-27-2016 | When the Knesset comes to town | The Rev. J. Mark Davidson | Chapel Hill News4-27-2016 | When the Knesset comes to town | Rev. Mark Davidson | Chapel Hill News
The writer is co-convener of the Abrahamic Initiative on the Middle East4-27-2016 | Sadly surreal | Roger Ehrlich, Cary | Chapel Hill News
4-27-2016 | Inappropriate attack | Michael Ross
The writer is the chairman of Triangle Voice for Israel |Chapel Hill News
This letter pushes back on our presence at the Town Council meeting. Criticizes the critics (us) without
ever addressing our criticism.5-1-2016 | Dialogue, not demonize | Miriam Thompson | Chapel Hill News
Response to above5-4-2016 | A supporter of Israel | Rene’ de la Varre, Carrboro | Chapel Hill News
Response to above5-18-2016 | Suffering of Palestinian people must not be silenced | Ellie Kinnaird | Chapel Hill News (Op-ed)
5-25-2016 | Israel’s offers rejected | Peter Reitzes | Chapel Hill News
5-25-2016 | Where the real blame for Mideast discord lies | Stanley Robboy | Chapel Hill News (Op-ed)
6-8-2016 | Take the quiz | Judith Ferster, Dennis Tracz, Altha Cravey | Chapel Hill News
Some comments members have posted
Videos of the CH
Council meeting April 11, evening scheduled business meeting (not
the Knesset meeting, but some content related to it.)
YouTube video of Maria
Palmer discussing her reason for walking out of the meeting with the
Knesset delegation.
Transcript Palmer's remarks taken
from this segment.
Here is the link to the video of the entire council meeting :http://chapelhill.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2735
Some times on the progress bar:
17:45 Mayor comments on Knesset meeting
Incidentally all of the speakers below are Jewish
19:53 Ruth Zalp
24:45 Miriam Thompson -Transcript
28:19 Noah Rubin-Blose
31:28 Roger Ehrlich
35:00 to 39:55 Council Member Palmer - includes
important discussion about her reaction to the egregious exchange the
Knesset member
had in the afternoon session
Snippets of Palmer's remarks taken from this segment.
Sampling of signs.
We were asked not to display them early on at the meeting.
But they were
likely seen at least briefly.
